Severe Storms Research Meeting 1

Concluding Remarks and Future Plans

October 20-21, 2015

So Now What?- Members of team (Emory, Braun, Petersen,

Wurman, Kosiba, and Wolff) will write the first half

of the white paper regarding scientific

questions/objectives and necessary

measurements.

- A draft will be sent out to the group for comments

by Thanksgiving.

- Comments will be requested by Jan. 1

(Some) Overarching Themes• In situ measurements of updrafts and downdrafts – How are we

going to do this? How do we relate updraft strength and

instability inferences with what we can detect from GOES-R

(Bedka, Williams, and others)?

• Time lapse cameras both on the ground and on/in aircraft

• Necessary to composite 3-D views of satellite products, radar

data, and lightning for tornadic vs. non-tornadic storms

(Goodman, Cecil, and others)

• Cradle-to-Grave Thunderstorm Lifecycle – EVS Opportunity

(Petersen)

• Pre-field phase (Kosiba, Markowski, and others)

• Take advantage of LMAs for field campaign planning purposes

Figure 4. Potential future severe storm field campaign deployment regions. The region outlined in red shows the extent of ground-based mobile radar deployment. The blue oval on the left shows the Central Plains regions, typically referred to as “Tornado Alley”. The blue oval on the right shows the southeastern region of the United States referred to as “Dixie Alley”. The red star represents the location of McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, KS.

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Thoughts for next time…

Severe Storms Meeting Part 2• Availability in March? (2 days in 14th-18th

timeframe)

• Will be held at MSFC

• Goal: Suggestions for instruments and

discussion on how to implement future field

campaign

Thank you all for your participation,

contributions, and lively discussion.

Safe travels. Hope you will be able to

join us in Huntsville, AL in March.