UH Mānoa among nation’s best in latest research rankings
Reading time: 3 minutes Six disciplines at UH Mānoa placed in the nation’s top 10%.
UH Mānoa programs rank among world’s best by U.S. News and World Report
Reading time: 2 minutes UH’s flagship campus is ranked No. 394 worldwide and No. 106 in the U.S.
UH atmospheric scientists share hurricane expertise
Reading time: 2 minutes Faculty in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology's Department of Atmospheric Sciences were sought out for media interviews as the state awaited Hurricane Lane's arrival.
Partnership aims to improve tornado forecasting
Reading time: 2 minutes The SOEST and Jonathan Merage Foundation project aims to improve severe weather forecasting in northeastern Colorado.
A daily disturbance from the upper atmosphere leaves its footprints on tropical rainfall
Reading time: 2 minutes UH Mānoa researcher Takatoshi Sakazaki published a study in Geophysical Research Letters to determine the root cause of the temporal patterns.
Improving storm forecasting goal of UH Mānoa and Jonathan Merage Foundation partnership
Reading time: 2 minutes SOEST’s Steven Businger explores how long-range lightning can improve storm forecasting.
Lessons from Katrina and implications for Hawaiʻi focus of upcoming event
Reading time: 2 minutes Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, expert panelists from a variety of disciplines discuss lessons learned and their implications in Hawaiʻi.
Modeling vog for Hawaiʻi
Reading time: 3 minutes UH researchers detail the development and utility of a computer model for the dispersion of volcanic smog or “vog.”
Study finds heavy rainfall events becoming more frequent on Hawaiʻi Island
Reading time: 2 minutes University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers determined that heavy rainfall events have become more frequent over the last 50 years on Hawaiʻi Island.
Bin Wang honored with meteorological society’s highest award
Reading time: 2 minutes Bin Wang, a UH Mānoa Department of Atmospheric Sciences professor, was awarded the 2015 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal.
