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Posted - June 12, 2020

Former CIMMS Research Associate and longtime radar expert Les Lemon and current CIMMS Researcher Dale Morris instructing a forecaster in the NWS WDTD lab in 2013. (Photo provided).

Founder of Instrumental Radar Techniques Passes Away

A member of the meteorology community, Leslie “Les” Lemon, passed away in late May. Lemon was an eminent radar meteorologist during his career and saw it as his mission to aid forecasters on the interpretation of what they saw before the formalization of forecaster training. Lemon had an extensive resume. He worked for CIMMS, the NOAA Commissioned Corps, NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory, ...
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Posted - June 12, 2020

Recently Published: Climate Studies

Climate scientists are increasingly important to understanding how society relates to its environment. Yet, we still don’t know much about how social processes shape what climate science looks like — including who practices it, how climate knowledge is made, and how such knowledge is applied. Knowing more about these social processes can improve science.Zeke Baker recently published two articles focusing ...
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Posted - May 15, 2020

The Spring Forecasting Experiment went virtual this year as participants gathered from around the world to test and review experimental forecasting tools and modeling systems

Research Continues to Improve Forecasting Tools

Weather forecasters use a suite of sophisticated computer models to help them predict the weather every day. To make better forecasts, you need better models. That’s where researchers play an important role.Every spring for more than 20 years, researchers and forecasters have come together in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed to evaluate and improve weather models designed to predict severe storms, with the ...
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Posted - April 02, 2020

Thea Sandmael. | OU CIMMS Researchers Berry Win

Q&A with Researcher Thea Sandmael

A Women’s History Month ProfileResearchers are constantly studying new ways to help weather forecasters utilize the vast amount of data provided by the nation’s Doppler radar network. Thea Sandmael is using her meteorological and computer programming skills to get them the information they need to issue life-saving severe weather forecasts and warnings to the public.Sandmael develops computer programs ...
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Posted - April 02, 2020

Jill Hardy. | Jill Hardy provides training to NWS forecasters but also helps OU School of Meteorology students learn about issuing severe weather warnings. As part of a university class last year

Q&A with Researcher Jill Hardy

A Women’s History Month ProfileEvery NOAA National Weather Service forecaster across the nation travels to Norman, Oklahoma, for professional training with the NWS Warning Decision Training Division. Forecasters receive training on all factors, including the stress involved in issuing warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash floods.Jill Hardy specializes in flash flood warning training. She is ...
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Posted - April 02, 2020

Cassandra Shivers-Williams. | Shivers-Williams during a NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed experiment with her coworker Kim Klockow-McClain. (Photo by James Murnan/NOAA)

Q&A with Researcher Cassandra Shivers-Williams

A Women’s History Month ProfileSevere weather researchers focus on more than just storms. They also study how people interpret and react to severe weather warnings and communications about severe weather.Cassandra Shivers-Williams studies just that — how the public responds to severe weather information. One specific item she studies is how people’s individual differences in thinking affect their ...
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