Hawaiʻi drought during El Niño winter? Not always
UH research revealed the connection between Hawaiʻi winter rainfall and El Niño is not as straightforward as previously thought.
Vog team busy with new Kīlauea eruption
UH Mānoa’s Vog Measurement and Prediction Project continues to create forecasts of dispersion and trajectories of volcanic smog, which are available in real-time online.
Tropical cyclones move faster, cut prep times
Hurricanes or typhoons have been moving across ocean basins faster since 1982, according to a study led by UH researchers.
Accuracy of El Niño simulation hones climate change estimates
Scientists found that when the models simulate the subsurface ocean current variations more accurately, asymmetry between El Niño and La Niña increases.
New funding supports drought predictions in Hawaiʻi, Pacific Islands
UH Mānoa and NOAA researchers secured a NOAA grant to assess factors affecting the intensity and duration of droughts.
New funding for UH vog research to sharpen statewide forecasts
The VMAP project received three years of new funding to improve its ability to provide statewide forecasts of vog.
Hurricane Lane brought fire and rain to Hawaiʻi
Conditions at the edge of the storm resulted in dry windy weather, while closer to the storm center, Hawaiʻi’s mountains brought rainfall.
Ringing of global atmosphere confirmed in UH research
The atmosphere’s “music” comes not as a sound we could hear, but in the form of large-scale waves of atmospheric pressure spanning the globe.
UH research reveals how volcanic eruptions affect El Niño
The recent study found that volcanic cooling occurred mostly outside the tropics, shifting winds that favor onset El Niño conditions.
Climate change poised to reawaken ancient weather pattern
As early as 2050, floods, storms and drought could worsen and become more regular.
