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Observations of Supercell Tornado Evolution using a Mobile, Rapid-Scan, X-band, Polarimetric Radar

Jana Houser, OU School of Meteorology

19 Jun 2013, 10:00 AM,
NWC 5820

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The National Weather Center Colloquium and Seminar Series are open to all interested persons. Colloquium and Series coordinators are Fred Carr and Evgeni Fedorovich. Colloquium sessions are held on Tuesdays at 4:00 pm in NWC 1313, unless otherwise noted. To receive announcements of upcoming colloquium or seminar talks via email, contact Marcia Pallutto. If you are interested in giving a seminar, please contact the conveners of the corresponding seminar series.

National Weather Center Colloquium

Renowned speakers are invited to the Norman weather community for scientific presentations and personal interactions. Links to colloquium presentations will be provided on this website.

National Weather Center Seminar Series

Advanced Radar Research Center
Convener: Robert Palmer
Thursdays @ 1:15 pm, NWC 1350
Seminar series website
Boundary Layer, Urban Meteorology, and Land-Surface Processes
Conveners: Tim Bonin and Petra Klein
Fridays @ 2:00 pm, NWC 5930
Seminar series website
Convective Storms and Numerical Weather Prediction
Convener: Louis Wicker
Fridays @ 3:00 pm, NWC 5600
Seminar series website

Directions to the National Weather Center

Colloquium and Seminar Series Talks: 2013

DATE & TIME LOCATION COLLOQUIUM/SERIES SPEAKER SUBJECT
25 Jun 2013
1:00 PM
NWC 5720 National Severe Storms Laboratory Stuart Miller
OU School of Meteorology
Exploration of New Methods for Predicting Convection Initiation
19 Jun 2013
10:00 AM
NWC 5820 School of Meteorology Jana Houser
OU School of Meteorology
Observations of Supercell Tornado Evolution using a Mobile, Rapid-Scan, X-band, Polarimetric Radar
13 Jun 2013
11:00 AM
NWC Rm. 1313 National Severe Storms Laboratory Prof. Dr. Volker Wulfmeyer

Director of the Institute of Physics and Meteorology
University of Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
New Concepts for Studying Land-Surface-Atmosphere (LSA) Feedback
11 Jun 2013
4:00 PM
NWC Rm. 1313 National Severe Storms Laboratory Johannes Dahl
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Barotropic and Baroclinic Contributions to Near-Ground Rotation within a Simulated Supercell
04 Jun 2013
4:00 PM
NWC Rm. 1313 National Severe Storms Laboratory Dr. Curtis Alexander
CIRES Research Associate
NOAA/ESRL/GSD/AMB
Boulder, CO

