Session Short Talks - Student Highlights

Wednesday, 14 August 2013: 8:00 AM-8:30 AM
Auditorium North/Center (Center Green )
Host: AMS Summer Community Meeting
Organizer:
Thomas Fahy, Capitol Meteorologics, Washington, DC
Speakers:
Daniel L. Birkenheuer, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; Aaron J. Piña, Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Ft. Collins, CO; Rui Li, CIRES, Boulder, CO; Ghassan J. Alaka Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Univ. of Miami/CIMAS, Miami, FL; Adriana Raudzens Bailey , CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado and Lidia Cucurull, NOAA/OAR/ESRL, Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO

Papers:
Hyperspectral Atmospheric Sounders – working to improve the accuracy and timeliness of severe weather forecasting. Daniel Birkenheuer, Meteorologist, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Systems Division, Forecast Applications Branch

Convective transport of pollutants from eastern Colorado concentrated animal feeding operations into the Rocky Mountains. Aaron Pina, Colorado State University at Fort Collins; Masters of Science Candidate 2013

The analysis of atmospheric VOCs as the precursors of organic aerosols and their chemistry processes. Rui Li, University of Colorado at Boulder (CIRES); Doctoral Candidate 2014

Variability of the West African Monsoon: Implications for Sahelian Precipitation and Atlantic Tropical Cyclones. Ghassan J. Alaka, Jr., Colorado State University at Fort Collins; Doctoral Candidate 2014

Fingerprinting the subtropical water cycle to investigate key changes with weather and climate. Adriana Raudzens Bailey, University of Colorado at Boulder; Doctoral Candidate 2013

Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS RO): Impact Assessment on Global Weather Forecasting. Lidia Cucurull, NOAA GNSS RO Chief Scientist, NOAA ESRL, Global Systems Division, Office of the Director

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