Rope stage of the 5 June 2009 tornado near Goshen, Wyoming
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The Severe Weather Research Group at Purdue University conducts basic and applied research on thunderstorms and associated weather hazards. Here are some examples of our active projects:
- the mechanisms by which mesoscale systems of thunderstorms produce swaths of damaging winds in addition to tornadoes;
- the trends and spatial climatology of tornadoes;
- characterization of extreme sub-diurnal rainfall events in the Midwestern United States; and
- the effects of anthropogenic global warming on severe thunderstorm frequency and intensity.
Our research tools include observations, computer simulation models, and basic theory.
Currently, the National Science Foundation provides much of our funding.