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Andrea Neumann, Senior in Atmospheric Sciences, has been awarded a NASA Space Grant Internship for summer 2009. She will be analyzing airborne and ground based measurements of precipitation from arctic stratus clouds. Precipitation rates are a component of the cloud water balance that characterizes the life cycle of these cloud layers. The NASA Space Grant […]

Drs. Xiquan Dong and Baike Xi have been awarded funding from NASA for work proposed under the title “Improvement of CERES Science Team cloud retrieval algorithms using both ground-based and space-based radar-lidar observations over Polar regions”. Total funding will be $124K from May 2009 to May 2011 and will support the new graduate student for […]

Graduate student Gokhan Sever and undergraduate student Robert Mitchell accompanied Dr. David Delene to Saudi Arabia in March to begin a 30 day field project. David Delene is leading the airborne research project to measure aerosol and cloud properties to enable a better understand of the precipitation formation process in the region. Gokhan and Robert […]

Graduate students Tim Logan and Yingxi Shi, along with Dr. David Delene, attend the Fall 2008 American Geophysical Union meeting in December. In addition to riding cable cars and having some good Chinese dinners, each person presented results of research conducted at the University of North Dakota. Tim Logan presented a poster entitled: Tracking of […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Karen Ryba/Phone: 701-777-4761 September 3, 2008 Stith to Present at Atmospheric Sciences Seminar ~~~ “New Challenges for Atmospheric Scientists: Studying Poorly Understood Phenomenon Over Scales Relevant to Our Climate” (Grand Forks, North Dakota): Dr. Jeff Stith, Research Aviation Facility, National Center for Atmospheric Research […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Karen Ryba/Phone: 701-777-4761 August 25, 2008 UND Atmospheric Sciences Seminar *** “Why and How Cloud Microphysics Influences Hurricane Tracks” (Grand Forks, North Dakota): Professor Robert Fovell, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, will present a seminar on “Why and […]

Professor Robert Fovell, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, will present a seminar on “Why and How Cloud Microphysics Influence Hurricane Tracks” on Thursday, August 28 at 3:00 pm in Streibel Hall, Room 106.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Karen Ryba/Phone: 701-777-4761 August 19, 2008 Atmospheric Sciences Thesis Defense *** “Wind Field Retrievals Using Remotely-Sensed Precipitation Fields” (Grand Forks, North Dakota): The oral examination for Charles Chambers, a candidate for the Master of Science Degree in Atmospheric Sciences is set for Tuesday, August […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Contact: Karen Ryba/Phone: 701-777-4761 June 23, 2008 Atmospheric Sciences Thesis Defense *** “Arctic Mixed-Phase Cloud Microphysical Properties Deduced from ARM Surface and Aircraft Measurements during M-Pace” (Grand Forks, North Dakota): The oral examination for Hongchun Jin, a candidate for the Master of Science Degree in […]

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences has acquired a Cessna Citation II jet aircraft for the purpose of conducting weather research. The aircraft will be modified and equipped to make atmospheric measurements over the next several months and is expected to be ready for field deployments beginning this fall. Project progress will be posted under the […]