Yvette Richardson

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

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 tornado genesis and maintenance, using mobile radars to collect fine-scale observations of thunderstorms and tornadoes.

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Recent Publications

Three-Dimensional Thermodynamic Observations in Supercell Thunderstorms from Swarms of Balloon-Borne Sondes

BARTOS, E. A., MARKOWSKI, P. M. & RICHARDSON, Y. P., Jul 2022, In: Monthly Weather Review. 150, 7, p. 1689-1723 35 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

How the Environmental Lifting Condensation Level Affects the Sensitivity of Simulated Convective Storm Cold Pools to the Microphysics Parameterization

Murdzek, S. S., Richardson, Y. P., Markowski, P. M. & Kumjian, M. R., Oct 2022, In: Monthly Weather Review. 150, 10, p. 2527-2552 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Should reversible convective inhibition be used when determining the inflow layer of a convective storm?

Murdzek, S. S., Markowski, P. M., Richardson, Y. P. & Kumjian, M. R., Sep 2021, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 78, 10, p. 3047-3067 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Processes preventing the development of a significant tornado in a Colorado supercell on 26 May 2010

Murdzek, S. S., Markowski, P. M., Richardson, Y. P. & Tanamachi, R. L., May 2020, In: Monthly Weather Review. 148, 5, p. 1753-1778 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Simultaneous dual-doppler and mobile mesonet observations of streamwise vorticity currents in three supercells

Murdzek, S. S., Markowski, P. M. & Richardson, Y. P., Dec 2020, In: Monthly Weather Review. 148, 12, p. 4859-4874 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Characteristics of tornado events and warnings in the southeastern United States

Anderson-Frey, A. K., Richardson, Y. P., Dean, A. R., Thompson, R. L. & Smith, B. T., Aug 2019, In: Weather and Forecasting. 34, 4, p. 1017-1034 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Processes associated with convection initiation in the North American Mesoscale Forecast System, version 3 (NAMv3)

Colbert, M., Stensrud, D. J., Markowski, P. M. & Richardson, Y. P., Jun 1 2019, In: Weather and Forecasting. 34, 3, p. 683-700 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Corrigendum: Investigation of near-storm environments for tornado events and warnings. [Wea. Forecasting, 2016 31, 1771-1790], doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-16-0046.1

Anderson-Frey, A. K., Richardson, Y. P., Dean, A. R., Thompson, R. L. & Smith, B. T., 2018, In: Weather and Forecasting. 33, 2, p. 609-611 3 p.

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Near-storm environments of outbreak and isolated tornadoes

Anderson-Frey, A. K., Richardson, Y. P., Dean, A. R., Thompson, R. L. & Smith, B. T., 2018, In: Weather and Forecasting. 33, 5, p. 1397-1412 16 p.

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Resonance scattering effects in wet hail observed with a dual-X-band-frequency, dual-polarization doppler on wheels radar

Kumjian, M. R., Richardson, Y. P., Meyer, T., Kosiba, K. A. & Wurman, J., 2018, In: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 57, 12, p. 2713-2731 19 p.

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Aboveground thermodynamic observations in convective storms from balloonborne probes acting as pseudo-lagrangian drifters

Markowski, P. M., Richardson, Y. P., Richardson, S. J. & Petersson, A., Apr 2018, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99, 4, p. 711-724 14 p.

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Tornadogenesis in the 12 may 2010 supercell thunderstorm intercepted by VORTEX2 near Clinton, Oklahoma

Markowski, P. M., Hatlee, T. P. & Richardson, Y. P., 2018, In: Monthly Weather Review. 146, 11, p. 3623-3650 28 p.

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Self-organizing maps for the investigation of tornadic near-storm environments

Anderson-Frey, A. K., Richardson, Y. P., Dean, A. R., Thompson, R. L. & Smith, B. T., Aug 1 2017, In: Weather and Forecasting. 32, 4, p. 1467-1475 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Large sensitivity of near-surface vertical vorticity development to heat sink location in idealized simulations of supercell-like storms

Markowski, P. M. & Richardson, Y. P., Apr 1 2017, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74, 4, p. 1095-1104 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Investigation of near-storm environments for Tornado events and warnings

Anderson-Frey, A. K., Richardson, Y. P., Dean, A. R., Thompson, R. L. & Smith, B. T., Jan 1 2016, In: Weather and Forecasting. 31, 6, p. 1771-1790 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review