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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Three-Dimensional Thermodynamic Observations in Supercell Thunderstorms from Swarms of Balloon-Borne Sondes
BARTOS, ELISSA. A., MARKOWSKI, PAUL. M. & RICHARDSON, YVETTE. P., Jul 2022, In: Monthly Weather Review. 150, 7, p. 1689-1723 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-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 journal › Article › peer-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 journal › Article › peer-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 journal › Article › peer-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 journal › Article › peer-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 journal › Article › peer-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 journal › Article › peer-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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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 journal › Article › peer-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 journal › Article › peer-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 journal › Article › peer-review