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NSSL NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

About NSSL
Organization

History

NSSL @ 60

Awards

Scientific Challenges

Lab Review 2021

Events

Visitor Info

Weather Research
Thunderstorms

Tornadoes

Flooding

Lightning

Hail

Damaging Winds

Winter Weather

Social Science

Research Tools
Radar

Testbeds

Observation

Simulation

Decision Support

Warning

Forecast

Science Applications

NSSL Data Repository (PARR)

Projects
ANCHOR

ATD

CAMS

FACETs

NOAA HWT

mPING

MRMS

PHI

VORTEX-SE / VORTEX USA

Warn on Forecast

Field Projects

People
Staff Directory

Staff Profiles

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Students

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The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) is a federal research laboratory under NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

NSSL's research spans weather radar, tornadoes, flash floods, lightning, damaging winds, hail, and winter weather.

NSSL is located in the National Weather Center (NWC) in Norman, Oklahoma. The NWC houses a unique combination of University of Oklahoma, NOAA and state organizations that work together to improve understanding of weather.

NSSL has a strategic research partnership with CIWRO (formerly CIMMS), the University of Oklahoma's Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, one of NOAA's joint institutes. CIWRO enables NSSL and university scientists to collaborate on research areas of mutual interest and facilitates the participation of students and visiting scientists.

What We Do

Severe weather warning decision support software is tested in the NSSL Development Lab

Mission: We are the world’s preeminent laboratory for observing, understanding, and modeling severe thunderstorms. We serve as a national resource for severe weather research and work collaboratively with the National Weather Service to ensure that their forecasters have the knowledge, capabilities, and technologies to remain world leaders in effectively communicating accurate, timely, and actionable forecasts and warnings of extreme weather to the public and commerce.

Radar research: NSSL is NOAA's primary radar laboratory and a world leader in ingenuity and creativity, pushing radar technology to the edge. From the original WSR-57 research project to Doppler radar, NEXRAD, and now dual-polarized and phased array radars, NSSL research has made radar one of the most valuable tools available to a forecaster.

Forecast research: NSSL researchers want to better understand when and where severe weather will occur, by studying thunderstorms through direct observation in the field or by making computer simulations. They apply this knowledge as they develop and enhance weather prediction models and techniques to support the NWS mission to provide weather and water forecasts for the U.S.

Warning research: NSSL researchers work to develop new weather and water related applications and water resource management tools help NWS forecasters produce more accurate and timely warnings of flood events.

Why We Do It

Severe weather has touched every state in the U.S. Hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, wild fires, floods and droughts are very real threats to our property and our lives.

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Damage from the 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado

Why do we do what we do? Because:

Weather is our passion.

We know that changing demographics will place more people in the path of natural hazards.

We have a responsibility to continue exploration and discovery in new areas to lay the foundation for services of the future.

We have a responsibility to translate discoveries into tangible benefits that can impact society for generations to come.

We have a responsibility to enable the nation and society to make informed decisions in the decades to come to prevent loss of human life.

We are grateful that our country values a strong research focus on hazardous weather forecasting to reduce human lives lost and minimize financial burdens.

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