NSSL will conduct the first experiment to directly compare how forecasters issue warnings based on data provided at current radar update rates, with warnings issued based on faster data updates provided by Phased Array Radar (PAR).
Month: March 2010
NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiments – 2010
The cornerstone of the testbed is the annual NOAA HWT Spring Experiment that attracts 50-60 researchers and forecasters to Norman each year.
NSSL partners to provide hurricane scenario training session
NSSL researchers are partnering with the National Weather Service (NWS) Warning Decision Training Branch (WDTB) and National Sea Grant at the University of Oklahoma to facilitate a training session called “Communicating/Interpreting Crucial Weather Info During a Hurricane Impact” at the 2010 National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, Fla. on March 30, 2010.
VORTEX2: The ultimate science project!
A presentation on how VORTEX2 is really the ultimate science project targets elementary and middle school students.
Photo of the Month: March 2010
NSSL Media Vehicle driver John Oakland snapped this picture of the tornado captured by VORTEX2 in LaGrange, Wyoming.
VORTEX2 video posted
NSSL’s James Murnan has just finished a video on VORTEX2 as part of That Weather Show, a video/podcast series by the NOAA Weather Partners.
NSSL showcased in Meteorological Technology International
“Eye of the storm: The changing face of weather radar” is the title of an article spotlighting NSSL’s research. You can find the article here: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/234fa028#/234fa028/62
NSSL radar team returns from debris flow project
NSSL’s mobile radar team and the Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) have returned to Norman, Okla. following participation in the NOAA/USGS demonstration flash flood and debris flow early warning system project.
NSSL’s mobile radar team goes to the Olympics
Researchers from NSSL’s Radar Research and Development Division are perfecting their radar relay handoff as they rotate through Birch Bay, Washington to operate the NOAA-Xband dual-POLarized (NO-XP) mobile radar in support of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Employee Spotlight: Dave Jorgensen
Dave Jorgensen, Chief of the Warning Research and Development Division at NSSL is in the spotlight.