Earth - Weather Topics
Lightningposition in storm may circle strongest updrafts
1999 — April 6, 2011
Much of the Lightningin a storm is inside the clouds, but new findings show it surrounds the most intense areas, rather than bunching at the heart. Better detection and better knowledge will lead to better prediction and more accurate warnings.
Learning how to make better "nowcasts" of weather
1999 — April 6, 2011
Weather researchers and forecasters meet to discuss closer ties to improve "nowcasts" - or forecasts of what the weather will do in the next few hours.
Soaking in atmospheric electricity
1999 — April 6, 2011
Although Lightningis the visible, dramatic event of atmospheric electricity, currents flow all around us every day. Such "fair weather" electricity is the return part of the circuitry for all the Lightningin the world, and could be an indicator of other global phenomena as well.
More Lightningnews from inside hurricanes and tornadoes
1999 — April 6, 2011
3D Lightningimaging; Hurricanes suppress lightning; Getting up close and personal with a tornado.
Getting a solid view of lightning
1999 — April 6, 2011
At the International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity this week, a New Mexico research team reports they have developed a system to depict Lightningin three dimensions.
Three bolts from the blue
1999 — April 6, 2011
Does Lightningaffect the ozone layer? What causes "sprites?" And why does "messy" Lightningfollow a simple Lightningmodel? Hoping to stimulate further thought about the Physicsof lightning, Martin Uman of the University of Florida posed these fundamental questions to atmospheric scientists attending a scientific conference this week.
Spirits of Another Sort
1999 — April 6, 2011
Dave Sentman, who originally dubbed the mysterious red flickers of light above thunderclouds Sprites, works to move them from the realm of mystery into scientific knowledge.
Scientists analyzing immense data haul from hurricanes
1999 — Sept. 20, 2011
The Convection and Moisture Experiment collected the most comprehensive data ever on individual storms of the 1998 season, and will provide new insight on killer storms leading to better predictions.
Students to learn what's hot at Earth Day celebration
1999 — April 6, 2011
Open house at Global Hydrology and Climate Center on April 22 will have 5th graders learning from 2nd graders and everyone learning something new about planet Earth.
Planet in a Test Tube
1999 — Sept. 20, 2011
What do the racing winds on Jupiterand the snail's pace circulation of molten rock inside the Earth have in common? They're all fluids whose movements were studied in a "planet in a test tube" experiment flown aboard the Space Shuttle.