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THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA JOINS KYOTO UNIVERSITY FOR INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM IN JAPAN - The University of Oklahoma will partner with Kyoto University to present the International Symposium on Radar and Modeling Studies of the Atmosphere Nov. 10 to 13 in Kyoto, Japan. [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
Oklahoma – The world’s leading atmospheric observatory - Courtesy of The Norman Transcript: During the last 40 years, Oklahoma has become the world's leading atmospheric observatory. Three notable events -- the late 2006 completion and occupancy of the OU-NOAA National Weather Center, the recent passing of former Governor and U.S. Senator Henry Bellmon and new funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) -- have prompted the following explanation of this accomplishment. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 10/26/2009
How will El Nino alter our winter weather? - Courtesy of The Oklahoman: El Nino is not just about presence; it’s about power. That’s what I took from a tutorial with Gary McManus of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey on a subject I’ve heard about but never really understood. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 9/9/2009
Weather 'historian' deals with certainty as an Oklahoma climatologist - Courtesy of The Oklahoman: Gary McManus isn’t your typical history buff. He can’t necessarily tell you about the world-changing events from a given day, but he will be able to let you know what the weather was like when it happened. As a climatologist, McManus studies long-term weather statistics for the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 9/9/2009
Oklahoma's Base Velocity owners: RadarScope holding own - Courtesy of The Journal Record: Base Velocity's growing market for portable, updated weather data doesn't look to slow down any time soon. To read more, please follow the link. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 8/6/2009
Putting the social back in science - Eve Gruntfest's Social Science Woven Into Meteorology (SSWIM) initiative at the NWC in The Norman Transcript [PDF] Posted: 7/20/2009
Hazardous Weather Testbed asks users what info they need - Hazardous Weather Testbed and Social Science Woven Into Meteorology (SSWIM) featured in The Norman Trascript [PDF] Posted: 7/20/2009
OKLAHOMA MESONET TO DEDICATE FRED V. BROCK STANDARDS LAB - The Fred V. Brock Standards Lab – named in honor of one of the early pioneers of the Oklahoma Mesonet, the state’s weather network – will be dedicated in a reception scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, at the National Weather Center, 120 David L. Boren Blvd. on the University of Oklahoma Research Campus. [PDF] Posted: 6/30/2009
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESENTS METEOROLOGICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA - NORMAN, Okla. – Representatives from the University of Oklahoma College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences presented recommendations for a comprehensive modernization of the Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ - Državni hidrometeorološki zavod) to the government of the Republic of Croatia in Zagreb, Croatia, on June 18. [PDF] Posted: 6/18/2009
New Radar to Provide Better Info on Rain - Courtesy of LiveScience.com: The University of Oklahoma’s newest radar, OU-PRIME (Polarimetric Radar for Innovations in Meteorology and Engineering) was completed in January 2009. The radar serves as a research and development testbed for the university's Atmospheric Radar Research Center (ARRC) and is housed within the National Weather Center on campus. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 5/28/2009
RESEARCHERS FROM OU'S NATIONAL WEATHER CENTER WIN DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AWARD - Oklahoma Climatological Survey director Ken Crawford and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Severe Storms Laboratory hydrometeorologist Suzanne Van Cooten are part of a multidisciplinary team that recently received the Department of the Interior Cooperative Conservation Award for the Protection of Aquifer Resources in Oklahoma. [PDF] Posted: 5/19/2009
OU AND KOREA METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION TO EXCHANGE WEATHER INFORMATION - Weather observation and prediction technologies will be exchanged between the University of Oklahoma and the Korea Meteorological Administration under an agreement recently signed by OU President David L. Boren, and KMA administrator Byung-Seong Chun. [PDF] Posted: 5/14/2009
Consul General Osawa visits the National Weather Center - During a day trip April 8 to Norman, Okla., Consul General Osawa made a stop by the National Weather Center to tour the building and meet with OU researchers and students. [PDF] Posted: 5/6/2009
OU-PRIME featured on OCAST - Robert Palmer, OU meteorology professor, talks about OU-PRIME on a radio show featured on the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) on April 19. [Link] Posted: 5/6/2009
Tornado-Chasing Project Aims to Improve Forecasts - Courtesy of The Washington Post: As part of Vortex2, about 80 veteran scientists and graduate students will chase storms across a wide swath from South Dakota to Texas and from eastern Colorado to Iowa and Minnesota, with their nerve center in Norman, Okla. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 4/22/2009
Visitors from Indonesia's BMKG tour, learn about the National Weather Center - Representatives of the Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG) in Indonesia visited the National Weather Center on April 13, 14, 15 to become more familiar with the recent developments in mesoscale observing, data assimilation and numerical prediction systems. [PDF] Posted: 4/20/2009
