OCS has a rich history of partnerships with agencies, educators,
and customers. Our current alliances demonstrate our institutional
strengths in environmental measurement and educational outreach. |
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| Oklahoma State University scientists
have developed several agricultural models based on current and recent
weather conditions. Using data, programming support, and web development
from OCS, the AgWeather pages help growers make better
decisions. |
| The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety sponsors
OCS's statewide weather safety programs, including OK-FIRST and EarthStorm.
These programs focus on enhancing the decision-making skills of public
safety officials during hazardous events and educating K-12 students
to become problem solvers and more weather aware. |
| In cooperation with the Oklahoma Mesonet, the Agriculture
Research Service monitors meteorological conditions
in the Little Washita Watershed in southwestern Oklahoma. The
conditions are measured by the 42-station ARS Micronet, which
is embedded within the statewide Oklahoma Mesonet. OCS provides
site maintenance, data ingest and processing, and product and
web development for the Micronet. In addition, ARS scientists
use Mesonet data in their research activities. |
| The U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric
Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program was created
in 1989 as part of the U. S. Global Change Research Program to improve
the treatment of atmospheric radiation and cloud processes in large-scale
computer models used to predict climate change. The Southern Great
Plains ARM site scientist team is located at the University of Oklahoma,
and OCS conducts the outreach activities. |
| Weather has a dramatic impact on residential and commercial utilities.
OCS has teamed with the Oklahoma Association
of Electric Cooperatives to provide Oklahoma's rural electric
cooperatives with real-time radar, Mesonet, and other data. This
information is used to reduce consumer costs, keep maintenance engineers
safe, and anticipate potential outages. |
| The National Weather Service (NWS)
provides a rich stream of weather data to the nation. OCS's successes
with the OK-FIRST program
provided the NWS with an opportunity to expand their public safety
initiatives. As a result, the ONALERT project was developed at OCS to prototype
a nationwide decision support system for emergency managers and other
public safety officials. OCS and its programs collaborate most closely
with the NWS Forecast Offices in Norman, Tulsa, Amarillo, and Shreveport. |
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