ABOUT US

Welcome to the home of Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) team! At the National Severe Storms Laboratory based in Norman, Oklahoma, we aim to better understand severe weather at the surface, including tornadoes, thunderstorm winds, and flash flooding. UAS data collection is a new approach that is gaining traction operationally and in the research community.

We started our operations in June of 2020, as a two year project, funded by NOAA UASPO. 

 

GOALS

OUR GOAL: Apply UAS technology to a variety of severe weather to better characterize near surface wind flows in tornadoes, characterization of flash flooding, and debris flows in post-wildfire rain events.

 

DISASTER RESPONSE

The team works closely with multiple agencies in response to tornadoes, including FEMA and NOAA Southern Region.

 

OUR TEAM

We would like to thank our team members Lizzie Tirone,  Dominic Candela and Robert Moore, as well as our collaborators Doug Kennedy, Zach Barney, and Erik Rasmussen from the National Severe Storms Laboratory.