The two Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching Radars (SR-1 and SR-2) operated during much of VORTEX2. Terra Thompson, OU Grad student compiled a great list of highlights from their data collection.
Category: VORTEX2 Blog
8.3.10 Reflections
Similar to spacecraft launching on missions and ships setting sail on voyages, an armada of land-based research vehicles embarked on a historic expedition to study tornadoes in the Great Plains…
2010 V2 Operations Summary
May 1 – Down May 2 – Down May 3 – Travel to Woodward, OK May 4 – Down – Woodward, OK May 5 – Travel to Hays, Ks May…
6.16.10 The end of VORTEX2 data collection
VORTEX2 data collection ended yesterday, June 15 2010, in New Mexico where storms failed to form. Preliminary numbers show about 30 high-precipitation supercells, and 10 weak/short-lived tornadoes. There will be…
6.13.10 The feeling on not great operations days
Feels like Groundhog Day…complete with the Sonny and Cher song – “I got you babe.” My iPhone alarm goes off – I want to be up before someone wakes me…
5.12.10 V2 Groundhog Day
“I got you babe!”
6.12.10 VORTEX2: The perils of storm chasing for six weeks straight
A short recap of the perils, in no particular order:
5.24.10 Chase StormDawg on Tornadoes, elephants and dinosaurs?
Chase StormDawg answers these questions: Could a tornado ever pick up a grown elephant? Also, do you think a tornado ever passed over a huge dinosaur without hurting or killing it?
5.18.2010 Supercell intercept in the west Texas panhandle.
A single supercell thunderstorm developed in far western Texas panhandle and tracked east toward Oklahoma.
5.17.10 Weeks 1 and 2 Mission Summaries
A summary by day of VORTEX2 operations so far.