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UAH's Earth System Science Center (ESSC) was created to encourage interdisciplinary study of the Earth as an integrated system across traditional boundaries.

It has a diverse scientific staff, including atmospheric scientists, biologists, geologists, engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists.

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UAHuntsville has major presence at NWA conference

UAHuntsville’s Earth System Science Center and its Atmospheric Science Department have a major presence at the National Weather Association’s annual meeting this week in Birmingham.

Students, faculty and research staff are scheduled to make ten talks during the four-day meeting, with an additional 13 poster presentations.

The center’s severe weather research group also had a presence at the NWA’s ‘Weatherfest’ on Sunday at the McWane Science Center. About 400 people toured the Mobile Integrated Profiling System or learned about the Mobile Meteorological Measurements Vehicle.

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Brown Bag Seminar


"Volcanic Eruptions and Climate"

Presented by: Alan Robock (Rutgers University)
Wednesday, February 1st -- NSSTC 4065 - 12:45 pm

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