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[IDV #JTZ-986531]: Synoptic Analysis for the Tornado Outbreak of May 2007

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  • Subject: [IDV #JTZ-986531]: Synoptic Analysis for the Tornado Outbreak of May 2007
  • Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:51:17 -0600
Hi Michael,

> 
> My name is Michael Kochasic, and I am a student of Meteorology at
> California University of Pennsylvania.  I was looking for analysis in
> IDV for the Tornado Outbreak of May 2007, but I'm not quite sure how to
> go about doing that.  If someone could lead me in the right direction
> as far as upper level analysis and surface analysis for this event, it
> would be greatly appreciated.


You'll need to find some data from that time. Iowa state has an archive of
model and observation data that covers that time:
http://mtarchive.geol.iastate.edu/

Note - this archive is in gempak format. The IDV can read the grids and the 
latest
nightly builds of the IDV can read the observation data (shakily).

You can also get radar data from ncdc:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/radardata.html

-Jeff


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JTZ-986531
Department: Support IDV
Priority: High
Status: Closed