Postdoctoral Scholar Nick Falk and graduate student Christine Neumaier spent six weeks on the Atlantic Ocean working with colleagues from University of Alabama in Huntsville looking for thunderstorms to measure cold pools, cool air that spreads out at earth’s surface underneath storms. Their research addresses how storms over the ocean form and develop. Surprisingly, they found no storms early on, while the ship was far from the equator, which is where oceanic…

Our department had four award winners at his week's Walter Scott Jr., College of Engineering All-College meeting, where staff and faculty were recognized for their achievements! Here are the award winners and the descriptions for why they were recognized for these awards.   Outstanding Researcher Award - Steve Saleeby: For pioneering advances in high-resolution atmospheric modeling, foundational contributions to the NASA INCUS mission, leadership of DoE model intercomparison initiatives, success…

An expedition report by Chelsea Bekemeier It’s 6 a.m. in a random time zone – whichever one best matches the rhythm of the sun – this time it’s Indochina (GMT+7). My alarm goes off, and I get dressed for the day: long johns, work pants, wool jacket, winter coat, wool socks, hat, gloves, and steel-toed boots. Bundled up, I head to the helicopter deck.  Behind the massive hangar door, we…

Prof. Michael Bell was awarded the Distinguished Research/Technological Accomplishment Award by the AMS Scientific and Technological Activities Commission on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones. This award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the discipline and is well recognized within the discipline as being a science/technological leader. Michael received this honor for "For advancing understanding of the physics and dynamics of the tropical atmosphere through extensive scientific and…

They help us understand the complexities of climate variability and change and how tiny particles in our atmosphere affect visibility and precipitation. Jim Hurrell and Sonia Kreidenweis, atmospheric science faculty members at Colorado State University, have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, known as AAAS. Hurrell is the Scott Presidential Chair of Environmental Science and Engineering; Kreidenweis is a University Distinguished Professor and member of the…

Bo Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow, mentored by Research Scientist Russel Perkins:I use aircraft measurements to study how clouds form and respond to environmental changes in the Arctic. My research focuses on aerosols, tiny particles suspended in the air, and especially the small fraction that can trigger water droplets to freeze into ice. Because ice formation strongly affects cloud lifetime, snowfall, and how clouds reflect or trap heat, these particles can influence Arctic…