The Oklahoma Mesonet partners with many local, state, and federal agencies on a variety of research projects including small experiments, research grant studies, and large on-going projects.
The Oklahoma Mesonet operates and maintains two micronets for the Grazinglands Research Lab (see http://ars.mesonet.org). The Mesonet also collaborates with the GRL on groundwater research across the Fort Cobb watershed.
The Oklahoma Mesonet operates and maintains the Fittstown station for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. The Mesonet also collaborates with the OWRB on groundwater research across Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Mesonet partners with the National Weather Service on a number of research projects across Oklahoma. Most recently, the Mesonet has installed an experimental wet bulb globe temperature sensor at the Norman site and a road pavement sensor at the Tulsa site to help the NWS develop and verify forecasts for heat stress and pavement temperatures. The Mesonet also partners with the NWS Arkansas-Red River Forecast Center to provide rainfall data to be used to calibrate radar estimates of rainfall, which are then input into NWS hydrologic models.
The Oklahoma Mesonet data are transferred to the ARM External Data Center located at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The data are then provided to ARM Science Team members who utilize the data to plan site activities and monitor the quality of ARM instruments.
The Oklahoma Mesonet operates and maintains the Newport station for the Noble Research Institute. This site provides data from the pasture demonstration farm for research projects at the Noble Research Institute.