Daniel Wright, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is adding his expertise in extreme storm prediction research to the new Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Convective Storms (CIRCS).Wright is the University of Wisconsin-Madison site director for CIRCS, which will be located at Northern Illinois University.
CIRCS will conduct research that aims to make society more resilient and better able to withstand the impacts of “convective” storms—like tornadoes, hail and extreme rainfall. The collaborative center includes nearly two dozen scientists from the fields of atmospheric science, engineering, geography, physics, computer science, actuarial science, and risk and insurance.
“We’re mainly going to focus on things like hail and wind damage, but also more upstream questions about seasonal prediction,” Wright says. “For example, that’s trying to see if next summer is going to be at, below or above average in terms of the number of storms we’re seeing and their severity, and whether these patterns are shifting over time.”
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