CSU’s William Cotton, professor emeritus in Atmospheric Science, isn’t sure about those studies showing “5% to 15%” enhancement. The “sometimes desperate” search for water in the West “might not be as promising as people wish” in delivering extra snowpack. (Colorado Sun)
Details of the rare November tornadoes have been resurfaced by a Colorado's State Climatologist, CSU Atmospheric Science Professor Russ Schumacher. (9News Denver)
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Thomas Vonder Haar founded the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, led the atmospheric science graduate program to its ranking as one of the top three in the U.S. and made CSU a recognized leader in satellite meteorology.
While it is not unusual to have a hurricane in November, it is rare to see two at the same time during the month of November. In fact, it has only happened three times during the record keeping era. (Forbes)
NOAA awarded 12 Colorado State University researchers more than $3.1 million for improving how satellites show smoke plumes, using AI to predict precipitation, and evaluating how individual storms could change with climate intervention.
INCUS, or Investigation of Convective Updrafts, is expected to launch three small weather satellites into low-Earth orbit in 2026.
Atmospheric Science Professor Emeritus Wayne Schubert has been elected an American Geophysical Union Fellow, and Professor Scott Denning was chosen to receive the Climate Communication Prize.
Atmospheric Science Professor Scott Denning has been awarded the American Geophysical Union’s Climate Communication Prize, recognizing his significant impact communicating climate science to the public.
As Florida has seen landfall of Hurricane Ian, a team of hurricane research experts in Colorado is continuing their efforts to provide advanced data on the storm and its trajectory. (CBS News)
On Tuesday, all eyes were on Hurricane Ian, a category 4 (and possibly higher) hurricane about to hit the southwest coast of Florida and the surrounding region.