Projects

MSU Award Number

191001-363513-4A

Current NGI File Number

16-NGI3-11

Associated MSU Award or NGI File Numbers

N/A

Start Date

10/1/2016

End Date

2018-9-30 0:0:0

Project Status

Completed

Award Amount

$318,588.00

Project Title

Core Infrastructure Enhancements, Operations, and Preliminary Research Activities Supporting VORTEX-SE 2017 Field Campaign Activities - Phase 2: Operations and research supporting the VORTEX-SE 2017 field campaign

PI Last Name

Knupp

PI First Name

Kevin

PI Affiliation

UAH

Research Theme

CH-CE

Funding Source

OAR

Project Description

The conditions that contribute to dangerous tornadoes are what meteorologists and social scientists collaboratively researched in the VORTEX-SE (Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast) project. Activities included analysis of existing data, collection of field data pre- and post-tornados during the spring of 2017, and quality control of data. Field measurements were acquired from the Mobile Alabama X-band (MAX) radar, Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS), Mobile Doppler Lidar and Sounding System (MoDLS), Rapidly Deployable Atmospheric Profiling System (RaDAPS), and balloon soundings on events of interest. Profiler and radar data were analyzed to document the variability in low-level clouds, thermodynamics, and wind shear for cold-season tornado events.