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April 2009:
VORTEX2 preparation continues for the 2009-2010 experiment. CSWR will deploy 9 vehicles and over 20 scientists/crew, including three DOWs and 4 Mobile Mesonets deploying 12 Tornado Pods as one of the core teams in VORTEX2. Filming for Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers will follow Joshua Wurman and a DOW.
April 2009: CSWR, DOWs, Wurman in recent popular publications:
Washington Post 20 April 2009
Discover Magazine
Scientific American top 10 atmospheric science experiments
Scientific American again
Physics World
14 September 2008: CSWR DOW teams intercepted hurricane Ike, deploying to the landfall point in Galveston. A DOW was deployed in eastern Galveston, 10 wind measuring platforms were distributed on the eastern Galveston seawall, the Galveston causeway, and the Texas City seawall, two mobile mesonet vehicles, each deploying a disdrometer were deployed at either ends of the Galveston causeway. The DOW collected many hours of data over the ultra-fine scale surface array during. The center of the eye passed nearly exactly over the east Galveston surface array. DOW radar data from inside the eye reveal mesovortices rotating around the eye, likely enhancing winds and damage in the areas they cross. The mesovortices likely crossed over the fine-scale surface arrays, so high resolution (50 m gating) and surface data will be compared. Crew who weathered the hurricane in Galveston were extracted safely and are on their way home.
Pic of DOW, Mesonet, Pod on East Galveston Sea Wall
| Pic of DOW deployed in Galveston for landfall |
Preliminary deployment map, radar images, other data (UTC times are correct. CST times 1 hour fast.)
NSF Press Release
02 February 2008: The DOWs, including the two 'conventional' DOWs and the multi-beam Rapid-Scan DOW, have become National Science Facility (NSF) National Facilities. Aspiring PI's can request DOWs for NSF-funded and other projects using procedures analagous to those used for SPOL, CHILL and other facilities. Deployment costs for NSF-funded projects are supported through the 'Deployment Pool'. As procedures and forms are in development, interested parties should contact CSWR directly using the contact information at the bottom of this page.
Information concerning how to request NSF facilities
28 November 2007:
DOW-Motion-corrected preliminary radar images of Seward, Kansas tornado of 5 May 2007. (23MB)
24 August 2007: CSWR and the DOWs have concluded their participation in COPS program in Germany/France. The
ROTATE-2007 has concluded.
  
Link to ROTATE-2006 --
Link to ROTATE-2007
13 October 2005: DOW-related Rita Links. The deployment Very Preliminary Plots
2005 DOW Hurricane Missions
DOWs in Frances and Ivan 2004
Safety: CSWR does not recommend that anyone follow our research vehicles. Anyone who chooses to follow our research teams does so at their own risk.
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