Norman

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city

Norman is a city in central Oklahoma known for its strong ties to meteorology and atmospheric research, including hosting major national weather institutions.

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
affiliatedWith University of Oklahoma ⓘ
associatedWithAgency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
National Weather Service ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countrySubdivision Southern United States ⓘ
county Cleveland County ⓘ
GNISFeatureClass populated place ⓘ
governingBody Norman city government ⓘ
hasEconomicSector higher education ⓘ
public sector employment ⓘ
research and development ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitution University of Oklahoma ⓘ
hasNickname Weather capital of the world ⓘ
hasResearchFocus climate and climate variability ⓘ
severe convective storms ⓘ
weather forecasting ⓘ
hasRole hub for tornado research ⓘ
major center for severe weather research ⓘ
hostsInstitution National Severe Storms Laboratory ⓘ
National Weather Center ⓘ
National Weather Service Forecast Office Norman ⓘ
Oklahoma Climatological Survey ⓘ
NOAA Aircraft Operations Center ⓘ
surface form: Radar Operations Center

Storm Prediction Center ⓘ
University of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology

Warning Decision Training Division ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Cleveland County ⓘ
isHomeTo University of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: University of Oklahoma main campus
knownFor atmospheric research ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
weather research ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea Oklahoma City metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Oklahoma ⓘ
notableFor proximity to U.S. Great Plains tornado alley ⓘ
state Oklahoma ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
transportationInfrastructure served by Interstate 35 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Oklahoma
Oklahoma → hasMajorCity → Norman ⓘ
Oklahoma Sooners → homeCity → Norman ⓘ
subject surface form: Oklahoma Sooners football
SPC → locatedInCity → Norman ⓘ
subject surface form: Storm Prediction Center