The Norman Transcript
January 2, 2009
Weather museum a dream
for many
by Julianna Parker
Academic researchers, private industry and government officials all collaborating on weather in Norman makes this the weather capital of the region, if not the nation.
The Norman Transcript
December 18, 2008
NSSL wants your weather
observations
by Keli PirtleTarp, for the Transcript
Are snowflakes fallin' on your head? Are you getting pinged by ice pellets? NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory is requesting observations of winter precipitation from volunteers in a 150 kilometer radius of Norman.
The Norman Transcript
September 17, 2008
Learning from Ike
by Julianna
Parker
The National Severe Storms Lab-OU X-band dual-polarimetric radar (NO-XP) was driven to Texas to monitor Ike's wind power and rain volume, said Mike Biggerstaff, associate professor of meteorology and director of the Smart Radar Program who led the team from OU.
The Norman Transcript
September 14, 2008
NOAA radar to be tested by
Hurricane Ike
by Transcript Staff
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory's researchers planned to test a new mobile radar as Hurricane Ike hit landfall early this morning.
The Norman Transcript
May 28, 2008
U.S. nears record tornado year
by Seth Borenstein,
AP Science Writer
Another week, another rumbling train of tornadoes that obliterates entire city blocks, smashing homes to their foundations and killing people even as they cower in their basements.
The Norman Transcript
May 27, 2008
No retirement for
Bob Staples
by Doris Wedge
Bob Staples started working when he was in the sixth grade, with jobs at a dairy farm and grocery store outside of school hours, he recalls.
The Oklahoma Daily
February 26, 2008
New weather project could
help track tornadoes more closely
by Ellis Goodwin, Daily Staff Writer
The 1996 movie "Twister" showed storm chasers travelling across Oklahoma and Kansas toting Dorothy, a mobile device that launches hundreds of flying sensors into a tornado.
