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Masters Degrees Awarded in the Department of Atmospheric Science

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1963 - Summer

Rasmussen, James
Adviser: Riehl
Title: Some Aspects of the Monthly Atmospheric Circulation Affecting Monthly Precipitation Over the Colorado River Basin
Butler, Calvin C.
Adviser: Riehl
Plan B

1964 - Summer

Bergen, James D.
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: The Thermal Regime of a Mountain Snow Cover
Mahlman, Jerry D.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Relation of Stratospheric-Tropospheric Mass Exchange Mechanisms to Surface Radioactivity Peaks

1965 - Summer

Anderson, Alan C.
Adviser: Marlatt
Plan B
Auer, August H.
Adviser: Schleusener
Title: The Vertical Distribution of Aitken Nuclei in the Vicinity of Fort Collins, Colorado
Davis, William E.
Adviser: Reiter
Plan B

1965 - Fall

Smith, Boyce M.
Adviser: Riehl
Plan B
Stephens, Charles P.
Adviser: Riehl
Plan B

1966 - Spring

Beran, Donald W.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Large Amplitude Lee Waves and Chinook Winds
Figgins, Everett D.
Adviser: Riehl
Title: Weather Pattern Recognition from TIROS Pictures Over Southeast Asia

1966 - Summer

Connell, James R.
Adviser: Riehl
Title: A Transient State of a Wave in the Easterlies

1967 - Spring

Djordjevic, Nenad
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Denver Air Pollution Study with Air Trajectories
Finklin, Arnold I.
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: Precipitation and Runoff Characteristics of the Sacramento Basin
Hindman, Edward E.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Snow Crystal and Ice Nuclei Concentrations on Orographic Snowfall
Rainbird, Allan F.
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: Some Hydrometeorological Aspects of Flood Flows in the Lower Mekong River, Southeast Asia

1967 - Summer

Furman, William R.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Radar Characteristics of Wintertime Storms in the Colorado Rockies

1967 - Fall

Mendenhall, Bruce R.
Adviser: Gray
Title: A Statistical Study of Frictional Wind Veering in the Planetary Boundary Layer

1968 - Spring

Black, Robert E.
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: Blizzards on the North Central Plains
Chappell, Charles F.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Cloud Seeding Opportunity Recognition
Ehrman, William D.
Adviser: Bean
Title: Wintertime Eastern Colorado Airflow
Grossman, Robert L.
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: An Investigation of Water Surface Temperature by an Airborne Infrared Radiometer
Yeatman, Raymond T.
Adviser: Marlatt
Plan B

1968 - Summer

Barchet, William R.
Adviser: Corrin
Title: The Sessile Drop as a Heterogeneous Nucleation Embryo
Lopez, Raul E.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Investigation of the Importance of Cumulus Convection and Ventilation in Early Tropical Storm Development
Reeder, Frank D.
Adviser: Marlatt
Plan B
Sartor, James W.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Monthly climatological wind fields associated with tropical storm genesis in the West Indies.
Wachtmann, Ronald F.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Role of Angular Momentum Transports in Tropical Storm Dissipation Over Tropical Oceans

1968 - Fall

Walts, Dennis S.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Transport Processes During Stratospheric Warming and Cooling Episodes

1969 - Spring

Dankwa, Joseph B.
Adviser: Riehl
Title: Some Aspects of Precipitation Occurring in Summer Disturbances Over Southeast Asia
Modahl, Alf C.
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: The Influence of Vertical Wind Shear on Hailstorm Development and Structure
Renne, David S.
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Stability and Dynamic Processes in the Formation of High Plains Hailstorms

1969 - Summer

Fischer, Robert E.
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Remote Sensing of Hail and Hail Growth in Convective Clouds
Fritsch, J. Michael
Adviser: Rao
Title: Objective Analysis of a Two Dimensional Data Field by the Cubic Spline Technique
LaDochy, Stephen E.
Adviser: Riehl
Plan B
Pann, Yunn
Adviser: Marlatt
Plan B
Reeser, Warner K.
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: Haze Distributions in the Troposphere
Rubenacker, J.
Adviser: Rasmussen
Plan B
Wills, Thomas G.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Characteristics of the Tornado Environment as Deduced from Proximity Soundings

1969 - Fall

Anthony, John Thomas
Adviser: Gray
Plan B
Zimmerman, Carl Scott
Adviser: Rao
Plan B

1970 - Spring

Cotton, Austin Gay
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Satellite Observations of Momentum Surge
Hadley, Donald Lee
Adviser: Rasmussen
Title: Precipitation Patterns in a Cyclone
Parisi, John Thomas
Adviser: Rasmussen
Title: Properties of Orographic Clouds
Sopka, R.J.
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: Remote Infrared Detection of Uranium Ore Bodies
Williams, Knox Tacquard
Adviser: Gray
Title: A Statistical Analysis of Trade Wind Clouds Clusters in the Western North Pacific

