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Mr. Tornado: One Man’s Pursuit to Understand the Deadliest Storms
May 02, 2020
PBS has released a documentary about the life and work of Prof. Tetsuya 'Ted' Fujita (1920-1998), cataloging his discovery of microbursts and effort to quantify tornado damage. He became Associate Prof. in the Department in 1962, Professor in 1965 and was named the Charles Merriam Distinguished Service Professor in 1989. He retired from teaching in 1990, but continued to research meteorological phenomena until his death. His legacy lives on in his eponymous, now 'Enhanced' Fujita scale, and in the countless lives his pioneering work has saved.
You can watch the trailer here.
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Former Students make NYT for ICESat Data
May 01, 2020
A recent publication led by past department students was just featured in the New York Times! Ben Smith and Thomas Neumann, both former undergrads, and Kelly Brunt, a former graduate student, contributed to a study quantifying mass loss from the polar ice sheets. Congrats to all!
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Chicago Water Isotope Spectrometer makes a splash in API Scilight
April 29, 2020
A recent publication coauthored by postoc Ben Clouser and Prof. Elisabeth Moyer was just featured in an API Scilight article! The Chicago Water Isotope Spectrometer (ChiWIS-lab) will measure the isotopic composition of water vapor and cirrus clouds in the upper troposphere, in hopes of tracing a variety of atmospheric processes. Congratulations to both!
