NWC REU 1999
 May 24 - July 30

 

Students & Mentors 1999

Joshua Boustead
Creighton University
Mentor:
Michael Douglas, NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Synoptic Patterns Associated with Wet & Dry Spells in Northern Peru during 1997-1998 El Niño

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Steven Caruso
Plymouth State College
Mentors:
Robert Rabin, NOAA/NSSL
Daphne Zaras, NOAA/NSSL
Jim LaDue, Operational Support Facility
Research Project:
Toward a Climatology of the Enhanced-V Signature

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Peggy Concannon
Northern Illinois University
Mentors:
Harold Brooks, NOAA/NSSL
Charles Doswell, NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Climatology of Significant and Violent Tornadoes in the United States

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Jeffrey Connors
Plymouth State College
Mentor:
David Schultz, NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Convective Initiation and Frontal Structure of a Squall Line in the Central Plains on 9-10 November 1998

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Rebecca House
Creighton University
Mentor:
Scott Greene, EVAC
Research Project:
Using Long-Range Seasonal Forecasts to Improve Prediction of Oklahoma Wheat Yield

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Kristin Kuhlman
University of North Carolina at Ashville
Mentors:
Randy Peppler, OU/CIMMS
Michael Splitt, University of Utah
Research Project:
Sensitivity of Severe Weather Indices to Raidosonde Humidity Errors in the Southern Great Plains

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Rebecca Pratt
Russell Sage College
Mentors:
Pam MacKeen, NOAA/NSSL
Harold Brooks, NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
Verification of 24-Hour Probabilistic Hurricane Strike Forecasts

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Michael Seaman
University of Utah
Mentor:
Robert Johns, NOAA/SPC
Research Project:
Strong and Violent Tornado Outbreaks: Comparisons in Thermodynamic and Wind Parameters Between Large Hail and Non Large Hail Events

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Blaine Thomas
Saint Cloud State University
Mentor:
Donald MacGorman, NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
A Preliminary Analysis of Anomolous Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lighning Flashes in Convective Regions of Squall Lines and Isolated Thunderstorms in the United States: March-August 1998

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Barbara Tobey
Central Michigan University
Mentor:
David Stensrud, NOAA/NSSL
Research Project:
The Relationship Between Spread and Skill in an Ensemble Forecast

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