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NSSL research shows deadly U.S. winter tornadoes are not rare

Posted in Research News on February 11, 2008 by Susan Cobb.

Deadly tornadoes tore through the Mid-South Tuesday, February 5, 2008 killing 58 people. NSSL scientist Harold Brooks studies the climatology of tornadoes, and noted, “While this is not a normal event, it’s not an incredibly…

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NSSL’s SMART-R aids forecasters during record storm in California

Posted in Research News on January 8, 2008 by Susan Cobb.

The National Weather Service used experimental data from the Shared Mobile Atmospheric and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) in their decision to issue a flash flood warning during last weekend’s storm in southern California. The crew from…

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“Power Steering” – MPAR is cover story in December issue of BAMS

Posted in Research News on December 19, 2007 by Susan Cobb.

“Power Steering – Multi-Mission Phased Array Radar” (MPAR) was the cover story in the November, 2007 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). MPAR’s multi-mission function can sample weather, control air traffic,…

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NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed posts preliminary results from experiment

Posted in Research News on December 4, 2007 by Susan Cobb.

The NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) recently posted preliminary results from their 2007 Spring Experiment. The results will improve severe-weather forecasts, target areas for further research, and will become important contributions to the scientific literature.…

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Operational users evaluate new NSSL radar products

Posted in Forecast Research News, Research News on December 4, 2007 by Susan Cobb.

An upgrade to the national network of WSR-88D (NEXRAD) weather radars will be completed by 2010. The improvements will include a dual-polarization capability, allowing the radar can transmit pulses in both horizontal and vertical orientations…

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“Canyon Fire” burn scar near Malibu to be studied for debris flows

Posted in Research News on November 9, 2007 by Susan Cobb.

The “Canyon Fire” has been chosen as the 2007-2008 USGS Debris Flow Project region for intensive research measurements. NSSL’s Shared Mobile Atmospheric and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) crew will participate for the third year by providing…

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NSSL scientists receive NASA grant to improve lightning observations

Posted in Collaboration, Research News on October 22, 2007 by Susan Cobb.

NSSL research scientists Donald MacGorman and Ted Mansell, along with OU meteorology professor William Beasley were awarded a $1.44 million three-year grant from NASA to improve ground-based lightning observations. The team of NSSL and OU…

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NSSL’s new radar “slice and dice” tool helps in storm warnings

Posted in Forecast Research News, Research News on October 15, 2007 by Susan Cobb.

NSSL’s prototype Four-Dimensional Stormcell Investigator (FSI), a 3D/4D base radar data display tool, was alpha-tested in three NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) this summer – Melbourne, Fla., Omaha, Neb., and Huntsville, Ala. FSI is based…

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