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Trained storm reporters learn to use environmental cues, like these swaying trees, to determine wind speeds.
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Humans Misread Wind Speeds, Skewing a Major Hazards Database

by E. Deatrick 6 June 201626 October 2021

Weather spotters who report storm measurements and observations to a U.S. national compendium of storm data often exaggerate winds speeds—by about one third, on average.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Regional Wind Patterns Will Influence Climate Change

by W. Yan 6 June 201612 January 2022

Climate change is expected to cause wet regions to get wetter and dry regions to get drier, but new research suggests that the truth is more complicated.

Airplane in storm clouds
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Storms Cause Infrequent Turbulence for Aircraft, New Study Finds

by E. Deatrick 25 May 201620 January 2023

Scientists using lightning sensors to automate air-turbulence detection have found evidence that storms jostle aircraft much less than previously thought.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Improved Models of Wind Flow over Mountains

by Terri Cook 15 February 20167 October 2021

A new approach for representing areas of low-lying mountains improves the simulation of atmospheric flow over gentle topography without increasing computational requirements.

Posted inScience Updates

Using Sounds from the Ocean to Measure Winds in the Stratosphere

by M. Arrowsmith, Stephen J. Arrowsmith and O. Marcillo 4 January 201629 March 2022

Stratospheric winds deflect acoustic waves from the oceans. With the right data and the math to analyze them, these waves tell us about the weather aloft.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Can the North Brazil Current Help Us Understand Atlantic Water Flow?

by David Shultz 24 December 20153 February 2023

Currents off the coast of northern Brazil can be used to study changes in the larger oceanic circulation pattern in the Atlantic, when variable winds in the regions are properly accounted for.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Atmospheric Wave May Shape Venus's Clouds

by J. Calderone 16 October 201523 January 2023

A novel model suggests that a new wave may be responsible for Venus's iconic Y pattern.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Formed These Curious Ripples on Mars?

by C. Minnehan 18 September 20156 March 2023

Dunes, ridges, or something else? Scientists seek to understand the origins of transverse aeolian ridges.

Posted inScience Updates

A Weather Eye on Coastal Winds

by F. M. Monaldo, C. R. Jackson, W. G. Pichel and X. Li 1 September 201514 January 2022

New satellite radar image-processing system provides wind speed maps with an unprecedented degree of precision. Such maps will help coastal communities prepare for wind-related hazards.

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Could Amazonian Deforestation Increase Cloudiness and Rain?

by S. Palus 4 May 201529 April 2022

In trading trees for pastures, patchwork differences in vegetation heights increase cloudiness in downwind regions.

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