Appendix C

        VORTEX Participants:

          National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

          National Severe Storms Laboratory(NSSL)

            Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment (VORTEX)

          Storm Prediction Center (SPC)

          National Weather Service (NWS)

          National Weather Service Forcast Office (WSFO)- Norman, Oklahoma

          National Science Foundation (NSF)

          NEXRAD Operational Support Facility (OSF)

          National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

          Atmospheric Environment Service of Environment Canada (AES)

        Universities:

          Colorado State University

          New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

          South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

          Southwest Missouri State University

          Texas A & M University

          Texas Tech University

          University of Alabama in Huntsville

          University of California Los Angeles

          University of Illinois

          University of Mississippi

          University of Oklahoma:

            School of Meteorology

            Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms

            Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies

            Oklahoma Climatological Survey

          West Virginia University