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Elston, J. S., B. Argrow, E. F rew, A. L. Houston, and, J. Straka, 2011: Evaluation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Severe Storm Sampling using Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations. Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication, 8, 269-294. doi: 10.2514/1.53737. Geerts, B., B. Pokharel, K. Friedrich, D. Breed, R. Rasmussen, Y. Yang, Q. Miao, S. Haimov, B. Boe, and B. Lawrence, 2013: The AgI Seeding Cloud Impact Investigation (ASCII) campaign 2012: overview and preliminary results. J. Wea. Mod., 45, 24-43. Griffin, C., C. Weiss, A. Reinhart, J. Snyder, H. Bluestein, J. Wurman, and K. Kosiba, 2018: In Situ and Radar Observations of the Low Reflectivity Ribbon in Supercells during VORTEX2. Mon. Wea. Rev. 146, 307-327, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0201.1. Kosiba, K., J. Wurman, Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, P. Robinson, J. Marquis, 2013: Genesis of the Goshen County, Wyoming, Tornado on 5 June 2009 during VORTEX2. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 1157-1181, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00056.1. Markowski P., Y. Richardson, J. Marquis, R. Davies-Jones, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, P. Robinson, E. Rasmussen, D. Dowell, 2012: The Pretornadic Phase of the Goshen County, Wyoming, Supercell of 5 June 2009 Intercepted by VORTEX2. Part II: Intensification of Low-Level Rotation. Mon. Wea. Rev. 140, 2916-2938, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00337.1. Markowski, P., Y. Richardson, J. Marquis, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, P. Robinson, D. Dowell, E. Rasmussen, R. Davies-Jones, 2012: The Pretornadic Phase of the Goshen County, Wyoming, Supercell of 5 June 2009 Intercepted by VORTEX2. Part I: Evolution of Kinematic and Surface Thermodynamic Fields. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 2887-2915, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00336.1. Markowski, P., Y. Richardson, M. Kumjian, A. Anderson-Frey, G. Jimenez, B. Katona, A. Klees, R. Schrom, and D. Tobin, 2015: Comments on “Observations of Wall Cloud Formation in Supercell Thunderstorms during VORTEX2”. Monthly Weather Review, 143(10), 4278-4281, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0126.1. Marquis, J., Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, D. Dowell, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, P. Robinson, and G. Romine, 2014: An investigation of the Goshen County, Wyoming, tornadic supercell of 5 June 2009 using EnKF assimilation of mobile radar and mobile mesonet observations collected during VORTEX2. Part I: Experiment design and verification of the EnKF analyses. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 530-554, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00007.1. Marquis, J., Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, J. Wurman, and K. Kosiba, 2016: An Investigation of the Goshen County, Wyoming, Tornadic Supercell of 5 June 2009 Using EnKF Assimilation of Mobile Mesonet and Radar Observations. Part II: mesocyclone-scale processes affecting tornado formation, maintenance, and decay. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 3441-3463. Marquis, J., Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, and P. Robinson, 2016: Analysis of the 5 June 2009 Goshen County, Wyoming, tornadic supercell through EnKF assimilation of mobile mesonet and radar observations. Part II: mesocyclone-scale processes affecting tornado formation, maintenance, and decay. Mon. Wea. Rev. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-15-0411.1. Pokharel, B., B. Geerts, X. Jing, K. Friedrich, J. Aikins, D. Breed, R. Rasmussen, and A. Huggins, 2014: The impact of ground-based glaciogenic seeding on clouds and precipitation over mountains: A multi-sensor case study of shallow precipitating orographic cumuli, Atmos. Res., Volumes 147–148, 162-182, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.05.014. Roadman, J., Elston, J., Argrow, B., and Frew, E., 2012: Mission Performance of the Tempest Unmanned Aircraft System in Supercell Storms. Journal of Aircraft, 49, No. 6, 1821-1830 Skinner, P. S., C. C. Weiss, M. M. French, H. B. Bluestein, P. M. Markowski, and Y. P. Richardson, 2014: VORTEX2 Observations of a Low-Level Mesocyclone with Multiple Internal Rear-Flank Downdraft Momentum Surges in the 18 May 2010 Dumas, Texas, Supercell. Monthly Weather Review, 142(8), 2935-2960, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00240.1. Supinie, T. A., Y. Jung, M. Xue, D. J. Stensrud, M. M. French, and H. B. Bluestein, 2015: Impact of VORTEX2 Observations on Analyses and Forecasts of the 5 June 2009 Goshen County, Wyoming, Supercell. Mon. Weather Rev., doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0171.1, e-View. Tanamachi, R. L., H. B. Bluestein, M. Xue, W.