Rasmussen Systems LLC
Rasmussen Systems is a Colorado Limited Liability Company engaged in fundamental and applied research in severe storms, and especially tornadoes. Rasmussen Systems is based near the Grand Mesa, southeast of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a site powered only by solar photovoltaic and micro-hydro power. That means that all of the research and development conducted at Rasmussen Systems is made possible by renewable energy.
Erik Rasmussen was formerly an employee of CIMMS at the University of Oklahoma, but has since formed Rasmussen Systems to host a variety of research and consulting activities. His severe weather research is supported by the National Science Foundation and by Rasmussen Systems. He also recently has consulted for the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Rasmussen Systems also has performed applied research and development for a major private weather information provider.
Erik has a strong interest in the issues surrounding global sustainability, alternative energy, peak resources, and environmental stewardship.
In support of the basic research of the collaborative group, Erik develops and maintains tools using Qt, the Visualization Toolkit, and ParaView. The group is currently exploring VisTrails as a tool to enhance repeatability and training of new researchers. Erik is experienced in coding in C++, Objective C, C, Pascal, IDL, and a few other languages.
Erik is a member of the Steering Committee for the VORTEX2 (Verifications of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-2) being held in the central U. S. in 2009-2010, and is one of the Field Coordinators for that experiment. He currently serves on graduate advisory committees at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Colorado/Boulder.
Erik Rasmussen was formerly an employee of CIMMS at the University of Oklahoma, but has since formed Rasmussen Systems to host a variety of research and consulting activities. His severe weather research is supported by the National Science Foundation and by Rasmussen Systems. He also recently has consulted for the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Rasmussen Systems also has performed applied research and development for a major private weather information provider.
Erik has a strong interest in the issues surrounding global sustainability, alternative energy, peak resources, and environmental stewardship.
In support of the basic research of the collaborative group, Erik develops and maintains tools using Qt, the Visualization Toolkit, and ParaView. The group is currently exploring VisTrails as a tool to enhance repeatability and training of new researchers. Erik is experienced in coding in C++, Objective C, C, Pascal, IDL, and a few other languages.
Erik is a member of the Steering Committee for the VORTEX2 (Verifications of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-2) being held in the central U. S. in 2009-2010, and is one of the Field Coordinators for that experiment. He currently serves on graduate advisory committees at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Colorado/Boulder.
Collaborative Team
The research reported on this site is largely the result of a productive, long-term collaboration between Erik Rasmussen, Jerry Straka, Katharine Kanak, and Bob Davies-Jones. The collaboration has benefited greatly from the work and talent of our past and current graduate students.
Jerry Straka
Katharine Kanak
Bob Davies-Jones
Current Students
Past Students
Acknowledgments
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation, Atmospheric Sciences, of the research reported on this site. Support has been through grants ATM-0823794, ATM-0733531, ATM-0340693, ATM-0003869, and ATM-9617318. Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Until 2001, Erik Rasmussen received research support from the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Additionally, NSSL has contracted with Rasmussen Systems to investigate Coordination and Communications technologies useful in mobile field experimentation, and has supported the development of the SASSI software application first deployed in VORTEX2.
This work would be impossible without the support of Lisa Rasmussen. Science research outside of the university or laboratory setting is not a highly compensated profession!
Some of the icons on this site were generated and made available by DryIcons (http://dryicons.com).
Until 2001, Erik Rasmussen received research support from the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Additionally, NSSL has contracted with Rasmussen Systems to investigate Coordination and Communications technologies useful in mobile field experimentation, and has supported the development of the SASSI software application first deployed in VORTEX2.
This work would be impossible without the support of Lisa Rasmussen. Science research outside of the university or laboratory setting is not a highly compensated profession!
Some of the icons on this site were generated and made available by DryIcons (http://dryicons.com).