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📷: Après-ski, by student Nick Mesa
03.03.2026 14:06
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Snowy mountain view
📷: Après-ski, by student Nick Mesa
CSU student Kristina Moen researches the texture of satellite imagery. Moen works with Research Professor Imme Ebert-Uphoff (CIRA & Electrical & Computer Engineering Department). Associate Professor Emily J. King based out of CSU's Department of Mathematics serves as Moen's primary Ph.D. advisor.
#BlackHistoryMonth Spotlight: Lelan Statom (@lelanstatom.bsky.social) is an award-winning meteorologist with almost 40 years of experience in news media. At NewsChannel 5 he is senior meteorologist and cohost of the popular long-running lifestyle show Talk of the Town.
More: https://bit.ly/4qCR8zD
#BlackHistoryMonth Spotlight: Greg Jenkins is an AMS fellow and past recipient of the Charles E. Anderson Award. From mentoring the next generation of diverse scientists to advancing climate science on a global scale, his work continues to inspire.
More about his journey: https://bit.ly/4kNQC0q
#BlackHistoryMonth Spotlight: Deanna Hence is shaping the future of atmospheric science through research on storm systems and inclusive science communication. Her work blends cutting-edge science with mentorship and community impact.
Learn more about her journey: https://bit.ly/3MNhcKE
Colorado State University researchers are conducting a series of field campaigns to prepare for NASA’s upcoming satellite mission into severe weather formation, scheduled to launch no earlier than 2027.
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AMS is deeply concerned by the repeal of EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding, which concluded greenhouse gas emissions harm health and well-being. The science remains clear: human-caused climate change is already causing harmful impacts.
Read the full statement: https://bit.ly/4tBwz9w
last week, engagement climatologist Allie Mazurek fielded questions about temperature and snow from 3rd graders in Golden - including one real stumper! Read more in this summary from @cprnews.bsky.social #cowx
Kicking off our #BlackHistoryMonth celebration, we’re spotlighting Alan Sealls, who begins his role as 2026 AMS President. His focus: keeping AMS strong through change—and centered on PEOPLE: People Educated On Planet Live Empowered.
Read more about his journey and vision: https://bit.ly/3OqBbPy
Take a two-day glimpse into the dynamic atmosphere above the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
A bitterly cold second half to the month of January saw an extensive growth of ice over the Great Lakes, with over half of the surface area across the five lakes covered in ice.
Lake Erie, the shallowest of the Great Lakes, has over 95% of its surface area covered in ice.
The theme for CSU’s Black/African American Cultural Center’s 2026 Black History Month is Woven Roots: 100 Years of Commemoration, Lifetimes of the African Diaspora.
Find events at baacc.colostate.edu
For 40+ years, Storm Peak Lab in Colorado has allowed scientists to have their “head in the clouds" to explore atmospheric chemistry and processes like mixed-phase cloud microphysics.
Learn more about this high-altitude research station on AMS Headlines: https://bit.ly/3OdCql2
Newly published statistical analysis from our researchers begins to outline an approach to better deal with this uncertainty, known as spatial variability, in storms and the vast swaths of air around them.
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Jared Stickney stands in front of the AMS 2026 sign.
Daniela Guevara Proaño, Jared Stickney, and Phoebe Lin pose in front of the AMS 2026 sign.
And with that, my time at #AMS2026 has come to an end! Thank you for following along with me and for reading my attempts at boiling down some hardcore atmospheric science. Goodbye for now! ☺️
- ATS student, Jared Stickney
Lin also found that the presence of smoke reduces the size of ice crystals at the tops of pyroCb, which is also important for radiative impacts. Lin’s research is extremely important, as wildfires are becoming more common and destructive, and understanding their effects on clouds is essential.
Lin found that with increasing fire heating rate, pyroCb are able to grow taller and inject more smoke into the stratosphere, which has implication on its potential warming through absorption of solar radiation.
Lin did so by running a large suite of high-resolution idealized model simulations of pyroCb storms, initiated from a simulated fire, with the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS).
In this study, Lin sought to better understand and quantify the transport of smoke by pyroCb and investigate the effects of smoke on anvil microphysical-radiative processes.
Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) are vigorous convective storms driven by the heat from wildfires. PyroCb storms transport large concentrations of smoke and dust both vertically and horizontally. These dust and smoke particles can serve as effective cloud condensation nuclei (CCN).
Phoebe Lin stands in front of her presentation at AMS.
On the last day of AMS, I saw this excellent talk given by ATS student Phoebe Lin on “Investigating Smoke Transport and Anvil Microphysical-Radiative Processes within Pyrocumulonimbus Storms”!
@ametsoc.org #ams2026
Remmers’ work is critical to our understanding of TC tornado outbreaks, and the better we can predict these destructive events, the more lives that can be saved.
Remmers’ analysis showed the HAFS models demonstrated skill in predicting the potential for supercell thunderstorms, as evidenced by 1500-2000 J/kg of surface-based convective available potential energy (CAPE) and 100-300 m2/s2 of storm-relative helicity (SRH) over southern and eastern Florida.
Remmers documented the structures of the rainbands and supercells associated with TC tornado outbreaks using land-based observations and operational Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) outputs.
While track and intensity forecasts for tropical cyclones (TCs) have improved significantly in recent years, hazards associated with landfalling hurricanes (namely wind gusts, tornadoes, and rainfall) have remained a significant forecasting challenge.
Charlie Remmers stands in front of his presentation at AMS.
Check out this fantastic talk given by UIUC student Charlie Remmers on “Operational Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) forecasts of supercell structure and evolution during the Hurricane Milton tornado outbreak”!
@ametsoc.org #ams2026
Glade found that when ocean temperatures follow specific, recurring patterns, severe weather can be either enhanced or suppressed in the USA. This associated remained true when accounting for more short-term variabilities in ocean temperatures, like El Niño/La Niña.
Apologies that the original explanation wasn’t clear! Essentially, Glade’s research explores how long-term oscillations of ocean temperatures in the Pacific can affect severe weather in the the USA.
Additionally, benzene, a carcinogenic hazardous pollutant, was found in higher concentrations in disproportionately impacted communities that were sampled.
My main findings indicate that ozone production was quite variable in both magnitude and rate during the field campaign, exhibiting both local and regional production patterns.
