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“Decision-making under meteorological uncertainty” for D-Day’s Famous Forecast
The success of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy was due in part to one of history’s most famous weather forecasts,...
"Decision-making under meteorological uncertainty" for D-Day's Famous Forecast
The success of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy was due in part to one of history’s most famous weather forecasts,...
AMS Programs
Snowflake Selfies as Meteo Teaching Tools
Undergrads at Penn State recently took to their cellphones to mingle with and snap pics of tiny snowflakes to reinforce...
Observations without Fear: NOAA’s Drones for Hurricane Hunting
Nowhere is it more dangerous to fly in a hurricane than right near the roiling surface of the ocean. These...
Observations without Fear: NOAA's Drones for Hurricane Hunting
Nowhere is it more dangerous to fly in a hurricane than right near the roiling surface of the ocean. These...
The Perils of Rime Mushrooms
Mountain climber Dmitry Golovchenko captured tremendous video of the February 27 collapse of a “rime mushroom” atop Patagonia’s Cerro Torre....
Scratch that Cat: Revising the Saffir-Simpson Scale
In recent years minimum sea level pressure (MSLP) measured in a hurricane’s eye has become “a much better predictor of...
"Megaflashes": How Long Can a Lightning Discharge Be?
Even though Earth’s atmosphere is laced by more than a billion brilliant discharges of electricity every year, lightning itself never...
“Megaflashes”: How Long Can a Lightning Discharge Be?
Even though Earth’s atmosphere is laced by more than a billion brilliant discharges of electricity every year, lightning itself never...
What a Launch!…and More GEMS to Follow
Nothing quite like watching lift-off…here’s the video sequence from Arianespace showing the flight of the rocket carrying South Korea’s GEMS...
