Gallery

FARM and DOW data and analysis animations and images:

Reflectivity, Doppler velocity, ZDR, RHOHV at 7.0 degrees from DOW7; Cameron Peak Fire, CO, October 16, 2020
Reflectivity, Doppler velocity, ZDR, RHOHV at 7.0 degrees from DOW7; CalWood Fire, CO, October 17, 2020
Reflectivity, Doppler velocity, ZDR, RHOHV at 7.0 degrees (zoomed in) from DOW7; CalWood Fire, CO, October 17, 2020
Doppler velocity, reflectivity of tornado vortex from DOW5; Booker, TX tornado, June 13, 2010
Reflectivity, Doppler velocity of vortex and satellite from DOW5; Bovina, CO tornado, June 11, 2010
Doppler velocity, reflectivity in 6 tilts of vortex and satellite from DOW5 (Rapid Scan); Bovina, CO tornado, June 11, 2010
Reflectivity of tornado vortex (eye-following) from DOW5; Goshen County, WY tornado, June 5, 2009
Reflectivity, Doppler velocity of tornado vortex from DOW5; Goshen County, WY tornado, June 5, 2009
Doppler velocity, reflectivity of twin tornadoes from DOW7; Dodge City, KS tornadoes, May 24, 2016
Doppler velocity of tornado from DOW7; Sulphur, OK tornado, May 9, 2016
Dual-Doppler analysis showing multiple vortices from RAXPOL and DOW7; Wind speed (m/s), reflectivity (black contours), vorticity (yellow contours), velocity (vectors); Sulphur, OK tornado, May 9, 2016
Dual-Doppler analysis showing multiple vortices from RAXPOL and DOW7; Vertical velocity (m/s), reflectivity (black contours), vorticity (yellow contours), velocity (vectors); Sulphur, OK tornado, May 9, 2016
Pod/Mesonet temperature deviation (top) during solar eclipse (gray band is totality) with reflectivity, Doppler velocity from DOW7 (bottom) showing boundary layer rolls shutting down near and during totality, then resuming later; total solar eclipse in Goshen County, WY, August 21, 2017
Doppler velocity, reflectivity RHIs (at 176 deg) of smoke plume from DOW2 showing horizontal rolls aloft; Robert Fire, MT, July 31, 2003
Doppler velocity, reflectivity RHIs (at 178 deg) of smoke plume from DOW2 showing horizontal rolls aloft; Robert Fire, MT, July 31, 2003
Doppler velocity from DOW3 of Hurricane Frances wind shadows behind high-rise buildings (brown) showing wind speed increase downwind; Fort Pierce, FL, September 4, 2004
Dual-Doppler analysis from DOW6 and DOW7; reflectivity (colors), vorticity (contours), velocity (vectors); Goshen County, WY tornado, June 5, 2009
Doppler velocity, reflectivity of tornado from DOW7; Goshen County, WY tornado, June 5, 2009
Dual-Doppler analysis showing tornadogenesis and intensification from DOW6 and DOW7. RFD forms in blue, flanking line forms in red; Convergence (colors), vorticity (contours), velocity (vectors); Goshen County, WY tornado, June 5, 2009
Reflectivity, Doppler velocity of diurnal boundary layer evolution and convection from DOW7 during GRAINEX. Convection triggers outflow boundaries which trigger more convection; near Seward, NE, July 26, 2018
Doppler velocity, reflectivity in the eye of Hurricane Harvey at landfall from DOW8 (0356-0423 UTC) showing mesoscale subvortices; Rockport, TX, August 25, 2017
Doppler velocity, reflectivity in the eye of Hurricane Harvey at landfall from DOW8 (0433-0456 UTC) showing mesoscale subvortices; Rockport, TX, August 25, 2017
Doppler velocity of boundary layer rolls in the eyewall of Hurricane Harvey from DOW8; Rockport, TX, August 25, 2017
Doppler velocity, reflectivity showing tornado-scale vortices (TSVs) in the leading edge of the eyewall of Hurricane Harvey from DOW8; Rockport, TX, August 25, 2017
Doppler velocity, reflectivity inside the eye of Hurricane Ike from DOW6; Galveston, TX, September 13, 2008
Doppler velocity during New England "Snowpocalypse" blizzard of 2015 from DOW7; Provincetown, MA, February 15, 2015
Doppler velocity following the lifetime of a small couplet travelling from west to east as it grows and ingests smaller vortices from DOW7 during OWLeS; near Oswego, NY, December 16, 2013
Reflectivity, Doppler velocity of convection along outflow boundary from DOW7 during RELAMPAGO; near Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina, November 10, 2018
Reflectivity, Doppler velocity showing convection along outflow boundary and attemped tornadogenesis and strong outflow from DOW6 during RELAMPAGO; near Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina, November 10, 2018
Doppler velocity of boundary layer rolls in Hurricane Rita from DOW3; Port Arthur, TX, September 23, 2005