February 2011 Issue

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Science journal publishes article on weather radar tracking bats

The 25 February 2011 Volume 331 issue of Science published an article featuring NSSL’s mobile radar.

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First annual Warn-on-Forecast workshop

The first annual workshop for the Warn-on-Forecast project was held on 23 February 2011 in Norman, Oklahoma, on the University of Oklahoma campus.

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NOAA names new director of NSSL

Steve Koch will join NSSL as the new director in April.

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NSSL uses weather radar clutter to help biologists

Dual-polarized weather radar can estimate the number of bats in a swarm similar to the way it can estimate the number of raindrops in a cloud.

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NSSL hosted successful booth at WeatherFest

NSSL hosted a busy booth at the American Meteorological Society’s WeatherFest on January 23, 2011 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Wash. More than 4,000 people of all ages attended the interactive weather and science fair open to the public.

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