The Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Preparing students for careers in meteorology and environmental sciences, and research careers in weather and climate dynamics, atmospheric physics, air quality, and remote sensing.
Students in ATM 450 Synoptic Meteorology Present Posters
During the fall 2012 semester, undergraduate and graduate students in Darren Clabo's synoptic meteorology class studied the synoptic-scale processes responsible for the development of precipitation and severe weather phenomena. They analyzed surface synoptic weather, upper air, and vertical temperature-moisture soundings, and the structure of extratropical storms. They made use of software tools such as GEMPAK and NCL for analyzing observed data and model output.
Their end-of-semester exercise included the preparation and presentation of a poster depicting their analysis of a severe storm event. Other faculty in the atmospheric sciences department, as well as second-year masters students, quizzed and critiqued each presenter.
Poster topics included Hurricane Sandy; March 2010 Tornado outbreak; the blizzards of 1990, 1993, and 1996-97; Hurricane Irene; the 2012 Duluth, MN flood; the Colorado tornado outbreak, and South Pacific Convergence Zone modeling dilemma. Students presenting were Jacey Wipf, Trisha Michael, Jed LeMaster, John Hamilton, Kenny Miller, Kelsey Kramer, Cody Moldan, Aaron Ward, Aaron Shaw, and Anna Robertson.
Please use the link below to read the fall 2012 department newsletter:
