Tyler Allison
EF5
If someone were to provide a mobile mesonet "kit" for a reasonable price and at cost...that had been checked and validated by various "experts" would you be willing to put one on your car while you chased so the scientific community could get in-situ measurements? It would have to be this "kit" since the research community can't really use everyones random choice of weather gear. It all has to be the same equipment with the same type of installation so observations can be compared and believed.
Basically you would plug this "kit" into your laptop and it would update your position and weather data to something like Spotter Network while you are doing your own thing. All it would need is a GPS and an internet connection.
Having discussed this with various researchers at the CoD Severe Weather Symposium there is interest in this. But the question is would the chaser community be willing to do it?
Personally I think this would help the research community a ton, since one of the big complaints is the density of surface observations around the storm. Chasers are already there...why not help the science?
-Tyler
Basically you would plug this "kit" into your laptop and it would update your position and weather data to something like Spotter Network while you are doing your own thing. All it would need is a GPS and an internet connection.
Having discussed this with various researchers at the CoD Severe Weather Symposium there is interest in this. But the question is would the chaser community be willing to do it?
Personally I think this would help the research community a ton, since one of the big complaints is the density of surface observations around the storm. Chasers are already there...why not help the science?
-Tyler
