FARM
Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets
Data collected by the FARM facility during the major projects listed below are available via an FTP server. Please follow the project name links below to see the data availability.
Specialty Tornado and Hurricane datasets may be available. Use the Google Form above to request a specific dataset.
| Project | Full Name | Dates | Brief Description | Instruments | Citation + DOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE | Lake Effect Electrification | 11/03/2022 to 2/03/2023 | Project to study the total lightning and electrical charge structures of lake-effect storms and the associated storm environments focused over and east of Lake Ontario. | DOW 7 | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2023). LEE FARM DOW data (Version 1) [Data set]. Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM). https://doi.org/10.48514/8NK8-NE59 |
| PERiLS | Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms | Year 1: 3/01/2022 to 5/01/2022 Year 2: 2/08/2023 to 5/08/2023 |
Project to study environmental factors and storm processes that lead to quasi-linear convective systems (QLCS) tornadogenesis in the U.S. Southeast. | DOWs 6, 7, 8 COW (C-band DOW) Soundings Mobile Mesonets Pods Disdrometers |
2022 Radar Data: Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2022). Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets, Radar Data, PERILS (Version 1) [Data set]. Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets, University of Illinois. https://doi.org/10.48514/JBJZ-KF06 2022 Non-Radar Data: Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2022). Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets, non-Radar data, PERILS [Data set]. Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets, University of Illinois. https://doi.org/10.48514/962K-9866 2023 Radar Data: Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2023). PERILS 2023 radar data (Version 1) [Data set]. Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM), University of Illinois. https://doi.org/10.48514/K7WX-NP56 2023 Non-Radar Data: Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2023). PERILS 2023 Mobile Mesonet, Sounding, Pod, and Disdrometer Data (Version 1) [Data set]. Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM), University of Illinois. https://doi.org/10.48514/S52C-MH37 |
| WINTRE-MIX | Winter Precipitation Type Research Multi-scale Experiment | 2/01/2022 to 3/15/2022 | Project to study mixed precipitation in near-freezing environments and the multi-scale processes that influence precipitation type. | DOWs 6, 7 COW (C-band DOW) |
Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2022). FARM-Data-WINTRE-MIX (Version 1) [Data set]. Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets, University of Illinois. https://doi.org/10.48514/WZ46-W047 |
| RELAMPAGO | Remote sensing of Electrification, Lighting, And Mesoscale/microscale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations | 11/01/2018 to 12/16/2018 | Project to study convection in Argentina. | DOWs 6, 7, 8 COW (C-band DOW) Soundings Mobile Mesonets Pods Disdrometers |
Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2021). FARM-data-RELAMPAGO (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/NK1P-7J11 |
| GRAINEX | The Great Plains Irrigation Experiment | 5/30/2018 to 6/13/2018 and 7/16/2018 to 7/29/2018 |
Project to study impacts of irrigation on the evolution of planetary boundary layer in Nebraska. | DOWs 6, 7, 8 Soundings |
Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2020). FARM-data-GRAINEX (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/6XTH-M998 |
| SNOWIE | Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime Clouds: the Idaho Experiment | 1/07/2017 to 3/17/2017 | Project to study cloud seeding over the Payette Mountains in Idaho. | DOWs 6, 7 | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2017). FARM-data-SNOWIE (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/DAVE-AR94 |
| MASCRAD | Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera-Radar Experiment | 12/12/2015 to 4/16/2016 | Project to study snow storms along the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. | DOW 6 Soundings |
Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2016). FARM-data-MASCRAD (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/QE52-5N66 |
| OLYMPEX | Olympic Mountains Experiment | 11/06/2015 to 1/15/2016 | Ground validation study of the NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellites for storms passing through the Olympic Mountains in Washington. | DOW 6 | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2017). FARM-data-OLYMPEX (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/67B0-J038 |
| PECAN | Plains Elevated Convection at Night | 6/01/2015 to 7/15/2015 | Project to study nocturnal convection in the U.S. Great Plains. | DOWs 6, 7, 8 Soundings Mobile Mesonets Pods Disdrometers |
Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2018). FARM-data-PECAN (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/PASW-DE36 |
| OWLeS | Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems | 12/01/2013 to 1/31/2014 | Project to study lake-effect snow bands and their environment primarilly over Lake Ontario. | DOWs 6, 7, 8 Mobile Mesonets Pods |
Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2018). FARM-data-OWLES (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/29DT-ZA28 |
| ASCII | AgI Seeding of Clouds Impact Investigation | 1/04/2012 to 3/04/2012 | Project to study cloud seeding over the Sierra Madre Mountains in Southern Wyoming. | DOW 7 | Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2020). FARM-data-ASCII (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/1F0X-FM38 |
| VORTEX2 | Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 | 5/10/2009 to 6/15/2009 and 5/10/2010 to 6/15/2010 |
Project to study tornadoes in the U.S. Great Plains. | DOWs 5, 6, 7 Mobile Mesonets Pods |
Wurman, J., & Kosiba, K. (2018). FARM-data-VORTEX2 (Version 1) [Data set]. Center for Severe Weather Research. https://doi.org/10.48514/DKB6-8434 |