-C. Lee, K. A. Orzel, S. J. Frasier, and R. M. Wakimoto, 2013: Near-surface vortex structures in a tornado and a sub-tornado-strength, convective-storm vortex observed by a mobile, W-band radar during VORTEX2. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 3661-3690, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00331.1. Wakimoto, R.M., P. Stauffer, W.-C. Lee, N.T. Atkins, J. Wurman, 2012: Finescale Structure of the LaGrange, Wyoming, Tornado during VORTEX2: GBVTD and Photogrammetric Analyses. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 3397-3418, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00036.1. Weiss, C. C., D. C. Dowell, J. L. Schroeder, P. S. Skinner, A. E. Reinhart, P. M. Markowski, and Y. P. Richardson, 2015: A Comparison of Near-Surface Buoyancy and Baroclinity across Three VORTEX2 Supercell Intercepts. Monthly Weather Review, 143(7), 2736-2753, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00307.1. Wurman, J., D. Dowell, Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, E. Rasmussen, D. Burgess, L. Wicker, H.B. Bluestein 2012: The Second Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment: VORTEX2. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 1147-1170, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00010.1.
Conference Proceedings
Atkins, N. T., R. M. Wakimoto, A. McGee, R. Ducharme, and J. Wurman, 2010: The LaGrange tornado during VORTEX2. Part II: Photogrammetry analysis of the tornado combined with dual-Doppler radar data. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 6.3. Betten, D. P., M. I. Biggerstaff, C. Ziegler, K. M. Kuhlman, D. R. MacGorman, and L. J. Wicker, 2010: Observational analysis of cyclic mesocyclogenesis during VORTEX2. 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Biggerstaff, M. I., D. P. Betten, C. L. Ziegler, D. R. MacGorman, L. J. Wicker, D. W. Burgess, and E. R. Mansell, 2010: Rear-flank downdraft dynamics in tornadic and non-tornadic supercell thunderstorms. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Biggerstaff, M. I., D. W. Burgess, G. D. Carrie, E. R. Mansell, L. J. Wicker, and C. L. Ziegler, 2008: Storm-scale sampling strategies for the mobile C-band Doppler radars during VORTEX2. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Biggerstaff, M. I., K. M. Kuhlman, D. P. Betten, D. R. MacGorman, G. D. Carrie, and C. L. Ziegler, 2008: Structure and evolution of the 29 May 2004 Geary, OK tornadic supercell thunderstorm. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Biggerstaff, M. I., R. M. May, C. L. Ziegler, M. Xue, G. D. Carrie, D. P. Betten, K. M. Kuhlman, and D. R. MacGorman, 2008: Validation of dual-Doppler analysis methods for a "tornadic" supercell, 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Bluestein, H. B., I. PopStefanija, V. Venkatesh, P. S. Tsai, R. L. Tanamachi, M. M. French, J. C. Snyder, J. Houser, D. T. Dawson II, C. Baldi, B. Seeger, S. J. Frasier, J. Knorr, and R. Bluth, 2008: Severe-storm data collected in the Southern Plains by three mobile Doppler radars during the spring, 2007 and 2008. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Bluestein, H. B., M. French, I. Popstefanija, R. Bluth, and J. Knorr, 2009: Observations of tornadogenesis using a mobile, phased-array, Doppler radar. Preprints, 5th European Conference on Severe Storms, Landshut, Germany, O07-4. Bluestein, H. B., M. M. French, I. PopStefanija, R. Bluth, and J. Knorr, 2009: Observations of tornadogenesis using the MWR-05XP, a mobile, phased-array, X-band, Doppler radar. 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Williamsburg, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Bluestein, H. B., M. M. French, J. B. Houser, J. C. Snyder, R. L. Tanamachi, I. PopStefanija, C. Baldi, G. D. Emmitt, V. Venkatesh, K. Orzel, and S. J. Frasier, and R. T. Bluth, 2010: A summary of data collected during VORTEX2 by MWR-05XP/TWOLF, UMASS X-POL, and the UMASS W-band radar. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5.4. Bluestein, H. B., V. Venkatesh, K. Orzel, I. PopStefanija, C. Baldi, R. Tanamachi, M. M. French, J. C. Snyder, J. Houser, S. J. Frasier, G. D. Emmitt, and R. Bluth, 2011: Mobile Doppler-radar data collected during year 2 of VORTEX2: The U. Mass. X-Pol and W-band radars and the Naval Postgraduate School MWR-05XP/TWOLF. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Bluestein, H., D. Burgess, D. Dowell, P. Markowski, E. Rasmussen, Y. Richardson, L. Wicker, and J. Wurman, 2009: VORTEX2: The Second Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment. Preprints, 5th European Conference on Severe Storms, Landshut, Germany, O09-06. Bluestein, H., J. C. Snyder, J. B. Houser, and A. L. Pazmany, 2012: Rapid-scan, polarimetric, mobile Doppler radar observations at X-band of an EF-5 tornado in Oklahoma on 24 May 2011, presented at ERAD 2012 - The Seventh European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, Session 12, Radar Case Studies. Brewster, H. A., J. G. Ladue, M. C. Coniglio, M. P. Foster, T. Marshall, and G. S. Garfield, 2010: Forecasting supercell storms: Application of operational tools and cutting-edge numerical model guidance in VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 14.5. Burgess, D. W., C. M. Schwarz, J. Snyder, M. M. French, H. B. Bluestein, and C. L. Ziegler, 2011: A cyclic, tornadic supercell on 10 May 2010: Analysis of a VORTEX2 case. