1. CSTAR November 2012 Virtual Workshop
Jonathan Blaes
16 November 2012

2. What is CSTAR?

3. What is CSTAR?
The CSTAR Program represents a NOAA/NWS effort to create a cost-effective transition from basic and applied research to operations and services through collaborative research between operational forecasters and academic institutions which have expertise in the environmental sciences. These activities engage researchers and students in applied research of interest to the operational meteorological community and improve the accuracy of forecasts and warnings of environmental hazards by applying scientific knowledge and information to operational products and services.

4. What is CSTAR?
The CSTAR Program represents a NOAA/NWS effort to create a cost-effective transition from basic and applied research to operations and services through collaborative research between operational forecasters and academic institutions which have expertise in the environmental sciences. These activities engage researchers and students in applied research of interest to the operational meteorological community and improve the accuracy of forecasts and warnings of environmental hazards by applying scientific knowledge and information to operational products and services.

5. How did we get here? CSTAR grant announced on July 20, 2009
Input was solicited from regional WFOs in August 2009
During solicitations, 52 gaps, or needs were identified
Themes emerged – tropical cyclones, precipitation, and HSLC convection
Proposal submitted on October 16, 2009, funded spring 2010
Kickoff workshop on October 28 and 29, 2010
Improving Understanding and
Prediction of Hazardous
Weather in the Southeastern
United States: Landfalling
Tropical Cyclones and
Convective Storms

6. Our goal for this workshop is to share activities and results since the last workshop, outline plans for the final year, and discuss mechanisms to implement research results into operations.
Your participation and focus is needed today.
Please close your door, put your cell phone away, and give as much attention
as possible.
We will need you in
the discussion.