NWC REU 2012
 May 21 - July 31

Week 1:
May 21 - May 25
Monday May 21st Arrive to Norman by 7:00 pm
Tuesday May 22nd 8:30a-9:30a: ID Pictures & Travel Claim Forms

***Van pick up in front of apartments at 8:15a***

9:30a-11:30a Building Tour w/ Kevin Kloesel

11:30a-1:00p Lunch at Hideaway Pizza at Campus Corner

1p-5:30p: Independent Research*

*1p NOAA-Paperwork

*2p (NOAA-mentored students only) meet w/ Sterling
Wednesday May 23rd 8:30a-11a: Independent Research

11a-12p: UNIX Workshop, NWC 5720 (REU Optional)

12p-1p: Welcome Picnic, NWC Patio (REU+Mentors only)

1p-5p: Independent Research

**1p: NOAA Fingerprints @ OUPD
Thursday May 24th 8:30a-10a: UNIX Workshop, NWC 5720 (REU Optional)

10a-5p: Independent Research
Friday May 25th 8:30a-10a: UNIX Workshop, NWC 5720 (REU Optional)

10a-11a: What to expect from REU from former REUers, NWC 3910 (REU Only)

noon-1p: Tales from the HWT, NWC 4140 (REU Optional; http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/resources/HWT%2DEWP)

11a-5p: Independent Research

Check out all of the Super Fun Things To Do in the Norman and surrounding areas!!!

 

Week 2:
May 28 - June 1
Monday May 28th MEMORIDAL DAY HOLIDAY
Tuesday May 29th 8:30a-1p: Independent Research

1-1:30p: Meeting w/ Sterling, NWC 2410 (NOAA, REU students + Hollings; required)

1:30p-5p: Independent Research
Wednesday May 30th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Thursday May 31st 8:30a-12p: Independent Research

12p-1p: Summer Undergraduate Seminar Series, NWC 3910: (Bring your own lunch) (REU; all welcome)

1p-5p: Independent Research
Friday June 1st 8:30a-5p: Independent Research

 

Week 3:
June 4 - June 8
Monday June 4th 8:30a-3:30p: Responsible Conduct of Research workshop, NWC 5930 (REU required)

3:30-5p: Independent Research
Tuesday June 5th 8:30a-3:30p: Responsible Conduct of Research workshop, NWC 5930 (REU required)

3:30-5p: Independent Research
Wednesday June 6th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Thursday June 7th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Friday June 8th
 8:30a-1p: Independent Research

1p-2:30p: Elevator Talks, NWC 3910 (REU+mentors only; required)

2:30p-5p: Independent Research

 

Week 4:
June 11 - June 15
Monday June 11th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Tuesday June 12th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Wednesday June 13th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Thursday June 14th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Friday June 15th 8:30a-12p: Independent Research

12p-1p: Networking Lunch, NWC 5600 (REU+Hollings, students+mentors)

1p-2p: Summer Undergraduate Seminar Series, HWT EFP, NOAA HWT (REU; others welcome)

2p-5p: Independent Research

 

Week 5:
June 18 - June 22
Monday June 18th 8:30a-3p: Independent Research

3p-5p: Scientific Communications Seminar Part I, NWC 3902: (REU required; others RSVP)
Tuesday June 19th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Wednesday June 20th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Thursday June 21st 8:30a-3p: Independent Research

3p-5p: Scientific Communications Seminar Part II, NWC 3902: (REU required; others RSVP)
Friday June 22nd
 8:30a-5p: Independent Research

 

Week 6:
June 25 - June 29
Monday June 25th 8:30a-12p: Independent Research

12p-1p: Summer Undergraduate Seminar Series, HWT EWP, NWC 3910: (Bring your own lunch) (REU; all welcome)

1p-5p: Independent Research
Tuesday June 26th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Wednesday June 27th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Thursday June 28th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Friday June 29th 8:30a-1p: Independent Research

1p-3:30p: 5-min Practice Talks w/Q&A, NWC 1313 (REU & Mentors only; required)

3:30p-5p: Independent Research

AMARILLO TRIP -- Saturday through Monday (REU)

 

Week 7:
July 2 - July 6
Monday July 2nd 9:30a-11a: Tour KVII 7 Station & visit with Meteorologists Brian James, Shelly Sites & Chief Meteorologist Steve Kersh

11a-1p: Tour Amarillo Emergency Operations Center to visit Kevin Starbuck, CEM, CPM, Emergency Management Coordinator & Meteorologist Maribel Martinez, Ph.D., CEM, Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator and tour the Amarillo Office of Emergency Management, Emergency Operations Center, & 911 Call center

3p-4p:Tour of NWS Amarillo Forecast Office
Tuesday July 3rd Independent Research

5:20 pm -- Weather Balloon Launch
Wednesday July 4th JULY 4th HOLIDAY
Thursday July 5th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Friday July 6th 8:30a-12p: Independent Research

12p-1p: Summer Undergraduate Seminar Series, Warn on Forecast (REU; others welcome)

1p-5p: Independent Research

NOTE: SLS Abstract Deadline!

