Session: Supercells and Tornadoes: Overview of VORTEX-2 (25th Conference on Severe Local Storms (11

Monday, 11 October 2010: 7:30 PM-9:15 PM

Grand Mesa Ballroom F (Hyatt Regency Tech Center)

Host: 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms

Chair:

David Dowell, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Papers:

7:30 PM

5.1

An overview of the VORTEX2 field campaign

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and L. J. Wicker, Y. P. Richardson, E. N. Rasmussen, P. M. Markowski, D. Dowell, D. W. Burgess, and H. B. Bluestein

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

7:45 PM

5.2

Tornado and tornadogenesis events seen by the NOXP x-band, dual-polarization radar during VORTEX2 2010

Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. R. Mansell, C. M. Schwarz, and B. J. Allen

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (3.0 MB)

8:00 PM

5.3

Rapid-Scan DOW radar observations of tornadoes during VORTEX2

Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Kosiba and P. Robinson

8:15 PM

5.4

A summary of data collected during VORTEX-2 by MWR-05XP/TWOLF, UMass X-Pol, and the UMass W-band radar

Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. M. French, J. B. Houser, J. C. Snyder, R. L. Tanamachi, I. PopStefanija, C. Baldi, G. D. Emmitt, V. Venkatesh, K. Orzel, R. Bluth, and S. J. Frasier

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

8:30 PM

5.5

Highlights from the Texas Tech Ka-band Mobile Doppler Radar and StickNet Data Collection During VORTEX2

Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and D. Dowell

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.5 MB)

8:45 PM

5.6

Mobile soundings during VORTEX2: Survey and preliminary results

Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and G. H. Bryan