Researchers Evaluating Lightning Data in Hazardous Weather Testbed
For the first time ever, lightning data from a weather satellite is available and being evaluated in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed.Forecasters, researchers, product developers and broadcast journalists are analyzing recently available experimental data from an instrument on GOES-16, the newly launched NOAA satellite as part of the HWT Experimental Warning Program.GOES-16, launched by NASA last November, scans ...go to article
Posted - June 22, 2017
OU CIMMS Announces New Director
Norman, Okla. — The University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and School of Meteorology announce the addition of Dr. Greg McFarquhar to their staffs.McFarquhar will be the Director of OU CIMMS and a School of Meteorology Professor starting this fall. Randy Peppler has been interim director after former OU CIMMS director and Meteorology Professor Dr. Peter Lamb passed ...go to article
Posted - June 21, 2017
Summer Camp Participants Learn to Issue Warnings
Upcoming ninth and tenth graders learned this week it requires more than a degree to be a meteorologist. It also takes training in new technologies and computer systems!“If you walked in on your first day of work, would you know what to do?” asked Jill Hardy. “You may need some training for your job. That’s what we do – we help train forecasters.”Hardy told the room of nearly ...go to article
Posted - June 06, 2017
Researcher Recognized by Association for Talent Development
A CIMMS researcher is being recognized by the Association for Talent Development’s One to Watch program.Megan Taylor, a CIMMS research associate, was recognized by the program and featured by their staff in June. Taylor works with the National Weather Service Training Center in Kansas City, Missouri.This is the second recognition for Taylor this year. She was named an Emerging Training Leader by Training ...go to article
Posted - June 02, 2017
Evaluation of Human-Made Structures Impact on Lightning Data Featured as Research Spotlight
As cell phone towers continue to fill the landscape, evaluating the influence of such human-made structures and their impact on lightning data continues to be a priority for one research scientist.A recent article by Darrel Kingfield, a research scientist at the University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies working at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, was selected by ...go to article
Posted - May 24, 2017
OU CIMMS Welcomes Boettcher
The University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory welcome a new addition to the staff.Jami Boettcher joins as a researcher after recently retiring from the National Weather Service, most recently with the Warning Decision Training Division. Boettcher worked with NWS for more than 20 years!Boettcher brings operational perspective to the ...go to article
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