World's largest tornado experiment heads for the Great Plains
The largest and most ambitious tornado study in history will begin next week, as dozens of scientists deploy radars and other ground-based instruments across the Great Plains to gain a better understanding of these often-deadly weather events.
NCAR scientists and technicians will launch weather balloons at VORTEX2 with their Mobile GPS Advanced Upper-Air Sounding System. Shown here are (left to right) William Brown, Jennifer Standridge, and Tim Lim testing a balloon launch (Photo by C. Calvin)
News Release, May 4, 2009.
Source: UCAR: http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2009/vortex2.jsp
