Howard Bruce Bluestein is a research

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known for his

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, and

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research. He is a major participant in the

VORTEX projects The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (or VORTEX) are field experiments that study tornadoes. VORTEX1 was the first time scientists completely researched the entire evolution of a tornado with an array of instrumentat ...

. A native of the Boston area, Dr. Bluestein received his Ph.D. in 1976 from

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. He has been a professor of meteorology at the

University of Oklahoma , mottoeng = "For the benefit of the Citizen and the State" , type = Public research university , established = , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.7billion (2021) , pr ...

(OU) since 1976.

Background

Bluestein's masters thesis was
Prediction of Satellite Cloud Patterns Using Spatial Fourier Transforms
' and his doctoral dissertation was
Synoptic-scale Deformation and Tropical Cloud Bands
'. He is the George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the OU School of Meteorology. He was on the steering committee and was a

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(PI) fo
VORTEX2
the field phase of which occurred from 2009-2010. Bluestein is a Fellow of the

American Meteorological Society The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the premier scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. Its mission is to advance th ...

(AMS), served on the

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(NRC) Board of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) and on the NRC Committee on Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD. Bluestein authored ''Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes: Vol. 1: Principles of Kinematics and Dynamics'' () in 1992, ''Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes: Volume II: Observations and Theory of Weather Systems'' () in 1993, and ''Severe Convective Storms and Tornadoes: Observations and Dynamics'' in () 2013. He co-edited, with Lance Bosart, ''Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology and Weather Analysis and Forecasting: A Tribute to Fred Sanders'' () in 2008. He wrote the popular book ''Tornado Alley: Monster Storms of the Great Plains'' () in 1999. Howie "Cb" Bluestein, a nickname that is the abbreviation for

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, has been a contributor to ''

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'' and ''

Weatherwise ''Weatherwise'' is a magazine founded by David M. Ludlum and was published by Heldref Publications in Washington DC, but now is published by Taylor & Francis Group. It covers weather and climate for weather enthusiasts as well as meteorologists ...

'' magazines. Bluestein is noted for his co-invention of the tornado-measuring device TOTO, with Al Bedard and Carl Ramzy of NOAA,

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Storm chaser: Tornado expert Howard Bluestein says that cows don't fly, but cars do
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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bluestein, Howard Living people American meteorologists Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni University of Oklahoma faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Storm chasers Fellows of the American Meteorological Society

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