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A look at VORTEX2 2009 operations
VORTEX2 research vehicles each logged over 10,000 miles visiting nine states. Data was collected on 19 days out of 35. Teams deployed on 17 supercell thunderstorms, one of them tornadic, and 12 ordinary storms.
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U.S. Severe Weather Blog
The “shape” of the 2009 tornado seasonOne of the interesting questions that comes up every year is how to compare a tornado season with previous seasons. In 2009, that question has come up particularly in light of the quiet conditions lately. One way to do this is to start by adjusting historical reports for the long-term “inflation” in reports. [...]
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A look at VORTEX2 2009 operationsVORTEX2 research vehicles each logged over 10,000 miles visiting nine states. Data was collected on 19 days out of 35. Teams deployed on 17 supercell thunderstorms, one of them tornadic, and 12 ordinary storms.
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Zittel Named Employee of the Month by NOAA National Weather Service Dave Zittel, meteorologist with the Radar Operations Center in Norman, Okla., has been named the August Employee of the Month by the NOAA National Weather Service. This national award recognizes Zittel’s outstanding technical contribution on development of a new weather radar technique that has greatly enhanced NEXRAD weather radar.
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Meteorologist Publishes Article on Hail with His Dad Paul Schlatter, WDTB meteorologist, co-authored a journal article about an unusual hailstorm in the August 2008 issue of the prestigious Monthly Weather Review. Additional authors are his father, Thomas W. Schlatter of the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, and Charles A. Knight with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, both in Boulder, Colo.
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VORTEX2Lots of info about the ground-breaking tornado research project. Includes insights from Lou Wicker and Don Burgess with the NOAA National Severe Storms Lab.
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Goes-R Proving Ground Activities Begin at SPCA new program to extend the use of geostationary satellite data in the operational environment has kicked off this spring in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. The GOES-R PG will involve the operational forecast community in the assessment and development of techniques for the next [...]
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