University of Massachusettes X-Band mobile radar uses a wavelength of 3cm.
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UMASS X-Pol
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UMass W-Band
The University of Massachusettes W-Band operates on a 3mm wavelength to map the reflectivity and velocity fields of the tornado at a range of 3km and at very high resolutions.
6.24.09 NCAR hosts Post-V2 Press Conference
NCAR hosted a post V2 Press Conference on June 24, 2009 at the Foothills Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. Four local TV stations, the Denver Post newspaper, AP, and a radio…
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V2 Places
VORTEX2 teams logged over 10,000 miles traveling through nine states…this is a collection of photos of places that caught our eye.
6.9.09 Operations Summary
Operations ended after data collection in a supercell with low-level rotation east of Dodge City, Kansas.
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TTU Ka-Band
Texas Tech University Ka-Band radar operates on a wavelength of 8.5mm and can detect cloud particles and insects to trace the wind.
6.8.09 DOWN – Summary of V2 Ops so far
5.10.09 – DOWN – travel to Norman 5.11.09 – DOWN – travel to Clinton, OK 5.12.09 – GO – Childress, TX, marginal supercell 5.13.09 – GO – Canton, OK 5.14.09…
6.7.09 Mission Summary
Operations in northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri. Supercell targeted that produced a very brief small tornado.
6.6.09 Mission Summary
Targeted storms in southern Nebraska.
6.5.09 Mission Summary
V2 teams collected historic data on a tornado near LaGrange, Wyoming. Mike Biggerstaff, OU said, “It was an A+ deployment.”