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News Briefs
Retirements:
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Chuck Doswell has retired after 14 years at NSSL and
31 years in Federal Service. Chuck's interests have included,
but are not limited to tornadoes, severe weather, and flash floods.
Chuck's legacy at NSSL is his relentless pursuit of the connection
between scientific research and its application to forecasting.
He will continue his work with CIMMS on a part-time basis as a
Senior Research Scientist. retired after 11 years as NSSL's Administrative
Officer and over 28 years of federal service. Don is one of our
most dedicated and conscientious employees. He remains with NSSL
on a part-time basis through CIMMS, NSSL's cooperative institute
with the University of Oklahoma.
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James "Mac" McGowen, retired from NSSL after 21 years
of service. Mac was one of our electronic technicians who maintained
our PC's, printers and telephone system and was involved in radar
development and maintenance, warehouse management, and property
custodian.
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Comings
and Goings
NSSL welcomes Meg Carr as an Editorial Assistant for the AMS's
journal "Weather and Forecasting" during Dave Stensrud's tenure as editor.
She has previously held this job for the journals "Monthly Weather Review"
and "Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences."
Bill Conway and DeWayne Mitchell have left NSSL to join
Weather Decision Technologies. While at NSSL Bill was most recently
involved with the training and use of the WDSS during the 2000 Olympic
Games in Sydney, Australia. DeWayne first joined NSSL as a student and
in recent years lead the group that provided support for all of the
WDSS and RIDDS systems. DeWayne also co-developed the WDSS's Tornado
Detection Algorithm.
Loretta McKibben, a programmer and also part of NSSL's computer
support group, has left to join the Microbiology Department at OU.
Phased
Array Radar
The SPY-1 Phased Array radar project has received additional funding
from the FAA and the U.S. Navy. NSSL staff met recently in Atlantic
City, NJ to discuss the roles of the groups involved. The SPY-1 technology
will be tested and enhanced at NSSL for use as a possible upgrade to
the WSR-88D radar. Using electronically controlled beams, phased array
radar reduces the scan time of severe weather from six minutes for current
WSR-88D technology to only one minute.
AUITI
(Acronyms Used In This Issue)
AMS - American Meteorological Society
CAPS - Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
CIMMS - Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
COAST - Coastal Observations and Simulations with Topography
IPEX - Intermountain Precipitation Project
MAP - Mesoscale Alpine Project
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCEP - National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSSL- National Severe Storms Laboratory
NWS - National Weather Service
NWSFO - National Weather Service Forecast Office
OCS - Oklahoma Climate Survey
OU - University of Oklahoma
ROC - Radar Operations Center
SPC - Storm Prediction Center
WDTB - Warning Decision Training Branch
WSR-88D - Weather Surveillance Radar - 88 Doppler, same as NEXRAD
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