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Idaho

Roughly 20 people stand amid sand dunes under a clear blue sky and near a metal framework equipped with scientific instruments.
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The Nitty-Gritty Forces That Shape Planetary Surfaces

by Brian Jackson, Serina Diniega, Timothy Titus, Alejandro Soto and Edgard Rivera-Valentin 15 June 202315 June 2023

Scientists are coming up with ingenious ways to compare terrestrial sand dunes, dust storms, and rain with their counterparts on Mars and Titan.

Low angle of a snowy field with trees and tiny snowballs
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Researchers Quantify a Seeded Snowpack

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 11 March 202028 February 2023

In Idaho, three hour-long cloud-seeding events created the snow equivalent of about 282 Olympic-sized swimming pools’ worth of water.

Researchers measure wind speeds to understand turbulence in nighttime inversions of the stable boundary layer.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Wind Speed Governs Turbulence in Atmospheric Inversions

by Terri Cook 21 September 201811 August 2022

Measurements made during a field campaign in Idaho indicate that the speed of winds 2 meters above Earth’s surface determines the type of turbulence present in nighttime inversions.

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The Backwards Earthquakes

by E. E. A. Ross 15 December 20152 December 2022

Earthquakes in Idaho's panhandle are usually caused by the Earth's crust pulling apart. So why were earthquakes on 24 April pushing the crust together?

Posted inScience Updates

The Importance of Dunes on a Variety of Planetary Surfaces

by Timothy Titus, James Zimbelman and J. Radebaugh 14 August 20156 March 2023

The Fourth International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Integrating Models, Remote Sensing, and Field Data; Boise, Idaho, 19–22 May 2015

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