VORTEX2 Publication References

Publications

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Bryan, G. H., and M. D. Parker, 2010: Observations of a squall line and its near environment using high-frequency rawinsonde launches during VORTEX2. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 4076-4097, doi:10.1175/2010MWR3359.1.

Coniglio, Michael C., 2012: Verification of RUC 0.1-h Forecasts and SPC Mesoscale Analyses Using VORTEX2 Soundings. Wea. Forecasting, 27, 667-683, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-11-00096.1.

Elston, J., B. Argrow, E. Frew, A. Houston, J. Straka, 2011: Evaluation of UAS Concepts of Operation for Severe Storm Penetration using Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations. AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication, 8(9):269-294.

Elston, J. S., J. Roadman, M. Stachura, B. Argrow, A. Houston, and E. Frew, 2011: The tempest unmanned aircraft system for in situ observations of tornadic supercells: Design and VORTEX2 flight results. Journal of Field Robotics, 28: 461-483, doi:10.1002/rob.20394.

Kosiba, K. A., J. Wurman, P. Markowski, Y. Richardson, P. Robinson, and J. Marquis, 2012: Genesis of the Goshen County, Wyoming Tornado on 05 June 2009 during VORTEX2. Mon. Wea. Rev., Accepted, in press, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00056.1.

Snyder, J. C., H. B. Bluestein, V. Venkatesh, and S. J. Frasier, 2012: Observations of polarimetric signatures in supercells by an X-band mobile Doppler radar. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 3-29, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00068.1.

Wakimoto, R. M., N. T. Atkins, and J. Wurman, 2011: The LaGrange Tornado during VORTEX2. Part I: Photogrammetric Analysis of the Tornado Combined with Single-Doppler Radar Data. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press, doi:10.1175/2010MWR3568.1.

Conference Proceedings

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Atkins, N. T., R. M. Wakimoto, A. McGee, R. Ducharme, and J. Wurman, 2010: The LaGrange tornado during VORTEX2. Part II: Photogrammetry analysis of the tornado combined with dual-Doppler radar data. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 6.3.

Atkins, N., R. M. Wakimoto, and J. Wurman, 2011: The LaGrange Tornado during VORTEX2: Single- and Dual-Doppler Analysis of the Tornado. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Biggerstaff, M. I., D. P. Betten, C. L. Ziegler, D. R. MacGorman, L. J. Wicker, D. W. Burgess, and E. R. Mansell, 2010: Rear-flank downdraft dynamics in tornadic and non-tornadic supercell thunderstorms. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Biggerstaff, M. I., K. M. Kuhlman, D. P. Betten, D. R. MacGorman, G. D. Carrie, and C. L. Ziegler, 2008: Structure and evolution of the 29 May 2004 Geary, OK tornadic supercell thunderstorm. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Biggerstaff, M. I., R. M. May, C. L. Ziegler, M. Xue, G. D. Carrie, D. P. Betten, K. M. Kuhlman, and D. R. MacGorman, 2008: Validation of dual-Doppler analysis methods for a "tornadic" supercell, 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Bluestein, H., D. Burgess, D. Dowell, P. Markowski, E. Rasmussen, Y. Richardson, L. Wicker, and J. Wurman, 2009: VORTEX2: The Second Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment. Preprints, 5th European Conference on Severe Storms, Landshut, Germany, O09-06.

Bluestein, H. B., M. M. French, J. B. Houser, J. C. Snyder, R. L. Tanamachi, I. PopStefanija, C. Baldi, G. D. Emmitt, V. Venkatesh, K. Orzel, and S. J. Frasier, and R. T. Bluth, 2010: A summary of data collected during VORTEX2 by MWR-05XP/TWOLF, UMASS X-POL, and the UMASS W-band radar. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5.4.

Bluestein, H. B., M. French, I. Popstefanija, R. Bluth, and J. Knorr, 2009: Observations of tornadogenesis using a mobile, phased-array, Doppler radar. Preprints, 5th European Conference on Severe Storms, Landshut, Germany, O07-4.

