Doppler-on-Wheels Field Courses
ERAU CBREESE 2.0: Summer 2018 (28 June-12 July)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Convective-Boundary Research Engaging Educational Student Experiences 2.0
An educational field project with the Doppler-on-Wheels (DOW) and Mobile Mesonet studying central Florida convection. Funded by the National Science Foundation through the NCAR Earth Observing Lab and the Center for Severe Weather Research
Project objectives:
Learn about field data collection and campaigns
Learn how to operate the DOW, Mobile Mesonet, and radiosondes; use them to collect real-time data on Florida convection
Investigate the relationship of sea/river/bay breezes to central Florida warm-season thunderstorm initiation and maintenance
Focus regions: Cape Canaveral, Tampa Bay
Below are pictures from the 2018 field project!
ERAU C-BREESE: MAY 2015
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Convective-Boundary Research Engaging Educational Student Experiences
Funded by the National Science Foundation through the NCAR Earth Observing Lab and the Center for Severe Weather Research, ERAU Meteorology "rented" a Doppler-on-Wheels (DOW) radar for 17 days in May 2015, to study sea breezes and central Florida thunderstorms.
Read our article in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
The pictures below show some of our adventures.
