PERiLS

Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms

2022 — 2023
Dataset Website

Summary

PERiLS is one of the largest severe storms field campaigns taken on by the meteorological community. Set in the Southeast United States in the late winter to early spring months of 2022 and 2023, dozens of instruments from NOAA and mulitple research institutes and univeristies will be deployed hoping to gather more information about quasi-linear convective systems, or QLCSs. The PERiLS project aims to better understand how tornadoes form in this type of storm. These tornadoes, more common in the Southeast, pose a significant challenge to forecasters and emergency managers due to their rapid development.

Funding Agencies

PERiLS is funded by the National Science Foundation and NOAA (the NOAA component is under the VORTEX-USA umbrella).

BLISS-affiliated Platforms

  • CLAMPS (both 1 and 2)
  • CopterSonde
CLAMPS CopterSonde

Posts

BLISS and WoFS: A Powerful Collaboration in Atmospheric Research
The BLISS (Boundary Layer Integrated Sensing and Simulation) team is proud to highlight our ongoing collaboration with the National Severe Storms Laboratory’s (NSSL) Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS) team. This partnership is advancing our understanding of severe weather and improving forecast capabilities through three main areas of collaboration.
Mar 30, 2024 2 min read Story
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BLISS team members go to OSU UAS Weather Technology Forum
The Oklahoma State Univeristy Unmanned Systems Research Institute hosted the UAS Weather Technology Forum workshop on the OSU Tulsa campus in mid-August 2022. Three BLISS team members took the ~2-hour trip north-east to be there and share some of the work happening down here in Norman.
Sep 6, 2022 4 min read
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