Ming Hu, David Dowell, Steve Weygandt, Stan Benjamin, Eric James, Patrick Hofmann, Tanya Smirnova, John Brown, Joe Olson, Kevin Brundage, and Brian Jamison
Data Assimilation and Model Updates in the 2013 Rapid Refresh (RAP) and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Analysis and Forecast Systems
30 May 2013
10:00 AM
NWC Rm. 1350 National Severe Storms Laboratory John Manobianco, Ph.D
Vice President Business Development, MESO, Inc., Troy, NY
Founder and Chief Science Officer, Mano Nanotechnologies, Inc., Guilderland, NY
GlobalSense: Micro and Nanotechnology-Enabled Environmental Sensing with Semi Lagrangian Drifters
07 May 2013
4:00 PM
NWC Rm. 1313 NWC Colloquium Dr. Sean Crowell
School of Meteorology
Impact of High-Frequency Boundary
Layer Observations on Model Forecasts of
Extreme Events
03 May 2013
2:00 PM
NWC Rm. 5390 Boundary Layer, Urban Meteorology, and Land-Surface Processes Jennifer Newman
School of Meteorology
Using Ground-Based Measurements to Improve Wind Power Forecasts
03 May 2013
3:00 PM
NWC Rm. 5600 Convective Storms & NWP Jana Houser
School of Meteorology
Observations of Supercell Tornado Evolution using a Mobile, Rapid-Scan, X-band, Polarimetric Radar
23 Apr 2013
4:00 PM
NWC Rm. 1313 NWC Colloquium Dr. Francis Slakey
Associate Director of Public Affairs
American Physical Society, Washington, D.C.
“To the Last Breath” - A Memoir of Going to Extremes [video offsite link warning]
19 Apr 2013
2:00 PM
NWC Rm. 5930 Boundary Layer, Urban Meteorology, and Land-Surface Processes Greg Blumberg
School of Meteorology
Developing a Statistical Thermodynamic Retrieval for Ground-Based Infrared Spectrometers
16 Apr 2013
4:00 PM
NWC Rm. 1350 School of Meteorology Elizabeth Davidson
OU School of Meteorology
TBA
05 Apr 2013
3:00 PM
NWC Rm. 5600 Convective Storms & NWP Dr. Yi Jin
NRL
Evaluation of Microphysical Parameterizations for Tropical Cyclone Prediction
05 Apr 2013
2:00 PM
NWC Rm. 5390 Boundary Layer, Urban Meteorology, and Land-Surface Processes Tim Bonin
School of Meteorology
Observed Characteristics of Low-Level Jets During the Lower Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
02 Apr 2013
4:00 PM
NWC Rm. 1313 NWC Colloquium Dr. Elie Bou-Zeid
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Princeton University
Urban Models: Development and Coupling to Meteorological Simulations [video offsite link warning]
26 Mar 2013
4:00 PM
NWC Rm. 1313 NWC Colloquium Dr. Peter Lamb
George Lynn Cross Research Professor, Director of CIMMS, OU
The weather-to-climate continuum and Sahel drought [video offsite link warning]
25 Mar 2013
2:30 PM
NWC Rm. 5600 School of Meteorology Patrick Marsh
OU School of Meteorology
A Method of Calibrating Probabilistic Forecasts
08 Mar 2013
2:00 PM
NWC Rm. 5930 Boundary Layer, Urban Meteorology, and Land-Surface Processes Charlotte Wainwright
School of Meteorology
Virtually Sampling the Developing Boundary Layer
26 Feb 2013
4:00 PM
NWC Rm. 1313 NWC Colloquium Dr. David L. Mitchell
Associate Research Professor
Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
Toward understanding of the evolution of the North American Monsoon
15 Feb 2013
11:00 AM
NWC Rm. 5820 School of Meteorology Matthew Elliott


OU School of Meteorology
Electrical Discharges in the Overshooting Tops of Thunderstorms
15 Feb 2013
2:00 PM
NWC Rm. 5600 Convective Storms & NWP Heather Reeves
NSSL
The dependence of QPF on the choice of microphysical parameterization for lake-effect snowstorms and other winter weather topics at NSSL
08 Feb 2013
2:00 PM
NWC Rm. 5930 Boundary Layer, Urban Meteorology, and Land-Surface Processes Xiaoming Hu
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, University of Oklahoma
Urban heat island intensity and nocturnal ozone concentrations in the “upside-down” boundary layer
23 Jan 2013
2:00 PM
NWC Rm. 5930 Other Dr. Mark Shafer
Director of Climate Services
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Problems, Policies and Politics - How science policy is made
23 Jan 2013
3:00 PM
NWC Rm. 1313 NWC Colloquium Bryan Smith
Rich Thompson
Storm Prediction Center
Convective Modes for Significant Severe Thunderstorms in the Contiguous United States
Part I: Storm Classification and Climatology
Part II: Supercell and QLCS Tornado Environments
18 Jan 2013
2:00 PM
NWC Rm. 5600 Convective Storms & NWP Dr. Michael Coniglio
NSSL
EVALUATION OF A LOW-COST RADIOSONDE SYSTEM AND WRF TURBULENCE PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES UPSTREAM FROM CONVECTION

OU School of MeteorologyNational Weather Center National Severe Storms Laboratory