NSSL has a ten-year cooperative research venture with the Salt River Project (SRP), an Arizona power and water utility, to develop weather decision support tools for the company’s power dispatch, transmission operations, and water diversion.
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NSSL helps Phoenix power company brace for sand storms
An NSSL algorithm developed in collaboration with Arizona’s Salt River Project (SRP) alerts the power company of the potential for a dust storm.
NSSL’s mobile radar being used to help understand dust storms
NSSL’s dual-polarized mobile Doppler radar was used to study the skies during dust storm events in Arizona.
Wall of dirt
A wall of dirt engulfs the Phoenix metro area for the second time in July, 2011.