Dual-polarization tornadic debris signatures Part II: Comparisons and caveats. By: Christopher J. Schultz, Steven E. Nelson, Lawrence D. Carey, Laura Belanger, Brian C. Carcione, Christopher B. Darden, Thomas Johnstone, Andrew L. Molthan, Gary J. Jedlovec, Elise V. Schultz, Christina C. Crowe, and Kevin R. Knupp Abstract: http://www.nwas.org/ej/2012/2016EJ10 […]
Dual-Polarization Tornadic Debris Signatures Part I: Examples and Utility in an Operational Setting By: Christopher J. Schultz, Lawrence D. Carey, Elise V. Schultz, Brian C. Carcione, Christopher B. Darden, Christina C. Crowe, Patrick N. Gatlin, David J. Nadler, Walter A. Petersen, and Kevin R. Knupp Abstract: http://www.nwas.org/ej/2012/2016EJ9abstract.php […]
The NWS and VORTEX2: Facilitating real-time communication between research and warning operations. By: James K. Purpura, Steven Cobb, Patrick T. Marsh, and Michael J. Hudson Abstract: http://www.nwas.org/ej/2012/2016EJ8abstract.php […]
While we hope, pray, and provide for survivors of Monday’s tragedy in Moore, Oklahoma, it is impossible to ignore the terrible turn of bad luck this tornado represents. In 1999 Moore was struck by what has been considered the most powerful tornado ever observed on radar–winds over 300 miles an hour aloft. That was a […]
Beginning this month, Paul Higgins has succeeded Bill Hooke as director of the AMS Policy Program. Hooke will move into a senior policy fellow position and also more fully embrace the position of associate executive director of the AMS that he has nominally held for several years (he will also continue writing his blog on […]
by George Leopold, AMS Policy Program Our friends at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have sifted through this year’s federal R&D spending and next year’s proposed budget, and the numbers in some cases are pretty ugly. Given the current political climate and budget sequestration, however, it could have been much worse. […]