1970 - Summer

Bertolin, Gary Eugene
Adviser: Rasmussen
Title: A Climatology of the Pawnee National Grassland
Hjermstad, Lawrence Marvin
Adviser: Grant
Title: The Influence of Meteorological Parameters on the Distribution of Precipitation Across Central Colorado Mountains
Kininmonth, William Robert
Adviser: Riehl
Title: Weather Disturbances over Tropical Continents and Their Effects on Ground Conditions. Thermal Modification of the Troposphere due to Convective Interactions
Robitaille, Francis E.
Adviser: Riehl
Title: Some Aspects of Wet and Dry Middle-Level Cyclones over Southeast Asia

1970 - Fall

Brown, Stanley R.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Terminal Velocities of Ice Crystals
Cress, Ted Seth
Adviser: Corrin
Title: Factors in Warm Fog Dissipation
Hablutzel, Benjamin
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Crossed Bea, Wind Measuring Techniques
Stankov, Borislava V.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Variation of Turbulence Characteristics

1971 - Spring

Oliver, John W.
Adviser: Grant
Plan B

1971 - Summer

Kamm, William J.
Adviser: Baer
Plan B
Matthews, David A.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Effects of Raindrop Spectra on a Cumulus Model
Sandberg, Peter S.
Adviser: Corrin
Title: Water-Structuring Dopants in AgI
Taylor, Elden C.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Plan B

1971 - Fall

Balick, Lee K.
Adviser: Rasmussen
Title: A Study of Orographic Clouds
Heikes, Kenneth
Adviser: Cox
Title: Steady Convection in Stratifies Fluid
Sikula, Gerald J.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: ATS III Data as a Forecasting Aid

1972 - Spring

Miller, H. Joe
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Real-Time Direct Read-Out Satellite Support to Meteorological Research Programs and Forecasting Units
Ramanathan, N.
Adviser: Baer
Title: A Study of the Nongeotrophic Barotropic-Baroclinic Instability Problem. Ageostrophic Combined Instability Study
Sundararajan, A.
Adviser: Riehl
Title: Surface Pressure Analysis in the Tropics

1972 - Summer

Almeyda, Guillermo F.
Adviser: Rasmussen
Title: Grassland Climatology
Cruz, Luis A.
Adviser: Riehl
Title: Venezuelan Rainstorms as Seen by Radar
Downey, Patrick H.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Solar Energy in the Atmosphere
Ellis, James S.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Applied Radiation Budget Measurements
Mata, Martha
Adviser: Riehl
Title: Modeling Venezuelan Weather Systems
Pacheco, Pedro P.
Adviser: Riehl
Title: The Subcloud Layer of Venezuelan Storms
Rhea, John O.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Interpreting Orographic Snowfall Patterns
Shea, Dennis J.
Adviser: Gray
Title: The Structure and Dynamics of the Hurricane.s Inner Core Region
Vardiman, Larry
Adviser: Grant
Title: Ice Crystal Multiplication in Convective Elements of Winter Orographic Clouds

1972 - Fall

Sheaffer, John D.
Adviser: Corrin
Title: Lithium Doped Silver Iodine Studies

1973 - Summer

Clark, Wayne E.
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Analysis of Point Seeding Pyrotechnics
Dahl, David A.
Adviser: Corrin
Title: The Washout of Atmospheric Lead
Dugan, Frank J.
Adviser: Betts
Title: Convective Changes in Heat and Moisture Structure of the Cumulus Sub-Cloud Layer. The Thermodynamic Structure of the Cumulus Subcloud Layer
Durham, Richard
Adviser: Grant
Title: Warm Cumulus Cloud Seeding Potential
Frank, William M.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Characteristics of Carbon Black Dust as a Scale Tropospheric Heat Source
Novlan, David J.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Hurricane Spawned Tornadoes
Puckett, William R.
Adviser: Grant
Plan B

Title:

Reynolds, David W.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: The Effects of Solar Radiation Absorption in the Tropical Troposphere
Turner, Charles P.
Adviser: Cox
Title: The Infrared Emissivity of Water Vapor

1973 - Fall

Abbe Jr., Robert Fred
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Spectra of Atmospheric Motions on the Upper-Troposphere and Lower-Stratosphere over North America and Australia
Fleming, James Rodger
Adviser: Cox
Title: Radiative Effects of Cirrus Clouds
Maddox, Robert Alan
Adviser: Gray
Title: A Study of Tornado Proximity Data and an Observationally Derived Model of Tornado Genesis
Nelson, Donald W.
Adviser: Corrin
Title: PPM Level Gas-Particulate Interactions
Wetzel, Peter John
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: The Eastern Colorado Hail Environment

1974 - Spring

Albrecht, Bruce A.
Adviser: Cox
Title: The Large Scale Response of the Tropical Atmosphere with Radiative Heating
Belculfine, Ulysses
Adviser: Reiter
Plan B
Loranger, David Clark
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Convective Ring Structures in the Tropics
Moore, Douglas Alan
Adviser: Betts
Title: Diagnostic Tests of Models for the Thermal Structure of the Non-Precipitating Convective Boundary Layer
Ramos, Rodolpho P.L.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Characteristics of the Precipitation of Northeast Brazil

