| Topics and group members (2%) | Thursday October 4 |
| 1-2 page project summary (3%) | Thursday October 18 |
| Oral presentations (20%) | December 3-7 (Monday-Friday) |
The final work will be presented orally to the class at the end of the semester; the only written component required is a project summary, due at the end of week 8. The project summary is expected to contain the following: (1) topic, (2) short literature review of related studies on your topic or case, (3) research goal and hypothesis stating what you expect to find, and (4) a proposed research plan for examining your hypothesis.
Oral presentations will be given during the last week of the semester. Students will be expected to
demonstrate the ability to thoroughly examine a problem through use of the scientic process. Due to the
number of students enrolled in the course, there will be a strictly enforced time limit of 15 minutes
for each group. Students should plan to prepare a 12 minute presentation ahead of time to allow 3 minutes
for questions from their peers, instructor, and TAs. Each student in the group will be expected to speak,
but it is up to the group members to determine the particular allocations. Each student in a group should
carry an equal work load overall (including the analysis work), which will be considered in the evaluation by
the instructor and TA.
Data resources:
List of archived data sources
Comparison of available data sets
Reanalysis web plots and data access links
20th Century Reanalysis daily plots
20th Century Reanalysis home page and Google Maps options
NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis I daily plots
NARR plotting page
Composite ENSO plots
Linear correlations and regressions
Climate indices
Web-based reanalysis comparison plots
NOAA ESRL FTP data downloads
NCEP Nomads data downloads
Project evaluation factors
Presentations will be evaluated using the criteria listed on this link.
Project presentation schedule
| Monday Dec. 3 | Tuesday Dec. 4 | Wednesday Dec. 5 | Thursday Dec. 6 | |
| 2:00 pm | ||||
| 2:35 pm | Dylan, Austin, Matt | Jessica, Emma | Zach, Brent, Amanda | Charlotte, Jack, Aaron |
| 2:50 pm | Matt, Samantha, Genna | Jonathan, Lindsay, Jake | Koby, David, Aaron | Ji Hyun, Nicole |
| 3:05 pm | Casey, Olivia, Chris | Kyle P., James | Sean, Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn | Brandon B., Shannon, Nancy |
| 3:20 pm | Wava, Daniela, Brian | Jennifer, Ericka, Rachel | Kyle T., Brandon S. | Curtis, Aaron, Parker |
| Hurricane Ike |
Olivia Kintigh Casey Peirano Chris Riedel |
| Synoptic weather features and fire weather |
Wava Denito Daniela Spade Brian Koch |
| The derecho of June 2012 |
Sean Dougherty Kaitlyn O'Brien Kaitlyn Smoleroff |
| The reintensification of Tropical Storm Erin over Oklahoma |
Matt Gove Austin Harris Dylan Reif |
| The storm of the century: March 1993 Superstorm |
Ericka Kruse Rachel Reeves Jennifer Tate |
| The 1991 "Perfect Storm" |
Charlotte Lundy Jack McLean Aaron Treadway |
| Typhoon Nabi (2005) |
Ji Hyun Nam Nicole Theberge OPEN |
| Tropical Storm Fay (2008) |
Zach Elliott Amanda Ilk Brent Pesel |
| East coast Christmas snowstorm of December 25-26 2010 |
James Glenn Kyle Pennington OPEN |
| Extreme heatwave of Russia in 2010 |
Emma Fagan Jessica Voveris OPEN |
| May 3rd, 1999 tornado outbreak |
Matt Jay Genna Langum Samantha Tabor |
| The tornado Outbreak of April 16th, 2011 |
Brandon Smith Kyle Thiem OPEN |
| The Groundhog's Day Blizzard of 2011 |
Jake Hoey Lindsay Ross Jonathan Wille |
| New Year's Eve (2010/2011) tornado outbreak |
Parker Brown Aaron Hardon Curtis Riganti |
| Hurricane Iniki |
Brandon Bailey Nancy Holden Shannon Kohake |
| Difference in the synoptic pattern of two tornado outbreaks in Oklahoma: May 3, 1999 vs. May 24, 2011 |
David Goines Koby Pascual Aaron Scott |