December 1, NSSL’s mobile radar team will begin to collect data with the Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) in southern California to help monitor rainstorms that may trigger dangerous debris flows.
BAMS publishes two NSSL articles
The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society published two articles by NSSL in the October, 2009 issue.
National Weather Festival attracts 4,500 people
The 5th Annual National Weather Festival drew 4,500 people last Saturday, November 7 to the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla.
JJ Gourley’s winning photo!
NSSL’s JJ Gourley received first place in the OAR “Research Tools of the Trade” category for his shot of a lightning strike with a VORTEX2 mobile mesonet in the foreground.
NSSL to host second national symposium on MPAR
“Moving Forward with Risk Reduction for Cost Effective Service Improvements” is the theme for the second symposium to be hosted by NSSL on the latest developments in Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR).
NSSL researcher invited speaker at 2009 International Radar Conference
NSSL/CIMMS researcher Dr. Sebastian Torres discussed recent progress on Phased Array Radar technology as an invited keynote speaker at the 2009 International Radar Conference in Bordeaux, France.
NSSL scientists present at National Weather Association Annual Meeting
NSSL scientists will present current research at the National Weather Association Annual Meeting to be held in Norfolk, VA from October 18-22, 2009. The theme of the meeting is: “The Future is Now: New Technologies and Techniques to Support the Weather Enterprise and Society: 2010 and Beyond.”
NSSL’s mobile radar collects data on summer storms in the Colorado mountains
A team of NSSL scientists operated NOAA NSSL’s mobile X-band dual-polarized radar (NO-XP) in Colorado through September 20 to collect data and analyze storm characteristics in the Gunnison river basin.
NSSL research to be presented at European Conference on Severe Storms
NSSL researchers will be presenting two papers at the 5th European Conference on Severe Storms in Landshutz, Germany October 12-16, 2009.
2009 AMS Radar Conference features NSSL research
New developments in phased array radar and dual-polarization capabilities will be among the 20 topics presented by NSSL scientists during the 2009 AMS Radar Conference to be held in Williamsburg, Va. from October 5-9, 2009.