Research Group



Rachel Humphrey

2008 MS Atmospheric Science
, CU Boulder, Boulder CO
2006 BS Atmospheric Science, SUNY-Albany, Albany, NY
2001 BS Elementary Education/Sociology, Russell Sage College, Troy NY


Research:
- Kinematics and thermodynamics in the vicinity of RFDs of supercell thunderstorms
- Wind, precipitation, temperature and humidity measurements during ROTATE 2008, Hurricanes Gustav and Ike 2008, VORTEX2

Humphrey, R., K. Friedrich, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, and P. Robinson: CU in the field – investigation of kinematics and thermodynamics of two intercepted storms. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Student Poster Conference, October 2008, Boulder, Colorado, USA.


JamesRudolph
James Rudolph


Research:

- Deriving 10 yr (1999-2009) climatology on precipitation 3-dim structures using operational weather radar observations from 3 Doppler radars in Swiss Alps
- Studying time & space variation of orographic precipitation and the role of large scale flow and upstream conditions

Rudolph, J., K. Friedrich, and U. Germann: A 10 year radar-based precipitation climatology for the European Alps. Conf. on Mesoscale Meteorology, Americ. Meteorol. Soc., August 2009, Salt Lake City, USA.


Marcus van Lier-Walqui
Research
- Using operational radar observations for validating microphysical schemes in numerical models
- assimilation of radar reflectivity and polarimetry











Previous & short-term visiting students



Rutger Boonstra
http://www.weerupdate.nl

2009 MS Meteorlogy and Air Quality, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
2005 BS Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands


Research (Aug - Dec 2008):
- Convection initiation in the Alps

- Wind and precipitaiton measurements during  
   hurrican Gustav and Ike 2008

Boonstra, R., and K. Friedrich: Convection initiation in the European Alps. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Student Poster Conference, October 2008, Boulder, Colorado, USA.