Anticipated VORTEX2 Principal Investigators as of 1/24/05

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AFFILIATION RESEARCH INTERESTS
Curtis Alexander University of Oklahoma near-ground wind field of tornadoes; storm-environment relationship
Emmanouil Anagnostou University of Connecticut mobile dual-polarimetric radar observations of supercells
Mark Askelson University of North Dakota downdraft microphysical characteristics
Nolan Atkins Lyndon State University ground and aerial damage surveys
Matt Biddle University of Oklahoma demographical and behavioral factors that contribute to tornado casualties
Mike Biggerstaff University of Oklahoma baroclinic vorticity generation, storm-boundary and storm-storm interactions
Howard Bluestein University of Oklahoma tornado-scale radar observations
Bob Bluth University of Massachusetts X-band phased-array radar
Lance Bosart SUNY-Albany storm-boundary and storm-environment interactions
George Bryan National Center for Atmospheric Research storms interactions with mesoscale boundaries
Don Burgess Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies sensitivity of tornadogenesis to thermodynamics and microphysics
Mike Coniglio National Severe Storms Laboratory supercell-to-MCS transition
Andrew Crook National Center for Atmospheric Research storm-scale data assimilation and NWP
Steven Cummer Duke University characterization of supercell lightning
Bob Davies-Jones National Severe Storms Laboratory baroclinic versus barotropic tornadogenesis mechanisms
Chuck Doswell Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies relationship between convection and larger-scale environment
David Dowell Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies storm-storm interactions, storm-environment relationship, and SSDA
Cathy Finley WindLogics, Inc. mobile mesonet observations in supercell thunderstorms
Bart Geerts University of Wyoming boundary-layer flow near tornadic storms
Swarn Gill California University of Pennsylvania in situ measurements of raindrop size distribution at the ground
Matt Gilmore University of Illinois relationships between microphysics, downdraft thermodynamics, and tornadogenesis
Scott Greene University of Oklahoma demographical and behavioral factors that contribute to tornado casualties
Eve Gruntfest University of Colorado-Colorado Springs demographical and behavioral factors that contribute to tornado casualties
Stephen Frasier University of Massachusetts tornado-scale radar observations
Bill Gallus Iowa State University near-ground wind field in tornadoes, wind-damage relationship
Fred Haan Iowa State University near-ground wind field in tornadoes, wind-damage relationship
Jeffery Halverson NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center storm interactions with mesoscale boundaries; storm mergers; storm-environment relationship
Adam Houston Purdue University storm interactions with mesoscale boundaries
Gary Huffines University of Northern Colorado characterization of supercell lightning
Brian Jewett University of Illinois storm-storm interactions
Kevin Knupp University of Alabama in Huntsville storm-boundary interactions; temporal variability of vertical thermodynamic and wind profiles
Paul Krehbiel New Mexico Tech lightning mapping observations
Jim LaDue Warning Decision and Training Branch of the NWS Cloud photogrammetry
Bruce Lee WindLogics, Inc. mobile mesonet observations in supercell thunderstorms
Wen-Chau Lee National Center for Atmospheric Research ELDORA observations, relationship between midlevel and low-level mesocyclone
Dave Lewellen West Virginia University high-resolution, three-dimensional tornado modeling
Steve Lewellen West Virginia University high-resolution, three-dimensional tornado modeling
Walt Lyons FMA Research Inc. characterization of supercell lightning
Don MacGorman National Severe Storms Laboratory relationships among the kinematic, microphysics, and electrical fields of storms
Mike Magsig Warning Decision and Training Branch of the NWS Cloud photogrammetry
Paul Markowski Penn State University role of downdrafts in tornadogenesis; effect of storms on planetary boundary layer in inflow region
Bill Martin Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms real-time, high-resolution numerical model forecasts and SSDA
Jay Martinelli Creighton University storm interactions with mesoscale boundaries; storm mergers; storm-environment relationship
Greg McFarquhar University of Illinois storm-storm interactions
Mark Meo University of Oklahoma demographical and behavioral factors that contribute to tornado casualties
Matt Parker University of Nebraska-Lincoln relationship between convection and larger-scale environment
Robert Pasken St. Louis University storm interactions with mesoscale boundaries; storm mergers; storm-environment relationship
Erik Rasmussen Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies relationships between microphysics, downdraft thermodynamics, and tornadogenesis
Robert Rauber University of Illinois storm-storm interactions
Yvette Richardson Penn State University tornadogenesis and storm-environment relationship
Dave Rust National Severe Storms Laboratory relationships among the kinematic, microphysics, and electrical fields of storms
Tim Samaras Applied Research Associates, Inc. in situ observations within tornadoes
Partha Sarkar Iowa State University near-ground wind field in tornadoes, wind-damage relationship
Terry Schuur National Severe Storms Laboratory relationships among the kinematic, microphysics, and electrical fields of storms
Chris Snyder National Center for Atmospheric Research storm-scale data assimilation and NWP
Jerry Straka University of Oklahoma relationships between microphysics, downdraft thermodynamics, and tornadogenesis
R. Jeff Trapp Purdue University relationship between convection and larger-scale environment; tornado wind field
Roger Wakimoto National Center for Atmospheric Research ELDORA observations, aerial and ground damage surveys
Morris Weisman National Center for Atmospheric Research storms interactions with mesoscale boundaries and storm-scale NWP
Chris Weiss Texas Tech University storm-storm interactions
Lou Wicker National Severe Storms Laboratory sensitivity of tornadogenesis to thermodynamics and microphysics
Earle Williams Parsons Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology characterization of supercell lightning
T. H. Lee Williams University of Oklahoma demographical and behavioral factors that contribute to tornado casualties
Josh Wurman Center for Severe Weather Research near-ground wind field of tornadoes; sensitivity of tornadogenesis to low-level thermodynamics
Ming Xue University of Oklahoma real-time, high-resolution numerical model forecasts and SSDA
May Yuan University of Oklahoma ground and aerial damage surveys
Conrad Ziegler National Severe Storms Laboratory baroclinic vorticity generation, storm-boundary and storm-storm interactions