Lessons learned from Japan's earthquake applicable for hurricanes, other natural disasters
August 29, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The importance of knowing your neighbors and taking warnings seriously are just two of the life-saving lessons that can be learned from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan six months ago, says a Purdue University political science professor.
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Purdue's Jeff Trapp part of month-long field research campaign to improve severe storm prediction
May 16, 2013
As a principal investigator in the NSF-funded Mesoscale Predictability Experiment (MPEX), Jeff will be collecting data with three radiosonde launch units operated by Purdue and NSSL in vehicles that will maneuver around late-day thunderstorms.
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