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UAH team helping Japanese space program launch safely

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Feb. 14, 2012) — During some winters a significant amount of snow falls on parts of California. During other winters — like this one (so far) — there is much less snow. But more than 130 years of snow data show that over time snowfall in California is neither increasing nor decreasing.

The analysis of snowfall data from as far back as 1878 found no long-term trend in how much snow falls in the state, especially in the critical western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, said John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

"There isn't a trend significantly different from zero for the whole period," Christy said. "I also looked at just the past 50 years and there is no trend over this recent stretch either."

Details of Christy's research have been accepted for publication and released on-line by the American Meteorological Society's "Journal of Hydrometeorology."*

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UAH team leads discussion of 2011 tornado disasters

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- A team of scientists and students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville participated in a special symposium on 2011's tornado disasters at the recent annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society in New Orleans.

"We looked at all aspects of the disaster itself, from the characteristics of the storms to the sociological issues," said Kevin Knupp, a UAHuntsville professor of atmospheric scientist and the symposium's organizer. The discussion before a standing-room-only crowd featured research presentations about several tornado-related storms, including the April 27 storms in the Southeast and the May 22 tornado that hit Joplin, Mo.

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