These backgrounders provide a brief overview of NSSL and some of the laboratory's research activities:
- NSSL OVERVIEW [pdf]
NSSL serves the nation by working to improve the leadtime and accuracy of severe weather warnings and forecasts in order to save lives and reduce property damage. - PHASED ARRAY RADAR [pdf]
Radar is one of the most valuable tools available to a forecaster, and NSSL is leading the development of the future generation of weather radars. - WEATHER RADAR RESEARCH [pdf]
For more than 40 years NSSL has led the nation with ingenuity and creativity to push radar technology to the edge. - FORECAST AND WARNING IMPROVEMENTS [pdf]
NSSL studies thunderstorms from many different points of view. - HYDROMETEOROLOGY RESEARCH [pdf]
Our nation's health, economy and security depend on the monitoring and prediction of freah water resources. - FIELD RESEARCH PROJECTS [pdf]
NSSL researchers know the best way to learn about the nature of severe storms and their hazards is to observe them when and where they happen. - FIELD RESEARCH EQUIPMENT [pdf]
NSSL has been a pioneer in designing innovative field research equipment used for taking measurements of hazardous weather. - NOAA HAZARDOUS WEATHER TESTBED [pdf]
The NOAA HWT targets developing, testing and evaluating severe weather forecast and warning techniques throughout the U.S. - OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS [pdf]
NSSL conducts, develops, supports, promotes, and coordinates formal and informal educational activities at all levels to enhance public awareness and understanding of severe weather and severe weather research. - VORTEX2 [pdf]
NSSL is gearing up for the largest and most ambitious attempt to explain tornadoes – their origins, structure, and evolution.
Additional related backgrounders:
- CIMMS Overview [pdf]
- NOAA Weather Partners [pdf]
- National Weather Center Fact Sheet [pdf]
- NOAA Backgrounders