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Burgess, D. W., E. R. Mansell, C M. Schwarz, and B. J. Allen, 2010: Tornado and tornadogenesis events seen by the NOXP, X-Band, dual-polarization radar during VORTEX2 2010. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5.2. Burgess, D. W., M. I. Biggerstaff, L. J. Wicker, C. L. Ziegler, E. R. Mansell, D. P. Betten, G. D. Carrie, C. M. Schwarz, and T. E. Thompson, 2009: Radar observations of supercells during VORTEX2. 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Williamsburg, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Elston, J., B. Argrow, A. Houston, and E. Frew, 2010: Design and validation of a system for targeted observations of tornadic supercells using unmanned aircraft, presented at 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 18-22 October 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, 10.1109/IROS.2010.5649940. Elston, J., B. Argrow, E. Frew, and A. Houston, 2010: Evaluation of UAS Concepts of Operation for Severe Storm Penetration using Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations, presented at AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Aug. 2-5, AIAA-2010-8178. French, M. M., H. B. Bluestein, I. PopStefanija, C. Baldi, and R. Bluth, 2010: Rapid-scan analyses of supercells during tornadogenesis using a mobile, phased-array, X-band, Doppler radar. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc. French, M. M., H. B. Bluestein, I. PopStefanija, C. Baldi, and R. Bluth, 2011: Rapid-scan analyses of the Goshen County tornado during VORTEX-2 using a mobile, phased-array, X-band, Doppler radar. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Hastings, R. M., Y. P. Richardson, P. M. Markowski, and J. Wurman, 2010: Storm mergers. Part II: Observations of merger events from VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P8.16. Kosiba, K. A., J. Wurman, P. M. Markowski, Y. P. Richardson, D. Dowell, P. Robinson, and J. Marquis, 2010: The Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell of 5 June 2009 intercepted by VORTEX2: Tornado intensification phase. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Kosiba, K. A., J. Wurman, Y. P. Richardson, P. Markowski, and P. Robinson, 2011: Observations from VORTEX2: The genesis and intensification of the Goshen County, Wyoming tornado (05 June 2009). 14th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Los Angeles, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Kosiba, K. A., J. Wurman, Y. P. Richardson, P. Markowski, and P. Robinson, 2011: Observations from VORTEX2: The genesis and intensification of the Goshen County, Wyoming tornado (05 June 2009). 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Kumjian, M. R., J. Snyder, A. V. Ryzhkov, D. S. Zrnic, S. Frasier, and H. B. Bluestein, 2008: Comparison of polarimetric radar observations of tornadic supercells at S, C, and X bands. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Magsig, M. A., J. G. Ladue, E. N. Rasmussen, and J. M. Straka, 2010: GPS-based stereo photogrammetry in VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P6.3. Markowski, P. M., Y. Richardson, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, P. Robinson, and J. Marquis, 2011: Observations from VORTEX2: The pretornadic phase of the Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell (5 June 2009). 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Markowski, P., Y. Richardson, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, and P. Robinson, 2010: The Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell of 5 June 2009 intercepted by VORTEX2: Pretornadic phase. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P6.7. Marquis, J. N, Y. Richardson, P. M. Markowski, D. C. Dowell, J. M. Wurman, K. A Kosiba, and P. Robinson, 2011: Analysis of the Goshen County tornadic supercell on 5 June 2009 during VORTEX2 using EnKF assimilation of mobile radar data. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Marquis, J. N., Y. P. Richardson, P. M. Markowski, D. C. Dowell, J. M. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, and P. Robinson, 2011: Analysis of the Goshen County tornadic supercell on 5 June 2009 during VORTEX2 using EnKF assimilation of mobile radar data. 14th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Los Angeles, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Marquis, J., Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, D. Dowell, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, and P. Robinson, 2010: Preliminary analysis of the Goshen County tornadic supercell on 5 June 2009 during VORTEX2 using EnKF assimilation of mobile radar and mesonet data. