The status and future of small uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) in operational meteorology

JO Pinto, D O'Sullivan, S Taylor… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The boundary layer plays a critical role in regulating energy and moisture exchange
between the surface and the free atmosphere. However, the boundary layer and lower …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in tornado climatology accompanying the enhanced Fujita scale

R Edwards, HE Brooks, H Cohn - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
US tornado records form the basis for a variety of meteorological, climatological, and
disaster-risk analyses, but how reliable are they in light of changing standards for rating, as …

The northern tornadoes project: Uncovering Canada's true tornado climatology

DML Sills, GA Kopp, L Elliott, AL Jaffe… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Canada is a vast country with most of its population located along its southern border. Large
areas are sparsely populated and/or heavily forested, and severe weather reports are rare …

Detection of Tornado damage in forested regions via convolutional neural networks and uncrewed aerial system photogrammetry

S Carani, TJ Pingel - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
Disaster damage assessments are a critical component to response and recovery
operations. In recent years, the field of remote sensing has seen innovations in automated …

Improving estimates of US tornado frequency by accounting for unreported and underrated tornadoes

CK Potvin, C Broyles, PS Skinner… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Many tornadoes are unreported because of lack of observers or are underrated in intensity,
width, or track length because of lack of damage indicators. These reporting biases …

Data-driven approaches for tornado damage estimation with unpiloted aerial systems

Z Chen, M Wagner, J Das, RK Doe, RS Cerveny - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tornado damage estimation is important for providing insights into tornado studies and
assisting rapid disaster response. However, it is challenging to precisely estimate tornado …

Reanalysing strong-convective wind damage paths using high-resolution aerial images

O Rodríguez, J Bech - Natural Hazards, 2020 - Springer
High-resolution aerial imagery may provide very detailed information about strong-
convective wind events, which can be very useful to enhance and make more robust severe …

A framework to predict community risk from severe weather threats using probabilistic hazard information (PHI)

J Kim, PA Campbell, K Calhoun - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Community assets, including physical structures and critical infrastructure, provide the
essential services that underpin our communities. Their destruction or incapacitation from …

An observational analysis of two companion supercell storms over complex terrain

T Rigo, O Rodríguez, J Bech, C Farnell - Atmospheric Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This article analyses two long-lived supercell thunderstorms formed on 11th May 2017
afternoon in a complex topographic area in northern Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). The …

Estimating wind speeds in tornadoes using debris trajectories of large compact objects

CS Miller, GA Kopp, DML Sills… - Monthly Weather …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Currently, the Enhanced Fujita scale does not consider the wind-induced
movement of various large compact objects such as vehicles, construction equipment …