Congratulations to Dr. Ken Leppert and Todd Murphy, two graduate students in UAHuntsville’s Atmospheric Science program who are lead authors on research papers published in the February edition of the Monthly Weather Review, an American Meteorological Society journal.  Salmon Library subscribes to Monthly Weather Review, so be sure to read their groundbreaking research in full!

Leppert found that certain traits that can be seen from space might help give earlier warnings of which low pressure systems coming out of Africa or South America are more likely to develop into tropical storms or hurricanes.

Murphy’s research verified that the “synthetic dual Doppler” technique can be used to study some powerful storm cells that generate tornadoes. That might significantly increase the number of storms that can be studied to help scientists find clues or traits that could be used to make earlier or more accurate tornado forecasts.

If you have any questions about how to access their articles, be sure to contact a reference librarian at 256-824-6529 or erefq@uah.edu