Photo of the Week: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells

More than 50 researchers and students are deploying a wide-ranging suite of instruments to collect data on supercell thunderstorms across the Great Plains during 2019 and 2022. The TORUS project aims at understanding the relationships between severe thunderstorms and tornado formation.

The TORUS project has numerous partners with $2.4 million from the National Science Foundation and funding support from NOAA. The TORUS project is led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Partner institutions including NOAA NSSL, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Texas Tech University, and the University of Colorado Boulder.

Photo Credit: Christiaan Patterson, NOAA