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Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Supercell thunderstorm over Needmore, Texas in May 2019

Knowledge of severe storm patterns may improve tornado warnings

Kelly Nunez Ocasio, a graduate student at Penn State

Earth and Mineral Sciences student awarded Sloan Minority Graduate Scholarship

A gargantuan hailstone that fell in Argentina

'Gargantuan' hail in Argentina may have smashed world record

Kyle Imhoff

State Climatologist Office is a weather resource, service for the public

Sha Feng

Scientists create road map for improving carbon estimates

Jenni Evans

Jenni Evans named AAAS Fellow for cyclone research, leadership roles

Hollings Scholars at NOAA

Five EMS students named NOAA Hollings Undergraduate Scholars

Earth as seen from space with blue oceans, white clouds and brownish land

Individual climate models may not provide the complete picture

A supercell thunderstorm

Combining satellites, radar provides path for better forecasts

Scientists constructed a laboratory in northern Alaska

Fossil fuel emissions impact Arctic snow chemistry, scientists find

A view of Hurricane Dorian from space

Hurricane Dorian devastates Bahamas; scientists explain storm's unique evolution

Rob Lydick Weather World

'Weather World' broadcast now available for livestreaming

Max Challenge

Meteorology students win inaugural Max University Challenge

Fuqing Zhang

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences mourns death of Fuqing Zhang

Shawn Murdzek

Meteorology graduate student wins NSF fellowship to study tornado formation

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