Category Archives: Radar

The situation gets serious

Posted on 21 May 2013 by tornatrix

I am still getting my bearings back after three straight days of tornadoes. Yesterday, I watched the Moore tornado form from the controls of the KOUN radar on the north side of Norman. It was my first time to see … Continue reading →

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New pub

Posted on 8 February 2013 by tornatrix

This month’s issue of Monthly Weather Review contains my newest paper,

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New pub

Posted on 11 July 2012 by tornatrix

I’ve got a paper in this month’s Monthly Weather Review entitled Mobile, X-band, Polarimetric Doppler Radar Observations of the 4 May 2007 Greensburg, Kansas, Tornadic Supercell. This is the first of two planned papers based on my Ph.D. research, an … Continue reading →

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No Time Toulouse

Posted on 5 July 2012 by tornatrix

Sorry it’s been a little quiet around here over the last month, but I think I had a good reason. I was getting ready for my first European radar conference: 7th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology in … Continue reading →

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New pub

Posted on 2 February 2012 by tornatrix

I am a co-author on a paper in this month’s issue of Monthly Weather Review, entitled Impact of the Environmental Low-Level Wind Profile on Ensemble Forecasts of the 4 May 2007 Greensburg, Kansas, Tornadic Storm and Associated Mesocyclones. Dan ran … Continue reading →

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Is it time to modify the (Enhanced) Fujita scale paradigm?

Posted on 5 June 2011 by tornatrix

I received many thoughtful and passionate responses to my previous post regarding the upgrade of the El Reno / Piedmont /Guthrie tornado in Oklahoma to EF-5 based, in part on radar observations of 60 m AGL wind speeds. As I … Continue reading →

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EF-5 upgrade based on mobile Doppler radar data

Posted on 1 June 2011 by tornatrix

The El Reno / Piedmont / Guthrie tornado was upgraded to EF-5* this afternoon, based in part on measured RaXPol Doppler velocities of over 210 mph. Here’s the relevant portion of the NWS Public Information Statement: STORM 2… BINGER-EL RENO-PIEDMONT-GUTHRIE … Continue reading →

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RaXPol: Radar envy

Posted on 24 March 2011 by tornatrix

Yesterday saw the arrival in Norman of Howie Bluestein’s new Rapid-Scan, X-band, Polarimetric mobile Doppler radar (RaXPol for short). It’s a radar primarily intended for tornado research, but which also has a myriad of other potential applications. Yes, we’ve had … Continue reading →

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