NWC REU 2001
May 28 - August 3

Week 1:
May 28 - June 1

Monday May 28th Students arrive in Norman
Tuesday May 29th 9:30 Meet at Yorkshire office, sign lease (all roommates must be present)

10:00-11:00 OU Campus Tour/Orientation

11:30-12:30 Billing Code – long distance service in your apt. (bring copy of your signed lease) NEL, Room 128

OU ID cards - (bring picture ID) Buchanan Hall, Room 216

12:30-1:30 Lunch, student union

1:30-4:30 Tour of Norman and surrounding areas

5:00-7:00 Welcome Picnic, Atrium SEC
Wednesday May 30th 8:30 Pick up from Apartments

9:00-12:00 North Base, NOAA Wx Partners Tour

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:15-2:15 WDTB Tour, Jim LaDue

2:30-3:30 SOM Tour, Celia Jones

3:45-5:00 Oklahoma Sights
Thursday May 31st 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-10:30 Dave Schultz, "Being a scientist" and IPEX, NSSL Seminar Room

10:30-12:00 NSSL check-in

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-5:00 Meet with Mentors.  Independent Research
Friday June 1st 8:30 Pick up from Apartments

9:00-10:30 Dr. Beasley "Developing a Research Problem" SEC conf room C, plaza level

10:30-12:00 NSSL Seminar, Stephen Weygandt NOAA/Forecast Systems Laboratory

12:00-1:00 Pizza Lunch, NSSL

1:30-5:00 Unix Workshop, Mike Kay—SEC Conf Room D, plaza level

 

Week 2:
June 4 - June 8

Monday June 4th 8:15 am Pick up at Apts (Take own car if possible)

8:30-9:30 Lecture: Harold Brooks, Climatology of Severe Storms, NSSL Seminar Room

10:00-5:00 Independent Research
Tuesday June 5th 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9-5 Independent Research
Wednesday June 6th 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-3:00pm Independent Research

3:30-4:30pm Lecture: Don Macgorman, Lightning, NSSL Seminar Room
Thursday June 7th 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9-5 Independent Research
Friday June 8th 7:30am Pick up at Apartments

7:30-11:00 Drive to Dallas, Restroom Break in Ardmore, OK

11:00-2:30pm American Airlines

3:00 North Texas Council of Governments, Scott Rae RTC, Classroom A (Regional Training Center)

4:30 Dinner

7:30 Texas Rangers Game

Midnight(ish): Arrive in Norman

 

Week 3:
June 11 - June 15

Monday June 11th 8:30 am Pick up at Apts

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Tuesday June 12th 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Wednesday June 13th 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-3:00pm Independent Research

3:30-4:30pm Lecture: Don Macgorman, Lightning Research, NSSL Seminar Room
Thursday June 14th 10:15am Pick up at Apartments

10:30am Meet at Energy Center, Pick up CIRE students and Leave for ARM site, lunch on way

1:00pm Arrive at ARM site

4:00pm Leave for home
Friday June 15th
8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-10:15am Independent Research

10:30-Noon NSSL Seminar, Bob Davies-Jones, Theory of the Propagation of Supercell Storms

Noon: Pizza Lunch, NSSL. Share 2-3 min brief introduction to project

1:00-5:00pm Independent Research

 

Week 4:
June 18 - June 22

Monday June 18th 8:15 am Pick up at Apts

8:30-9:30 Dave Stensrud "The Challenges of Numerical Weather Prediction" NSSL Seminar Room

9:45-3:00pm Independent Research

3:10 pm Pick up at NSSL

3:30-5:00pm Fred Carr "Snow Forecasting & Grad School" SEC Plaza Conf Room C
Tuesday June 19th 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Wednesday June 20th 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-5:00pm Independent Research

6:00 pm Pick up at Apartments: Visit to Oklahoma City Memorial and Dinner
Thursday June 21st 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-3:15pm Independent Research

3:30-4:30pm Bob Johns "Research Opportunities for Operational Forecasters" NSSL
Friday June 22nd 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-5pm Independent Research

 

Week 5:
June 25 - June 29

Monday June 25th 8:15 am Pick up at Apts

9:00-3:00pm Independent Research

3:00 pm Pick up at Energy Center (ADAM!!)

