Chasing storm data: machine learning looks for useful data in U.S. thunderstorm reports

Newswise -- AMES, Iowa – Bill Gallus has been known to chase a summer storm or two. But he didn't have to go after this one. On July 17, 2019, a thunderstorm approached the Iowa State University campus. Gallus, a professor of geological and atmospheric sciences, headed to the roof above his office in the Agronomy Building. And he didn't forget a camera.