Dr yvette richardson biography

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

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. 2527-255226 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. 3047-306721 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. 1753-177826 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. 1017-103418 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. 683-70018 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. 609-6113 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. 1397-141216 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. 2713-273119 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. 711-72414 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. 3623-365028 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. 1467-14759 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. 1771-179020 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review