The National Weather Association recently awarded the mPING development team for help the application has provided in meteorology.
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Weather Reports from Citizens Provide Research Input
Is it raining, snowing or hailing where you are? Tell us about it! Report the weather at your location any time on the mPING app to help NOAA researchers and forecasters, and join citizen scientists…
Significant Paper: Using Citizen Science Reports to Evaluate Estimates of Surface Precipitation Type
This is the first paper to comprehensively evaluate the MRMS rain-snow product using mPING crowd-sourced observations.
mPING Weather App Goes Global
Citizen scientists around the world, not just those in the United States, can now submit weather observations and view reports on the go using the newly upgraded mPING smart phone application. Developers from NOAA’s National…
Gab at the Lab: Kim Elmore
Kim Elmore has made great contributions during his 20+ years with NSSL. Recently, he played an instrumental role in developing our mPING app.
NSSL/CIMMS researchers to present at AMS annual meeting
NSSL and CIMMS staff are preparing to receive honors and present recent research at the 2014 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga., February 1-6.
Latest weather radar research on display this week
Weather radar research is a key part of NSSL’s mission in support of the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS). This week, NSSL/CIMMS scientists will share the latest in weather radar research at the American Meteorological Society’s 2013 Conference on Radar Meteorology in Breckenridge, Colo.
FLOCAST: Flood Observations – Citizens As Scientists using Technology project
NSSL, CIMMS and University of Oklahoma researchers have launched a new project to collect public observations of flooding that will help improve flash-flood prediction and warning tools in the US.
NSSL leverages new technologies in winter weather experiment
NSSL and collaborators will leverage new technology including dual-polarized radar observations and a precipitation reporting mobile device app to improve forecasts of winter weather during February and March.