Bluestein, H. B., M. M. French, I. PopStefanija, R. Bluth, and J. Knorr, 2009: Observations of tornadogenesis using the MWR-05XP, a mobile, phased-array, X-band, Doppler radar. 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Williamsburg, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Bluestein, H. B., I. PopStefanija, V. Venkatesh, P. S. Tsai, R. L. Tanamachi, M. M. French, J. C. Snyder, J. Houser, D. T. Dawson II, C. Baldi, B. Seeger, S. J. Frasier, J. Knorr, and R. Bluth, 2008: Severe-storm data collected in the Southern Plains by three mobile Doppler radars during the spring, 2007 and 2008. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Bluestein, H., J. C. Snyder, J. B. Houser, and A. L. Pazmany, 2012: Rapid-scan, polarimetric, mobile Doppler radar observations at X-band of an EF-5 tornado in Oklahoma on 24 May 2011, presented at ERAD 2012 - The Seventh European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, Session 12, Radar Case Studies.

Brewster, H. A., J. G. Ladue, M. C. Coniglio, M. P. Foster, T. Marshall, and G. S. Garfield, 2010: Forecasting supercell storms: Application of operational tools and cutting-edge numerical model guidance in VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 14.5.

Burgess, D. W., 2008: An aircraft penetration through a rear-flank downdraft: Revisiting an old case. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Burgess, D. W., E. R. Mansell, C M. Schwarz, and B. J. Allen, 2010: Tornado and tornadogenesis events seen by the NOXP, X-Band, dual-polarization radar during VORTEX2 2010. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5.2.

Crowell, S., L. J. Wicker, and L. W. White, 2010: Estimation of Low-Level Wind Structure in a Tornado-like Vortex. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Dawson, D. T., and G. S. Romine, 2010: A preliminary survey of DSD measurements collected during VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 8A.4.

Dowell, D., 2010: Ensemble storm-scale data assimilation and prediction for severe convective storms. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Elston, J., B. Argrow, E. Frew, and A. Houston, 2010: Evaluation of UAS Concepts of Operation for Severe Storm Penetration using Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations, presented at AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Aug. 2-5, AIAA-2010-8178.

Elston, J., B. Argrow, A. Houston, and E. Frew, 2010: Design and validation of a system for targeted observations of tornadic supercells using unmanned aircraft, presented at 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 18-22 October 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, 10.1109/IROS.2010.5649940.

Frasier, S. J., and P. Siqueira, 2009: Ground-based atmospheric research radar systems at the University of Massachusetts. 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Williamsburg, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

French, M. M., H. B. Bluestein, I. PopStefanija, C. Baldi, and R. Bluth, 2010: Rapid-scan analyses of supercells during tornadogenesis using a mobile, phased-array, X-band, Doppler radar. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Friedrich, K., F. Masters, J. Wurman, and D. W. Burgess, 2010: Microphysical characteristics in supercell thunderstorms using mobile dual-polarization radars and mobile disdrometers. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Hastings, R. M., Y. P. Richardson, P. M. Markowski, and J. Wurman, 2010: Storm mergers. Part II: Observations of merger events from VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P8.16.

Houser, J. B., H. Bluestein, G. D. Emmitt, and R. Bluth, 2010: Doppler lidar observations of the boundary layer near tornadic and non-tornadic supercells. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Houston, A. L., B. Argrow, and E. W. Frew, 2010: Unmanned aircraft in VORTEX-2. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Jones, T. A., and D. J. Stensrud, 2012: EnKF Assimilation of Cloud Properties Retrieved From GOES. 92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Kumjian, M. R., J. Snyder, A. V. Ryzhkov, D. S. Zrnic, S. Frasier, and H. B. Bluestein, 2008: Comparison of polarimetric radar observations of tornadic supercells at S, C, and X bands. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Letkewicz, C. E., and M. D. Parker, 2010: Supercell dissipation observed by VORTEX2 on 9 June 2009. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P8.9.

Magsig M. A., 2008: Techniques for Automatically Geonavigating Photos. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Magsig, M. A., J. G. Ladue, E. N. Rasmussen, and J. M. Straka, 2010: GPS-based stereo photogrammetry in VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P6.3.

Mahoney, E., J. G. LaDue, M. A. Magsig, A. Anderson, and B. C. Baranowski, 2011: Using the Bufkit visualization tool to assess forecast and warning uncertainty. 39th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology, Oklahoma City, OK, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Markowski, P., Y. Richardson, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, and P. Robinson, 2010: The Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell of 5 June 2009 intercepted by VORTEX2: Pretornadic phase. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P6.7.

