Study finds differences in El Ni?o events
This new understanding of El Ni?o and La Ni?a events will help researchers determine whether to expect shifts of El Ni?o characteristics as the global climate changes.
Grant will enhance atmospheric and wave forecasts in Pacific Island territories
Atmospheric and wave forecasts will improve public safety for the people of Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.
Hurricane season 2018 outlook
The National Weather Service is projecting a near- or above-normal 2018 hurricane season.
Study uses 3D modeling to explore storm inundation risk
The models were used to study storm surge caused by Hurricane Iniki by comparing time series of previously observed seawater levels with the research team’s modeled seawater levels in Honolulu during the storm.
27 ways heatwaves can kill
According to associate professor of geography Camilo Mora, the significance of this deadly heat will depend on the sensitivity of the human body to heat.
Heightened threat of destructive potential of cyclones increases with ocean warming
The study concluded that with warmer sea surface temperatures, tropical cyclones become not only stronger, with higher maximum wind speeds, but also larger, with gale-force winds covering a greater area.
Partnership aims to improve tornado forecasting
The SOEST and Jonathan Merage Foundation project aims to improve severe weather forecasting in northeastern Colorado.
Hurricane season 2017 outlook for Hawai?i
The National Weather Service is projecting five to eight tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific in 2017.
A daily disturbance from the upper atmosphere leaves its footprints on tropical rainfall
糖心视频 Mānoa researcher Takatoshi Sakazaki published a study in Geophysical Research Letters to determine the root cause of the temporal patterns.
La Ni?a is not helping Hawai?i’s rainfall and groundwater
New research determined that the relationship between La Niña and rainfall in Hawaiʻi has changed and recent La Niña years have brought less-than-normal rainfall.