The Oklahoma Daily
February 26, 2008
New weather project could
help track tornadoes more closely
by Ellis Goodwin, Daily Staff Writer
The 1996 movie "Twister" showed storm chasers travelling across Oklahoma and Kansas toting Dorothy, a mobile device that launches hundreds of flying sensors into a tornado.
The Norman Transcript
October 18, 2007
Grant to benefit lightning
research
by Transcript Staff
Three National Weather Center scientists received a three-year grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research totaling $1.44 million to establish the Center for Lightning Advanced Studies and Safety on the University of Oklahoma's Research Campus.
The Norman Transcript
October 11, 2007
Advanced radar system getting first civilian use
by Julianna Parker, Transcript Staff Writer
Government and civilian representatives discussed cooperating on an advanced radar system at a symposium at the National Weather Center that began Wednesday and continues through Friday.
The Norman Transcript
May 31, 2007
Storm lab 'extraordinary' Cole says
by M. Scott Carter, Transcript Staff Writer
The University of Oklahoma's $69 million state-of-the-art National Weather Center is an example of governmental "money well spent," Republican U.S. Congressman Tom Cole said Wednesday.
