*Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of profiles about OU CIMMS employees working at the National Weather Service Training Center in Kansas, City, Missouri.Living in Eugene, Oregon, Megan Taylor was tired of working in broadcast journalism. She still loved meteorology and wanted to stay in the field. Fortunately, someone told her to apply to the University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale ...go to article
Posted - August 23, 2017
CIMMS Researchers Present at AMS 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Several researchers with The University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies are scheduled to present at American Meteorological Society’s 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology.The conference is in Chicago, Illinois, from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.CIMMS presenters are scheduled Monday through Thursday, presenting posters, papers and more.For the full AMS scheduled, visit the program. ...go to article
Posted - August 16, 2017
Project Utilizes Radar Technology for Flood Warnings
A new research project is already helping save lives and property with early flood notification after a stream in southern Oklahoma rose 10 feet in one hour.Jonathan J Gourley, research hydrologist with the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, said the project will demonstrate the use of remote-sensing technology for better flood detection and improve downstream predictions by models. Researchers will deploy ...go to article
Posted - August 09, 2017
International Collaboration Benefits U.S., European Forecasters
Weather doesn’t stop at borders. Nowhere is this more clear than in Europe, where two researchers working at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory went shoulder to shoulder with researchers in the European Severe Storms Laboratory Testbed this summer. The goal was to collaborate on forecast products and learn how NSSL technologies are used abroad.“As scientists and meteorologists, we need to continue ...go to article
Posted - August 07, 2017
Student Places in 17th AMS Mesoscale Conference
University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies Graduate Research Assistant Hristo Chipilski won an award at the 17th annual American Meteorological Society Mesoscale Conference this summer.Chipilski won second for Oral Presentation on, “Impact of PECAN IOP data on the forecast skill of bores and bore-induced convection.”The presentation focused on the Plains Elevated ...go to article
Posted - July 26, 2017
AMS Announces Fellows
The University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies is proud to announce the American Meteorological Society named an OU CIMMS senior research scientist during a recent release of awards.Alexander Ryzhkov was one of more than 30 individuals recognized by AMS during a recent announcement of 2018 award winners and fellows. Ryzhkov was awarded the prestigious honor of AMS fellow.To ...go to article
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