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Leader, engineer, and innovator in Doppler radar passes away

Posted in News on March 19, 2021 by Emily Jeffries.
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Richard “Dick” Doviak, a renowned radar engineer and professor, passed away recently. Research conducted by Doviak and others at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory helped convince the NOAA National Weather Service of Doppler radar’s…

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NSSL mourns innovator and idealist Doug Forsyth

Posted in News on September 15, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.
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The weather community lost a caring innovator and leader this month when retired NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory employee Doug Forsyth passed away.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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