Director's Corner

As a graduated NSF Science and Technology Centers, CAPS continues to maintain a vibrant program of basic and applied research in storm-scale data assimilation and numerical weather prediction. 

Specifically, CAPS, along with several other University of Oklahoma institutions, is a partner in the Engineering Research Center led by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.  The Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) seeks to revolutionize the remote sensing of the lower troposphere, initially via inexpensive, low-power, phased array Doppler radars placed on cell towers and buildings.  A unique component of this project is that the sensors collaborate with one another and dynamically adjust their characteristics to sense multiple atmospheric phenomena while meeting multiple end user needs in an optimal manner. 

CAPS also leads an NSF Large Information Technology Research (ITR) grant that seeks to develop an infrastructure for mesoscale meteorology research and education.  Known as Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD), a transforming element of this project  is the ability for analysis tools, forecast models, and data repositories to function as dynamically adaptive, on-demand systems that can change configuration rapidly and automatically in response to the evolving weather; respond immediately to user decisions based upon the weather problem at hand; and steer remote observing systems to optimize data collection and forecast/warning quality.

CAPS also has a number of exciting projects, under the support of NSF, FAA, NASA and the private sector companies.

Ming Xue
Director of CAPS
Professor of Meteorology