Dataset title:

Thermodynamic observations in supercell storms obtained from pseudo-Lagrangian 
drifters in spring 2017


Contact:

Paul Markowski, Professor of Meteorology, Department of Meteorology & 
Atmospheric Science, pmarkowski@psu.edu, 814-865-0428


Last updated

2018 


Summary

The dataset contains the first-ever thermodynamic observations obtained above 
ground within supercell thunderstorms using balloonborne probes as 
pseudo-Lagrangian drifters. Each probe is carried by a pair of balloons until 
one of the balloons is jettisoned; the remaining balloon and probe act as a 
pseudo-Lagrangian drifter that is drawn through the storm. The data are from 
three demonstration deployments in supercell storms in Oklahoma and Kansas 
during May 2017. 


Publications using these data:

Markowski, P. M., Y. P. Richardson, S. J. Richardson, and A. Petersson, 2018: 
Aboveground thermodynamic observations in convective storms from balloonborne 
probes acting as pseudo-Lagrangian drifters. Bulletin of the American 
Meteorological Society, 99, 711?724.