VORTEX publications
AGU Fall Meeting (1994)
- Watson, A. I., C. L. Ziegler, T. R. Shepherd, E. N. Rasmussen, H. B.
Bluestein, A. Wood, and R. M. Wakimoto, 1994: The structure and evolution of
a supercell thunderstorm as seen by airborne Doppler radar in VORTEX-94. EOS
(abstract only), Amer. Geophys. Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 143.
14th AMS Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (1995)
- Doswell, C. A, III, H. A. Brooks, and E. N. Rasmussen, 1995:
Forecasting issues and implications from the VORTEX-94 project.
Preprints, 14th AMS Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecating, Dallas, Texas.
27th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology (1995)
- Trapp R. J., E. N. Rasmussen, S. G. Lasher-Trapp, A. I. Watson, and T. R. Shepherd, 1995:
Multi-platform observation of a severe thunderstorm during VORTEX
Preprints, 27th Radar Conf., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Vail, Colorado.
- Gibson, O., R. J. Trapp, S.G. Lasher-Trapp, 1995:
Multiple Platform Thunderstorm Analysis Using Data Collected During VORTEX
Preprints, 27th Radar Conf., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Vail, Colorado.
- Watson, A. I., T. Shepherd, E. Rasmussen, C. Ziegler, and R. J. Trapp, 1995:
Mesocyclone evolution as seen by airborne pseudo-dual Doppler radar during
VORTEX. Preprints, 27th Radar Conf., Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
Vail, Colorado,522-524.
18th Conference on Severe Local Storms (1996)
- Brooks, H. E., C. A. Doswell III, M. T. Carr, and J. E. Ruthford, 1996:
Preliminary analysis of VORTEX-95 soundings.
Preprints, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, San Francisco, California,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., 133-136.
- Brooks, H. E., C. A. Doswell III, P. Janish, and J. Meitín, 1996:
Logistical support for VORTEX-95 forecasting and data archival.
Preprints, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, San Francisco, California,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., 161-164.
- Daugherty, J. R., A. I. Watson, T. R. Shepherd, and C. L. Ziegler, 1996:
The Evolution of Tornadic Supercells During VORTEX-95 as Observed by the NOAA
P-3 Lower Fuselage C-Band Radar.
Preprints, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, San Francisco, CA, 128-132.
- Watson, A. I., R. J. Trapp, T. R. Shepherd, J. R. Daugherty, E. N. Rasmussen,
C. L. Ziegler, J. M. Straka, 1996:
The Dimmitt, Texas mesocyclone and tornado as seen by the NOAA P-3 during VORTEX-95
Preprints, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, San Francisco, California,
Amer. Meteor. Soc.
- Ziegler, C. L., E. N. Rasmussen, A. I. Watson,and D. A. Geiszler, 1996:
A study of the inhibition of deep, moist convection at the dryline during the VORTEX project.
Preprints, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, San Francisco, California,
Amer. Meteor. Soc.
15th AMS Conference on Weather and Forecasting (1996)
- Doswell, C. A., III, R. Duncomb, H.E. Brooks, F. H. Carr, 1996:
Verification of VORTEX-94 forecasts.
Preprints, 15th AMS Conf. on Weather and Forecasting, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
Norfolk, VA, 387-390.
28th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology (1997)
- Cai, H., and R. M. Wakimoto, 1997: Analysis of a non-tornadic
supercell during VORTEX-95. Preprints, 28th Conf. on Radar
Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Austin, TX, 528-529.
- Dowell, D. C., and H. B. Bluestein, 1997: Cyclic tornadogenesis
observed. Preprints, 28th Conf. on Radar Meteorology,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Austin, TX, 524-525.
- Gaddy, S. G., and H. B. Bluestein, 1997: The evolution of a supercell
during VORTEX as depicted by airborned dual-Doppler analyses: The
great hailstorm of 22 May 1995. Preprints, 28th Conf. on
Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Austin, TX, 526-527
- Kankiewicz, J. A., and R. H. Johnson, 1997: The fine-scale structure
of a squall line as revealed by ELDORA. Preprints, 28th Conf. on
Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Austin, TX, 491-492.
- Lee, W.-C., and R. M. Wakimoto, 1997: Fine scale structure of a squall
line observed by the NCAR ELDORA and NOAA P-3 during VORTEX-95.
Preprints, 28th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
Austin, TX, 520-521.
