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Susan Cobb, GSL Science Communications Lead sponsored by CIRES
I lead communications for the NOAA Global Systems Laboratory.
Research Interests
Science communications
Aviation weather forecasting
Severe weather forecasting
Social science
Education
B.S. Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma
Experience
Meteorologist and Communications Manager, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory sponsored by the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
Forecasting Meteorologist, Kavouras Inc.
Undergraduate Meteorological Assistant, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
Professional Activities
American Meteorological Society
National Weather Association
American Geophysical Union
Honors and Awards
2018 - National Weather Association Larry R. Johnson Special Award: For creating the Meteorological Phenomena Identification Near the Ground (mPING) applications which improved forecast operations by significant increasing the number, quality, and type of ground-truth weather observations.
1999 - Department of Commerce Silver Medal: NSSL Warning Research and Development Division for "developing a prototype Warning Decision Support System for weather forecasters and making significant enhancements to the NEXRAD system, resulting in more timely and reliable warnings."
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