A truly fascinating look at some new ideas in meteorology (which we all know is not the same as climatology, right?). Robert Matthews writes in New Scientist: WE’VE all watched those vast heaps of cotton ... the laws that govern the atmosphere might actually be very simple. Even at the time, with scientific meteorology still in its infancy, the idea seemed absurd: key equations governing the ...

Student: Natalie Cantu Major: Meteorology Why she's unique: She has deep curiosity about the world around us. Meet Natalie: She is in her first semester of school at San Jacinto College South. While she may be new to the college experience, she's no stranger to participating in many important activities in school, all the while setting commendable goals for herself.

... at COMET. These are designed for adults, but they could prove useful. It's also much more fun to take a test online and have them record the score than for mom to do it. Bad Meteorology - a site after my own heart! Raindrops aren't teardrop-shaped, clouds don't form because cool air holds less water....misconceptions skewered here! The Globe Program links weather watchers from all ...

"[Penn State] Meteorology professor William Syrett said he feels ... e-mails are nothing totally abnormal. ... "I don't think any scientist is going to be swayed by something like this," Syrett said. ... "I think that people that have to stoop to deception and theft probably don't have strong ground to stand on," said." "'Climategate' effects ...

Richard S. Lindzen is a distinguished professior of meteorology at MIT. On Nov. 30 he published a column in the Wall Street Journal on the scientific case for skepticism over global warming activism. It is the best statement of that case that I have seen. It is based on the fact, which not even global warming activists now challenge, that there has been no discernible increase in the ...

"Fog could continue to disrupt air travel, warns Meteorology Dept Air traffic over Istanbul was disrupted over the past two days due to heavy early morning fog and the Meteorology Department has forecasted more fog for the entire week, causing concern as the ... ." More:Fog could continue to disrupt air travel, warns Meteorology Dept - Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

... out how the disease will impact people around the globe. It's an honest examination of both the strengths of science, and the barriers that exist around human knowledge. Such are the limitations of science, whether meteorology or virology. The recent H1N1 or swine flu predictions have led to forecasts of 65,000 deaths in the UK - but the truth is, we simply don't know. Yet in reporting ...

... ). It's the classic profile of a warm front (and something I learned very recently in my meteorology class in fact!). Cold Bay is on the Peninsula and north of the warm front at ... help flex the forecasting muscles and helps me apply and therefore remember what i've learned in meteorology so far. And i've barely scratched the surface in my education yet! Learning more about atmospheric ...

... I started my meteorology classes in fall of 1999, the general meteorology classes had about 100 students or so in them. As the second semester came about, that number was cut in about half. ... meteorology because they thought it was going to be like what they saw on TV. In some ways it is but at the core of meteorology is a lot of math, physics, chemistry, and theory. And it wasn't until the ...

... nighttime average temperature reading of 61. Conventional meteorology is extremely limited in its ability to forecast weather ... , 2009 is not even remotely possible. The ancient study of astro-meteorology, which considers planetary cycles as indicators of terrestrial ... it conventional or otherwise, can claim 100% accuracy but astro-meteorology offers the best possibility for long-range predictions ...

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... feeling that's hard to describe. They're beautiful and powerful. As a poor meteorology student at the University of Oklahoma, the only equipment I could afford was a video camera and ... 150 tornadoes on camera since 1998. For the last several years, I've been working on my Ph.D. in meteorology at OU, combining my passion for the science with my obsession for getting extremely close to ...

... THE WSJ IS RICHARD LINDZEN - THE SLOAN PROFESSOR OF METEOROLOGY AND THE WORLD'S FOREMOST CLIMATOLOGIST. AND A SKEPTIC. READ ... NO CRACKPOT: Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Professor ... broad topics of climate, planetary waves, monsoon meteorology, planetary atmospheres, and hydrodynamic instability. His research involves ...

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... the Pacific and a few places in between -- not many people realise he is also a scientist. He studied physics, meteorology and oceanography in Munich and Hamburg, then worked at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and modeled ocean currents as part of the Institute's climate research. Gerd was destined to be a man of action, not ...