March 2010 Issue

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Chase StormDawg

Chase StormDawg is VORTEX2′s new special correspondent for kids.

PECASE award winners

NOAA World spotlights NSSL winners

NSSL’s Pam Heinselman and Mike Coniglio, winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers were spotlighted in NOAA World.  To see the story, go to:  http://www.noaaworld.noaa.gov/people/feb2010_people_4.html.

Photo the NWRT courtesy of Mark Benner

NSSL prepares for first study of operational impacts of faster radar data

NSSL will conduct the first experiment to directly compare how forecasters issue warnings based on data provided at current radar update rates, with warnings issued based on faster data updates provided by Phased Array Radar (PAR).

HWT

NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiments – 2010

The cornerstone of the testbed is the annual NOAA HWT Spring Experiment that attracts 50-60 researchers and forecasters to Norman each year.

2010 National Hurricane Conference

NSSL partners to provide hurricane scenario training session

NSSL researchers are partnering with the National Weather Service (NWS) Warning Decision Training Branch (WDTB) and National Sea Grant at the University of Oklahoma to facilitate a training session called “Communicating/Interpreting Crucial Weather Info During a Hurricane Impact” at the 2010 National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, Fla. on March 30, 2010.

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