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Review: Tornado Damage Rating Probabilities Derived from WSR-88D Data

Review: Tornado Damage Rating Probabilities Derived from WSR-88D Data

To my up and coming followers, I’m back with another article review! This one is of a larger interest to me considering it’s tornado related and I just go bonkers for some funnel cloud! This study was done by a team at the NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center, in Norman Oklahoma in 2017 and I have to say that it is really… Read more →

Article Review: Tornado Damage Rating Probabilities Derived from WSR-88D Data

Good evening! Here is an article review on how rotational velocity values from Doppler radar may be used to track tornado damage ratings (think Fujita!) in real time. A fair warning! This post is more geared toward weather nerds looking for a bit of a challenge, as things tend to get pretty technical in academia. The WSR-88D is the Doppler radar first… Read more →