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• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Weather
  Storms
  Renewable Energy
  Floods
   

  Researchers Plot Hurricane Damage Zipcode By Zipcode

  August 27, 1998 — Long before Hurricane Bonnie ever makes landfall, wind engineering researchers at Clemson University will be trying to predict - on a zip code by zip code basis - the amount of damage she's ... > full story
• Sun
  Solar Flare
  Northern Lights
  Astronomy
  Space Missions
  Solar System
   

  Surprises From SOHO Include Tornadoes On The Sun

  April 30, 1998 — The Sun has tall gyrating storms far larger and faster than tornadoes on the Earth. This unexpected finding is among the latest results from the solar spacecraft SOHO, announced at a European Space ... > full story
• Sun
  Solar Flare
  Astronomy
  Northern Lights
  Space Exploration
  NASA
   

  Ulysses Completes First Full Orbit Around The Sun

  April 20, 1998 — After a seven-and-a-half-year flight covering 3.8 billion kilometers (2.4 billion miles), Ulysses -- the only spacecraft ever to explore the Sun's polar regions -- has completed its first full ... > full story
• Renewable Energy
  Severe Weather
  Energy and the Environment
  Floods
  Natural Disasters
  Tornadoes
   

  Wind Hazards Like Tornadoes Receive Only Fraction Of Research Funding

  April 15, 1998 — Wind hazards like hurricanes and tornadoes result in a greater dollar loss than floods and earthquakes in the United States but receive only a fraction of the research funding, according to Clemson ... > full story
• Weather
  Renewable Energy
  Environmental Science
  Energy and the Environment
  Atmosphere
  Air Pollution
   

  FAA And NCAR Chart Juneau's Turbulent Skies

  April 14, 1998 — Researchers from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are charting the high winds at Juneau Airport in Alaska this spring in a project funded by the Federal Aviation Administration ... > full story
• Engineering and Construction
  Wind Energy
  Civil Engineering
  Construction
  Renewable Energy
  Engineering
   

  Wind Expert Cites Poor Building Practices In Connection With Storm Deaths And Destruction

  March 4, 1998 — National wind expert Dr. Peter Sparks, a professor of civil engineering and engineering mechanics at Clemson University, cites poor practices in connection with last week's tornado-related death ... > full story
• Wind Energy
  Construction
  Aerospace
  Aviation
  Engineering and Construction
  Telecommunications
   

  New Aerospace Computer Will Revolutionize The Design And Construction Of Airplanes

  July 28, 1997 — A NASA computer network tool promises great savings in time and money for airplane makers and the government by providing faster access to information to help shorten the aircraft design and test ... > full story

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