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News Briefs
Mike Eilts,
J.T. Johnson, and Matt Orr move to Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.
After 20 years of service at NSSL, Mike Eilts has left to
become President and CEO of a new private company called Weather Decision
Technologies (WDT). The company offers "On-Alert," an all-weather hazards
decision support system over the Internet (see www.on-alert.com). The
company plans to continue to bring advanced weather technologies to the
commercial marketplace. Jeff Kimpel, Director of NSSL said, "Mike has
been a real asset to NSSL. He had many excellent ideas on extending NSSL
science and technology into the forecast environment. His talents in leadership
and managing large projects certainly will be missed." J.T. Johnson, employed
at NSSL for 13 years, will also make the move to WDT. J.T. helped develop
NSSL's Warning Decision Support System, which has received much recognition
over the past few years. Matt Orr, NSSL's microcomputer support specialists,
has also joined WDT. Matt handled unpredictable computer crises and helped
test and deploy OAR-wide projects such as video-conferencing and Netscape
email.
Don Burgess
named SRAD Chief
NSSL welcomes back Don Burgess as the new Stormscale Research and Applications
Division (SRAD) Chief, replacing Mike Eilts. Don returns to NSSL after
being Chief of the Operation Training Branch at NEXRAD's Operational Support
Facility for the past nine years. Don was previously with NSSL from 1970-1991,
and worked on the Joint Doppler Operations Project which led to the development
of the NEXRAD Doppler weather radar. Ron Holle retires "Ron Holle Ends
His Electrifying Federal Career" says the caption under a photo from Ron's
retirement party. Ron has retired from NSSL after 38 years of federal
service. He is best known for his research and applications of lightning
network data as well as lightning casualty and damage studies and safety
and education issues. Post-docs Three scientists are completing post-doctorate
work at NSSL. David Dowell is working on convective storm data assimilation;
Ted Mansell is assimilating lightning into mesoscale models; and Harald
Richter is modeling mesoscale convective initiation.
Ron Holle
retires
"Ron Holle Ends His Electrifying Federal Career" says the caption
under a photo from Ron's retirement party. Ron has retired from NSSL after
38 years of federal service. He is best known for his research and applications
of lightning network data as well as lightning casualty and damage studies
and safety and education issues.
Post-docs
Three scientists are completing post-doctorate work at NSSL. David Dowell
is working on convective storm data assimilation; Ted Mansell is assimilating
lightning into mesoscale models; and Harald Richter is modeling mesosclae
convective initiation.
REU students
arrive
Five undergraduate students from around the country worked at NSSL this
summer as part of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Research Experience
for Undergraduates (REU). Each student was paired with an NSSL scientist
for 10 weeks working on research projects, writing scientific papers and
giving presentations. The REU program is designed to attract talented
undergraduates to careers in mathematics, science, and engineering through
an active research program and the mentorship of those who work in these
fields.
Contributors
to this issue:
Harold Brooks
Todd Crawford
Scott Rae(NCTCOG)
Dave Stensrud
Keli Tarp
NSSL's
web site can be found at:
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov
AUITI
(Acronyms Used In This Issue)
CIMMS - Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
CIMSS - Cooperative Institute for Meteorological and Satellite Studies
MRAD - Mesoscale Research and Applications Division
NEXRAD - NEXt Generation Weather RADar, same as WSR-88D
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSSL - National Severe Storms Laboratory
NCTCOG - North Central Texas Council of Governments
NWS - National Weather Service
NWSFO - National Weather Service Forecast Office
OSF - Operational Support Facility
OU - University of Oklahoma
SPC - Storm Prediction Center
SRAD - Stormscale Research and Applications Division
WSR-88D - Weather Surveillance Radar - 88 Doppler, same as NEXRAD
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