Severe HAil Verification Experiment (SHAVE 2006)

Operations Plan

Introduction

Facilities

Data Collection Team Duties

Daily Activities

Data Collection Strategies

Survey Information

Staff Logistics (internal)

Data

 

Data Collection Team Duties

The data collection team consists of a mix of students and scientists from OU and NSSL. There will always be a scientist either on-duty or on-call during operations. A typical duty day will have three to five people collecting data with one person serving as operations coordinator. The coordinator will typically make decisions on the type of storms to investigate as well as which storms in particular should be examined. They may take part in data collection as well, depending on workload. The rest of the team will be involved in collecting data from the public about hail size and duration.

During the project, operations may occur on any day of the week, and student participants should expect to work 35 to 40 hours each week. Operations will typically be from around 1 pm to 9 pm CDT, although they could start earlier in some cases. The primary duties of student participants is data collection; however, there will likely be less-active weeks were additional data analysis and other duties will be performed.

Operations Coordinator:

  • select storms and hail swath cross-sections for interrogation
  • help maintain communication among all participants during operations
  • maintain a (b)log of data collection activities (which storms, reasoning)
  • monitor computer systems for any problems
  • call end of operations

Team:

  • check operations potential at 11:45 am each day
  • utilize hail swath cross section information to select communication targets
  • call targets, utilize survey questions
  • enter and check data
  • communicate with OC and each other to ensure the best data collection strategies