People News
Brooks receives prestigious Science Communicator Award
Dr. Robert Detrick, NOAA Research Assistant Administrator has announced that our very own Harold Brooks received the OAR Dr. Daniel L. Albritton Outstanding Science Communicator Award.
Outreach News
NSSL unveils re-designed web presence
The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory has just launched a completely redesigned website to showcase NSSL’s leadership and success in severe weather research.
Radar Research News
NSSL leverages new technologies in winter weather experiment
NSSL and collaborators will leverage new technology including dual-polarized radar observations and a precipitation reporting mobile device app to improve forecasts of winter weather during February and March.
Forecast Research News
NSSL Launches iPhone and Android Apps to collect precipitation reports from the public
The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), in partnership with the University of Oklahoma and has launched an app where users can anonymously report precipitation from their iPhone or Android through the “mobile Precipitation Identification Near the Ground “mPING” app.
Talks and Articles
Recent significant papers released online
“Tornado path length forecasts from 2010 – 2011 using ensemble updraft helicity,” and “A Unified Flash Flood Database over the US”