NWC REU 2013
 May 22 - July 30

 

Students & Mentors 2013

Deanna Apps
Junior Meteorology Major
SUNY Oswego
Mentors:
Kim Elmore, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL
Heather Grams, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Using mPING Observations to Verify Surface Precipitation Type Forecasts From Numerical Models

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Samantha Berkseth
Junior Meteorology Major
Valparaiso University
Mentors:
Lak V. Lakshmanan, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL
Chris Karstens, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL
Kiel Ortega, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Determining Which Polarimetric Variables are Important for Weather/Non-Weather Discrimination Using Statistical Methods

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Levi Cowan
Junior Applied Physics Major
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Mentors:
Marc Austin, NOAA/NWS Norman
Michael Scotten, NOAA/NWS Norman
Jonathan Kurtz, NOAA/NWS Norman
Matthew Day, NOAA/NWS Norman
Research Project:
The Relationship of Precursory Precipitation and Synoptic-Scale Mid-Tropospheric Flow Patterns to Spring Tornado Activity in Oklahoma

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Joshua Crittenden
Senior Mathematics Major
East Central University
Mentors:
Harold Brooks, NOAA/NSSL
Sean Crowell, OU/SoM
Greg Carbin, NOAA/SPC
Patrick Marsh, NOAA/SPC
Research Project:
An Evaluation of the Climate Forecast System Version 2 as an Extended Range Forecasting Tool in the Storm Prediction Center

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Kody Gast
Junior Earth Science Major
University of Northern Colorado
Mentors:
Daphne LaDue, OU/CAPS
Jerry Brotzge, OU/CAPS
Research Project:
Tornado Damage Mitigation: What National Weather Center Visitors Know and Why They Aren't Mitigating

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Nicole Hoban
Junior Atmospheric Science Major
University of Missouri, Columbia
Mentors:
Jeff Cunningham, NOAA/ROC & USAF
Dave Zittel, NOAA/ROC
Research Project:
Using Bragg Scatter to Estimate Systematic Differential Reflectivity Biases on Operational WSR-88Ds

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Caleb Johnson
Junior Meteorology Major
Jackson State University
Mentor:
Lans Rothfusz, NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Exploring the effectiveness of Integrated Warning Team Activities

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Brianna Lund
Junior Meteorology Major
St. Cloud State University
Mentors:
Dustan Wheatley, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL
Kent Knopfmeier, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Evaluation of the National Severe Storms Laboratory Mesoscale Ensemble

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Andrew Mahre
Junior Physics Major
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Gerry Creager, OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Determining the Optimal Sampling Rate of a Sonic Anemometer Based on the Shannon-Nyquist Sampling Theorem

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Mallory Row
Junior Meteorology Major
Valparaiso University
Mentors:
Jimmy Correia, Jr., OU/CIMMS & NOAA/NPC
Patrick Marsh, NOAA/SPC
Research Project:
Verification of Proxy Storm Reports Derived From Ensemble Updraft Helicity

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