The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has announced the election of NSSL’s Don MacGorman to AMS Fellow.
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Meteorological Technology World Expo to feature NSSL researcher
NSSL’s Kurt Hondl will be a featured speaker at the first Meteorological Technology World Expo.
NSSL/CIMMS phased array radar team awarded DOC Gold Medal
The Secretary of Commerce has awarded a Gold Medal to the NSSL/CIMMS Radar Research and Development Division for “scientific and engineering excellence in adapting military phased array radar technology to improve U.S. weather radar capabilities.”
NSSL/CIMMS researchers mentor undergraduate students for the summer
NSSL and NSSL/Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) researchers donated their time this summer to mentor thirteen undergraduate students through research projects. The students were selected through the prestigious NOAA Hollings Scholars program and…
NSSL hydrometeorologist featured on tribal news program
NSSL hydrometeorologist Suzanne Van Cooten is featured on the Chickasaw Nation tribal news channel this month.
NSSL videographer wins national award
NSSL videographer James Murnan was just awarded a 2011 INDUS Excellence Award. Murnan was one of five recipients in the entire company of 500 employees. INDUS holds the federal Information Technology contract at NSSL.
STEM Stories to include NSSL researcher
A profile video spotlighting NSSL’s Pam Heinselman has been added to “STEM Stories,” a project to highlight the lives and work of women involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
NSSL to host German visitors
Four guests from the German Deutscher Wetterdien will be visiting NOAA Weather partners in Norman, Okla. April 27-April 29 to share research and identify areas for collaboration. The guests include the Officer for Tornado Concerns,…
NOAA names new director of NSSL
Steve Koch will join NSSL as the new director in April.
A tribute to the “Father of NEXRAD”
For many in the weather radar community, Dale Sirmans is recognized as the father of the NEXt-Generation RADar (NEXRAD). As the lead engineer and principal architect of NSSL’s first 10-cm Doppler weather radar, his leadership and guidance helped bring Doppler radar to the National Weather Service. Sirmans recently passed away on December 23 in Albertville, Ala., at 76, and we wanted to celebrate his five decades of contributions to weather radar, weather science and to the careers of future engineers and scientists.