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Pam Heinselman came to the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory in 1995 as a scientist with the University of Oklahoma’s Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies. She grew up in Westminster, Maryland, and completed her…
This week, researchers from NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory will launch the 2015 Phased Array Radar Innovative Sensing Experiment to assess the impacts of rapidly updating radar data on forecasters’ warning decision performance. The project…
One of the highest awards presented within NOAA will be awarded to the NSSL team that developed Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor, a system that helps forecasters manage the flood of weather data available to them. Under Secretary…
He’s been around the National Weather Center since 2007, but you might not know everything he’s been up to! Darrel earned his bachelor’s degree in 2006 from Purdue University. After college, he was outsourced to…
During the week of July 20-24, six forecasters from NWS offices nationwide joined NSSL and CIMMS researchers for the final week of the Hydrometeorological Testbed. This project was supported by JJ Gourley, Steve Martinaitis, Race…
31 May 2013 El Reno Tornadoes: Advantages of Rapid-scan Phased Array Radar Data from a Warning Forecaster’s Perspective. Authors: Kuster, C.M., Heinselman, P.L., Austin, M. Journal: Weather and Forecasting Publication Date: Online 6/12/15 Important conclusions: Researchers collaborated with the forecaster who issued…
Automated Detection of Polarimeteric Tornadic Debris Signatures using A Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm Journal: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Publication Date: Online 7/2/2015 Authors: Snyder, Jeffrey C., Ryzhkov, Alexander. Important conclusions: Since debris lofted by tornadoes has scattering characteristics that are…
