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New data product offers a more complete picture of storms

Posted in News, Research News on December 17, 2020 by Emily Summars.
lightning from the sky striking the ground.

Researchers are excited to announce the release of a new, extensive data product that combines a multitude of data sources to help researchers, forecasters, and weather enthusiasts.

Tags: Featured

Researchers study lower atmosphere to answer remaining questions

Posted in News, Research News on December 14, 2020 by Emily Summars.
A mobile research trailer parked in a grassy field. The sky is cloudy and blue above.

While scientists have learned a lot about our planet, questions remain about the lowest part of the atmosphere where we live. Researchers at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory are looking for answers.

Tags: CLAMPS, Featured, NWS, OU CIMMS

National Weather Festival goes virtual Oct. 26-31!

Posted in News, Outreach News on October 19, 2020 by Emily Summars.
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Join us online for a behind-the-scenes look at the National Weather Center! Ask research scientists your questions, go behind the scenes with NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory’s mobile research tools, and much more!

Tags: events, Featured, NWF

NSSL mourns innovator and idealist Doug Forsyth

Posted in News on September 15, 2020 by Emily Summars.
Doug Forsyth sitting at a table with family.

The weather community lost a caring innovator and leader this month when retired NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory employee Doug Forsyth passed away.

Tags: Featured, in memoriam

Researchers travel to Gulf of Mexico to study Hurricane Laura

Posted in Collaboration, News on August 26, 2020 by Emily Summars.
A truck with weather instruments attached on the top.

Researchers from NOAA NSSL and the University of Oklahoma traveled to the Texas-Louisiana border near the Gulf of Mexico to collect data during the landfall of Hurricane Laura.

Tags: Featured, hurricane, research

Leader of early Doppler radar development passes away

Posted in News on June 24, 2020 by Emily Summars.

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.

Tags: Featured, in memoriam, NEXRAD radar

Creator of instrumental radar techniques passes away

Posted in News, People News on June 11, 2020 by Emily Summars.
WSR-57 radar

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.

Tags: Featured, in memoriam

Research continues to improve forecasting tools

Posted in News on May 14, 2020 by Emily Summars.
Hand drawn atmospheric map analysis of the United States displayed in Google Hangout for a conference call.

Every spring, researchers and forecasters have come together in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed but this year they’re trying something new.

Tags: Featured, Forecast research, NOAA HWT

Q&A with Researcher Thea Sandmael

Posted in News, People News on March 27, 2020 by Emily Summars.
Group photo from 2019

Researchers constantly study new ways to help weather forecasters utilize the vast amount of data provided by the nation’s Doppler radar network.

Tags: Featured, radar research, Women of NOAA, Women of NSSL, Women's History Month

NOAA NSSL announces new director

Posted in News, People News on March 20, 2020 by Emily Summars.
Jack Kain speaking to someone in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed room

A collaborative leader in the meteorological community and expert in weather modeling is returning to NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma, as its new director. John “Jack” Kain starts in this new position…

Tags: Announcement, Featured, Jack Kain, People News

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