NSSL will have a strong presence at the American Meteorological Society Severe Local Storms Conference October 27-31, 2008 in Savannah Georgia. NSSL scientists are presenting their research as lead authors on 14 papers, 12 posters,…
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“Severe clear” hampered radar test until this morning
NSSL scientists have been waiting for severe weather to test algorithm techniques on Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) radars located in central Oklahoma. The pretty fall weather has not cooperated until early this…
NSSL works to create “drought-proof” water supply in Oklahoma
NSSL has joined the Arbuckle-Simpson Water Bank Project – an unprecedented effort to provide Oklahomans with the tools to create a “drought-proof” water supply. The Water Bank project will integrate and expand on existing weather,…
NOAA NSSL mobile dual-polarized Doppler radar captures Ike
The first dual-polarized Doppler radar data of a landfalling hurricane eyewall was collected as Hurricane Ike came ashore in Texas last weekend. The data was collected by a new mobile dual-polarized X-band radar (called NO-XP)…
NSSL hosts workshop to define future of storm research
NSSL is hosting the Advanced Weather and Society Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) Workshop: Beyond Storm-Based Warnings, Communication of Probabilistic Hazard Information. The workshop will be held next week, September 15-17, 2008 in Norman, Oklahoma. The NOAA…
NOAA NSSL’s new mobile radar will be tested by Hurricane Ike
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory’s researchers will test a new mobile radar as Hurricane Ike makes landfall early Saturday morning. The dual-polarized X-band mobile radar built by NSSL and University of Oklahoma researchers is called…
CI-FLOW prepared for test from Hanna
North Carolina Sea Grant and NOAA’s multi-agency CI-FLOW (Coastal and Inland Flooding Observation and Warning) project prepared for a test of their monitoring and prediction system as Tropical Storm Hanna approached North Carolina on Friday.…
One-stop shopping for Norman NOAA Weather Partners com office
A brand-new Website was unveiled this week to offer one-stop shopping for information about the NOAA Weather Partners, located in Norman, Oklahoma: www.norman.noaa.gov. “The new Web site allows us to highlight the latest news, photos,…
OAR award goes to NSSL book author second year in a row
NSSL scientist and Chief of the Forecast Research Division David J. Stensrud has been awarded the 2008 OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper Award – Special Recognition Award for his book “Parameterization Schemes: Keys to Understanding Numerical…
NSSL scientist arrives in Guam to study typhoons
NSSL’s Dave Jorgensen arrived at Andersen AFB in Guam on Friday August 22, 2008 to participate in TCS08 and T-PARC experiments. Jorgensen was invited as one of the Chief Scientists on the Naval Research Lab…