Stories Tagged ‘NOXP’

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NO-XP in Colorado

NSSL deploys mobile radar to help with winter weather forecasts

NSSL deployed the NOAA X-Pol mobile radar in southwestern Colorado over the weekend as part of the Southwest Colorado Radar project to collect data on snowfall in the area. The project continues through the end of February, 2011.

NO-XP staff in Birch Bay

NSSL’s mobile radar team goes to the Olympics

Researchers from NSSL’s Radar Research and Development Division are perfecting their radar relay handoff as they rotate through Birch Bay, Washington to operate the NOAA-Xband dual-POLarized (NO-XP) mobile radar in support of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

NO-XP mobile radadr scans towards Canada in support of the 2010 Olympic Games.

Photo of the Month – February 2010

The NO-XP team enjoys the view of the Canadian Rockies from Birch Bay, Washington. They are using the radar to support weather nowcasting for the Cypress Mountain venue at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

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Mobile radar to assist weather nowcasting for 2010 Olympic Games

NSSL has sent a team of researchers and the dual-polarized X-Band mobile Doppler radar to the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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