March/April 2011 Issue

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Dr. L with rotation tracks image

NSSL’s Rotation Tracks image of the tornado outbreak gets some appreciation!

NSSL has released this image documenting the rotation tracks of the devastating tornadoes on April 27-28.

An NSSL product captures rotation tracks during the April 27-28 tornado outbreak

NSSL product captures rotation tracks of April 27 tornado outbreak

NSSL has released an image documenting the rotation tracks of the devastating tornadoes on April 27-28. Bright reds and yellows show more intense circulations.

NSSL's Rotation Tracks product from WDSS-II On Demand for Arkansas from the tornado outreak on Monday, April 26, 2011.

NSSL product captures rotation tracks

NSSL’s Warning Decision Support System-Integrated Information (WDSS-II) On Demand can be used to help confirm when and where severe weather occurs. The American Red Cross and local NWS forecast offices have used the product for disaster response and recovery, and damage surveys. This image shows rotation tracks across Arkansas from the Monday, April 25 tornado outbreak.

3dvar-w-vort

New system automatically detects supercell thunderstorms

NWS forecasters will be evaluating a new weather-adaptive three-dimensional variational data assimilation (3DVAR) system from NSSL/CIMMS that automatically detects and analyzes supercell thunderstorms during the 2011 Experimental Warning Program in the Hazardous Weather Testbed.

Stem Stories Pam

STEM Stories to include NSSL researcher

A profile video spotlighting NSSL’s Pam Heinselman has been added to “STEM Stories,” a project to highlight the lives and work of women involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

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