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NSSL News Briefs
NSSL's
Paul Griffin voted Employee of the Year by OAR
Paul Griffin was voted employee of the year by the Office
of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. He was honored for "being instrumental
in improving NSSL's mobile observing capabilities and in providing excellent
support in the field efforts of the lab."
SRAD
awarded Silver Medal
The Stormscale Research and Applications Division of NSSL was awarded
the Department of Commerce's Silver Medal. SRAD was recognized "for making
significant enhancements to the NWS warning program through developing,
testing and transferring tools from a prototype Warning Decision Support
System to NWS operational systems." Silver Medals are granted to employees
and offices that have made contributions of exceptional value in support
of overall Departmental goals that serve the nation.
1999
ERL Outstanding Paper Awards include 3 from NSSL
Three 1999 ERL Outstanding Paper Awards were given to NSSL employees:
- Dave Stensrud, John Cortinas and Harold Brooks for: "Discriminating
between Tornadic Thunderstorms Using Mesoscale Model Output."
- Jeff Trapp and Bob Davies-Jones for "Tornadogenesis with and without
a Dynamic Pipe Effect."
- Don MacGorman and Dave Rust for: The Electrical Nature of Storms,
a book published by Oxford University Press.
Rodger
Brown elected
Rodger Brown has been elected to a two-year term as a Councilor of the
National Weather Association (NWA). He just completed a three-year appointment
as the NWA's first Commissioner of Committees. He also has held elected
positions of Vice President and Secretary with the association.
NSSL
Briefings new format:
We are experimenting with a more streamlined format for this issue of
NSSL Briefings. Let us know what you think by email to: Susan.Cobb@nssl.noaa.gov
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