The University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies is proud to announce a new member to its team supporting the ARM Climate Research Facility Data Quality Office.Austin King is a CIMMS research associate supporting ARM’s DQ Office. King will help advance the mission of the DQ Office by developing and maintaining tools and methods used to improve various DQ analyses of ARM ...go to article
Posted - May 09, 2018
NOAA HWT Hosts Annual Spring Forecasting Experiment
For for the next five weeks NOAA’s Hazardous Weather Testbed Experimental Forecast Program is focused on one topic — using cutting-edge computer models to improve predictions of hazardous weather from one hour to several hours to several days in advance.The aim of such an experiment is to support NOAA’s goal of more accurate severe weather warnings and forecasts. From April 30 to June 1, researchers ...go to article
Posted - April 05, 2018
April 12th Reddit AMA: What’s On the Radar? | Talk Weather Research with NOAA
When severe weather strikes anywhere in the United States, weather radar is one of the most important tools forecasters use to track storms and warn the public. The current system, known as the WSR-88D radar or NEXRAD, provides the best quality data available in the world, and is the most reliable.We are radar specialists and work in the Radar Operations Center, the support center for the nation’s radar system, ...go to article
Posted - March 27, 2018
CIMMS Researchers, Graduate Assistants Place in AMS Competitions
Several University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies traveled to Austin for the American Meteorological Society’s Annual Meeting in January. They competed in poster and oral presentations.OU CIMMS Graduate Research Assistant and School of Meteorology student Hristo Chipilski won first place poster presentation in the American Meteorological Society‘s PECAN Symposium ...go to article
Posted - March 26, 2018
Women’s History Month – Highlighting Women in CIMMS: Q&A with Kodi Berry
To celebrate Women’s History Month in March NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory is publishing a series of stories highlighting some women working at the lab. One Q&A segment will be published each Monday in March.Kodi Berry is a research scientist and Sea Grant liaison for the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies working at NSSL. Berry, who also serves as the executive officer of the ...go to article
Posted - March 15, 2018
NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Begins with HS-PHI Experiment
The NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed is once again busy buzzing with activity as researchers kick off the year’s first research activities. Located in the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma, the testbed is operated by the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory and the NOAA National Weather Service, with several participants and experiment leads from The University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for ...go to article
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