The National Weather Center houses a unique confederation of University of Oklahoma, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and state organizations that work together in partnership to improve understanding of events occurring in Earth’s atmosphere over a wide range of time and space scales.
National Weather Festival 2009!
This year, the festival will be Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 9AM to 1PM at the National Weather Center, 120 David L. Boren Blvd. Features: National Weather Center Open House • Children’s activities • Weather balloon launches • 4th Annual Storm Chaser Car Show • Weather-related presentations • Amateur radio demonstration • HydroWorld! • and more
http://www.norman.noaa.gov/events/nwf09/
News
Five fun facts about climate change - Let’s take a moment and get some things straight about this whole climate change argument, shall we? [Link] [PDF] Posted: 11/13/2009
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY TO HOST PROMINENT FAIR TRADE SPEAKER - The University of Oklahoma’s Department of Geography will kick off National Geography Awareness Week with a free, public lecture, “Fair Trade: The Power of Choice,” presented by Manish Gupta, founder of the fair trade company Handmade Expressions, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, located on OU’s campus at 2401 Chautauqua Ave. [PDF] Posted: 11/11/2009
Weather fest takes Norman by storm - People wearing T-shirts, shorts and sunglasses crowded the National Weather Center and its parking lot Saturday on an unseasonably warm November day. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 11/11/2009
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENT RECEIVES NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE AWARD - The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation recently awarded University of Oklahoma geoinformatics’ graduate student Darrel Kingfield one of 16 national scholarships. [PDF] Posted: 11/9/2009
Weather monitor pushes envelope in Oklahoma - Courtesy of The Oklahoman: What’s the difference? In Oklahoma this is a loaded question when pertaining to weather conditions. A year ago, Oklahoma City Micronet made its official debut during a commissioning ceremony that took place at the National Weather Festival at the National Weather Center in Norman. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 11/4/2009
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