Department of Atmospheric Sciences
News Releases
July 27, 2009: Seattle area could see record-setting high temperatures this week
July 9, 2009: UW researchers begin receiving stimulus money
July 9, 2009: Earth's most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
June 25, 2009: Professor wants to promote decades of UW innovation with science museum--on campus or online
May 14, 2009: Any way you slice it, warming climate is affecting Cascades snowpack
March 17, 2009: Northwest expert illuminates on climate change (The Olympian)
January 8, 2009: Half of world's population could face climate-induced food crisis by 2100
January 8, 2009: Looking back at universities during other economic crises
November 13, 2008: New book will tell much you didn't know about Northwest weather
June 26, 2008: Regents OK new college, tuition hike
May 29, 2008: Understanding global warming: The scientific basis for concern
May 22, 2008: College of the Environment: New college designed to meet growing complexity, scale of Earth's challenges
April 3, 2008: Satellites can help Arctic grazers survive killer winter storms
February 14, 2008: Atmospheric Sciences scholarship to be named for Richard Reed
October 18, 2007: UW early contributor to Nobel prize-winning work by climate group
May 10, 2007: Climate change a threat to Indonesian agriculture, study says (Stanford News Service)
March 8, 2007: Lessons from Rita: How hurricane intensity change happens
February 16, 2006: Three profs honored by meterological society
December 6, 2005 :
Two UW scientists study clouds and haze for clues to global warming
December 8, 2005: Mercury travels far from source through atmosphere, study shows
August 18, 2005: Hurricane season: New project hopes to improve forecasts of storms' intensity
August 8, 2005: (RAINEX)
Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment News Release
June 23, 2005: Soil itself creates some pollutants, observable even from space
June 23, 2005: Two UW researchers honored by UN for Excellence in Weather Modification
May 19, 2005: UW expert: Privatizing weather for forecasting could damage quality of service
December 2, 2004: Atmosphere warming claim validated by new study
November 4, 2004: Hurricanes spark memory of great NW storms past
July 22, 2004: Record rain: UW scientists find some of the biggest raindrops ever
May 14, 2004: UW Scientists
Leading the Way in Regional Weather Forecasting, Science
May 2004: Some Like It Hot:
Satellite Measurements Confirm Global Warming,UW NewsLinks
May 6, 2004: Satellite data
confirms climate change: Global warming anomaly may succumb to microwave
study, Journal Nature
May 4, 2004: GLOBAL CHANGE: Getting Warmer, However You Measure It; Richard A. Kerr (Adapted fromScience
Magazine
Dec. 5, 2003: Future
Forecasters: Exploring the realm of atmospheric sciences. Feature article in
UW Daily
Nov. 21, 2002: Northwest
Residents Facing Tough Decisions in a Warmer Future
October 2002: "Rain Man," in
Smithsonian Magazine
Feb. 7, 2002: End of an Era:
UW's state-of-the-art airborne research facility grounded after 30
years
Jan. 10, 2002: El Niņo could
be brewing a warmer, drier Northwest winter in 2002-03
Jan. 10, 2002: Deep convection
in far north could be key in global climate change
Jan 15, 2002: A Half Century
of Progress in Meteorology: The Richard Reed Symposium
Nov. 19, 2001: UW researchers
hope to improve rain, flood forecasts in the Northwest
Sept. 10, 2001: Northwest
forecasts hurt by too few Doppler radar sites, UW professor says
July 5, 2001: Arctic
Oscillation has moderated northern winters of 1980s and '90s
June 14, 2001: Polluted clouds
might bring patchy cooling in a warming world
Apr. 24, 2001: Most-serious
greenhouse gas is increasing, international study finds
Apr. 19, 2001: U.S. needs
major steps to overtake European climate research, UW scientist says, Journal
Nature