Marquis, J., Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, D. Dowell, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, and P. Robinson, 2010: Preliminary analysis of the Goshen County tornadic supercell on 5 June 2009 during VORTEX2 using EnKF assimilation of mobile radar and mesonet data. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 6.7.

Metzger, R. S., and C. C. Weiss, 2010: An Examination of the Vertical Structure of two tornadoes using Ka-band mobile doppler radar. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Metzger, R. S., C. C. Weiss, and A. E. Reinhart, 2011: An examination of the structure of three tornadoes using high-frequency Ka-band mobile doppler radar. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Parker, M. D., and G. H. Bryan, 2010: Mobile soundings during VORTEX2: Survey and preliiminary results. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Parker, M. D., A. J. French, C. E. Letkewicz, M. J. Morin, K. Rojowsky, D. Stark, and G. H. Bryan, 2009: Mobile sounding measurements of the near-storm environment during VORTEX2. Preprints, 5th European Conference on Severe Storms, Landshut, Germany, P09-07.

Parker, M. D., P. M. Markowski and Y. P. Richardson, 2011: Low-level wind and thermodynamic observations of a mesovortex in the 15 May 2009 VORTEX2 squall line. 14th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Los Angeles, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Pazmany, A., J. B. Mead, J. C. Snyder, and H. B. Bluestein, 2012: Strobe Waveform for Rapid Scanning Polarimetric Weather Radars, presented at ERAD 2012 - The Seventh European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, Session Session 13B, Signal Processing (Part II).

Reinhart, A. E., and C. C. Weiss, 2010: Dual-Doppler Wind Analysis of Low-level Mesosyclones Verified against StickNet Wind Observations. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Reinhart, A. E., C. C. Weiss, and D. C. Dowell, 2011: High-frequency dual-Doppler analysis of a retrograding dryline/baroclinic boundary intersection. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Reinhart, A. E., C. C. Weiss, and D. C. Dowell, 2010: Verification of Supercell Cold Pools in High-Resolution WRF Simulations using StickNet In Situ Data. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Richardson, Y. P., P. M. Markowski, S. Waugh, and S. Frederickson, 2010: Mobile mesonet observations in VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P6.4.

Richardson, Y. P., P. M. Markowski, J. M. Wurman, and K. Kosiba, 2009: Mobile mesonet observations in VORTEX2. Preprints, 5th European Conference on Severe Storms, Landshut, Germany, P09-08.

Richardson, Y. P., P. M. Markowski, J. M. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, P. Robinson, J. N. Marquis, and D. W. Burgess, 2011: Observations from VORTEX2: The dissipation phase of the the Goshen County, Wyoming, tornado (05June 2009). 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Richardson, Y. P., P. M. Markowski, J. M. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, P. Robinson, J. N. Marquis, and D. W. Burgess, 2011: Observations from VORTEX2: The dissipation phase of the Goshen County, Wyoming tornado (05 June 2009). 14th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Los Angeles, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Richardson, Y., J. Marquis, J. Wurman, and P. M. Markowski, 2010: Potential pitfalls in mobile dual-Doppler analyses of complex severe storm wind fields. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Schwartz, C. M., and D. W. Burgess, 2010: Vertification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment, Part 2 (VORTEX2): Data from the NOAA (NSSL) X-band dual-polarized radar. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P6.1.

Skinner, P. S., C. C. Weiss, A. E. Reinhart, W. S. Gunter, J. L. Schroeder, and J. Guynes, 2010: TTUKa mobile Doppler radar observations of near-surface circulations in VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 15.3.

Skinner, P. S., C. C. Weiss, M. M. French, H. B. Bluestein, I. PopStefanija, and R. Bluth, 2011: Ka and X-band radar observations of multiple rear-flank downdraft surges and an intense near-surface vortex on 18 May 2010. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Skinner, P. S., C. C. Weiss, Y. P. Richardson, and P. M. Markowski, 2010: Intercomparison between mobile and stationary surface observing platforms in VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P5.1.

Snyder, J., H. Bluestein, V. Venkatesh, and S. Frasier, 2012: Polarimetric Doppler Radar Observations of Low-Reflectivity Ribbons in Supercells, Poster, presented at ERAD 2012 - The Seventh European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, Radar Case Studies.

