Sue van den Heever

Cloud physicist; Prof @CSUAtmosSci; storms, convection, cold pools, aerosols, education and environment; wife, mom, gardener, sailor, and African adventurer.

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

Study by @beeleung_ and @Sue_vdH shows that gradients in #aerosol #emissions drive thermodynamic circulations called “aerosol breezes” that may enhance #precipitation and #cloudiness in the cleaner regions of the aerosol gradient. @CSUAtmosSci https://t.co/j0F3tSNS4Y

[Gabrielle Leung @beeleung_]

In our latest paper, @Sue_vdH and I show that localized emission sources like wildfires and cities can drive an “aerosol breeze” that increases clouds and rainfall. Read more at @NatureComms: https://t.co/8Hs2m5mLPP !

[Sue van den Heever @Sue_vdH]

What a record breaking weather day … stay warm everyone!

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

Europe is launching suicide squid robots to grab space junk and burn up with it in Earth's atmosphere

Beginning 2025 🦑🤖

[Piyush Garg @tropmetpie]

Was Invited to Participate in 1st cold pool science workshop at Ringberg Castle in Tegernsee, Germany. Had some really fruitful discussion on what we need to do more to better understand cold pools. Plus, we stayed in a real castle! Thanks ⁦@Sue_vdH⁩ and Cathy for inviting.

[CSU Atmos Sci @CSUAtmosSci]

Gabrielle Leung M.S. Defense
"Processes driving shallow convective development and their interactions with aerosols: Aerosol transport and aerosol breezes"
10 a.m. Aug. 17
ATS 101 or Microsoft Teams
Adviser: Sue van den Heever

@beeleung_ | @Sue_vdH

[Sue van den Heever @Sue_vdH]

Multiple outflow boundary collisions enhancing convection around Fort Collins this afternnon.

[CSU Atmos Sci @CSUAtmosSci]

Professors @michaelmbell and @KRasmusWx are leading @PRECIP2022 to figure out how and why the most violent rainstorms in the world occur. The #NSFfunded project involves an international team and aims to save lives by improving extreme rainfall prediction. https://t.co/5BbiHqbxTi

[Paul DeMott @pdemott1]

#BACS closing out this week. What a great collaboration of convective storms and aerosol groups, led by Leah Grant, Russell Perkins and Betsy Stone, with the #BROADN team! ⁦@Sue_vdH⁩ ⁦@Marina_nieto91⁩ ⁦@ClaudiaMignani⁩ ⁦⁦@nbryan5⁩ #NSFfunded

[Sue van den Heever @Sue_vdH]

@JhordanneJ That’s awesome news Jhordanne! Congratulations!!

[ARM News @armnewsteam]

March is #WomensHistoryMonth and today is #InternationalWomensDay. #ARM is honoring the many women who keep #ARMdata flowing and those who use that #data in their #research | #WomenInScience #DOEClimateScience

[CSU Atmos Sci @CSUAtmosSci]

The C³LOUD-Ex field campaign, led by Prof. @Sue_vdH, is featured on the cover of the latest issue of #BulletinAMS! The innovative campaign involved flying drones into thunderstorms to capture hard-to-collect data on updrafts and cold pools.

[Zoom Earth @zoom_earth]

Madagascar will once again be struck by a tropical cyclone — the third to do so in February.

#Emnati is currently north of Mauritius, and will landfall along the southeastern coast of Madagascar on Tuesday.

Latest tracker on our website: https://t.co/cngPAp8tFZ

[Carolyn Nickelo (she/her) @CarolynNickelo]

I thought this school year would be better, but it isn’t. This year is destroying teachers. I am so tired that I literally hurt. Schools may be the best place for kids, but I don’t know how we come back from this. 1/🧵

[Tomer Burg @burgwx]

Using 5-minute ASOS data nationally, I constructed a loop of 10-minute pressure change, showing the shockwave from the volcanic eruption progressing through the United States this morning:

[Sue van den Heever @Sue_vdH]

Smoke from Boulder fires making its way out into E CO. Pyrocu obvious from Fort Collins.

[Sue van den Heever @Sue_vdH]

A remarkable movie and statement - one that is certainly worth watching! A clearly presented and unbiased assessment of the Earth’s current biodiversity as well as practical steps forward to addressing these issues! https://t.co/2wpLYqEC2Z

[nature @Nature]

Earth’s second-largest expanse of tropical forest lies in central Africa, in the Congo Basin. This rainforest is key to limiting climate change — it needs urgent study and protection https://t.co/7DrVHopXmR