 

Week 8:
July 9 - July 13
Monday July 9th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Tuesday July 10th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research

***Research Meetings at your scheduled time***
Wednesday July 11th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research

***Research Meetings at your scheduled time***
Thursday July 12th Hosting SOARS Today

10:30am: SOARS arrive in OKC: United Airlines Flight # 6158

11:00pm: SOARS Depart Airport

11:30pm: School of Meteorology Reception, NWC 5600 (Lunch Provided)

1:00pm: SOARS National Weather Center Building Tour by Stacey Hitchcock

2:00pm: Severe Weather Forecasting Workshop with Dr. Jeffrey Basara, NWC 5600

5:00pm: Break

5:15pm: Prepare for Balloon Launch with NWS Norman WFO led by Daryl Williams

6:15pm-9pm: Head to Traditions for BBQ Dinner (also Swimming Pool, Volleyball, Basketball)
Friday July 13th Hosting SOARS Today

12p-1p: Networking Lunch

8:30am: Tour of the Atmospheric Radar Research Center (ARRC) Radar Innovations Laboratory (RIL) 1PP by former REUer Tim Bonin

10:00am: Radar Extravaganza, NWC 3910

10:10am: Partly cloudy with a chance of migration: Weather, Radars, & Aeroecology: Dr. Phillip Chilson

10:30am: The Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA): Dr. Jerry Brotzge

10:50am: Radar Systems of the Atmospheric Radar Research Center: Dr. Boon Leng Cheong

11:10am: 10 Minute Break

11:20am: Phased-Array Radar: Dr. Pam Heinselman

11:40am: Dual-Polarization Upgrade to WSR-88D: Don Burgess

12:00pm: Networking Lunch, NWC 3910 (REU+SOARS+Hollings, students+mentors)

1:15pm: Oklahoma Mesonet: Cindy Luttrell, NWC 3910

1:45pm: Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program: Rachel Riley & Margret Boone

2:20pm: NSSL Winter Weather Research: Dr. Heather Reeves & REU Student Nathan Korfe

2:40pm: NSSL Mesoscale Analysis: Dr. Dustan Wheatley & REU Student Rebecca Steeves

3:00pm: NSSL Forecast Research & Development Division & Climate: Dr. Harold Brooks

3:30pm: Break

3:40pm: Van Pickup in Front of Fountain, Depart for North Campus

4:00pm: Phased-Array Radar (PAR) Tour by Mark Benner in two groups

***(Group 1: 4-4:30, Group 2: 4:30-5) (REU optional but highly recommended)***

7:00pm: SOARS Depart OKC

 

Week 9:
July 16 - July 20
Monday July 16th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Tuesday July 17th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Wednesday July 18th 8:30a-2:45p: Independent Research

2:45p-3:20p: Sonic Happy Hour Trip

3:30p-5p: Ins & Outs of Applying to Graduate School, Dr. Fred Carr and Ms. Celia Jones, NWC 5600 (REU; all welcome)
Thursday July 19th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Friday July 20th 8:30a-5p: Independent Research

 

Week 10:
July 23 - July 27
Monday July 23rd 8:30a-5p: Independent Research
Tuesday July 24th
Practice Presentations All Day -- reserve 30 min slots the week before, NWC 1313
Wednesday July 25th Final Presentation Day All Day, NWC 1313
Thursday July 26th
Last Day Activities

 

8:30a-10a: Independent Research

10:00am - 12:00pm: REU Career Extravaganza, NWC 5600

10:00 a.m. - Richard Carpenter- Weather Decision Technologies - Private Sector

10:20 a.m. - Dave Turner - NOAA NSSL - PhD Researcher

10:40 a.m. - Keil Ortega - NOAA NSSL - Masters Applied Researcher

11:00 a.m. - Kevin Kloesel - Associate Dean, College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences, OU

11:20 a.m. - Ben Fahrig - Weathernews Leaders Group

11:40 a.m. - Lans Rothfusz - NWS - Forecaster

1p-5p: Independent Research
Friday July 27th
Final REU Activities (REU required)

 

Week 11:
July 30 - August 1
Monday July 30th 8:30am-10am: Clean up office, turn in library books, copy any needed files from work computers etc.

10:00am: REU Bullsession & Thank you cards, NWC 5600

11:00am: Graduate Students on Applying to Graduate School, NWC 5600

12:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm: Tips & Advice for Poster Presentations, by Dave Turner, Jim LaDue, Keil Ortega & Robin Tanamachi, NWC 5930

2:00pm: On the Ins & Outs of the Journal Publication Process, Dr. Harold Brooks, NWC 5600

3:00pm: NOAA store open for purchases

3:30pm: Doo Rag Closing Ceremony, NWC Atrium
Tuesday July 31st
Leave Norman to go home.
Wednesday August 1st NOTE: AMS Abstract Deadline!