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Consul General Osawa visits the National Weather Center - During a day trip April 8 to Norman, Okla., Consul General Osawa made a stop by the National Weather Center to tour the building and meet with OU researchers and students. [PDF] Posted: 5/6/2009
OU-PRIME featured on OCAST - Robert Palmer, OU meteorology professor, talks about OU-PRIME on a radio show featured on the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) on April 19. [Link] Posted: 5/6/2009
Tornado-Chasing Project Aims to Improve Forecasts - Courtesy of The Washington Post: As part of Vortex2, about 80 veteran scientists and graduate students will chase storms across a wide swath from South Dakota to Texas and from eastern Colorado to Iowa and Minnesota, with their nerve center in Norman, Okla. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 4/22/2009
Visitors from Indonesia's BMKG tour, learn about the National Weather Center - Representatives of the Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG) in Indonesia visited the National Weather Center on April 13, 14, 15 to become more familiar with the recent developments in mesoscale observing, data assimilation and numerical prediction systems. [PDF] Posted: 4/20/2009
Bringing personalized weather data, one application at a time - Courtesy of the Journal Record: The interplay of air fronts, pressure and humidity in Oklahoma can just as easily generate new business as it does a storm. Especially in Norman. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 4/17/2009
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