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Project using unmanned aerial systems starts May 8
Meteorologists are always looking for better ways to measure the lower atmosphere. This spring, researchers from NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) will join with others to test the value of airborne, mobile observing systems…
April 27 Reddit AMA: Tornado! Severe Weather Research & Prediction with NOAA
Spring has arrived and with it come efforts to study and learn to better predict severe weather like tornadoes. Join NOAA for a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) on severe weather research and prediction on April 27,…
Collaboration improves UK and US radar techniques to improve forecasts
The national weather radar system used throughout the United States by NOAA National Weather Service forecasters to “see” weather across the country is unique because it can be upgraded and modified with the newest capabilities,…
Gab at the Lab: April 14, 2017
Gab at the Lab is Friday, April 14, 2017. Speakers include Junjun Hu with FRDD, Swapan Mallick with FRDD, Amanda Murphy with RRDD, Humerto Vergara with WRDD, and Sean Waugh with WRDD Gab at the…
Significant papers
Significant Papers reported to HQ for the week ending April 7. The links to each are in blue. 1. MacGorman, D. R., M. S. Elliott, E. DiGangi (2017). Electrical discharges in the overshooting tops of…
Probabilistic Hazard Information experiment completes second week
The NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed, a joint project of the National Weather Service and the National Severe Storms Laboratory, is buzzing with activity again as the Experimental Warning Program focuses on its second of three…
Award winner to present NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed work on improving severe weather forecasts
NSSL research meteorologist Adam Clark will present his work on improving severe weather forecasts during NOAA Science Days in June. Clark, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers 2014 winner, is presenting on…
Researchers Begin Second Year of Tornado Study in Southeastern United States
The second field observing campaign for the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) research program, coordinated by the National Severe Storms Laboratory, began March 8 and continues through May 8. A…