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191001-363513-4D
18-NGI3-40
N/A
9/1/2018
2020-8-31 0:0:0
Completed
$442,892.00
VORTEX-SE 2019 Field Campaign Activities: Mesoscale Variability of CAPE, SHEAR, and PBL Characteristics
Knupp
Kevin
UAH
CH-CE
OAR
The processes that fuel thunderstorm growth were investigated by researchers who conducted twelve field campaigns from December 2019 to April 2020. Their goal was to document mesoscale variability of convective available potential energy (CAPE) and wind shear, particularly with the atmospheric boundary layer, and to analyze data acquired in previous. The field work included radiosonde balloon launches, deployment of the Mobile Alabama X-band radar and mobile atmospheric profiling systems, (including the Rapidly Deployable Atmospheric Profiling System and Mobile Doppler Lidar and Sounding System), and the Mobile Meteorological Measurement Vehicle. Analysis continued for two datasets acquired earlier in 2019 and were started for several of the newly acquired data. A unique data set showing relationships between Doppler radar measurements at very close range and tree damage (via ground and aerial surveys) was acquired, with further analysis to follow to establish a relationship between wind speed and degrees of damage to trees.
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