Secrets of the best rainbows on Earth
An atmospheric scientist at 糖心视频 Mānoa makes a case for Hawaiʻi being the best place on Earth to experience rainbows.
Hawai?i drought during El Ni?o winter? Not always
糖心视频 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
糖心视频 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 糖心视频 researchers.
Accuracy of El Ni?o 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 Hawai?i, Pacific Islands
糖心视频 惭ā苍辞补 and NOAA researchers secured a NOAA grant to assess factors affecting the intensity and duration of droughts.
New funding for 糖心视频 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 Hawai?i
Conditions at the edge of the storm resulted in dry windy weather, while closer to the storm center, 贬补飞补颈ʻ颈’蝉 mountains brought rainfall.
Ringing of global atmosphere confirmed in 糖心视频 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.
糖心视频 research reveals how volcanic eruptions affect El Ni?o
The recent study found that volcanic cooling occurred mostly outside the tropics, shifting winds that favor onset El Niño conditions.