- Trapp, R. J., 1997: Some quantitative and qualitative characteristics
of six storms observed during VORTEX. Preprints, 28th Conf. on Radar
Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Austin, TX, 522-523.
(under construction)
19th AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms (1998)
- Askelson, M. A., and J. M. Straka, 1998: The kinematic and
microphysical evolution of the 22 June 1995 storm. Preprints, 19th
Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 56-59.
- Blanchard, D. O., and J. M. Straka, 1998: Some possible mechanisms for
tornadogenesis failure in a supercell. Preprints, 19th Conf. on Severe
Local Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 116-119.
- Cai, H., and R. M. Wakimoto, 1998: Comparison between the Garden City
tornadic and Hays nonntornadic supercells during VORTEX95.Preprints,
19th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Minneapolis,
MN, 108-111.
- Gaddy, S. G., and H. B. Bluestein, 1998: Airborne dual-Doppler
analysis of a supercell hailstorm. Preprints, 19th Conf. on Severe
Local Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 60-63.
- Gill, S. S., and J. Wurman, 1998: Wind field evolution of the Dimmitt,
TX and Rolla, KS tornadoes. Preprints, 19th Conf. on Severe Local
Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 760-763.
- Gilmore, M. S., and L. J. Wicker, 1998: Supercells simulated in the 2
June 1995 west Texas panhandle environments. Preprints, 19th Conf. on
Severe Local Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 242-245.
- Han, S.-O., L. J. Wicker, and S. E. Peckham, 1998: The sensitivity of
the PSU/NCAR model (MM5) to cumulus parameterization in simulating the
mesoscale environment associated with the 2 June 1995 west Texas
outbreak. Preprints, 19th Conf. on Severe Local Storms,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 367-370.
- Markowski, P. M., and J. M. Straka, 1998: The sensitivity of
storm-relative helicity to small hodograph changes and
resolution. Preprints, 19th Conf. on Severe Local Storms,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 363-366.
- Weiss, C. C., and H. B. Bluestein, 1998: An analysis of dryline and
outflow-boundary structure as depicted by airborned Doppler radar
data. Preprints, 19th Conf. on Severe Local Storms,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 321-323.
- Ziegler, C. L., T. R. Shepherd, E. N. Rasmussen, A. I. Watson, and
J. M. Straka, 1998: Evolution of low level rotation in the 29 May 1994
Newcastle, Texas storm during VORTEX. Preprints, 19th Conf. on Severe
Local Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Minneapolis, MN, 112-115.
(under construction)
Formal publications
- 1994
- Rasmussen, E. N., J. M. Straka, R. Davies-Jones, C. A Doswell III, F. H. Carr,
M. D. Eilts, and D. R. MacGorman, 1994: Verifications of the Origins of
Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment: VORTEX.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 75, 995-1006.
- 1995
- Bluestein, H. B., A. L. Pazmany, J. C. Galloway, and R. E. McIntosh, 1995:
Studies of the substructure of severe convective storms using a mobile
3-mm-wavelength Doppler radar.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 2155-2169.
- 1996
- Straka, J. M., E. N. Rasmussen, and S. E. Fredrickson, 1996: A mobile
mesonet for fine scale meteorological observations.
J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 13, 921-936.
- Wakimoto, R. M. and N. T. Atkins, 1996: Observations on the origins of
rotation: The Newcastle tornado during VORTEX 94.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 384-407.
- Wakimoto, R. M., W.-C. Lee, H. B. Bluestein, C.-H. Liu, and P. H.
Hildebrand, 1996: ELDORA observations during VORTEX 95.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 1465-1481.
- Wurman, J., J. M. Straka, and E. N. Rasmussen, 1996: Fine-scale Doppler
radar observations of tornadic storms.
Science, 272, 1774-1777.
- 1997
- Bluestein, H. B., W. P. Unruh, D. C. Dowell, T. A. Huchinson, T. M.
Crawford, A. C. Wood, and H. Stein, 1997: Doppler radar analysis of the
Northfield, Texas, tornado of 25 May 1994.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 212-230.
- Wurman, J., J. Straka, E. Rasmussen, M. Randall, A. Zahrai, 1997:
Design and deployment of a portable, pencil-beam, pulsed, 3-cm Doppler
radar.
J. Ocean. Atmos. Tech., 14, 1502-1512.
- 1998
- Atkins, N. T., R. M. Wakimoto, and C. L.Ziegler, 1998:
Observations of the fine-scale structure of a dryline during VORTEX 95.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 525-550.