1974 - Summer

Cole, Harold Lee
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: The Effects of Aerosols on Atmospheric Radiation
Grover, Ralph Wayne
Adviser: Betts
Title: Characteristics of Tropical Squall-Lines Over Land
Haines, Robert S.
Adviser: Corrin
Title: Poisoning of Silver Iodide Ice-Nucleants
Henz, John Francis
Adviser: Grant
Title: Colorado High Plains Thunderstorm Systems
Macdonald, Bruce C.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Stratospheric Flow and Solar Variability
Mueller, Gerald Harvey
Adviser: Corrin
Title: Hydrophobed Silica-Ice Nucleants
Sagert, Peter G.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: The Tall Stack
Youngblood, Phillip L.
Adviser: Corrin
Plan B

1974 - Fall

Logan, Gregory Lewis
Adviser: Corrin
Plan B

1975 - Spring

Poellot, Michael R.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Computer Simulation of Irradiance Measurements form Aircraft

1975 - Summer

Arn, Robert M.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Anvil Area and Brightness Characteristics as Seen from Geosynchronous Satellites
Banta, Robert Mason
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Jet Stream Flow as Inferred from IOLE Balloon Data
Danielson, Kelvin S.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Continental Mountains Cumulus CLouds
Dumont, Robert J.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Determining the Seedability of the Winter Orographic Cloud from Satellite Observations
Introne, Robert E.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Plan B
Janssen, Don W.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Downwind Seeding Effects from the Climas Experiment
Kuo, Marie Siew
Adviser: Cox
Title: Analysis of Colorado Precipitation
Ruiz Rodriguez, Omar Jesus
Adviser: Betts
Title: Mesoscale Study of the Tropical Sub-cloud Layer

1975 - Fall

Jacobson, Robert W.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Diurnal Variability of Tropical Convection
Mendonca, Bernard G.
Adviser: Corrin
Title: Benchmark Properties of Aerosols
Schewe, George J.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: A Climatology of Inversions

1976 - Spring

George, John E.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclone Motion and Surrounding Parameter Relationships
Hillger, Donald W.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Mesoscale Temperature and Moisture Fields from VTPR Sounding Radiances
Kidder, Stanley Q.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Tropical Oceanic Precipitation Frequency form Nimbus 5 Microwave Data
Stobie, James G.
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Gravity Shear Waves Atop the Cirrus Layer of Intense Convective Storms

1976 - Summer

Barbieri, Ann M.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Variations of Hemispheric Energy Parameters
Barnes, Roy M.
Adviser: Corrin
Title: In Situ Coated Silver Iodide Nucleants
Hunt, Douglas
Adviser: Corrin
Plan B
Starr, David
Adviser: Cox
Title: Objective Cloud Field Determinations for the GATE
Wackter, David J.
Adviser: Haurwitz
Title: The Structure of Atmospheric Parameters in Wave-number-Space
Walters, Gregg W.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Severe Local Storm Wind Gusts
Zehr, Raymond M.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Typhoon Genesis and Pre-Typhoon Cloud Clusters

1976 - Fall

Foltz, Gary S.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Diurnal Variation of the Tropospheric Energy Balance
McWilliams, Gary B.
Adviser: Corrin
Plan B
Rockwood, Anthony A.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Satellite Inferred Albedo over Northwestern Africa

1977 - Spring

Carney, Mark V.
Adviser: Corrin
Title: An Analytical Technique for the Analysis of Atmospheric Lead Alkyls
Griffith, Keith T.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Radiative Properties of Clouds Inferred from Broad Band Measurements
Hack, James J.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: The Role of Convective-Scale Processes in Tropical Cyclone Development
Kleespies, Thomas J.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Observation of Stratospheric Thermal Structure from Satellites
McGuirk, David E.
Adviser: Haurwitz
Plan B
Seigel, Anne Deborah
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Oceanic Latent and Sensible Heat Flux Variability and Air-Interaction

1977 - Summer

Erickson, Steven L.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Comparison of Developing vs. Non-Developing Tropical Disturbances
Mower, Richard
Adviser: Betts
Title: Case Study of Convection Lines During GATE
Pope, Matthew
Adviser: Grant
Title: Management of Alpine Windblown Snow by Lee Slope Available Modification
Silva Dias, Maria
Adviser: Betts/Stevens
Title: Diagnostic Analysis of Tropical Cumulonimbus Downdraft Structure
Silva Dias, Pedro
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Experiments with the Arakawa--Schubert Cumulus Parameterization Theory
Steiner, Ellen
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Stratocumulus Convection Off the South American Coast
Vardiman, Steven
Adviser: Corrin
Title: The Amine Inhibition of AgI Aerosol Ice Nucleation

1977 - Fall

Davis, John M.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Solar Absorption in Clouds of Finite Horizontal Extent
Gifford, Malcolm D.
Adviser: McKee
Title: Characteristic Size Spectra of Cumulus Fields Observed from Satellites
Glendening, John W.
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Aeolian Transport and Vegetative Capture of Particulates
Negri, Andrew J.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Satellite Observations of the Onset and Growth of Severe Local Storms
Phelps, Ronald W.
Adviser: Gray
Plan B
Schanot, Allen J.
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: The Structure and Mixing Processes of Mountain Cumulus Clouds

