Tag: Extreme Weather
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This satellite constellation transformed earth science by creatively tuning in to GPS signals
Governments and companies have launched similar constellations to use the method, called GNSS-R, to monitor and forecast wildfires, flooding and more.
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Air quality: rainfall history matters as much as where the air came from
A 19-year ‘goldmine’ of cloud and rainwater samples collected from a New Hampshire mountain provides fresh insights about air pollution.
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Modeling particles reveals soil density impact on surface fault ruptures
The discrete element method models tens of millions of distinct particles to help understand this rare earthquake hazard and inform resilient civil engineering design.
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Did You Feel It? Expanding use of an earthquake crowdsourcing tool
The platform that rapidly maps earthquake damage can collect more global shaking intensity observations by supporting more languages and increasing social media traffic.
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Hurricane outages: analysis details the where, and who, of increased future power cuts
A new analytical tool from U-M provides guidance for municipal and emergency planning.
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Between rain and snow, machine learning finds 9 precipitation types
Leveraging 1.5M minutes of precipitation data and a nonlinear method to handle complex relationships between variables, the team created a new classification system
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Solving for ‘what if’: A Q&A on risk with Jim Bagian and Seth Guikema
Co-founders of the Center for Risk Analysis Informed Decision Engineering discuss its history and the increasing need for its expertise.
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Satellites reveal tropical wetland flooding did not cause methane surge
Human activity or other wetland factors like temperature or soil chemistry could be at play.
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Tornado Paths web platform tracks twisters across US
As climate change alters how often tornadoes occur in different parts of the U.S., a new online tool enables the public to see where they have recently struck.
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Utilities face common challenges, need collaboration as challenges grow
Michigan power and water providers look for ways to improve reliability and resilience.
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Traditional infrastructure design often makes extreme flooding events worse
Massive 2014 flooding event in southeast Michigan showed why systems thinking beats local thinking in flood protection.
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A passenger airplane will advance a U-Michigan-led satellite mission to understand climate
New Zealand plane fitted with receivers will validate CYGNSS data and improve interpretation.