- Bluestein, H. B., E. N. Rasmussen, R. Davies-Jones, R. Wakimoto, and
M. L. Weisman, 1998: VORTEX workshop summary, 2-3 December 1997,
Pacific Grove, CA.
Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 79, 1397-1400.
- Brown, R.A., 1998: Nomogram for aiding the interpretation of tornadic
vortex signatures measured by Doppler radar. Wea. Forecasting,
13, 505-512.
- Magsig, M. A., and J. T. Snow, 1998: Long-distance debris transport by
tornadic thunderstorms. Part I: The 7 May 1995 supercell thunderstorm.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 1430-1449.
- Markowski, P. M., E. N. Rasmussen, and J. M. Straka, 1998: The occurrence
of tornadoes in supercells interacting with boundaries during VORTEX-95.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 13, 852-859.
- Markowski, P. M., E. N. Rasmussen, J. M. Straka, and D. Dowell, 1998:
Observations of low-level baroclinity generated by anvil shadows
Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2942-2958.
- Markowski, P. M., J. M. Straka, E. N. Rasmussen, and D. O. Blanchard, 1998:
Variability of storm-relative helicity during VORTEX.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2959-2971.
- Rasmussen, E. N., S. Richardson, J. M. Straka, P. M. Markowski, and D. O.
Blanchard, 1998: The association of significant tornadoes with a
baroclinic boundary on 2 June 1995.
Mon. Wea. Rev. (In press)
- Wakimoto, R. M., C.-H. Liu, and H. Cai, 1998: The Garden City,
Kansas, storm during VORTEX 95. Part I: Overview of the storm's life
cycle and mesocyclogenesis.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 372-392.
- Wakimoto, R. M., and C.-H. Liu, 1998: The Garden City, Kansas, storm
during VORTEX 95. Part II: The wall cloud and tornado.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 393-408.
- Ziegler, C., and E. Rasmussen, 1998: The initiation of moist convection
at the dryline.
Wea. and Forecasting, 13, 1106-1131.
- 1999
- Trapp, R.J., 1999: Observations of nontornadic low-levelmesocyclones
and attendant tornadogenesis failure during VORTEX. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
127, 1693-1705.
- 2000
- Lewellen, D.C., W.S Lewellen, and J. Xia, 2000: The influence of a
local swirl ratio on tornado intensification near the surface. J. Atmos
Sci., 57, 527-544.
- Rasmussen, E.N., S. Richardson, J.M. Straka, P.M. Markowski, and D.O.
Blanchard, 2000: The association of significant tornadoes with a baroclinic
boundary on 2 June 1995. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 174-191.
- Wakimoto, R.M., and H. Cai, 2000: Analysis of a nontornadic storm
during VORTEX 95. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 565-592.
- Winn, W P., S.J. Hunyady, and G D. Aulich, 2000: Electric field at the
ground in a large tornado. J. Geo.Res., 105, 20145-20153.
- Wurman, J., and S. Gill, 2000: Finescale radar observations of the
Dimmitt, Texas (2 June 1995), tornado. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128,
2135-2164.
- 2001
- Ziegler, C.L., E.N. Rasmussen, T R. Shepherd, A.I. Watson, and J.M.
Straka, 2001: The Evolution of Low-Level Rotation in the 29 May 1994
Newcastle-Graham, Texas, Storm Complex during VORTEX. Mon. Wea.
Rev., 129, 1339-1368.
- 2002
- Dowell, D C., and Bluestein, H B., 2002: The 8 June 1995 McLean, Texas,
Storm. Part II: Cyclic Tornado Formation, Maintenance, and Dissipation Mon.
Wea. Rev., 130, 2649-2670.
- Dowell, D.C., and Bluestein, H.B., 2002: The 8 June 1995 McLean, Texas,
Storm. Part I: Observations of Cyclic Tornadogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
130, 2626-2648.
- 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.
- Richter, H, and L.F. Bosart, 2002: The Suppression of Deep Moist
Convection near the Southern Great Plains Dryline. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
130, 1665-1691.
- Weiss, C.C., and H.B. Bluestein, 2002: Airborne Pseudo-Dual Doppler
Analysis of a Dryline-Outflow Boundary Intersection. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
130, 1207-1226.
- Wurman, J., 2002: The Multiple-Vortex Structure of a Tornado.
Wea. Forecasting, 17, 473-505.
- 2003
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