1978 - Spring

Butchko, Joseph J.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: A Diagnostic Case Study of the August 9-11 Period During GATE
Erbes, Russell E.
Adviser: Grant
Title: A Kinematic Description of Colorado Thunderstorms
Klehr, John T.
Adviser: McKee
Title: Simulated Radiance Patterns for MIE Absorbing Finite Clouds
Kuenning, James A.
Adviser: McKee
Title: Laboratory Investigation of Radiative Transfer in Cloud Fields
Leverson, Verne H.
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Waterspout Structure and Dynamics
Mendola, Christopher P.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Cloud Analysis From Bi-Spectral Satellite Data
Timbre, Keith O.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: An Investigation and Model of the Urban Heat Island

1978 - Summer

Heuer, George R.
Adviser: McKee
Title: Predicting Winter Wheat Phenology Using Temperature and Photoperiod
Minnis, Patrick
Adviser: Cox
Title: Magnitude of the Radiative Effects of the Saharan Dust Layer
Pryor, Stephen P.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Measurement of Thunderstorm Cloud Top Parameters Using High-Frequency Satellite Imagery
Stodt, Richard W.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Summertime Satellite Cumulus Cloud Climatology
Toepfer, Frederick
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Evaluation of a Second Moment Time Dependent Turbulence Model
Wakefield, Joseph S.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Numerical Simulation of Eastern North Pacific Stratocumulus
Yee, Young P.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Optimum Interpolation of Radiosonde and Satellite Derived Temperature Fields

1978 - Fall

Agne, Robert L.
Adviser: McKee
Plan B
Baer, Mitchell T.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Aerial Sampling of a Weather Modification Seeding Agent
Bielicki, Dennis E.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Estimation of Big Thompson Flood Rainfall Using Infrared Satellite Imagery
Corona, Thomas J.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: The Interannual Variability of Northern Hemispheric Precipitation
Dewart, Jean M.
Adviser: Gray
Title: The Diurnal Variability of the Atmosphere in the GATE Region
Harr, Patrick A.
Adviser: Brier
Title: Relationships Between Precipitation, Pressure, and Ocean Temperature
Hughes, Richard L.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: A Numerical Simulation of Mesoscale Flow Over Mountainous Terrain
Raghunandan, Sudama
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Gradient Adjustments in a Axisymmetric System

1979 - Spring

Ackerman, Steven A.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Gate Phase III. Mean Synoptic-Scale Radiative Convergence Profiles
Grube, Pamela G.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Convection Induced Temperature Change in Gate
Morris, Kenneth Robert
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Satellite Studies of Sierra Nevada Winter Storms in Support of Weather Modification
Philipp, Ceri Burns
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Observation of Progressive Convective Interactions from the Rocky Mountain Slopes to the Plains

1979 - Summer

DeMaria, Mark
Adviser: Schubert
Title: A Comparison of Theoretical and Observed Radiances from Non-Precipitating Cumulus Clouds
Eversole, Rae Ann
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Spectral Characteristics of Boundary Layer Turbulence Over Irregular Terrain
Hsiao, Chi-Nan
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Interannual Variation of Atmospheric Meridional Eddy Transports

1979 - Fall

Breed, Daniel William
Adviser: Grant
Title: Liquid Water Measurements in High Elevation Continental Cumuli
Colley, Anthony Wayne
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Plan B
Forsyth, Merlyn C.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Plan B
George, Raymond L.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Evolution of Mesoscale Convective Systems Over Mountainous Terrain
Stephens, Mark A.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: A Simple Ice Phase Parameterization

1980 - Spring

Durkee, Phillip
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Summer Precipitation Frequency of the North Central U.S. from Microwave Observations
Smith, Eric
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Orbital Mechanics and Analytical Modeling of Meteorological Satellite Orbits

1980 - Summer

Byrd, Gregory
Adviser: Cox
Title: A Case Study of Radiative Forcing Upon a Tropical Cloud Cluster
Edson, Roger
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Parameterization of Net Radiation at the Surface Using Data from the Wangara Experiment
Knupp, Kevin
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Observed Characteristics of an Intense Quasi-Stationary Thunderstorm Complex Over Mountainous Terrain

1980 - Fall

Behunek, Jan
Adviser: Reiter
Title: The Role of Moisture Flux in Atmospheric Feedback Mechanisms Over the Tropical Oceans
Ciesielski, Paul
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Variability Within the Ocean-Atmospheric System Over the North Pacific
Fulton, Scott
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Geostrophic Adjustment in a Stratified Atmosphere
Hahn, David
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Observed Characteristics of Turbulence in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Mountainous Terrain
Lee, Robert Ray
Adviser: Grant
Title: Wintertime Cloud Systems Over the Colorado Rockies: Three Case Studies
Mitambo, Bernard
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Mass Exchange Between Stratosphere and Troposphere Under the Influence of a Strong Jet Stream
Thompson, Thayne
Adviser: Cox
Title: Pyrheliometer Observations as an Indicator of the Climatological Persistence of Clouds

