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Items 2007 NSSL Provides Model for New European Severe Storms Lab
A new European Severe Storms Laboratory has been established, modeled after NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman.
The organization's long-term vision is to reach a size and impact comparable to that of the NSSL, according to organizer Nikolai Dotzek, who spent three months at NSSL in spring 2002.
The organization started as an informal network of European researchers in 2002 based on Dotzek's pilot study prepared while at NSSL. In December 2006, ESSL became a legal body, a registered association under German law.
The ESSL is a non-profit research organization with three main purposes:
- advance meteorology and related sciences in the field of research on severe convective storms and extreme weather events on a European level;
- to operate and extend the European Severe Weather Database;
- to support or organize the European Conferences on Severe Storms.
ESSL's first business year is focused on developing the business plan and on acquiring funds to hire employees and engage in research project proposals. Their first milestone will be the 4th European Conference on Severe Storms in Trieste, Italy.
More information: http://www.essl.org
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