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…
VORTEX2 makes science history in 2009
Category: VORTEX2 News
VORTEX2 teams adjust to the weather
The VORTEX2 team is making the most of a quiet atmosphere by using the opportunity to practice deployment on non-tornadic storms during the lull in the supercell activity. VORTEX2 researchers…
National Tornado Experiment to Begin in May
A collaborative nationwide project exploring the origins, structure and evolution of tornadoes will occur from May 10 through June 13 in the central United States. The project, Verification of Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment2 (VORTEX2 or V2), is the largest and most ambitious attempt to study tornadoes in history and will involve more than 50 scientists and 40 research vehicles, including 10 mobile radars.
VORTEX2 Media Day
NOAA/NSSL will host a VORTEX2 Media Day on May 8, 2009 from 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Interested media will have the opportunity to tour VORTEX2 research vehicles and interview VORTEX2 researchers and teams.
VORTEX2 Planning Meeting
A VORTEX2 planning meeting was held in Boulder, Colo. February 23–24. VORTEX2 Principal Investigators gave short presentations on their planned projects, strategies, and scientific objectives.
NSSL Gears Up for VORTEX2 in 2009 and 2010
NSSL is gearing up for the largest-ever field program to study how tornadoes form and dissipate. VORTEX-2, set to run from May 10 – June 15 of 2009 and 2010, is a NOAA/National Science Foundation (NSF) funded program bringing collaborators from around the United States.
SMART-Radar Team Wins NSF Major Research Instrumentation Award
The NSSL and University of Oklahoma Shared Mobile Atmospheric and Teaching Radar (SMART-radar) team was awarded the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Award to upgrade one of the mobile C-band radars with dual-polarimetric capability. SR-2 will be taken apart during Fall-Winter 2008 and rebuilt with the ability to perform simultaneous transmit/receive dual-polarization measurements.