1981 - Spring

Buss, Norman
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Plan B
Dropco, Kenneth
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change--A Quantitative Forecasting Scheme
Holland, Greg
Adviser: Gray
Title: Angular Momentum Budgets in Tropical Cyclones
Medina, Jonnie
Adviser: Grant
Title: Techniques for Assessment of Nonrandomized Weather Modification Programs in the Colorado Mountains

1981 - Summer

Lee, Cheng-Shang
Adviser: Gray
Title: Vertical Rearrangement of Tangential Momentum in Tropical Cyclones
Nehrkorn, Thomas
Adviser: Cotton
Title: A Three-Dimensional Simulation of the Dynamic Response of a Florida Cumulus to Seeding
Rauber, Robert
Adviser: Grant
Title: Microphysical Processes in Two Stably Stratified Orographic Cloud Systems
Sorenson, Roger
Adviser: McKee
Title: Cloud and Insolation Climatology for Selected Colorado Stations

1981 - Fall

Chorowski, Larry
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Characteristics of Denver Air Pollution Using Geostationary Satellite Data
Ebel, David
Adviser: McKee
Title: Diurnal Radiance Patterns of Finite and Semi-Infinite Clouds in Observations of Cloud Fields

1982 - Spring

Klitch, Marjorie A.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Compositing GOES Data to Detect Regions of Enhanced Convective Development Around Eastern Montana
Vimont, John C.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Snowpack Acidity in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

1982 - Summer

Conley, John Robert
Adviser: McKee
Title: An Analysis of Solar Radiation Data for Fort Collins, Colorado
DeMott, Paul J.
Adviser: Grant
Title: A Characterization of Mixed Silver Iodide-Silver Chloride Ice Nuclei
Merrill, Robert T.
Adviser: Gray
Title: A Comparison of Large and Small Tropical Cyclones
Reinke, Donald L.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Weather Forecast Adjustment Using Model Output Cloud Fields and Digital Satellite Data
Tucker, Donna F.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: April Circulation Over the Tibetan Plateau: Investigations with a Primitive Equation Model

1982 - Fall

Crum, Francis X.
Adviser: Stevens
Title: A Comparison of Two Cumulus Parameterization Schemes in a Linear Model of Wave-Cisk
Culverwell, Arlene
Adviser: Cotton
Title: An Analysis of Moisture Sources and Circulation Fields Associated with an MCC Episode
Levy, Gad
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Communication Mechanism in Dynamically Seeded Cumulus Clouds
Magnusdottir, Gudrun
Adviser: Cox
Title: A Method to Determine Sea Surface Temperatures and Cloud Top Temperatures Using TIROS-N Data
Motallebi, Nehzat
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Doppler-Radar Observation of the Evolution of Downdrafts in Convective Clouds
Raschke, Robert
Adviser: Cox
Title: The Determination of Cloud Optical Depth from Multiple Fields of View Pyrheliometric Measurements
Rogash, Joseph
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: The Development of Subsynoptic and Mesoscale Cyclones in a Tornado Outbreak
Smith, Jeffrey
Adviser: McKee
Title: Undisturbed Clear Day Diurnal Wind and Temperature Pattern in Northeastern Colorado
Stoker, Timothy
Adviser: Stevens
Title: The Migrating Dirunal Tide in the Tropical Troposphere: Theory and Observations Compared

1983 - Spring

Greeson, Joseph S.
Adviser: Grant
Title: The Vertical and Temporal Characteristics of Winter Orographic Clouds as Assessed by Vertical-Pointing Radar
Kelly, Francis P.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: An Extreme Event Forecast Guidance Method Using Satellite Cumulus Cloud Climatologies
Nicholls, Melville E.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Observations and Modeling of the Boundary Layer Accompanying a Squall Line
Randel, David L.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Space Time Variations in the Earth Radiation Budget

1983 - Summer

Dye, Anita F.
Adviser: McKee
Title: An Analysis of Periodicity in Colorado Precipitation
Parker, Hugh A.
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: An Analysis of the Thunderstorm Overshooting Top
Tan, Kapin
Adviser: Grant
Title: Descriptive Study of Upstream Flow Separations in Mountain Terrain
Weiss, Mitchell
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Satellite Rainfall Classification in the U.S. High Plains Using Statistical Discriminant Analysis

1983 - Fall

Blanchard, David
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Variability of the Convective Field Pattern in South Florida and its Relationship to the Synoptic Flow
Franchi, Lynnette
Adviser: Reiter
Plan B
Hanson, Keeley
Adviser: McKee
Title: Potential for Regional Air Pollution Episodes in Colorado
Kuo, Hung-Chi
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Radiation Field in Maritime Stratocumulus
Lipton, Alan
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: A Statistical Procedure for Retrieving the Vertical Distribution of Water Vapor From Satellites
Smith, Tracy
Adviser: Cox
Title: Radiation Budget Over the Indian Monsoon Region
Toth, Jim
Adviser: Johnson
Title: An Observational Study of Summer Surface Wind Flow Over Northeast Colorado

1984 - Spring

Luiz, Teixeira
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Sea Surface Temperature, Rainfall and Southern Oscillation: Relationships Over Tropical America

