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Evaluation Of Human-made Structures Impact On Lightning Data Featured As Research Spotlight

Posted in News, People News, Research News on June 2, 2017 by Emily Jeffries.

As cell phone towers continue to fill the landscape, evaluating the influence of such human-made structures and their impact on lightning data continues to be a priority for one research scientist. A recent article by…

Tags: Darrel Kingfield, EOS, Featured, lightning, OU CIMMS

NSSL Announces Passing of Pioneering Lightning Researcher Dave Rust

Posted in News, People News on May 15, 2017 by Emily Jeffries.

We are saddened to announce the death of one of the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory’s renowned scientists who made significant and revolutionary contributions to thunderstorm science. David “Dave” Rust, NSSL scientist emeritus, passed away…

Tags: Dave Rust, Featured, history, Hot Items, lightning, NSSL, scientist emeritus

NSSL researcher’s new book illuminates state of the science in lightning physics

Posted in People News on December 16, 2016 by NSSL Webmaster.

The current understanding of lightning physics is the focus of a new book published by physicist Vladislav Mazur, based on his more than 30 year career at NSSL. Principles of Lightning Physics presents and discusses…

Tags: lightning, People News

2015 Spring Warning Project will look at new severe weather warning guidance

Posted in R2O on April 21, 2015 by Susan Cobb.

Several experiments to improve National Weather Service severe weather warnings will be conducted this spring in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) as part of the annual Experimental Warning Program.

Tags: Emergency Managers, ENI, EWP, FACETs, Featured, GOES-R PG, Hot Items, HWT, lightning, lightning jump, NOAA, NWS, PHI, WRF

CIMMS/NSSL researchers work to get West Texas lightning data in AWIPS in time for severe weather

Posted in R2O on April 20, 2015 by Susan Cobb.

An NSSL/CIMMS and TTU team pushed hard to get lightning products functional for potential severe weather on April 16 and were successful.

Tags: CIMMS, Featured, Hot Items, HWT, lightning, LMA, LUB, NSSL, NWS

NSSL/CIMMS scientist to brief NWS forecasters

Posted in Collaboration, R2O on March 30, 2015 by Susan Cobb.

Kristin Calhoun (NSSL/CIMMS) will give an invited webinar to National Weather Service meteorologists and hydrologists on April 1, 2015, about current lightning prediction products in research and development at NSSL.

Tags: CIMMS, ENI, Hot Items, lightning, lightning jump, lja, NSSL, NWS

Dave Rust elected AGU Fellow

Posted in People News on December 17, 2014 by Susan Cobb.

NSSL retiree W. David Rust has been elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the first NSSL scientist to receive the honor. He joins three other NOAA scientists who will be celebrated during the Honors…

Tags: AGU, ballooning, Dave Rust, Featured, Fellow, lightning, NSSL

Scientists study storm electricity in Florida

Posted in Research News on August 6, 2014 by Susan Cobb.

NSSL is wrapping up a three-week project to provide the first ever simultaneous measurements of the vertical structures of microphysics, electrical charge, and electric fields in Florida storms.

Tags: Featured, florida, Hot Items, lightning, MacGorman, particle imager, Waugh

Forecasters to test experimental lightning data

Posted in Collaboration, Research News on July 17, 2014 by Susan Cobb.

NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters will test how lightning data impacts the warning process during convective events in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed from July 21-August 29. The project is a collaboration between NSSL and Earth Networks, Inc., a private weather company.

Tags: alert, dangerous, earth networks, Hot Items, HWT, lightning, thunderstorm

Up up and away!

Posted in Photo of the Month on August 13, 2013 by Susan Cobb.
Tags: ballooning, electric field meter, Featured, lightning, NSSL, particle imager, storm electricity

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