Principal Investigators
Dr. Adam Houston, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Brian Argrow, University of Colorado, Boulder
Dr. Michael Coniglio, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Severe Storms Laboratory
Dr. Eric Frew, University of Colorado, Boulder
Dr. Erik Rasmussen, University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
Dr. Christopher Weiss, Texas Tech University
Dr. Conrad Ziegler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Severe Storms Laboratory
Contact Information
For more information, please contact Dr. Adam Houston at ahouston2@unl.edu
In the news...
To Probe Tornado Secrets, These Scientists Stalk Supercells
The New York Times (9/8/2022)
Tornado Hunters: The storm-chasing scientists on a mission to solve the sky's greatest mystery
Dateline Australia (6/28/2022)
TORUS covers 9,000 miles across five states to collect storm data
Nebraska Today (8/23/2019)
You might want to take cover if an armada of weird storm-chaser vehicles rolls into town
Omaha World-Herald (5/18/2019)
Flying Drones Into Tornadoes
Weather Geeks (5/15/2019)
How do tornadoes form? This drone-based project seeks to unravel the secrets of spinning storms
The Washington Post (5/14/2019)
Tornado scientists send drone fleet into violent thunderstorms
Nature (5/14/2019)
UN-L set to lead multimillion dollar drone-based tornado research
KETV Omaha (5/1/2019)
Tracking a supercell thunderstorm across the Great Plains
National Science Foundation (4/3/2019)
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