The “Canyon Fire” has been chosen as the 2007-2008 USGS Debris Flow Project region for intensive research measurements. NSSL’s Shared Mobile Atmospheric and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) crew will participate for the third year by providing…
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NSSL scientists receive NASA grant to improve lightning observations
NSSL research scientists Donald MacGorman and Ted Mansell, along with OU meteorology professor William Beasley were awarded a $1.44 million three-year grant from NASA to improve ground-based lightning observations. The team of NSSL and OU…
NSSL scientists given special recognition for book
NSSL’s John Lewis along with S. Lakshmivarahan and Sudarshan Dhall of OU/NOAA Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies were given special recognition by OAR for their book Dynamic Data Assimilation: A Least Squares Approach, Cambridge…
NSSL scientists recognized by OAR for Outstanding Scientific Paper
The OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper Award was given to NSSL’s Alexander Ryzhkov, Terry Schuur, Don Burgess, Pam Heinselman, Scott Giangrande and Dusan Zrnic for their paper on “The Joint Polarization Experiment: Polarimetric Rainfall Measurements and…
Third Annual National Weather Festival
NSSL is preparing for the third annual National Weather Festival held at the National Weather Center in Norman, OK. The event is planned for this coming Saturday, October 20, 2007 from 9 a.m. – 1…
NSSL’s new radar “slice and dice” tool helps in storm warnings
NSSL’s prototype Four-Dimensional Stormcell Investigator (FSI), a 3D/4D base radar data display tool, was alpha-tested in three NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) this summer – Melbourne, Fla., Omaha, Neb., and Huntsville, Ala. FSI is based…