NSSL’s SMART-R team has deployed a mobile radar near a target burn area each winter to supply real-time close-up radar data during rain eventsA/USGS prototype Debris Flow Warning System experiment.
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NSSL Retiree added to the COMET Hall of Fame
Don Burgess, retired NSSL and NWS research meteorologist, now part-time with OU/CIMMS was recently honored by COMET, the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training with an induction into the COMET “Hall of Fame.”
VORTEX2 preparations intensify
VORTEX2, the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment – 2 will focus on answering new questions about how, when, and why tornadoes form, why some thunderstorms produce tornadoes and others do not, the structure of tornadoes, and the relationship of tornadic winds to damage.
NSSL launches severe weather blog following deadly winter tornadoes
NSSL and the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) are collaborating on a blog created to facilitate communication about the impacts of selected severe weather events in the United States.
Bob Davies-Jones, NSSL tornado expert to retire
NSSL is taking this opportunity to celebrate the career of Bob Davies-Jones, who will be retiring on January 3, 2009. Davies-Jones has had an impactful 38-year career with the lab, sharing his tornado expertise with…
Every PING counts! NSSL looks to local community to help with research
Are snowflakes fallin’ on your head? Are you getting pinged by ice pellets? NSSL is requesting observations of winter precipitation from volunteers in a 150km radius of Norman Oklahoma. More than 2,600 observations have been…
NSSL’s SMART-Radar team deployed to help improve debris flow warnings
The NSSL Shared Mobile Atmospheric and Research Teaching Radar (SMART-R) team is preparing for its fourth deployment as part of the NOAA and U.S. Geological Survey Demonstration Flash Flood and Debris Flow Early Warning System…
It’s National Weather Festival time!
NSSL is preparing for the fourth annual National Weather Festival on Saturday, November 8, 2008 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the National Weather Center. Organizers are anticipating crowds of 2000-3000 visitors. The Norman Chamber of…
NSSL reaches out with “That Weather Show” podcasts
NSSL staff created a new outreach tool called “That Weather Show.” That Weather Show recently launched by NOAA Weather Partners offers a number of short podcasts covering a wide range of topics. NSSL is working…
NSSL researchers receive prestigious awards from AMS
The American Meteorology Society (AMS) has announced the recipients of the 2009 AMS Awards including two NSSL researchers. Awardees will be honored at the AMS Conference January 11-16, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. REMOTE SENSING PRIZE…