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NSSL's mobile radar scans a dust storm near Phoenix, AZ.

NSSL partnership with private industry benefits thousands in Arizona

Monday, July 9th, 2012  ·  Posted in Radar Research News

NSSL has a ten-year cooperative research venture with the Salt River Project (SRP), an Arizona power and water utility, to develop weather decision support tools for the company’s power dispatch, transmission operations, and water diversion.

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NSSL helps Phoenix power company brace for sand storms

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011  ·  Posted in Warning Research News

An NSSL algorithm developed in collaboration with Arizona’s Salt River Project (SRP) alerts the power company of the potential for a dust storm.

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NSSL's mobile radar prepares to scan a thunderstorm in the desert near Phoenix, Ariz.

NSSL’s mobile radar being used to help understand dust storms

Thursday, July 28th, 2011  ·  Posted in Radar Research News

NSSL’s dual-polarized mobile Doppler radar was used to study the skies during dust storm events in Arizona.

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Wall of dirt

Thursday, July 21st, 2011  ·  Posted in Photo of the Month

A wall of dirt engulfs the Phoenix metro area for the second time in July, 2011.

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