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…
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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 to study impacts of microbursts on electric power operations
NSSL will operate the Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) this summer in an effort to observe the lifecycle of strong microbursts and assess their impacts on the Salt River Project’s (SRP) electrical…
VORTEX2 Risk Analysis and Mitigation Project wrapped up
NSSL’s VORTEX-2 Risk Analysis and Mitigation Program (V2RAMP) wrapped up four weeks of testing in June with successful observations of storms in southern Kansas. The purpose of V2RAMP was to develop, install, and test the…
NSSL gears up for VORTEX-2 in 2009 and 2010
NSSL is gearing up for a two-year epic field program, VORTEX-2 (Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment – 2). VORTEX-2 is set to run from April 20-June 15 of 2009 and 2010,…
SMART-Radar team wins NSF Major Research Instrumentation Award
The University of Oklahoma and NSSL Shared Mobile Atmospheric and Teaching Radar (SMART-radar) team was awarded the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Award to upgrade one of the mobile C-band radars to dual-polarimetric capability.…
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…
Midpoint Summary of Real-time PAR Experiment
The six-week 2008 Spring Real-time Phased Array Radar Demonstration in Norman, Oklahoma has reached its midpoint. The National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar (NWRT PAR) captured three severe weather events so far during forecaster…
Phased Array Radar: Applications to Land falling tropical cyclones
NSSL scientists recently reported on the unusual opportunity to scan a tropical cyclone with an experimental radar located far from the coast. Using the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar (NWRT PAR) in Norman,…
NSSL’s “On-Demand” Severe Storms Verification Support System
The NSSL “On-Demand” Severe Storm Verification system, funded by the NOAA High-Performance Computing and Communications Program (HPCC) is a new web-based query tool designed to help National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists quickly verify their severe…