Measure the violent atmosphere.
TornadoData.Net is a student-led engineering project developing rugged field instrumentation for collecting recoverable, high-rate observations in severe thunderstorms and tornado environments.
Put instruments where observations are hardest.
Better tornado science starts with measurements we can actually trust.
The project focuses on practical field instrumentation: environmental sensing, wind measurement, deterministic data acquisition, rugged packaging and careful validation. Raw observations are preserved so processing decisions can be made after the event—not permanently baked into the instrument.
Probe One.
A deployable severe-weather data acquisition platform under active development.
Built to acquire. Built to survive. Built to recover.
Probe One combines atmospheric sensing, pulse-based wind acquisition and field-serviceable electronics with a logging architecture designed around preserving the original measurement.
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TEMP 23.41 °C
RH 56.72 %
PRESS 100842 Pa
WIND 82.55 MPH
Data first. Claims second.
Preserve raw measurements
Keep the source observations intact so filtering, smoothing and derived products remain reproducible.
Design for field failure
Connectors, sensors and software are treated as systems that must tolerate weather, transport and imperfect deployments.
Validate before claiming
Measurement range, operating range and survival speed are separate specifications—and each requires evidence.
Extreme-wind instrumentation.
TornadoData.Net is exploring a purpose-built propeller-and-vane wind instrument with high-rate magnetic encoding, digital direction sensing and a mechanical system intended for controlled high-speed validation.
250 mph is a development objective, not a validated specification. Any published measurement or survival rating will require controlled calibration and test evidence.
Build. Test. Deploy. Learn.
For instrumentation, testing, research or collaboration inquiries:
geoffrey@tornadodata.net