21st Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics and the 19th Conference on Middle Atmosphere : Student Presentation Awards

21st Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Best Student Oral Presentation
A New Paradigm for Tropical Anvil Clouds
Jacob T. Seeley
University of California

Best Student Oral Presentation
Sensitivities of Arctic Clouds to Climate Change
Xiyue Zhang
California Institute of Technology

Best Student Poster Presentation
Testing the Role of Westerly Jet in the Termination of Meiyu
Wenwen Kong
Univ. of California

Best Student Poster Presentation
The Role of Convection in African Easterly Wave Dynamics
James O. H. Russell
North Carolina State Univ.

Best Student Poster Presentation
Exploring the Relations between the Strength of Global Entropy Cycle and Equator-to-Pole Temperature Gradient in an Idealized General Circulation Model
Chiung-Yin Chang
Princeton University

Best Student Poster Presentation
A Quasi-steady Baroclinic Eddy with Hypohydrostatic Convection
Tsung-Lin Hsieh
Princeton University

Best Student Poster Presentation
Effect of Mesoscale Oceanic Eddies on Storm Tracks
Alexis Foussard
LMD

Best Student Poster Presentation
Effects of Langmuir Turbulence on Upper Ocean Carbonate Chemistry
Katherine M. Smith
University of Colorado

Best Student Oral Presentation
The Circulation Response to Volcanic Eruptions: The Importance of Tropical Stratospheric Warming
Kevin DallaSanta
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

19th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Best Student Poster Presentation
Using Elliptical and Zonal Mean Metrics to Examine Variability in Model Skill during the 7 January 2013 Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event
Jonathan L. Blufer
SUNY

Best Student Oral Presentation
Response of Trace Gases to the Disrupted 2015–2016 Quasi-Biennial Oscillation
Olga V. Tweedy
Johns Hopkins University

Best Student Oral Presentation
Dynamics of Extreme Negative Planetary Wave Heat Flux Events in an Idealized Model
Etienne Dunn-Sigouin
LDEO/Columbia University

Best Student Oral Presentation
Characterizing Stratospheric Polar Vortex Variability with Computer Vision Techniques
Zachary D. Lawrence
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology