NSSL News Briefs

NSSL employees receive
awards and honors

Dick Doviak, senior engineer with NSSL, was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). The honor recognizes Doviak's contributions to weather radar research, which include being involved in the development of Doppler weather radar and leading the team whose research laid the foundations for NEXRAD (NEXt generation RADar).

Mike Eilts was awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator's Award "for his positive impact on NSSL's research initiatives while enhancing a core element of the NOAA mission."

Ken Howard received NOAA's Bronze Medal Award for his work on the Franklin Institute's traveling exhibit "Powers of Nature."

Jeff Kimpel, Director of NSSL, was chosen by AMS members to be President-Elect for 1999 and President of the AMS during the year 2000.

Raúl López retired from NSSL after seven years with us as a research meteorologist. Raúl's principal areas of research included lightning, radar polarimetry and rain estimation, and cloud dynamics. During his career, Raúl published 40 refereed papers and more than 70 conference papers and technical reports.

Two NSSL scientists received NOAA/Environmental Research Laboratory (ERL) Outstanding Scientific Paper Awards:

• Dave Stensrud for his paper "Effects of persistent, midlatitude mesoscale regions of convection on the large-scale environment during the warm season."
• Conrad Ziegler (co-authors T. Lee and R. Pielke) for "Convective initiation at the dryline: A modeling study."

Doug Lilly elected to NAS

Doug Lilly, distinguished senior scientist with NSSL, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), a society of scholars dedicated to furthering science and technology and their use for the general welfare. Members are elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Doug's major areas of research have focused on small scale atmospheric phenomena, including convective storms, mountain waves, turbulence and oceanic clouds.

Chuck Doswell, Sigma XI Distinguished Lecturer

Chuck Doswell is one of 31 invited scientists who will travel to campuses throughout the country as part of the Sigma XI Distinguished Lecturer program. Sigma XI is an international research society with a lectureship program designed to provide chapters and campuses an opportunity to host visits from outstanding individuals who are at the leading edge of science. Chuck's lecture topics are: "Storm Chasing In Fact and Fantasy," "Uncertainty in Weather Forecasting," and "Recent Findings About Tornadogenesis." More information can be found at: http://www.sigmaxi.org/lectureships/lectureships.html.

AUITI (Acronyms Used In This Issue)

AWIPS - Automated Weather Information Processing System
CAPS - Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms
CIMMS - Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
ERL - Environmental Research Laboratory
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research
NEXRAD - NEXt generation RADar (same as WSR-88D)
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF - National Science Foundation
NSSL- National Severe Storms Laboratory
NWS - National Weather Service
NWSFO - National Weather Service Forecast Office
OU - University of Oklahoma
SPC - Storm Prediction Center
VORTEX-99 - Verifications of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment
WDSS - Warning Decision Support System-Integrated Information
WDSS-II - Warning Decision Support System
WSR-88D - Weather Surveillance Radar 1988 Doppler (same as NEXRAD)