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| Written by Reed Timmer | |||
| Tuesday, 14 April 2009 23:49 | |||
 After much debate and brainstorming, the TVN Dominator will now be called the Storm Research Vehicle (SRV), since we thought the name Dominator was just a little too cheezy, and we wanted to emphasize the research basis for this vehicle. The acronym was made fairly generic on purpose, since we will be using the SRV to collect data of all kinds of severe weather features, including tornadoes, wall clouds, and hurricane eyewalls. The name Dominator was given to the vehicle very early on in a slight joking manner, but caught on a little better than we expected! We hope everyone likes the new name, and also the new color. The vertical radar will be mounted on the back-right portion of the roof in a few weeks, and this device was named the CLOVER (Close-Range Vertical Radar). If the weather will cooperate, we hope to have the SRV in action this Thursday-Saturday for the next storm system building to the west...so bring on the dewpoints!!!
          
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Re:TVN vehicle name change!!! Now the SRV
May 07 2009 00:14:26 I agree, lucky indeed!
Lots of us here would only dream of getting the chance to even see the SRV... well unless your a storm chaser in the area its probably not a huge deal cause you see em all the time 
But I know I would love to see it for my very self! |
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Re:TVN vehicle name change!!! Now the SRV
May 07 2009 00:19:06 Even non-storm chasers would be fascinated with it. People know what it's for and curiosity would entice them to stop and take a photo and ask Reed and Co questions. Tourists not remotely interested in severe weather I bet have done the same.
It got tagged the Dominator from the classic and now embedded catch phrase of Dominating...I'm glad Reed changed the name..it was a bit over the top and not professional in a sense to what the vehicle is actually used for - storm research! |
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Re:TVN vehicle name change!!! Now the SRV
May 07 2009 00:31:07 Yea I kind of thought...okay... thats a cool name but... why Dominator?
I think the new name is better, but its a good teaser in a way  |
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