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Broader updrafts in severe storms may increase chance of damaging hail

— posted on Feb 07, 2017 03:02 PM

New research that Matt Kumjian, assistant professor of meteorology and atmospheric science, and Eli Dennis, graduate student in meteorology, published in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, suggests that changes in environmental vertical wind shear influence the growth of "significant" hail — bigger than two inches in diameter.

Jenni Evans named director of Institute for CyberScience

— posted on Jan 25, 2017 09:07 AM

Jenni Evans, professor of meteorology at Penn State, has been appointed director of Penn State’s Institute for CyberScience (ICS). Evans had served as interim director of ICS since February 2016.

NASA Flights to Track Greenhouse Gases Across Eastern US

— posted on Jul 07, 2016 12:25 PM

Atmospheric Carbon and Transport–America, or ACT-America, is a multi-year airborne campaign that will measure concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane in relation to weather systems Ken Davis, is principal investigator from Pennsylvania State University,

New device could unlock information potential of sunlight

— posted on Jun 24, 2016 09:32 AM

People rely on sunlight for heat, light, and energy every day, but three Penn State researchers, Jeffrey Brownson and Vivek Srikrishnan (both Energy and Mineral Engineering) and George Young (Meteorology), believe we’re missing a valuable piece of information that sunlight itself could provide.

Chinese Yellow Dust Or Korean Factory Fumes? NASA Teams Cruise For Clues

— posted on May 27, 2016 09:06 AM

Teams of scientists sponsored by NASA and Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research are in the midst of a six-week project trying to get the answers as they scour the skies from the vantage of a vintage DC8 piloted by retired U.S. Air Force officers

Weathering market trends

— posted on Apr 08, 2016 08:20 AM

Meteorology students Brian Kennedy and Kerry Mindiak discuss predictions for the future price of soybeans as part of a semester-long project in a meteorology course.

Storms, ozone may play pivotal role in rainforest cloud creation

— posted on Apr 04, 2016 01:47 PM

"The Amazon rainforest plays an important role in the southern hemisphere by transpiring moisture that is transported by clouds to many places that need precipitation," said Jose D. Fuentes, professor of meteorology, Penn State.