It
is the mission of the Warning Research & Development
Division of the National Severe Storms Laboratory...
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severe and hazardous weather (wind, hail, tornado
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to identify and diagnose severe weather signatures
in observational data, |
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| and to develop and transfer new scientific understanding,
applications, and techniques to the National Weather
Service (NWS) and other partners to enhance their
capability to provide accurate warnings and nowcasts
of hazardous weather. |
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Research Groups
within the Warning R&D Division:
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Convective Weather Research
The Convective Weather Research Group (CWRG)
conducts theoretical, modeling, and multi-sensor observational
research on severe local storms and related phenomena.
The goal of this research is to help the NWS improve
prediction and warning of severe weather and tornadoes.
New! Storm Tracker Analysis Tool and Archive
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Hydrometeorology
The emphasis of the Worldwide Integrated
Sensor Hydrometeorology (WISH) Group is on employing
software that utilizes multiple sensors (radar, satellite,
gauge, lightning) for accurately depicting storms
and storm evolution, and improving quantitative precipitation
estimation (qpe) for flood and flash flood monitoring
and prediction.
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Warning Applications
The Severe Weather Warning Applications and Technology
Transfer (SWAT) Groups work to develop severe weather
warning applications and transfer them to users to
enhance their capability to warn of severe weather.
SWAT is composed of two focus groups:
SWAT-NWS
SWAT-FAA works as a member
of the NEXRAD Applications Product Development Team
(NAPDT) to maximize the utility of NEXRAD data and
the NEXRAD network to the aviation community.
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