Watching Disaster from a Distance: Typhoons and Tornadoes

The weather on Long Island has been typical for Fall; one day you need a winter coat and the next day you are tempted to throw on shorts. This is due to the steady eastward progression of storm systems from the clashing of air masses across the country. This active...

Final Mission: The Long Island Sea Breeze Front

The final mission of the DREAMS Project, Mission #12 if you are keeping track, took place on Monday, July 8th. The goal of the mission was to target the Long Island sea breeze front and any possible pop-up convection in the area. The forecast was very supportive of a...

Mission #10: DOW 6 is Sick and Mission #11: 4th of July Fireworks

Mission #10 of the DREAMS Project at Stony Brook University was originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 2nd but was cancelled because of a lack of activity. The atmospheric pattern was generally stable which inhibits convection so any precipitation in the...

Mission #6: The MCV That Took Too Long!

The DREAMS Project mission for Thursday, June 27th was contingent upon hoping that convection developed out ahead of a larger-scale thunderstorm system called a mesoscale convective vortex or MCV. The actual MCV was forecast to move across Long Island close to...

Mission #4: Scattered Convection Near NYC

The DREAMS Project started its second week with a mission, to keep the DOW busy of course! The forecast for Monday, June 24 called for a slight chance of scattered severe thunderstorms in the New York City vicinity and an enhancement of the New York Bight Jet....
Stony Brook University Hosts NSF Funded Storm Chasing Project

Stony Brook University Hosts NSF Funded Storm Chasing Project

Photo above: Pictured in front of the Doppler on Wheels 6 from left to right are: Professor Brian Colle, SoMAS at Stony Brook University; Joshua Wurman and Karen Kosiba of the Center for Severe Weather Research; and Kelly Lombardo, SBU Postdoctoral researcher....
Stony Brook University Hosts NSF Funded Storm Chasing Project

Stony Brook University Hosts NSF Funded Storm Chasing Project

STONY BROOK, NY, June 26, 2013 – Stony Brook University in collaboration with the National Weather Service (NWS) and the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder, CO, is hosting and participating in the DREAMS (Doppler Radar for Education And Mesoscale Studies)...

The DREAMS Project

This summer is a special one for Dr. Brian Colle’s Coastal Meteorology and Atmospheric Prediction (COMAP) Group because Stony Brook University is home to an exciting field campaign, the Doppler Radar for Education and Mesoscale Studies (DREAMS) Project. A team...

E-Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 1 – 17 Spring Semester 2013

E-Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 17, May 19 – 25, 2013 Information, Talks, and Publications about Atmospheres This is the final ITPA newsletter for the Spring 2013 semester.  Seminar schedules for the Fall 2013 semester will be available in mid-August at the following...

2013 Press

Report: Keeping New Fire Island Inlet Open is Paying Off (Patch) New book summaries 35 years of Long Island Sound research (The Day) Study: Lemon sharks return to birthplace, exhibiting ‘natal homing’ (Newsday) Daniel Knopf, named research fellow of EMSL...
Meteorology Club Launches New Webpage

Meteorology Club Launches New Webpage

The SoMAS Meteorology Club launched its new Student Forecast webpage on 11 April 2012 (sbwx.blogspot.com). Assembled by Club Secretary Michael Colbert with assistance from the School’s Computer Support Specialist, Mark Lang, the new site has been designed to...

E-Newsletter Vol. 21 – 2011

E-Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 1, August 28 – September 3, 2011 Information, Talks, and Publications about Atmospheres Welcome Back! The Fall 2011 semester officially begins on Monday, August 29. The first Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS) seminar will...

E-Newsletter Vol. 20 – 2010

E-Newsletter Vol. 20 No. 1, Jan 30 – Feb 5, 2011 Information, Talks, and Publications about Atmospheres Welcome Back! The Spring 2011 semester begins on Monday, January 31. This week’s “Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences” (TAOS) speaker...

2011 Publications

Allam, Bassem Rosa, M.E., J.E. Ward, S.E. Shumway, G.H. Wikfors, B.A. Holohan, E. Pales-Espinosa and B. Allam. 2011. The role of particle surface properties on feeding selectivity by Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, and blue mussels, Mytilus edulis. Journal of...

E-Newsletter Vol. 16 – 2009

E-Newsletter Vol. 16 No. 1, January 25 – 31, 2009 Information, Talks, and Publications about Atmospheres Happy New Year ! The Spring 2009 semester officially begins on Monday, January 26. This week’s Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAOS)...