Using Machine Learning Techniques for Supercell Tornado Prediction with Environmental Sounding Data

This work is supported by the grant “CyberTraining: DSE: Cross-Training of Researchers in Computing, Applied Mathematics and Atmospheric Sciences using Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Resources” from the National Science Foundation (grant no. OAC–1730250). The hardware used in the computational studies is part of the UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF). The facility is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation through the MRI program (grant nos. CNS–0821258, CNS–1228778, and OAC–1726023) and the SCREMS program (grant no. DMS– 0821311), with additional substantial support from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). See hpcf.umbc.edu for more information on HPCF and the projects using its resources. Co-author Carlos Barajas additionally acknowledges support as HPCF and CyberTraining RA.