NOAA’s Lake Erie Hypoxia forecast is now fully operational In the early 2000s, scientists from NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) teamed up with […]
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The spatiotemporal variability of the atmospheric boundary layer regulates the atmosphere's ability to generate and sustain severe thunderstorms. Boundary layer evolution poses significant challenges for numerical weather prediction because both its vertical and horizontal inconsistencies are not handled by most operational models. Using a ground-based vertically pointing radar can reveal additional details about the evolution and character of the boundary layer. Researchers developed an algorithm for observations collected during the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX) by a vertically-pointing radar. The algorithm automatically separated observations of precipitation and non-precipitation, and allows for further identification of important boundary layer features of interest to the VORTEX-SE community.
