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Flights can inadvertently generate rain and snow near airports
The inadvertent cloud-seeding effect occurs up to about 6 percent of the time at major airports.
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Winter driving: Where the rubber meets the road
What if the vehicles ahead of you could send weather data to a smart system, warning you of ice or fog just ahead?
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Winter weather: Story tips from NCAR and UCAR
Improved forecasting, driving safety are among the goals of new research.
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Research that reaps results
Many facets of everyday life, from boarding a plane to turning on the lights or driving down the highway, are becoming safer and more cost-effective with the help of technologies rooted in atmospheric...
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Keeping aircraft safe from ice
Taking aim at a sometimes deadly aviation hazard, NCAR has developed high-precision maps to warn pilots away from clouds harboring the potential to ice up their wings
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When engine meets ice
Thanks to deicing treatment and careful route selection, commercial pilots now avoid most of the threat that ice will encase critical parts of a plane. But another, more mysterious kind of in-flight...
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Weather-savvy cars and drivers
NCAR scientists are developing a system to relay updates on weather and road conditions to and from wireless-enabled vehicles.
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Clouds and asphalt
Accounting for clouds in weather forecasting could greatly improve road safety.
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New airport system facilitates smoother take-offs and landings
A new NCAR turbulence avoidance system has been approved at Juneau International Airport and can be adapted for additional airports in rugged settings.
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Triggering turbulence in clear air
New research points to gravity waves, which ripple unseen through the atmosphere, as the culprit in many cases of clear-air turbulence. If those waves can be forecast, the research suggests that...
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New technology targets slick winter roads
Three states are deploying snowplows this winter with custom-designed sensors to better monitor weather and road conditions.
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Tornadoes, microbursts, and silver linings
It takes a sharp eye to find something positive in the wreckage of the worst swarm of U.S. tornadoes on record: the 1974 Jumbo Outbreak. Millions of Americans are safer in the air because of Fujita's...
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Research that reaps results
Many facets of everyday life, from boarding a plane to turning on the lights or driving down the highway, are becoming safer and more cost-effective with the help of technologies rooted in atmospheric...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Keeping aircraft safe from ice
Taking aim at a sometimes deadly aviation hazard, NCAR has developed high-precision maps to warn pilots away from clouds harboring the potential to ice up their wings
View ArticleClik here to view.
When engine meets ice
Thanks to deicing treatment and careful route selection, commercial pilots now avoid most of the threat that ice will encase critical parts of a plane. But another, more mysterious kind of in-flight...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Weather-savvy cars and drivers
NCAR scientists are developing a system to relay updates on weather and road conditions to and from wireless-enabled vehicles.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clouds and asphalt
Accounting for clouds in weather forecasting could greatly improve road safety.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Triggering turbulence in clear air
New research points to gravity waves, which ripple unseen through the atmosphere, as the culprit in many cases of clear-air turbulence. If those waves can be forecast, the research suggests that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tornadoes, microbursts, and silver linings
It takes a sharp eye to find something positive in the wreckage of the worst swarm of U.S. tornadoes on record: the 1974 Jumbo Outbreak. Millions of Americans are safer in the air because of Fujita's...
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