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TwitterDuring the 2013 central Oklahoma severe weather season, researchers will demonstrate and evaluate new capabilities developed for the NOAA National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar (NWRT/PAR).
Stories Tagged ‘PAR’
NSSL/CIMMS phased array radar team awarded DOC Gold Medal
The Secretary of Commerce has awarded a Gold Medal to the NSSL/CIMMS Radar Research and Development Division for “scientific and engineering excellence in adapting military phased array radar technology to improve U.S. weather radar capabilities.”
Study cautions use of lightning trends alone to diagnose severe weather potential
Researchers from NSSL and CIMMS have published the first study to combine rapidly-updating phased array radar data with high-resolution lightning data to study lightning behavior in a hail storm.
Spring 2011 data collection
Severe weather in Oklahoma this spring has offered opportunities for collecting data.
NSSL scientists study tornadoes in their own backyard
Seven destructive tornadoes struck Oklahoma on May 24, 2011. The tornadoes were well forecast by the National Weather Service (NWS), and NSSL was in position to capture the storms in several ways.
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