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Dale Morris

Dale Morris

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Senior
Research Associate

dmorris@ou.edu
dale.a.morris@noaa.gov
National Weather Center 2640

Education

  • MS, Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
  • BS, Meteorology, University of Oklahoma

Affiliated CIWRO Team

  • WDTD

About

Dale Morris conducts training for National Weather Service forecasters and leads the development and deployment of the Weather Event Simulator (WES). The WES is a primary training tool used by NWS forecasters to replay past weather events as if they were happening in real time to practice analysis and warning decision making skills. Since 2020 he has been leading the transition of the WES capability into cloud computing platforms. Additionally, he assists in Warning Decision Training Division courses like the Radar and Applications Course and the Warning Operations Courses.

Research Focus

  • Warning Decision Making
  • Experiential Learning through Simulations

CIWRO Research Themes

  • Forecast Applications Improvements R&D
Honors and awards
  • 2023 CIWRO Director's Award
  • 2022 National Weather Service Isaac Cline Award
  • 2021 National Weather Service Isaac Cline Award
  • 2020 National Weather Service Isaac Cline Award
  • 2017 NOAA Team Member of the Month 
  • 2012 National Weather Association Operational Achivement Group Award
Publications
  • Wilson, K..A., P.C. Burke, B.T. Gallo, P.K. Skinner, T.T. Lindley, C. Gravelle. S.W. Bieda III, J.D. Madden, J.W. Monroe, J.E. Guerra, D.A. Morris, 2024:  Collaborative Exploration of Storm-Scale Probabilistic Guidance for NWS Forecast Operations .  Wea. Forecasting, 39, 387-402.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-23-0174.1 
  • McPherson, R.A., C.A. Fiebrich, K.C. Crawford, J.R. Kilby, D.L. Grimsley, J.E. Martinez, J.B. Basara, B.G. Illston, D.A. Morris, K.A. Kloesel, A.D. Melvin, H. Shrivastava, J.M. Wolfinbarger, J.P. Bostic and D.B. Demko, 2007: Statewide monitoring of the mesoscale environment: A technical update on the Oklahoma Mesonet, J. Atmos Ocean Tech, 24, 301-321. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1976.1 
  • Oklahoma Climatological Survey, 2006: Explorations in Meteorology: A Lab Manual. Brooks-Cole, 198 pp. Editors: K.C. Crawford, K.A. Kloesel, R.A. McPherson, A.D. Melvin, D.A. Morris 
  • Morris, D.A., K.C. Crawford, K.A. Kloesel, G. Kitch, 2002: OK-FIRST: An example of successful collaboration between the meteorological and emergency response communities on 3 May 1999, Wea. Forecasting, 17, 567-576. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<0567:OFAEOS>2.0.CO;2 
  •  Morris, D. A., K. C. Crawford, K. A. Kloesel, and J. M. Wolfinbarger, 2001: OK-FIRST: a Meteorological information system for public safety. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 1911-1923. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520- 0477(2001)082<1911:OFAMIS>2.3.CO;2 
  •  Hermes, L.G., A. Witt, S.D. Smith, D. Klingle-Wilson, D. Morris, G.J. Stumpf, and M.D. Eilts, 1993: The gust- front detection and wind-shift algorithms for the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar system. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech, 10, 693-709. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1993)010<0693:TGFDAW>2.0.CO;2 
Professional organizations
  • American Meteorological Society 
  • National Weather Association
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