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Tag: Issue: Spring 2013

Record low estimated tornado counts from May 2012 to April 2013

Posted in Research News, Warning Research News on May 3, 2013 by Susan Cobb.

NSSL tornado climatology expert, Harold Brooks has written a blog post about the remarkable absence of tornado activity during the 12-month period from May 2012 to April 2013.

Tags: Brooks, Hot Items, Issue: Spring 2013, low, NSSL, tornado count

Renowned physicist to speak at National Weather Center

Posted in Talks and Articles on April 16, 2013 by Susan Cobb.

The National Weather Center will host renowned physicist Dr. Francis Slakey, Associate Director of Public Affairs at the American Physical Society, at 4 p.m. April 23 in Room 1313.

Tags: Hot Items, Issue: Spring 2013, NSSL, NWC Colloquium, Slakey

R2O success in Birmingham

Posted in Photo of the Month on April 12, 2013 by Susan Cobb.

The NWSFO in Birmingham, Ala. used an NSSL product to plan surveys of damage caused by the tornadoes yesterday.  NSSL’s On Demand is a web-based tool that can be used to help confirm when and…

Tags: Hot Items, Issue: Spring 2013, NSSL, NWSFO BMX, rotation tracks, WDSS-II

NSSL researcher works with Native Alaskan students on weather and climate

Posted in Outreach News on April 9, 2013 by Susan Cobb.

NSSL’s Bob Rabin was in D.C. to support Native Alaskan students as they gave presentations on weather and climate.

Tags: Issue: Spring 2013, NSSL, Rabin

NSSL, partners: Thin, low Arctic clouds played an important role in the massive 2012 Greenland ice melt

Posted in Forecast Research News, Research News on April 4, 2013 by Susan Cobb.

A team of scientists, including NSSL’s Dave Turner published a new study in Nature that showed how clouds over the central Greenland Ice Sheet last July were “just right” for driving surface temperatures there above the melting point.

Tags: Greenland, ICECAPS, Issue: Spring 2013, melting

NSSL team releases Spring 2013 radar software upgrades

Posted in Radar on March 29, 2013 by Susan Cobb.

Twice each year NSSL engineers release a software upgrade to improve the capabilities of the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar (NWRT PAR). The Spring 2013 upgrade was released this week and is now operational.

Tags: Hot Items, Issue: Spring 2013, MPAR, MPARSUP, NWRT, software

New video: NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory Radar Research

Posted in Radar on March 20, 2013 by Susan Cobb.

A new video traces NSSL’s legacy of life saving weather radar research from the development of Doppler weather radar to the most recent research with phased array radar.

Tags: Hot Items, Issue: Spring 2013, March, NSSL, Radar Research News, research, youtube

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