Please follow the links in the Projects column to view data inventories.
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| Project | Full Name | Dates | Brief Description | Instruments | Dataset DOI Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE | Lake Effect Electrification | 11/3/2022 to 02/03/2023 | Project to document the total lightning and electrical charge structures of lake-effect storms and the associated storm environment focused over and east (the typical downwind/lee side) of Lake Ontario | DOW7 | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2023). LEE FARM DOW data (Version 1) [Data set]. Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM). https://doi.org/10.48514/8NK8-NE59 |
| PERiLS | Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms | Year 1: 3/1/2022 to 5/1/2022 Year 2: 2/8/2023 to 5/8/2023 | Project to study environmental factors and storm processes that lead to quasi-linear convective systems (QLCS) tornadogenesis | DOWs 6, 7, 8 COW (C-band DOW) Soundings Mobile Mesonets Pods Disdrometers | 2022 Radar Data: Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2022). Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets, Radar Data, PERILS (Version 1) [Data set]. Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets, University of Illinois. https://doi.org/10.48514/JBJZ-KF06 2022 Non-Radar Data: Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2022). Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets, non-Radar data, PERILS [Data set]. Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets, University of Illinois. https://doi.org/10.48514/962K-9866 |
| WINTRE-MIX | Winter Precipitation Type Research Multi-scale Experiment | 2/1/2022 to 3/15/2022 | Project to study mixed precipitation in near-freezing environments and the multi-scale processes that influence precipitation type | DOWs 6, 7 COW (C-band DOW) | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2022). FARM-Data-WINTRE-MIX (Version 1) [Data set]. Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets, University of Illinois. https://doi.org/10.48514/WZ46-W047 |
| RELAMPAGO | Remote sensing of Electrification, Lighting, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations | 11/01/2018 to 12/16/2018 | Project to study convection in Argentina | DOWs 6, 7, 8 COW (C-band DOW) Soundings Mobile Mesonets Pods Disdrometers | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2021). FARM-data-RELAMPAGO (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/NK1P-7J11 |
| GRAINEX | The Great Plains Irrigation Experiment | 5/30/2018 to 6/13/2018 and 7/16/2018 to 7/29/2018 | Project to study impacts of commencement and of irrigation and subsequent sustained irrigation on the evolution of planetary boundary layer in Nebraska | DOWs 6, 7, 8 Soundings | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2020). FARM-data-GRAINEX (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/6XTH-M998 |
| SNOWIE | Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime Clouds: the Idaho Experiment | 1/07/2017 to 3/17/2017 | Project to study cloud seeding over the Payette Mountains in Idaho | DOWs 6, 7 | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2017). FARM-data-SNOWIE (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/DAVE-AR94 |
| MASCRAD | Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera-Radar Experiment | 12/12/2015 to 4/16/2016 | Project to study snow storms along the front range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains | DOW 6 Soundings | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2016). FARM-data-MASCRAD (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/QE52-5N66 |
| OLYMPEX | Olympic Mountains Experiment | 11/06/2015 to 1/15/2016 | Ground validation study of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) for storms passing through the Olympic Mountains in Washington | DOW 6 | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2017). FARM-data-OLYMPEX (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/67B0-J038 |
| PECAN | Plains Elevated Convection at Night | 6/01/2015 to 7/15/2015 | Project to study nocturnal convection in the U.S. Great Plains | DOWs 6, 7, 8 Soundings Mobile Mesonets Pods Disdrometers | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2018). FARM-data-PECAN (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/PASW-DE36 |
| OWLeS | Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems | 12/01/2013 to 1/31/2014 | Project to study lake-effect snow bands and their environment primarily over Lake Ontario | DOWs 6, 7, 8 Mobile Mesonets Pods | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2018). FARM-data-OWLES (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/29DT-ZA28 |
| ASCII | AgI Seeding of Clouds Impact Investigation | 1/04/2012 to 3/04/2012 | Project to study cloud seeding over the Sierra Madre Mountains in Southern Wyoming | DOW 7 | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2020). FARM-data-ASCII (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/1F0X-FM38 |
| VORTEX2 | Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 | 5/10/2009 to 6/15/2019 and 5/10/2010 to 6/15/2010 | Project to study tornadoes in the U.S. Great Plains | DOWs 5, 6, 7 Mobile Mesonets Pods | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2018). FARM-data-VORTEX2 (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/DKB6-8434 |