Bringing personalized weather data, one application at a time - Courtesy of the Journal Record: The interplay of air fronts, pressure and humidity in Oklahoma can just as easily generate new business as it does a storm. Especially in Norman. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 4/17/2009
Scientists to chase tornadoes to learn secrets - Courtesy of the Associated Press: For most people, tornadoes are something to flee. But next month, a small army of scientists will be doing just the opposite, crisscrossing the nation's middle in search of twisters. [Link] Posted: 4/13/2009
Norman conference marks twisters' decade milestone - Courtesy of The Oklahoman: A daylong conference that looks back on the May 3, 1999, tornadoes and the progress of severe weather preparedness since then is scheduled May 1 at the National Weather Center in Norman. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 4/8/2009
The University of Oklahoma to hold commissioning ceremony for newest radar - The University of Oklahoma’s newest radar, OU-PRIME (Polarimetric Radar for Innovations in Meteorology and Engineering), will be commissioned on Saturday, April 4, at the university’s Research Campus, located on the corner of Highway 9 and Jenkins Avenue. [PDF] Posted: 4/3/2009
iMapWeather.com the first weather site to incorporate social media in a Google map display - iMapweather.com delivers the power of social media using the most advanced weather technology available anywhere -- just in time for tornado season. [PDF] Posted: 3/30/2009
LJWorld.com features the National Weather Service - The Mystery: We visit the National Weather Service in Norman, Okla. to observe the science of predicting storms. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 3/11/2009
“OU-Prime” captures information from February tornado - Courtesy of NewsOK.com: “OU-Prime”, the highest resolution research radar of its kind in the world, had been in operation only about two weeks before capturing information from a Feb. 10 tornado that struck Oklahoma City and Edmond. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 3/9/2009
NOAA report uncovers why some people don't heed severe weather warnings - Courtesy of NOAA: NOAA’s National Weather Service has issued a report that analyzes forecasting performance and public response during the second deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history. The report, Service Assessment of the Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak of February 5-6, 2008, also addresses a key area of concern: why some people take cover while others ride out severe weather. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 3/9/2009
KOCO’s “Believe in Oklahoma: The Business of Weather Television Special” - If you missed it or would like to watch it again, please click on the link provided to view the three part series. [PDF] Posted: 3/6/2009
The Center for Spatial Analysis Seminar Series hosts Robert Stokes - The CSA Geoinformatics Seminar Series hosts Robert Stokes who will present the seminar titled "ArcGIS Server for Management Integration: A Simple, Project Productivity Tool." Please see the flyer attached for more information. [PDF] Posted: 3/4/2009
Weathering well - Courtesy of High-Performance Computing: The Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS) at the University of Oklahoma is developing thunderstorm-scale numerical weather predictions. That is, models using resolutions of 3km or less. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 2/25/2009
You are invited to: "Communicating Science: A Conference on Communicating Weather Risks" - Weather experts and specialists will address weather risks and science communication at the University of Oklahoma Center for Risk and Crisis Management's inaugural conference. For more info, please see the provided website and PDF. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 2/23/2009
When Lightning Strikes, Weather Decision Technologies Helps Norman Public Schools Stay Safe - Courtesy of WDT: Weather Decision Technologies, Inc. (WDT) is helping Norman Public Schools (NPS) keep children safe using its cutting-edge Lightning Decision Support System™ (LDSS) for advanced severe weather warnings and its iMapWeather™interactive weather map. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 2/6/2009
‘Hi-def’ radar comes to south campus - Courtesy of The Oklahoma Daily: A new state-of-the-art radar system will be available on the south campus for hands-on student research and education in two months. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 1/21/2009
Obama urged to spend billions on weather research - Weather scientists on Tuesday urged Barack Obama to spend $9 billion on satellites and research to prepare for hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires and examine links between destructive weather and climate change. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 1/14/2009
OU and NWC Representatives Present at the American Meteorological Society’s Annual Meeting - Representatives from the University of Oklahoma’s National Weather Center take the lead in number of presenters at this week’s 89th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society. OU faculty, research scientists and students are lead authors on more than 200 papers. [PDF] Posted: 1/12/2009
University of Oklahoma faculty member and graduate student recognized in ScienceNOW - Ming Xue, University of Oklahoma faculty member in the School of Meteorology and director of the Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, and meteorology graduate research assistant Nathan Snook are featured in the Jan. 5 daily news section of ScienceNOW in recognition of their recent research published in Geophysical Research Letters. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 1/9/2009
