Launching PASIV: Innovation for Severe Storm In-Situ Sensing

Описание: Speaker: Dr. Sean Waugh, Research Meteorologist, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

Abstract: The NSSL Field Observing Facilities and Support group (FOFS) has built a special balloon-borne instrument called a PArticle Size, Image, and Velocity probe or PASIV, which is designed to capture high-definition images of water and ice particles as it is launched into, and rises up through a thunderstorm.

Dr. Sean Waugh will tell us about the innovative design, the creative and design processes the FOFS team used to develop the instrument, and how it is now being used by NSSL to better understand the macro and microphysical properties in thunderstorms.

About the Speaker: Dr. Sean Waugh earned his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 2016 when he started working for the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma. His career there began much earlier when he started working with NSSL back in 2007, quickly becoming the go-to source for developing instrumentation and equipment needed for a variety of field projects such as VORTEX 2, DC3, MPEX, and a even deployments to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Florence. His interest in a wide range of weather conditions and instrumentation leads to his involvement in a variety of field work.