edu.ucar.opensky::articles:26526 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T19:29:26.391098 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7d50rz7 https://doi.org/10.7289/V5W9574V https Related Dataset #1 NOAA Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) Level II Base Data The 2021 Hazardous Weather Testbed experimental warning program radar convective applications experiment: A forecaster evaluation of the Tornado Probability Algorithm and the new Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7d50rz7 https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-23-0042.1 Sandmæl, T. N. author Smith, B. R. author Madden, J. G. author Monroe, J. W. author Hyland, P. T. author Schenkel, B. A. author Meyer, Tiffany author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Developed as part of a larger effort by the National Weather Service (NWS) Radar Operations Center to modernize their suite of single-radar severe weather algorithms for the WSR-88D network, the Tornado Probability Algo-rithm (TORP) , the New Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm (NMDA) were evaluated by operational forecasters during the 2021 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) Experimental Warning Program Radar Convective Applications experiment. Both TORP and NMDA leverage new products and advan-ces in radar technology to create rotation-based objects that interrogate single-radar data, providing important summary and trend information that aids forecasters in issuing time-critical and potentially life-saving weather products. Utilizing virtual resources like Google Workspace and cloud instances on Amazon Web Services, 18 forecasters from the NOAA/ NWS and the U.S. Air Force participated remotely over three weeks during the spring of 2021, providing valuable feed-back on the efficacy of the algorithms and their display in an operational warning environment, serving as a critical step in the research-to-operations process for the development of TORP and NMDA. This article will discuss the details of the virtual HWT experiment and the results of each algorithm's evaluation during the testbed. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright 2023 American Meteorological Society (AMS). None eng geoscientificInformation