1984 - Summer

Askue, Cecilia
Adviser: Gray
Title: Varying Structure and Intensity Change Characteristics of Four Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones
O'Connor, Lauraleen
Adviser: Cox
Plan B
Taylor, Richard
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Plan B

1984 - Fall

Chen, Wun-Iuang
Adviser: Cox
Plan B
Gould-Stewart, Sharon
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Low-Frequency Variability in a Climate Model With a Mixed-Layer Ocean
Rosenlof, Karen
Adviser: Stevens
Title: The Sensitivity of the Walker Circulation to Different Basic States in a Linear Model
Tunick, Arnold
Adviser: Pielke
Title: A First Order Closure Model of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Comparison with Observations and Theory

1985 - Spring

Blumenstein, Rochelle
Adviser: Grant
Title: Characterization of Silver Iodide-Sodium Ice Nuclei Using Chemical Kinetic Methodology
Bossert, James
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Associations Between Summer Circulation Anomalies and Sea Surface Temperature Forcing
Chen, Cheng-Li
Flannigan, Michael
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Forest Fire Monitoring Using the NOAA Satellite Series
Li, Jingwen
Adviser: Stevens
Plan B
McQueen, Jeffery
Adviser: Pielke
Title: A Numerical and Climatological Investigation of Deep Convective Cloud Patterns in South Florida
Meade, Arthur
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Applications for Three-Dimensional Computer Graphic Cloud Representations Produced from Satellite Imagery
Roetman, Ray
Adviser: Pearson
Plan B
Schmidt, Jerome
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Structure and Evolution of a Squall Line With an Embedded Super Cell
Uttal, Taneil
Adviser: Grant
Title: Distribution of Liquid, Vapor and Ice in a Phase Budget in a Colorado Orographic Cloud System
Wolfe, Daniel
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Early Morning Evolution of the Convective Boundary Layer at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory

1985 - Summer

Weatherford, Candis
Adviser: Gray
Title: Typhoon Structural Variability

1985 - Fall

Alworth, Brian
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Evolution of Potential Vorticity in a Tropical Cyclone Model
Flatau, Piotr
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Study of Second-Order Turbulence Closure Technique and Its Application to Atmospheric Flows
Flatau, Maria
Adviser: Stevens
Title: The Effect of Horizontal Pressure Gradients on the Momentum Transport in Tropical Convective Lines
Weissbluth, Michael
Adviser: Cox
Title: A Modelling Study of Visibility in the Grand Canyon
Wilkes, Craig
Adviser: McKee
Plan B
Yu, Chang-Han
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Mesoscale Air Quality Under Stagnant Synoptic Cold Season Conditions in the Lake Powell Area

1986 - Spring

Chen, Sue
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Simulation of the Stratiform Region of a Mesoscale Convective System
Kawa, Randolph
Adviser: Pearson
Title: Ozone Deposition, Scalar Budgets and Radiative Heating Over Texas Coastal Forest and Ocean
Rodrigues, Jose
Adviser: Reiter
Plan B
Scott, Paul
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Altered and Enhanced Iodargyrite with Bismuth Triiodide for Use in Precipitation Enhancement Operations
Wesley, Douglas
Adviser: Cox
Title: The Role of Radiative Processes in the Diffusional Mass Evolution of Cirrus Hydrometers
Williams, Gary
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Mesoscale Observations of Lee Trough in Colorado
Woodruff, Brian
Adviser: Pearson
Title: Sampling Error in a Single-Instrument Vertical Gradient Measurement in the Atmospheric Surface Layer

1986 - Summer

Changnon, David
Adviser: McKee
Title: Economic Impacts and Analysis Methods of Extreme Precipitation Estimates for Eastern Colorado
Cowie, James
Adviser: McKee
Title: Colorado Precipitation Event and Variability Analysis
Fleming, Richard
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Wind Flow Over the Rocky Mountains
Leary, Nancy
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Determination of Wind Shear Using Cloud Relative Tracking of Clouds from Satellite Imagery

1986 - Fall

Chen, Yuh Mei Yin
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Mesoscale Air Quaility Under Stagnant Synoptic Cold Season Conditions in the Lake Powell Area
Craig, Robert
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Three- and Four-Dimensional Display of Radar and Satellite Data
Hu, Qi
Adviser: Reiter
Title: A Diagnostic Study of Explosive Cyclogenesis in the Lee of the Rocky Mountains
Wolyn, Paul
Adviser: McKee
Title: An Examination of Deep Stable Layers in the Intermountain Region of the Western United States

1987 - Summer

Hamilton, Paul
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Observations of a Mid-Latitude Squall Line Boundary Layer Wake
Howard, George
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Modeling Cloudy and Clear Interval Length Probabilities Using Space Shuttle Imagery
Lunney, Patrick
Adviser: Gray
Title: Environmental and Convective Influence on Tropical Cyclone Development vs. Non-Development
O'Neal, Robert
Adviser: McKee
Title: Intra-Valley Topographical Control of Nocturnal Valley Winds
Sorlin-Davis, Janet
Adviser: Cox
Title: Determination of Cloud Base Height and Emissivity From Downwelling Angular Radiances