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 6.7. Parker, M. D., A. J. French, C. E. Letkewicz, M. J. Morin, K. Rojowsky, D. Stark, and G. H. Bryan, 2009: Mobile sounding measurements of the near-storm environment during VORTEX2. Preprints, 5th European Conference on Severe Storms, Landshut, Germany, P09-07. Richardson, R., P. M. Markowski, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, P. Robinson, and J. Marquis, 2010: The Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell of 5 June 2009 intercepted by VORTEX2: Tornado dissipation phase. 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Richardson, Y. P., P. M. Markowski, J. M. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, P. Robinson, J. N. Marquis, and D. W. Burgess, 2011: Observations from VORTEX2: The dissipation phase of the Goshen County, Wyoming tornado (05 June 2009). 14th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Los Angeles, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Richardson, Y. P., P. M. Markowski, J. M. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, P. Robinson, J. N. Marquis, and D. W. Burgess, 2011: Observations from VORTEX2: The dissipation phase of the the Goshen County, Wyoming, tornado (05June 2009). 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Skinner, P. S., C. C. Weiss, A. E. Reinhart, W. S. Gunter, J. L. Schroeder, and J. Guynes, 2010: TTUKa mobile Doppler radar observations of near-surface circulations in VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 15.3. Skinner, P. S., C. C. Weiss, M. M. French, H. B. Bluestein, I. PopStefanija, and R. Bluth, 2011: Ka and X-band radar observations of multiple rear-flank downdraft surges and an intense near-surface vortex on 18 May 2010. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Skinner, P. S., C. C. Weiss, Y. P. Richardson, and P. M. Markowski, 2010: Intercomparison between mobile and stationary surface observing platforms in VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P5.1. Tanamachi, R. L., H. B. Bluestein, W. Lee, K. Orzel, and S. J. Frasier, 2010: GBVTD-retrieved vortex structure in the 26 May 2010 Prospect Valley, Colorado tornado-like vortices. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Tanamachi, R. L., M. Xue, H. B. Bluestein, K. Orzel, S. J. Frasier, and M. I. Biggerstaff, 2011: High-resolution EnKF assimilation of tornado-scale radar observations for a tornadic supercell: preliminary results. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Thompson, T. E., M. I. Biggerstaff, L. J. Wicker, D. P. Betten, C. L. Ziegler, M. R. Kumjian, and E. J. Afante, 2010: Highlights of the storm-scale radar data from VORTEX2-2010. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P6.2. Weiss, C. C., J. L. Schroeder, J. Guynes, A. E. Reinhart, P. S. Skinner, and S. Gunter, 2011: A Review of Texas Tech Ka-band Operations during VORTEX2. 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Wurman, J., E. Rasmussen, Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, D. W. Burgess, H. Bluestein, L. J. Wicker and D. Dowell, 2009: Preliminary results from the VORTEX2 coordinated mobile radar, surface, and other mobile platform study of tornadogenesis and low level tornado winds. 4th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Williamsburg, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Wurman, J., L. J. Wicker, Y. P. Richardson, E. N. Rasmussen, P. M. Markoski, D. Dowell, D. W. Burgess, and H. B. Bluestein, 2010: An overview of the VORTEX2 field campaign. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms. Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Wurman, J., L. Wicker, Y. Richardson, P. Markowski, D. Dowell, D. Burgess, and H. Bluestein, 2010: VORTEX2: The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5.1. Xue, M., F. Kong, K. W. Thomas, Y. Wang, K. Brewster, J. Gao, X. Wang, S. J. Weiss, A. J. Clark, J. S. Kain, M. C. Coniglio, J. Du, T. L. Jensen, and Y. H. Kuo, 2010: CAPS Realtime Storm Scale Ensemble and High Resolution Forecasts for the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed 2010 Spring Experiment. 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Ziegler, C. L., K. M. Kuhlman, M. I. Biggerstaff, D. P. Betten, L. J. Wicker, E. R. Mansell, and R. R. Macgorman, 2008: Evolution of low-level rotation in the tornadic 29 May 2004 Geary, Oklahoma supercell storm. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Ziegler, C. L., M. I. Biggerstaff, L. J. Wicker, D. W. Burgess, E. R. Mansell, C. M. Schwartz, P. Markowski, Y. P. Richardson, and C. C. Weiss, 2010: Storm structure and decay processes of the 9 June 2009 Greensburg, Kansas supercell during VORTEX2. Preprints, 25th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 7A.2.