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About 200 seventh graders from Hampton Cove Middle School toured the NSSTC as part of a day-long field trip to learn about careers in science, technology, engineering and math. At Cramer Hall they visited the National Weather Service Office, visited UAH's mobile severe weather research fleet, and learned a little bit about career opportunities in atmospheric science.
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The UAH Severe Weather and Radar Groups are observing the 1 year anniversary of the April 27th Outbreak today by recreating the events of that day in real-time on twitter.
You can follow the timeline of events along with radar images, storm surveys, tornado pictures, youtube videos, and research images by following @uahsevere or you can link directly to the timeline without a twitter account at:
https://twitter.com/#!/uahsevere |
This video was part of WAAY31's 90 minute special on the April 27th outbreak.
http://www.waaytv.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3456115
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Severe weather institute moves forward
 A proposed severe weather research institute received preliminary approval this week from a committee of The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees.
The board's physical properties committee unanimously approved initial plans for a 10,363-square-foot, $7 million facility on the west side of the National Space Science and Technology Center.
The building would house the Severe Weather Institute and Research Laboratory (SWIRL), which is designed to build on the university's existing strengths in severe weather research. The Earth System Science Center has a $9 million annual budget and the Atmospheric Science Department has been ranked among the top 10 research programs in the country by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Murphy honored by College of Science
 Todd Murphy, a doctoral student in atmospheric science, has been named one of the top graduate research assistants in UAHuntsville's College of Science for 2011-12.
While his research into storm formation and the April 27, 2011, storms that hit Alabama and the southeast U.S. might be ground breaking, it hasn't been the highlight of his semester. Instead, that happens most Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, when he gets to teach a class in synoptic meteorology.
"I'm very much enjoying it," he said. He especially enjoys seeing the "ah ha!" moment when a student comprehends a concept. "That's happened a few times this semester. Synoptic meteorology builds on several concepts, so you build up and build up and suddenly, it clicks. You can see it in their faces, like they're thinking, 'I understand this now. It all makes sense.'
"That's the fun part, seeing that light come on."
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UAH alumnus wins NOAA award.
Jianglong Zhang, '04 Ph.D., atmospheric science, will receive the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's David Johnson Award in March for his innovative work with complex data gathered by satellites.
An assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of North Dakota, Zhang has focused on remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols and using data collected by satellites in near real time in forecast models.
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