1987 - Fall

Alberta, Timothy A.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Anisotropy in Reflected Solar Radiation From Fields of Finite Clouds
Middlebrooke, Michael G.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Investigation of Tropical Cyclone Genesis and Development Using Low-Level Aircraft Flight Data
Stone, Robert
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Optical Properties of Cirrus Clouds from Satellite Imagery and Radiative Transfer Calculations
Wong, Takmeng
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Sensitivity Study from One Dimensional Ocean-Atmosphere Climate Model

1988 - Spring

Combs, Cynthia
Adviser: Cox
Title: Transmittance of Solar Radiation Determined by the Multiple Field of View Radiometer Under Various Cloud Covers for Mauna Loa, Hawaii

1988 - Summer

Martin, Joel D.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclone Observation and Forecasting With and Without Aircraft Reconnaissances
Ramirez, Deanna Rita
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: A Global Analysis and Correlation of NIMBUS-7 Cloud and Longwave Radiation Data
Ringerud, Mark Andrew
Adviser: Stevens
Title: Instability of Horizontally and Vertically Sheared Parallel Flow

1988 - Fall

Cramer, James H.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Observational Evaluation of Snow Cover Effects on the Generation and Modification of Mesoscale Circulation
Gibson, Harold M.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Cloud and Convection Frequencies Relative to Small-Scale Geographic Features
Hertenstein, Rolf
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Modeling and Observations of the Atmospheric Response to Squall Lines
Jones, Andrew
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Microwave Remote Sensing of Cloud Liquid Water and Surface Emittance Over Land Regions
McCoy, Mary
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Application of the CIMMS Mesoscale Model to Operational Short-Range Forecasting
Stumpf, Gregory
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Surface Pressure Features Associated with a Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective System in O.K. Pre-Storm
Verlinde, Johannes
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Observed Structure of a Mesovortex in the Trailing Anvil of a Multi-Cellular Convective Complex

1989 - Spring

Dattore, Robert Edward
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Observations of Thunderstorm Outflows from Doppler Radar and Surface Mesonetwork Data
Duda, David Paul
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Microphysical and Radiative Properties of Marine Stratocumulus from Tethered Balloon Measurements
Morrison, Brian Jay
Adviser: Grant
Title: A Characterization of Dry Ice as a Glaciogenic Seeding Agent

1989 - Summer

Collimore, Christopher Craig
Adviser: Gray
Title: Long Term Fluctuations of the West Pacific Tropical Circulation and How They Affect East Pacific SSTS
Drake, Stephen
Adviser: Sinclair
Plan B

Title:

Fogarty, Robert M.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: The Invertibility Principle for a Simple Hurricane Model
Meyers, Michael P.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: An Evaluation of the Factors Affecting Wintertime Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts in an Explicit Cloud Model Over Mountainous Terrain
Peterson, Thomas Carl
Adviser: Grant
Title: The Effect of Decoupled Low-Level Flow on Winter Orographic Clouds in Northern Colorado
Shoemaker, Daniel N.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Relationships Between Convection and Extent of Winds in Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclones
Stackhouse Jr., Paul
Adviser: Stephens
Title: A Theoretical and Observational Comparison of Cirrus Cloud Radiative Properties
Thompson, Bruce W.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Tropical Cylcone Track Predictability and the Adjoint Method of Data Assimilation
Vroman, Theodore
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Microwave Brightness Temperature and its Relation to Atmospheric General Circulation Features

1989 - Fall

Gallus, William
Adviser: Johnson
Title: The Heat, Moisture, and Momentum Budgets of a Midlatitude Squall Line with a Trailing Stratiform Region
Guinn, Thomas Alan
Adviser: Schubert
Title: A Modeling Study of the Cloud-Topped Marine Boundary Layer
Olsson, Peter Quentin
Adviser: Cox
Title: Inference of Horizontal Temperature Gradients Using Passive Radiometric Methods
Osterburg, Robert Daniel
Adviser: Grant
Plan B

Title:

Smith, William L.
Adviser: Cox
Title: The Broadband Radiative Properties of Cirrus Clouds Deduced from Aircraft Measurements During FIRE

1990 - Spring

Evans, K. Franklin
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Polarized Radiative Transfer Modeling: An Application to Microwave Remote Sensing of Precipitation
Graw, Richard L.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Wintertime Local Circulations in Northwestern Colorado
Mulvihill, Elizabeth A.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Modeling of Aggregation and Riming in Orographic Clouds Over the Northern Colorado Rockies

1990 - Summer

Keener, James Elliot
Adviser: McKee
Title: Diurnal Cycle of the Thermal Structure and a Mesoscale Wind on the West Slope of the Colorado Rockies
Mandy, Norman Hollis
Adviser: Schubert
Title: A Two-Dimensional Balanced Model of Internal Frontogenesis in Geostrophic and Isentropic Coordinates
Mundell, Dan Beebe
Adviser: Gray
Title: Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Events
Staley, Jim Marshall
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Passive Infrared Detection of Microburst Induced Low Level Wind Shear
Vescio, Michael D.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: The Wind's Response to Transient Mesoscale Pressure Fields Associated with Squall Lines

