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Research News

Research Summary Presentation

I have been hard at work with the assistance of Dan Breed, Niles Oien and Cindy Mueller of RAL here at NCAR.  Preliminary membership functions for the Auto-nowcaster's Growth/Decay section have been formulated from trends in the flash extent density's normalized area growth rate.  The Powerpoint presentation linked above summarizes my work accomplished from Mid-May until Mid-July.

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Nic Visits the Ft. Worth NWS Office

On May 16, 2005 I visited the Ft. Worth NWS office to familiarize myself with the real-time operations of the Auto-nowcaster and LDAR II. Archived cases from this spring were looked over to identify cases to use for my research. A summary of the visit can be found by clicking above.

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LDAR II Assists Ft. Worth NWS Forecasters

The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram wrote another piece regarding a component of my research efforts following the April 25, 2005 supercell events that affected the Ft. Worth / Dallas metroplex. A copy of the article can be found above.

Auto-nowcaster Installed at Ft. Worth (Word Document)

Check out an article describing the implementation of the Auto-nowcaster at the Forth Worth, TX National Weather Service Office.  I will be using total lightning observations from Vaisala's LDAR II installed at D/FW International and incorporating them into the Auto-nowcaster to increase the accuracy of its convection forecast fields. 

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*NOTE: This page is currently under construction...once finished it will detail my ongoing research as I pursue my Masters of Science in Professional Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma.