School of Meteorology MS Thesis Defense Exploring Observational Tornado Debris Signature Hypotheses Using Radar Simulations and Large-Eddy Simulations Rachael Cross Thursday, June 17th 2:00pm Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/syz-teay-nmk Or dial: (US) +1 267-553-6245 PIN: 811 150 970# Tornadoes can loft various types and sizes of debris, sometimes resulting in a polarimetric radar signature […]
School of Meteorology MS Thesis Defense A Correlation-based Inversion Method for Aerosol Property (CIMAP) Retrieval from AERONET Measurements Taozhong Huang Thursday, June 17th 1:00pm Join Zoom https://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/7984869539?pwd=Vjc4b3hVTnlyQ3Y0OVMxMVFNMVdPQT09 Meeting ID: 798 486 9539 Passcode: 535768 We developed a principal-component based inversion approach – CIMAP, to retrieve aerosol properties from AERONET measurements of aerosol […]
School of Meteorology MS Thesis Defense Precipitation Whiplash Events Across the Southern Great Plains of the United States Bryony Puxley Tuesday, June 15th 2:00pm Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/iqi-vufr-fvb Or dial: (US) +1 208-741-5361 PIN: 320 199 657# The Southern Great Plains is a region that is prone to precipitation extremes and […]
School of Meteorology MS Thesis Defense INFORMATION CONTENT ANALYSIS OF COMBINED LIDAR-POLARIMETER RETRIEVALS TO IMPROVE AEROSOL REMOTE SENSING ACCURACY David Nowicki Tuesday, June 15th 10:00am Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/hfk-xbvs-qmk Or dial: (US) +1 484-998-0415 PIN: 813 374 113# Aerosols are small particles suspended in the atmosphere which affect global climate change via […]
Weather and Climate Systems Seminar Meso- to Synoptic-Scale Mid-Latitude Error Growth and Ramifications in Medium-Range Forecast Performance Samuel Lillo Wednesday, May 12th 2:00pm Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/jdv-kpfr-gnu While the average skill of medium-range numerical weather prediction (NWP) has steadily improved over the last three decades, there is still considerable variance in […]
Convective Meteorology (Mesoscale Dynamics) Seminar A Statistical Approach to Diagnosing Storm Mode (Linear vs Isolated) Using Synoptic Scale Variables David Stang Friday, May 7th 3:00pm Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/ksh-txvg-kni Determining storm mode (linear or isolated) is a crucial component of any severe weather forecast. Isolated storms are more likely to produce strong to violent […]
Weather and Climate Systems Seminar Subseasonal to Seasonal Extreme Precipitation Events in the Contiguous United States: Generation of a Database and Climatology Ty Dickinson Wednesday, May 5th 2:00pm Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/jdv-kpfr-gnu Extreme precipitation across multiple timescales is a natural hazard that creates a significant risk to life, with a commensurately […]
School of Meteorology MS Thesis Defense Test of Different Transformation Functions to Hydrometeor and Water Vapor Mixing Ratios for Direct Variational Assimilation of Radar Reflectivity Data Jiafen Hu Tuesday, May 4th 2:00pm Join Google Meet https://meet.google.com/hcf-kfam-pxk Many issues arose from using highly nonlinear radar reflectivity forward observation operator in three-dimensional variational data assimilation […]
Convective Meteorology (Mesoscale Dynamics) Seminar Observing System Simulation Experiments Using Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Various Configurations to Improve High-Resolution Forecasts of Convection. Vivek Shenoy Friday, April 30th 3:00pm Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/ksh-txvg-kni There has been a lot of interest and development of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (sUAVs) to obtain atmospheric measurements for […]
National Weather Center Colloquium Disentangling the relative contribution of land-atmosphere coupling toward the evolution of extreme events Ryann Wakefield Friday, April 30 2:00 pm Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/tbg-ozvi-wsv The Great Plains region is characterized by highly variable and often extreme precipitation. Devastating multi-year droughts are common in the region, and can […]
