October/November 2010 Issue

Rust and Brooks

Two NSSL researchers elected AMS Fellows

The American Meteorology Society (AMS) has announced the election of Dave Rust and Harold Brooks to the status of AMS Fellow.

NSSL Storytellers video

NSSL Storyteller’s video

A new video on NSSL’s outreach efforts has been posted on the NOAA Weather Partners You Tube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NOAAWP.

Dual-polarization technology can help detect debris from a damaging tornado

Tornadoes producing damage on the ground detectible by dual-polarization radar

Recent analysis of data from NOAA NSSL’s prototype dual-polarization radar during a significant tornado outbreak in central Oklahoma this past spring showed debris from a damaging tornado.  This critical information can help a forecaster confirm [...]

Simulation of a Florida thunderstorm.

Flashy storm

A simulation of a Florida thunderstorm showing two lightning flashes (upper-level intracloud and a negative cloud-to-ground). Light gray is the cloud boundary, darker gray is 35 dBZ reflectivity. 2D color slice is simulated NEXRAD reflectivity.

June 9 Sticknet deployment

NSSL researchers present preliminary results from VORTEX2

Researchers presented preliminary results from the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2009-2010 (VORTEX2) during a special session at the American Meteorological Society Severe Local Storms Conference held in Denver, Colo. in October.