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Jason Chiappa – February 18

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Convective Meteorology (Mesoscale Dynamics) Investigations into the Poor Representation of the 10 August 2020 Midwest Derecho in Operational Numerical Models Jason Chiappa Friday, February 18 03:30 PM Join Google Meet The 10 August 2020 Midwest Derecho was the costliest thunderstorm disaster in modern US history, with damage estimates of ~$11.8 billion. However, most operational model forecasts […]

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Taozhong Huang – February 16

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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, […]

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Madeline Diedrichsen – February 11

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Convective Meteorology (Mesoscale Dynamics) Low Level Stability Analysis of Observed Supercell Environments Madeline Diedrichsen Friday, February 11 03:00 PM Google Meet Lapse rates have long been used to quantify the stability of the environment and aid in the prediction of thunderstorms. Low level lapse rates (0-1 km and 0-3 km) specifically have become a tool […]

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Taylor Grace – February 9

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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 […]

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Morgan Schneider – February 4

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Convective Meteorology (Mesoscale Dynamics) A Novel Technique to Correct Debris-Related Bias in Velocity Measurements from Tornadoes Morgan Schneider Friday, February 4 3:30 PM Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/iru-ggiv-afj Debris centrifuging in tornadoes is known to cause bias in radar measurements of tornadic wind speeds.  Debris presence in a radar volume is associated with anomalous radial divergence, […]

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Austin Dixon – February 4

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Convective Meteorology (Mesoscale Dynamics) Seminar Simulated WSR-88D Observations of the Streamwise Vorticity Current Austin Dixon Friday, February 4th 3:00 pm Join Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/iru-ggiv-afj   In recent years, the streamwise vorticity current (SVC) has been linked to supercellular tornado genesis. While this fact is interesting scientifically, it is only beneficial to operational predictability if identification […]

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Gabriel Bromley – February 2

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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 […]

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Ben Davis – February 2

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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 […]

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Kevin Thiel – January 28

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Convective Meteorology (Mesoscale Dynamics) Intercomparisons of Geostationary Lightning Mapper with ABI and MRMS Datasets Kevin Thiel Friday, January 28 3:00 PM Virtual Lightning observations from the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) provides a new view of convection for the forecasting and severe storms research communities. As an optical sensor, the GLM is able to provide […]

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Mauricio I. Oliveira – December 10

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School of Meteorology MS Thesis Defense Cyclic Tornadogenesis and Horizontal Vortex Tubes in High-Resolution Idealized Simulations of Supercells   Mauricio I. Oliveira December 10th 1:00 pm NWC 5600   Despite enormous progress in our understanding of tornadic supercells obtained over the last several decades, many aspects regarding the evolution of these storms require further investigation. […]

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