Yvette Richardson

Research Interests

Severe convective storms and their interaction with mesoscale features in their environments, tornadogenesis, radar observations of tornadic thunderstorms, convective initiation, and numerical modeling.

Dr. Richardson's research focuses on understanding the formation and evolution of severe storms through both numerical modeling and observations. In particular, her numerical modeling studies investigate the influence of temporal and spatial variations in environmental shear and/or convective available potential energy on storm strength, rotational properties, and longevity. Her observational work has focused on understanding storm rotation, in particular tornadogenesis, using mobile radars to collect fine-scale observations of thunderstorms and tornadoes. Dr. Richardson was also a principal investigator in the International H20 Project (IHOP) in Spring, 2002 with a focus on convection initiation and boundary layer processes using mobile radar data combined with other remote and in-situ measurements.

Teaching Interests

Atmospheric dynamics, mesoscale processes in the atmosphere, atmospheric convection, thermodynamics, radar meteorology, survey of atmospheric science.

Selected Publications

Arnott, N.R., Y.P. Richardson, E.M. Rasmussen, and J.M. Wurman, 2006: Relationship between a weakening cold front, misocyclones, and cloud development on 10 June 2002 during IHOP. Monthly Weather Review, 134, 311-335.

Buban, M., C. Ziegler, E.N. Rasmussen, and Y.P. Richardson, 2006: The dryline on 22 May 2002 during IHOP: Ground-radar and in-situ data analyses of the dryline and boundary layer evolution. Monthly Weather Review, (in press)

Burgess, D., M. Magsig, J. Wurman, D. Dowell, Y. Richardson, 2001: A Detailed WSR-88D and DOW Radar Analysis of the Oklahoma City Tornado of May 3, 1999. Weather and Forecasting, 17, 456–471.

Markowski, P.M., and Y.P. Richardson, 2006: On the classification of vertical wind shear as directional shear versus speed shear. Weather and Forecasting, 21, 244-249.

Markowski, P.M., and Y.P. Richardson, 2007: Observations of vertical wind shear heterogeneity in convective boundary layers. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 843—861.

Marquis, J.N., Y.P. Richardson, and J.M. Wurman, 2007: Kinematic observations of misocyclones along boundaries during IHOP. Monthly Weather Review , 1749-1768.

Richardson, Y.P., K.K. Droegemeier, and R.P. Davies-Jones, 2007: The Influence of Horizontal Environmental Variability on Numerically-Simulated Convective Storms. Part I: Variations in Vertical Shear. Monthly Weather Review, (in press)

Wurman, J.M., Y.P. Richardson, C. Alexander, S. Weygandt, and P. Zhang, 2007: Dual-Doppler and Single-Doppler Analysis of a Tornadic Storm Undergoing Mergers and Repeated Tornadogenesis. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 736–758.

Wurman, J.M., Y.P. Richardson, C. Alexander, S. Weygandt, and P. Zhang, 2007: High Resolution 3D Dual-Doppler Windfields in and near a tornado. Monthly Weather Review, in press.

Wurman, J.M., C. Alexander, P. Robinson, and Y. P. Richardson, 2007: Low Level Winds in Tornadoes and Potential Catastrophic Tornado Impacts in Urban Areas. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88, 31-46.

Ziegler, C., E.N. Rasmussen, M.S. Buban, Y.P. Richardson, L.J. Miller, and R.M. Rabin, 2007: The “Triple Point” on 24 May 2002 during IHOP. Part II: Ground-radar and in-situ boundary layer analysis of cumulus development and convection initiation. Monthly Weather Review, (in press)