Don Burgess, retired NSSL and NWS research meteorologist, now part-time with OU/CIMMS was recently honored by COMET, the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training with an induction into the COMET “Hall of Fame.”
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Van Cooten receives Cooperative Conservation Award
NSSL Hydrometeorologist Suzanne Van Cooten is part of a inter-disciplinary and multi-agency team receiving the Department of the Interior Cooperative Conservation Award for the Protection of Aquifer Resources in Oklahoma.
Bob Davies-Jones, NSSL tornado expert to retire
NSSL is taking this opportunity to celebrate the career of Bob Davies-Jones, who will be retiring on January 3, 2009. Davies-Jones has had an impactful 38-year career with the lab, sharing his tornado expertise with…
NSSL researchers receive prestigious awards from AMS
The American Meteorology Society (AMS) has announced the recipients of the 2009 AMS Awards including two NSSL researchers. Awardees will be honored at the AMS Conference January 11-16, 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona. REMOTE SENSING PRIZE…
Strong contingent of NSSL researchers presenting at SLS conference
NSSL will have a strong presence at the American Meteorological Society Severe Local Storms Conference October 27-31, 2008 in Savannah Georgia. NSSL scientists are presenting their research as lead authors on 14 papers, 12 posters,…
OAR award goes to NSSL book author second year in a row
NSSL scientist and Chief of the Forecast Research Division David J. Stensrud has been awarded the 2008 OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper Award – Special Recognition Award for his book “Parameterization Schemes: Keys to Understanding Numerical…
NSSL Scientists Honored by NOAA
NSSL scientist Kurt Hondl will receive the NOAA Technology Transfer Award “for team leadership during the development of the Warning Decision Support System – Integrated Information and for fostering its adopted use in the private…
NSSL hosts students to inspire future workforce in atmospheric science
Six undergraduate students from around the U.S. are at NSSL this summer working on research projects as part of the NOAA Hollings Scholars program. The prestigious program is designed to help encourage students to pursue…
NSSL researcher helped present Tornadoes 101 on the hill
NSSL scientist Kurt Hondl represented NOAA research in the “Tornadoes 101” presentation on Capitol Hill Friday June 5, 2008. Tornadoes 101 was structured to educate legislators and staff about current tornado numbers this season, tornado…
Dynamic Chickasaw Women Forum Features NSSL Hydrometeorologist
NSSL Hydrometeorologist Suzanne VanCooten was invited as a panelist to the 2008 Dynamic Chickasaw Women Forum. The Chickasaw Nation, along with East Central University, hosted the event in Ada, Oklahoma recently. Other panelists this year…