Stratman, D. R., M. C. Coniglio, and M. Xue, 2010: Using traditional and spatial verification methods to evaluate real-time model forecasts of convection. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Tanamachi, R. L., H. B. Bluestein, W. Lee, K. Orzel, and S. J. Frasier, 2010: GBVTD-retrieved vortex structure in the 26 May 2010 Prospect Valley, Colorado tornado-like vortices. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Tanamachi, R. L., M. Xue, H. B. Bluestein, K. Orzel, S. J. Frasier, and M. I. Biggerstaff, 2011: High-resolution EnKF assimilation of tornado-scale radar observations for a tornadic supercell: preliminary results. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Thompson T. E., L. J. Wicker, M. Biggerstaff, and K. M. Kuhlman 2008: Comparison of three-dimensional winds derived from assimilated phased array radar data with mobile dual-doppler analyses from a tornadic storm. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Thompson, T. E., M. I. Biggerstaff, L. J. Wicker, D. P. Betten, C. L. Ziegler, M. R. Kumjian, and E. J. Afante, 2010: Highlights of the storm-scale radar data from VORTEX2-2010. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P6.2.

Waugh, S., and S. E. Fredrickson, 2010: An Improved Aspirated Temperature System for Mobile Meteorological Observations, Especially in Severe Weather. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Wakimoto, R. M., N. T. Atkins, and J. Wurman, 2010: The LaGrange tornado during VORTEX2. Part I: Photogrammetry analysis of the tornado combined with single-Doppler radar data. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 6.2.

Weiss, C. C., and D. C. Dowell, 2010: Highlights from the Texas Tech Ka-band mobile Doppler radar and StickNet data collection. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5.5.

Weiss, C. C., and J. L. Schroeder, 2008: The 2007 and 2008 MOBILE Experiment: Development and testing of the TTU StickNet platforms. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Wurman, J., 2008: Preliminary Results and Report of the ROTATE-2008 radar / in-situ / mobile mesonet experiment. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Wurman, J., and K. A. Kosiba, 2009: Comparisons of fine-scale radar observations and in situ tornado pod observations of low level tornadic winds. 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Williamsburg, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Wurman, J., K. Friedrich, and K. A. Kosiba, 2011: Design and deployment of quickly scanning dual-frequency, dual-polarization, dual-Doppler mobile radar network. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Wurman, J., K. A. Kosiba, and P. Robinson, 2010: In Situ and radar observations of low-level winds in tornadoes. 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Wurman, J., L. J. Wicker, Y. P. Richardson, E. N. Rasmussen, P. M. Markoski, D. Dowell, D. W. Burgess, and H. B. Bluestein, 2010: An overview of the VORTEX2 field campaign. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms. Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Wurman, J., L. Wicker, Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, D. Dowell, D. Burgess, and H. Bluestein, 2010: VORTEX2: The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5.1.

Wurman, J., K. Friedrich, and K. Kosiba, 2010: Intercomparison of Disdrometer and Dual-Polarization Radar Measurements in Tornadic and Non-Tornadic Supercells During VORTEX2. AGU 2010 Meeting of the Americas, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, A23C-06.

Xue, M., F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, Y. Wang, K. Brewster, J. Gao, X. Wang, S. J. Weiss, A. J. Clark, J. S. Kain, M. C. Coniglio, J. Du, T. L. Jensen, and Y. H. Kuo, 2010: CAPS Realtime Storm Scale Ensemble and High Resolution Forecasts for the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed 2010 Spring Experiment. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Ziegler, C. L., E. N. Rasmussen, and M. S. Buban, 2005: Radar-derived thermodynamic fields in severe storms from in-situ data and Lagrangian objective analysis, 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology / 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Ziegler, C. L., M. I. Biggerstaff, L. J. Wicker, D. W. Burgess, E. R. Mansell, C. M. Schwartz, P. Markowski, Y. P. Richardson, and C. C. Weiss, 2010: Storm structure and decay processes of the 9 June 2009 Greensburg, Kansas supercell during VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 7A.2.

Ziegler, C. L., K. M. Kuhlman, M. I. Biggerstaff, D. P. Betten, L. J. Wicker, E. R. Mansell, and R. R. Macgorman, 2008: Evolution of low-level rotation in the tornadic 29 May 2004 Geary, Oklahoma supercell storm. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Reports

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Theses

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Elston, J. S., 2011: Semi-Autonomous Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Sampling Tornadic Supercell Thunderstorms. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Colorado, 294.

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