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Leader of early Doppler radar development passes away

Posted in News on June 24, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.

A NSSL founder and instrumental leader of early Doppler radar development has passed away. Kenneth Wilk helped establish NSSL’s reputation as the leading federal laboratory focused on weather radar.

Tags: Featured, in memoriam, NEXRAD radar

Creator of instrumental radar techniques passes away

Posted in News, People News on June 11, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.
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A member of the meteorology community, Leslie “Les” Lemon, passed away in late May. Lemon was an eminent radar meteorologist during his career and saw it as his mission to aid forecasters.

Tags: Featured, in memoriam

Research continues to improve forecasting tools

Posted in News on May 14, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.
Hand drawn atmospheric map analysis of the United States displayed in Google Hangout for a conference call.

Every spring, researchers and forecasters have come together in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed but this year they’re trying something new.

Tags: Featured, Forecast research, NOAA HWT

Q&A with Researcher Cassandra Shivers-Williams

Posted in Collaboration, People News on March 31, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.
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Severe weather researchers focus on more than just storms. They also study how people interpret and react to severe weather warnings.

Tags: Behavioral Insights Group, Featured, Women of NOAA, Women of NSSL, Women's History Month

Q&A with Researcher Thea Sandmael

Posted in News, People News on March 27, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.
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Researchers constantly study new ways to help weather forecasters utilize the vast amount of data provided by the nation’s Doppler radar network.

Tags: Featured, radar research, Women of NOAA, Women of NSSL, Women's History Month

NOAA NSSL announces new director

Posted in News, People News on March 20, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.
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A collaborative leader in the meteorological community and expert in weather modeling is returning to NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma, as its new director. John “Jack” Kain starts in this new position…

Tags: Announcement, Featured, Jack Kain, People News

Severe weather luminary, former NOAA NSSL director passes away

Posted in News, People News on February 24, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.

The weather community mourns the loss of leader and luminary Jeff Kimpel, who passed away Saturday morning. He was the NSSL director for 13 years.

Tags: Featured, in memoriam, Jeff Kimpel

Researchers test experimental severe weather warning tools

Posted in News on February 10, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.
Researchers and forecasters testing new forecasting technologies on a computer screen.

Throughout February, researchers are testing technologies to allow warnings to follow storms continuously in NOAA’s Hazardous Weather Testbed.

Tags: FACETs, Featured, NOAA HWT, Threats in Motion

Researchers leverage machine learning to improve forecasting tools

Posted in News on January 27, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.

Weather models are the basic building blocks of a forecast. Researchers leverage machine learning techniques in an effort to improve these tools.

Tags: CIMMS, Featured, Forecast Research News, models, NOAA

NOAA researchers are working to make traveling in winter weather safer

Posted in News on December 2, 2019 by Emily Jeffries.

A team of scientists is working on ways to better forecast potentially dangerous winter weather to cut down on these impacts to travelers.

Tags: Featured, NOAA Research, OU CIMMS, winter weather

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