# List of United States government meteorology research projects

This is a timeline and list of meteorology research projects conducted by or funded by the United States federal government.

## List

| Project | Years | Organizations involved |
| Project Cirrus | 1947 | United States Army Signal Corps General Electric Office of Naval Research United States Air Force |
| Project BATON | 1962 | United States Department of Defense United States Army Signal Corps Meteorology Research, Inc. |
| Project Stormfury | 1962–1983 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Operation Popeye | 1967–1972 | United States Air Force |
| TOtable Tornado Observatory (TOTO) | 1979–1985 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Severe Storms Laboratory Environmental Technology Laboratory University of Oklahoma |
| Project NIMROD | 1978 | National Center for Atmospheric Research University of Chicago National Weather Service |
| TOGA | 1985–1994 | World Climate Research Programme World Meteorological Organization United Nations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| ERICA | 1988–1989 | Ocean Prediction Center |
| GEWEX | 1990–Present | World Climate Research Programme World Meteorological Organization United Nations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| VORTEX1 | 1994–1995 | National Severe Storms Laboratory National Weather Service University of Oklahoma |
| UAEREP | 2001–Present | National Center for Meteorology National Center for Atmospheric Research University of the Witwatersrand NASA National Science Foundation (Funding only) |
| THORPEX | 2003–Present | World Meteorological Organization United Nations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE) | 2006 | United States Department of Energy Bureau of Meteorology NASA European Commission DG RTD-1.2 University of Utah |
| VORTEX2 | 2009–2010 | National Severe Storms Laboratory National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center University of Oklahoma CIMMS University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Center for Severe Weather Research Bureau of Meteorology Environment Canada Office of Naval Research University of Massachusetts Amherst Texas Tech University National Center for Atmospheric Research National Science Foundation (Funding only) |
| Recovering from Tornado Brain | 2013–2024 | University of Tennessee University of Missouri United States Department of Health and Human Services (Funding only) |
| OWLeS | 2013–2014 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of Wyoming Millersville University Hobart and William Smith Colleges University of Alabama in Huntsville Center for Severe Weather Research University of Utah State University of New York at Oswego University at Albany, SUNY Pennsylvania State University National Science Foundation (Funding only) |
| VORTEX-SE / VORTEX USA | 2015–Present | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Severe Storms Laboratory University of Oklahoma University of Alabama in Huntsville National Science Foundation |
| Warn-on-Forecast (WoF or WoFS) | 2016–Present | National Severe Storms Laboratory University of Oklahoma |
| TORUS Project | 2019–Present | National Severe Storms Laboratory Office of Marine and Aviation Operations University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Oklahoma CIWRO Texas Tech University University of Colorado Boulder National Science Foundation (Funding only) |
| PERiLS Project | 2022–Present | National Severe Storms Laboratory NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory NOAA Global Systems Laboratory National Weather Service University of Oklahoma CIWRO University of Alabama in Huntsville University of Louisiana at Monroe Purdue University Texas Tech University Pennsylvania State University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign North Carolina State University Stony Brook University National Science Foundation (Funding only) |