Noah Brauer – March 23
Weather and Climate Systems Hurricane Laura (2020): A Comparison of Drop Size Distribution Moments Using Ground and Radar Remote Sensing Retrieval Methods Noah Brauer Wednesday, March 23 3:00 PM NWC Hurricane Laura was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana since 1969 with maximum sustained winds of 130 knots. One University of Oklahoma Shared […]
Oliver T Millin – March 9
Weather and Climate Systems The Stratospheric Processes Influencing Cold Air Outbreaks in the Great Plains of the United States Oliver T Millin Wednesday, March 9 03:00 PM Join Google Meet! https://meet.google.com/hwd-ruyp-grx Wintertime cold air outbreaks (CAOs) are extreme cold events involving the displacement of cold air into the midlatitudes from a polar origin. CAOs in […]
Chris Rattray – February 23
Weather and Climate Systems Forecasting the Forecast with Deep Learning Chris Rattray Wednesday, February 23 3:30 PM Global numerical weather prediction systems produce occasional significant drops in the accuracy of their forecasts often referred to as “forecast busts†in the literature. Despite recent efforts, understanding the causes of these forecast failures remains challenging, but essential. […]
Amanda Murphy – February 23
Weather and Climate Systems Discussion and Analysis of the GridRad-Severe Dataset and Methodology Amanda Murphy Wednesday, February 23 03:00 PM Join Google Meet! https://meet.google.com/hwd-ruyp-grx Many studies have aimed to identify novel characteristics of storms that are indicative of current or future severe weather potential. Such fine-scale analyses are often limited to a handful of case […]
Taozhong Huang – February 16
Weather and Climate Systems A Correlation-based Inversion Method for Aerosol Property (CIMAP) Retrieval: A Case Study Using AERONET and POLDER Measurements Taozhong Huang Wednesday, February 16 03:00 PM Online Aerosol remote sensing often involves a large volume of spatial and temporal data to be processed. Both retrieval efficiency and accuracy are essential. To this end, […]
Taylor Grace – February 9
Weather and Climate Systems Precursor Heat Wave Events to the March 2017 Wildfires across the Southern Great Plains Taylor Grace Wednesday, February 9 3:00 PM Google Meet The State of Oklahoma has experienced anomalously warmer periods during the 2021-2022 winter season. To date, literature has predominantly studied heat waves during warmer months (i.e., May and […]
Gabriel Bromley – February 2
Weather and Climate Systems Postdoctoral Researcher Gabriel Bromley Wednesday, February 2 3:30 PM Virtual The northern North American Great Plains (NNAGP) is the area defined by the Upper Missouri River Basin and the Canadian Prairies. It is a semi-arid region categorized by large stretches of grassland, pasture, and crops. During the last century and extending […]
Ben Davis – February 2
Weather and Climate Systems Comparison of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature in ERA5 reanalysis to the Oklahoma Mesonet Ben Davis Wednesday, February 2 3:00 PM Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/hwd-ruyp-grx Or dial: (US) +1 631-606-4405 PIN: 969 510 983# Heat waves can have significant impacts on society through impacts on health and infrastructure. Research on heat wave […]
Matthew Bray- December 1
Weather and Climate Systems Characteristics of Long-track Tropopause Polar Vortices Matthew Bray Wednesday, December 1 3:00 PM Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/joz-jnzu-cgr Tropopause polar vortices (TPVs) are closed, cyclonic circulations centered on the tropopause that form and mostly reside in high latitudes. TPVs have been shown to influence surface features, and so a greater understanding of […]
Madeline Clark Frank – November 17
Weather and Climate Systems Comparison of sea ice processes in observations and CESM2 data Madeline Clark Frank Wednesday, November 17 3:00 PM Online Arctic amplification is generally well represented in climate models. However, even the most sophisticated climate models have been unable to capture observed trends in various Arctic processes such […]