NWC REU 2010
 May 25 - July 30

 

Students & Mentors 2010

Chris Bednarczyk
Junior Meteorology major
Valparaiso University
Mentor:
Eric Hong, OU/CEES
Research Project:
Assessing Climate Change Impacts on the Blue River Basin of Oklahoma

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Jeff Deppa
Junior Meteorology major
Rutgers University
Mentors:
Richard Carpenter, WDT, Inc.
Brent Shaw, WDT, Inc.
Research Project:
Evaluating High-Resolution NWP Forecasts of the Nocturnal Low Level Jet for Improving Wind Power Forecasts

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Todd Ferebee
Junior Meteorology w/ marine concentration major
North Carolina State University
Mentors:
Kiel Ortega, OU/CIMMS
Kevin Scharfenberg, NOAA/NWS
Research Project:
Evaluation of NWS Storm-Based Warnings Using Gridded Products

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Stacey Hitchcock
Sophomore Meteorology major
The University of Oklahoma
Mentors:
Patrick Marsh, OU/SoM
Harold Brooks, NOAA/NSSL
Chuck Doswell, OU/CIMMS
Research Project:
Updraft Helicity as a Forecast Parameter

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Eric Hout
Sophomore Interdisciplinary Sciences w/ concentration in Atmospheric Science and Applied/Computational Math double major
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Mentors:
Chris Weaver, OU/CSA
May Yuan, OU/CSA
John McIntosh, OU/CSA
Research Project:
Spatial Analysis of Tornado Vulnerability Trends in Oklahoma and Northern Texas

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Chris Kerr
Junior Physics major
Clemson University
Mentor:
Guifu Zhang, OU/SoM
Research Project:
Radar-Disdrometer Comparison to Reveal Attenuation Effects on CASA Radar Data

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Carly Kovacik
Junior Meteorology major
North Carolina State University
Mentors:
Mark Shafer, OCS
James Hocker, OCS
Research Project:
An Analysis of Southern U.S. Ice Storm Frequency From 2000-2009

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Bill Leatham
Junior Meteorology major
Plymouth State University
Mentors:
Andrew Taylor, NOAA/NWS
Patrick Burke, NOAA/NWS
Research Project:
Verifying Model Forecasts of Arctic Fronts in Advance of Winter Storms in the Southern Plains

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Sarah Stalker
Junior Meteorology major
St. Cloud State University
Mentors:
Kristin Kulhman, OU/CIMMS
Heather Lazrus, OU/SSWIM
Randy Peppler, OU/CIMMS
Kim Klockow, OU/CAGS

Research Project:
Public Response to the 10 May 2010 Norman, Oklahoma Tornado

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Kevin VanLeer
Junior Atmospheric Science major
Purdue University
Mentors:
John Galantowicz, AER, Inc.
Mark Leidner, AER, Inc.
Research Project:
Comparisons of Flood Affected Area Derived From MODIS and Landsat Imagery

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Andrew Winters
Junior Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences major
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mentors:
Bryan Smith, NOAA/SPC
Corey Mead, NOAA/SPC
Research Project:
Measured Severe Convective Wind Gust Climatology of Thunderstorms for the Contiguous United States, 2003-2009

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Xiaoqian Pan
City University of New York
Mentors:
Bob Rabin, NOAA/NSSL
Eric Hong, OU/CEES
Brian Vant-Hull, CUNY

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Joshua Turner
Junior Meteorology & Applied Mathematics double major
University of Miami
Mentor:
Shayesteh Mahani, CUNY
Research Project:
Toward an Analysis of the Influence of the Urban Heat Island Effect on Single-Cell Convective Cloud Trajectories

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