WDT and NanoWeather awarded major grant - Oklahoma EDGE (Economic Development Generating Excellence) Program Award creates new opportunities for state, nationwide and global wind energy industry. For more information, please see attached PDF. [PDF] Posted: 1/6/2009
Weather museum in the dreams of Norman - Courtesy of the Norman Transcript: At the moment, the idea is still just that -- an idea. But the group working toward a National Weather Museum and Science Center is taking steps to make their idea a reality. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 1/5/2009
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory looks to local community to help with research - Courtesy of The Norman Transcript: Are snowflakes fallin' on your head? Are you getting pinged by ice pellets? NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory is requesting observations of winter precipitation from volunteers in a 150 km radius of Norman. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 12/19/2008
AGS Alumni Newsletter - Exciting news about what is happening with the college of AGS! [PDF] Posted: 12/17/2008
Norman retreat aimed at scoping out weather strategy - Courtesy of NewsOK.com: Norman is more than a blip on the radar of weather forecasting, and the University of Oklahoma organized the 2008 Norman Radar Retreat to keep it that way. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 12/17/2008
WDT and NanoWeather develop wind forecast system - Courtesy of EnergyCurrent.com: A consortium led by the University of Oklahoma's Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative has been awarded a two-year grant by Oklahoma's Economic Development Generating Excellence (EDGE) Initiative. Among the members of the consortium are Weather Decision Technologies (WDT) and forecasting company NanoWeather. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 12/17/2008
Research campus nearly ready - A dream from the early 1990s has become a reality during the past eight years on OU’s research campus. The campus, located on 271 acres of land north of State Highway 9 on Jenkins Avenue, is home to four state-of-the-art buildings. Additionally, construction has begun on two new buildings: Three Partners Place and the Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 12/9/2008
National Weather Service in Norman gauges readiness - Courtesy of NewsOK.com: More than 100 emergency managers, media, National Weather Service and other National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel are preparing for the days the clouds, the lightning, the hail and possibly much more bully their way into Oklahoma. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 12/3/2008
Winning with Oklahoma Wind - The Oklahoma EDGE (Economic Development Generating Excellence) Policy Board recently approved funding totaling more than $11 million for five innovative research projects – the first such awards in what is expected to be an annual event to stimulate cutting edge research that will advance Oklahoma’s economy. [PDF] Posted: 11/21/2008
OKCNET unveiled at the National Weather Festival - Representatives from the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City unveiled the Oklahoma City Micronet (OKCNET) – a 40-station network of real-time weather observing stations consisting of four Oklahoma Mesonet stations and 36 miniature weather stations mounted on traffic signals across Oklahoma City. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 11/14/2008
National weather festival takes Norman by storm - Courtesy of NewsOK.com: The annual festival, which was Saturday at the National Weather Center on the University of Oklahoma research campus, included a storm chaser car show, hourly weather balloon launches and three rooms of children’s activities. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 11/11/2008
Lovely day for a festival - Courtesy of the Norman Transcript: If the organizers of the National Weather Festival had ordered up the perfect November fall day, they couldn't have done any better Saturday morning -- intense blue skies without a single cloud, sweater temperatures in the 60s and just a touch of breeze at the National Weather Center. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 11/10/2008
Science Cafe Norman - The "Climate Change Series" will be presented by community researchers who will be available for questions and discussion at the end of each lecture. Lectures will be held at Hastings in Norman. More more info, please see PDF. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 11/4/2008
Oklahoma City weather station network to be unveiled Saturday - Courtesy of NewsOK.Com: As of Saturday, you can know it before they tell you because of a pioneering weather system called the Oklahoma City Micronet, which can be accessed through the Internet. This is a 40-site network of real time weather stations across Oklahoma City. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 11/4/2008
OU Student Chapter of the ASPRS to host guest speaker - The OU ASPRS chapter will host Darryl S. Williams of the USGS on on the \"The Direction of The New National Map\" on Friday, Nov. 7. For more information, please see PDF. [PDF] Posted: 11/4/2008
The 3rd Annual United Way Soup Kitchen was a success! - The College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration jointly hosted the 3rd annual Soup Kitchen Lunch on Oct. 23 at the National Weather Center. Please see attached PDF. [PDF] Posted: 10/29/2008
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