3:15 pm Meet in Lunchroom w/Keli Tarp for press release information

3:30-4:30pm Jeff Trapp "Low-level mesovortices within quasi-linear convective systems: Vortexgenesis and subsequent vortex-induced damaging winds" NSSL Seminar Room
Tuesday June 26th 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Wednesday June 27th 8:15am Pick up at Apartments

8:30-9:30am Susan Postawko "Climate Observations across the Tropical Pacific" SEC RM 1410

10:00-3:00pm Independent Research

3:10 pm Pick up at NSSL

3:30-4:30pm Pete Lamb "Building Understanding of the West African Monsoon System During 1970-2000" SEC RM 1410
Thursday June 28th 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Friday June 29th
8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-10:15pm Independent Research

10:30-11:30am NSSL Seminar, Carl Hane "A Case Study of Convective Initiation Along a Redeveloping Dryline"

12:00-1:30pm Pizza Lunch, 3min presentation NSSL Seminar Room, look at SMART radars, mobile mesonet

1:45-5:00pm Independent Research

HALFWAY POINT

 

Week 6:
July 2 - July 6

Monday July 2nd 8:15 am Pick up at Apts

9:00-3:00pm Independent Research

3:10 pm Pick up at Energy Center

3:30-4:30pm Jeff Basara, Land-Atmosphere Interactions NSSL Seminar Room
Tuesday July 3rd 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-1:00 Independent Research

1:10 Pick up at EC (Adam)

1:30-5:00 Forecasting Workshop, Paul Janish & Mike Kay, NSSL Seminar Room
Wednesday July 4th Happy Independence Day!! Free Day!!
Thursday July 5th 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Friday July 6th (Happy 21st Birthday Adam!)

8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-12:30pm Independent Research

12:45 Pick up at EC

1:00-5:00pm Technical Writing Workshop, Dave Schultz, NSSL Seminar Room

 

Week 7:
July 9 - July 13

Monday July 9th 8:15 am Pick up at Apts

8:30-10:00am Scott Richardson, Oklahoma Mesonet Lecture & Visit, SEC Plaza Conf Room C

10:30-3:00 pm Independent Research

3:10 pm Pick up at EC

3:30-4:30pm Grad School Discussion Panel, NSSL Seminar Room
Tuesday July 10th 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Wednesday July 11th 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-3:15 Independent Research

3:30-4pm Tour NWS office, Norman
Thursday July 12th (Tulsa Trip) 7:45am Pick up at Apartments

10:00-Noon AEROMET

1:00-2:00pm River Forecast Center

3:00-? pm Williams
Friday July 13th 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-10:15am Independent Research

10:30-11:30am NSSL Seminar, Dan Miller Extreme Wind Damage in Derecho Events

Noon-1:00pm Pizza lunch... mini-presentations

1:00-3:30pm Independent Research

 

Week 8:
July 16 - July 20

Monday July 16th 8:30 am Pick up at Apts

9:00-5:00 am Independent Research
Tuesday July 17th 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Wednesday July 18th 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-3:15 Independent Research

3:30-5pm Lecture, Chuck Doswell - Tornadoes, NSSL Seminar Room
Thursday July 19th 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Friday July 20th 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-5:00 Independent Research

 

Week 9:
July 23 - July 27

Monday July 23rd 8:30 am Pick up at Apts

9:30-10:30 am Lecture, Lou Wicker the Validity of Atmospheric Models, NSSL Seminar Room

10:45-5:00 pm Independent Research
Tuesday July 24th 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Wednesday July 25th 8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-3:15 Independent Research

3:30-5pm Lecture, John Cortinas, NSSL Seminar Room
Thursday July 26th 8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Friday July 27th (Happy Birthday Jason!!!!)

8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:00-12:00 Independent Research

12:00-1:00 pm Pizza Lunch, NSSL Main Seminar Room

1:15-5:00pm Independent Research

 

Week 10:
July 30 - August 3

Monday July 30th 8:30 am Pick up at Apts

9:00 -5:00 pm Independent Research
Tuesday July 31st
8:30 Pick up at Apts

9:00-5:00 Independent Research
Wednesday August 1st Presentation Rehearsals -- All Day (Schedule)

8:00 Pick up at Apts

9:00-5:15 Independent Research
Thursday August 2nd
8:30am Pick up at Apartments

9:30-11:30 Presentations (first 6)

11:45-12:45 Lunch in ROC conference room

1:00-3:00 Presentations (Last 6)

3:00 Reception NSSL Seminar Room
Friday August 3rd
Leave Norman