Science Spotlights
Science Spotlights
Advancing Atmospheric Wind Observations
Key messages from "Tracking Atmospheric Motions for Obtaining Wind Estimates Using Satellite Observations—From 2D to 3D," by Jun Li [China...
Science Spotlights
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Ozone
20%–30%—The amount that wildfire smoke increased ozone levels during the record-breaking 2020 wildfire season in the western United States, according...
Science Spotlights
From Early Warning to Early Action
Key messages from "The Value of Precipitation Forecasts to Anticipate Floods," by Tim Busker (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Bart van den...
Science Spotlights
Human Forecaster vs Automated Guidance: What Is the Optimal Mix?
Key messages from “The Jive Verification System and Its Transformative Impact on Weather Forecasting Operations,” by Nicholas Loveday (Bureau of...
Science Spotlights
Bad Luck with the Weather
Key messages from “The Role of the Weather in the Fate of Shackleton’s Endurance,” by Ryan L. Fogt (Ohio University),...
Conference Spotlight
DOW Radar Studies of the Mechanisms for Tornadogenesis, Maintenance, and Dissipation
A summary of the recent presentation by Karen A. Kosiba (University of Alabama Huntsville), Joshua Wurman, and Paul Robinson, “DOW...
Conference Spotlight
Radar-determined Intense Tornado Frequencies, Wind Profiles, and the BEST Tornado Study
A summary of the recent presentation by Joshua Wurman (University of Alabama Huntsville), and Karen A. Kosiba, entitled “Radar Determined...
Papers of Note
MCSs Leave Behind Vast Heating Footprints in the Synoptic Circulation
A summary of “A Linear Analysis of the Heating Footprints of the US Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Northern Extratropical...
Papers of Note
Extreme Weather, Emotions, and Support for Climate Policy
A summary of “Extreme Weather Experiences, Emotional Reactions to Messages, and Support for Proclimate Policies,” by Asheley R. Landrum (Arizona...
Science Spotlights
After the Storms
Key messages from "The Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS) Project," by Karen A. Kosiba (University of Illinois...
