Have you ever wondered what it takes to coordinate such a massive field campaign like VORTEX II? It certainly isn’t an easy task. With over 100 people and oftentimes over…
The Morning Conference Call
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V2 2010 Week 1: May 1–6, 2010
Days were mostly down or travel. First deployment near Oberlin, Kansas on Day 6.
5.4.2010 Summary so far
VORTEX2 2010 officially started on May 1, 2010. Teams in Boulder, Colorado, Lubbock, Texas, and Norman, Oklahoma used the quiet weather to tweak their systems. We all watched as dangerous…
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Chase StormDawg
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V2 2010 Operations Summary
4.30.10 VORTEX2 update and Chase StormDawg
VORTEX2 begins tomorrow, May 1. Every morning the steering committee will meet to decide if we will have operations and where we will go. We don’t even know where we…
4.6.10 V2 gearing up for 2010 ops
Teams are gearing up for VORTEX2 2010 operations!
VORTEX2 makes science history in 2009
VORTEX2 research teams made science history by deploying 70 instruments, including 10 mobile radars and at least 30 other vehicles, on a tornadic supercell for the first time. Detailed data…
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DOWs CSWR
Doppler on Wheels owned by the Center for Severe Weather Research. DOW6 and DOW7 are both X-Band (3cm). Rapid-Scan DOW transmits 12 simultaneous beams.
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Weather balloons
