Dataset title:

Mobile mesonet locations in VORTEX2 projects


Contact:

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


Last updated

2010 


Summary

This dataset contains images showing the approximate storm-relative mobile 
mesonet vehicle locations during the Second Verification of the Origins of 
Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX2).  Each image corresponds to a 
WSR-88D reflectivity scan, with vehicle tracks over a 10-min period centered 
on the time that the radar image was obtained.  The vehicle tracks are 
approximate because a long-term average for the storm motion was used.  The 
tracks ought to be accurate enough for one to characterize the quality of 
sampling within the storms. 

Mobile mesonet data from VORTEX2 are archived on the National Center for 
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and are available at 
http://data.eol.ucar.edu/master_list/?project=VORTEX2