Tag Archives: Meteorology

Cooling of Pacific Waters Tied to Winds from Global Warming

Posted on January 30, 2025 by rberkowitz

Researchers have identified why most climate models don’t match up with an observed cooling trend in the tropics. Continue reading →

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The Forecast Is Cloudy, With a Chance of Dropped Packets

Posted on January 30, 2025 by rberkowitz

Weather-based models predict threats to laser communications links. Continue reading →

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Space-Based Sensor Captures Lightning Data in a Bottle

Posted on November 5, 2024 by rberkowitz

The Falcon Neuro imager is plugging gaps in lightning research. Continue reading →

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Mobile Phone Signals Hold Real-Time Rainfall Information

Posted on December 9, 2021 by rberkowitz

Techniques for monitoring rainfall with signals from mobile phone networks are making their way to small-scale farmers in rural Africa. Continue reading →

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Move a plateau, change a climate

Posted on March 3, 2018 by rberkowitz

Climate models explore how changes in the Tibetan Plateau’s latitudinal position and elevation may have affected ancient Asia’s climate. Continue reading →

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The history of a monsoon-inducing plateau

Posted on January 19, 2018 by rberkowitz

The East Asian monsoon evolved in response to changes in the latitude and elevation of the Tibetan Plateau.  Read more in Physics Today…

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California’s recent weather extremes

Posted on April 20, 2017 by rberkowitz

A planetary-scale pattern of atmospheric waves may be responsible for California’s droughts and floods. Continue reading →

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A hard rain’s a-gonna fall

Posted on December 6, 2016 by rberkowitz

A high-resolution climate model predicts an almost across-the-board increase in extreme precipitation events throughout North America. Continue reading →

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Scientists probe lightning hotspot to predict future strikes

Posted on August 15, 2016 by rberkowitz

Forecasters hope to predict strikes months or even years in advance. Continue reading →

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When you Can’t See the Volcano through the Clouds

Posted on January 10, 2013 by rberkowitz

Infrasound monitoring detects volcanic eruptions and contributes to public warning system. Continue reading →

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