This paper describes how NSSL scientists and NWS forecasters evaluate new tools and techniques through real-time testbed operations for the improvement of flash flood detection and warning operations.
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Significant Paper: A Situation-based Analysis of Flash Flood Fatalities in the United States
This paper investigates flash flooding fatalities from 1996 to 2014 across the United States, providing insight into the circumstances and context of the flooding.
Significant Paper: Visualization of a simulated long-track EF5 tornado embedded within a supercell thunderstorm
This paper reports elucidates three-dimensional features thought to play an important role in creating and maintaining the tornado vortex.
Significant Paper: Aircraft Observations of Dry Air, the ITCZ, Convective Cloud Systems, and Cold Pools in MJO During DYNAMO
Airborne measurements from the NOAA P-3 aircraft provide valuable new insights into distinct atmospheric characteristics.
Significant Paper: Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Quantitative Precipitation Estimation: Initial Operating Capabilities
This paper provides a comprehensive description of the initial operating capabilities of the MRMS QPE system.
During busiest month for storms, researchers gather in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed
A diverse group of scientists is coming together to improve how severe weather information is conveyed to the public.
Significant Paper: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program: The First 20 Years – Introduction
This paper is the introduction to the AMS Meteorological Monograph entitled “The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program: The First 20 Years.”
Technology Converging on Early Prototype Merged National HRRR Ensemble and “Warn-on-Forecast” System for High-impact Weather
An early prototype of a high-impact weather forecast system will get a real-time demonstration in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) this spring.
NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Activities Kick Off April 18
The 2016 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment will begin on Monday, April 18.
Significant Paper: Using Citizen Science Reports to Evaluate Estimates of Surface Precipitation Type
This is the first paper to comprehensively evaluate the MRMS rain-snow product using mPING crowd-sourced observations.