This is the second week of the 2008 Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) EFP (Experimental Forecast Program) Spring Experiment held in the NOAA HWT at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. Each spring during the…
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NSSL’s Experimental Warning Program kicks off today
NSSL is hosting the six-week Experimental Warning Program (EWP) Spring Program beginning today, 28 April 2008, in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. The mission of the EWP…
NSSL uses Google Earth to share experimental products
NSSL is using Google Earth as a way to share experimental severe weather products with other researchers and operational meteorologists for evaluation and feedback. A variety of multi-sensor severe weather products are generated by NSSL…
2008 Spring Real-time Phased Array Radar Demonstration begins
The Spring 2008 National Weather Radar Testbed (NWRT) Phased Array Radar Demonstration begins April 14, 2008 and will run through June 15, 2008. A primary objective of the experiment will be to have forecasters from…
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…
A mobile X-band dual-polarized radar
NSSL and the University of Oklahoma have teamed up to build a mobile X-band dual-polarimetric radar, dubbed the NO-XP. The NO-XP is now operational and data has been collected on several events during the past…
The Shadow Forecast Program at the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed
NSSL scientists are shadowing NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) operational forecasters this spring to immerse themselves in the front-line operational and scientific challenges associated with forecasting mesoscale hazardous weather. The program enables NSSL scientists to…
Solving the problem of water prediction requires community effort
The problem of water prediction is vast and complex, requiring the expertise and experiences of many. The December 2007 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society featured the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory’s…
Notable in Norman this week
NOAA Central Region Team Meeting The NOAA Central Region team meeting will be held in Norman, Okla. on Wednesday, March 5, 2008. NOAA is expanding its existing regional coordination and communication efforts with a shift…
Scholastic News spotlights NSSL meteorologist
March 2008 Scholastic News features NSSL meteorologist and educational outreach coordinator Daphne Thompson in an article called “Storm Chaser!” Scholastic News is a kid-focused, curriculum-connected current events newsweekly for elementary students and their teachers. Second…