Abstract: A neural network is developed to diagnose which circulations detected by the National Severe Storms Laboratory?s Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm yield damaging wind. In particular, 23 variables characterizing the circulations ...

Abstract: The National Severe Storms Laboratory's (NSSL) mesocyclone detection algorithm (MDA) is designed to scotch for patterns in Doppler velocity radar data that are associated with rotating updrafts in severe thunderstorms. ...

Abstract: An analysis has been carried out of the surface pressure field in a highly complex mesoscale convective system that occurred on 3-4 June 1985 during the Oklahoma-Kansas Preliminary Regional Expeximent for STORM-Central (OK ...

Abstract: It is argued that the strength of a predictor is an ill-defined concept. At best, it is contingent on many assumptions, and, at worst, it is an ambiguous quantity. It is shown that many of the contingencies are met (or ...

Abstract: A large set of data collected by numerous Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) units around the United States was analyzed to reassess the percentage of tornadic mesocyclones. Out of the 5322 individual ...

Abstract: The tornado events of 3 May 1999 within the county warning area of the Norman, Oklahoma, office of the National Weather Service are reviewed, emphasizing the challenges associated with obtaining accurate information about ...

Abstract: his manuscript documents the tornado in the Rockwell Pass area of Sequoia National Park, California, that occurred on 7 July 2004. Since the elevation of the tornado?s ground circulation was approximately 3705 m (~12 156 ...

Abstract: With the advent of real-time streaming data from various radar networks, including most Weather Surveillance Radars-1988 Doppler and several Terminal Doppler Weather Radars, it is now possible to combine data in real time ...