Hail to the Chief

Hail to the editor-in-chief: an appreciation of Victor J. Hruby, outstanding scientist-mentor-leader in peptide research.

More than a year ago, celebration of the milestone 65th birthday of University of Arizona Regents’ Professor Emeritus Victor J. Hruby, and Editor-in-Chief of this journal since 1988, marked the first stage in planning this special issue, together with the first Hruby Symposium on Chemical Biology (Tucson, October 30, 2004) and establishment of an endowment for future Hruby Symposia and a Fellow...

Hail Sensing Probes: Feasibility Analysis for Probes to Monitor and Study Hail

This work presents the feasibility study regarding the realization of hail sensing probes for remote sensing and study of hail. The probes are designed as artificial hailstones in order to study both the physical properties of the portion of atmosphere where the formation of hail occurs and the modification of atmospheric conditions while the hailstones are falling to the ground. The basic idea...

Hail suppression and society.

An interdisciplinary assessment of hail suppression in the past, present, and future has shown it to be currently scientifically uncertain but a potentially beneficial future technology. An established suppression technology would be widely adopted in the Great Plains, providing benefits to agriculture and secondarily to the American consumer. Development of a reliable technology will require a...

Evaluation of Alberta Hail Growth Model Using Severe Hail Proximity Soundings from the United States

A one-dimensional, coupled hail and cloud model (HAILCAST) is tested to assess its ability to predict hail size. The model employs an ensemble approach when forecasting maximum hail size, uses a sounding as input, and can be run in seconds on an operational workstation. The model was originally developed in South Africa and then improved upon in Canada, using high quality hail verification data...

Hail and Farewell