Dataset title:

Mobile mesonet data from the VORTEX and SUBVORTEX projects


Contact:

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


Last updated

2018 


Summary

The dataset contains mobile mesonet data from the Verification of the Origins 
of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment in 1994?1995, sponsored by the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Science Foundation.  The 
dataset also includes mobile mesonet data from the smaller SUBVORTEX projects 
led by the National Severe Storms Laboratory in 1997, 1998, and 1999.  Some 
plotting software also is included, as well as analyses from the 2002 Monthly 
Weather Review article by Markowski et al.


Publications using this code:

Markowski, P. M., J. M. Straka, and E. N. Rasmussen, 2002: Direct surface 
thermodynamic observations within the rear-flank downdrafts of nontornadic and 
tornadic supercells. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 1692?1721.

Shabbott, C. J., and P. M. Markowski, 2006: Surface in situ observations within 
the outflow of forward-flank downdrafts of supercell thunderstorms. Mon. Wea. 
Rev., 134, 1422?1441.