1990 - Fall

Atwater, Charlotte
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Radar-Derived Latent Heating Rates in a Convective Storm
Bernstein, Ben
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Surface and Dual-Doppler Radar Analysis of 23-24 June 1985 OK PRE-STORM Heat Bursts
Orr, Brad William
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Boundary Layer Momentum Budgets as Determined from a Single Scanning Doppler Radar
Rickenbach, Thomas M.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Microphysical Retrieval and Water Budget Study of the 10-11 June 1985 Mesoscale Convective System
Schmitt, Christina C.
Adviser: Randall
Title: The Effects of Surface Temperature and Clouds on the CO2 Forcing
Wittmeyer, Ian L.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Satellite Based Estimates of Global Precipitable Water and Poleward Latent Heat Transport

1991 - Spring

Branson, Mark D.
Adviser: Grant
Title: An Historical Evaluation of a Winter Orographic Precipitation Model
Hodanish, Stephen J.
Adviser: Gray
Title: An Observational Analyses of Tropical Cyclone Recurvature

1991 - Summer

Hallin, Stephen C.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Diurnal Variations in Tropical Cyclones
Harding, Ken W.
Adviser: Schubert/Stevens
Title: Balanced, Potential Vorticity Dynamics in Tropics
Heckman, Scot
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Numerical Simulation of Cirrus Clouds - FIRE Case Study and Sensitivity Analysis
Landsea, Chris
Adviser: Gray
Title: West African Monsoonal Rainfall and Intense Hurricane Associations
Roohr, Peter B.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: A Comparative Analysis of the Temporal Variability of Lightning Observations and GOES Imagery
Xian, Zejin
Adviser: Pielke
Title: A 2-D Model Study of the Influence of the Surface on Mesoscale Convection During the Indian Monsoon

1991 - Fall

Henry, Sandra
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Impact of Latent Heating Rates - Inferred from Precipitation Rates - on Predictions of Mesoscale Convective Systems with RAMS
Intrieri, Janet
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Determining Cirrus Cloud Effective Radii Using Lidar and Radar Backscatter Data
Shih, Chi-Fan Gilvan
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Plan B

1992 - Spring

Mahoney, Jennifer Luppens
Adviser: McKee
Title: Synoptic and Mesoscale Features in Colorado Winter Storms: A Climatology
Manning, Kevin
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: An Observational and Modelling Study of the 26-27 June 1985 PRE-STORM Mesoscale Convective System
Poulos, Gregory
Adviser: Pielke
Title: The Potential Contribution of Los Angeles Pollution to Grand Canyon Air Quality

1992 - Summer

Chang, Tse-Tsang
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Optimal Smoothing for Upper Atmosphere GOES VAS Images
Falvey, Robert J.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: A Composite Study of the Madden-Julien Oscillation
Fitzpatrick, Michael E.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclone Motion and Recurvature in TCM-90
Grasso, Lewis
Adviser: Cotton
Title: A Numerical Simulation of Tornadogenesis
Knaff, John
Adviser: Gray
Title: Evidence of a Stratospheric QBO Modulation of Parameters Associated with ENSO Variation
Nachamkin, Jason E.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Upscale Evolution of a Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective Complex
Petersen, Walter A.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems
Powell, Nicolas S.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Radar Based Case Study of a Northeast Colorado Snowstorm
Rafkin, Scot
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Non-Inductive Charging of Tropical Convection in High and Low Cape Environments
Speltz, David J.
Adviser: McKee
Title: A Comparison of Radar Rainfall Estimates and Rain Gauge Measurements During Two Denver Thunderstorms
Tepecik, Kadir
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Dynamics of the Tropical Atmosphere

1992 - Fall

Coskun, Mustafa
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Flushing of a Two-Dimensional Valley as a Function of Froude Number and Surface Heating
Jackson, Darren
Adviser: Stephens
Title: On the Role of SSM/I Derived Precipitable Water Over the Globe and Tropical Pacific
Lin, Xin
Adviser: Johnson
Title: A Diagnostic Study of a Midlatitude Frontal Squall Line
Loehrer, Scott
Adviser: Johnson
Title: The Surface Pressure Features and Precipitation Structure of PRE-STORM Mesoscale Convective Systems
Papineau, John M.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: A Performance Evaluation of the NGM and RAMS Models for the 29-30 March 1991 Front Range Storm
Rodriguez-Hernandez, Humberto
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Influence of Mesoscale Variations in Land Surface Albedo on Large Scale Averaged Heat Fluxes

1993 - Spring

Braunstein, Lancelot M.
Adviser: Randall
Title: The Air-Sea Interaction and the Evolution of Stratocumulus Clouds in the Marine Boundary Layer
Denning, A. Scott
Adviser: Randall
Plan B
Forsythe, John M.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Satellite Microwave Observations of Polar Lows
Heikes, Ross P.
Adviser: Randall
Title: The Shallow Water Equations on a Spherical Geodesic Grid
London, Steven
Adviser: McKee
Title: A Wind Profiler Assisted Study of a Non-Precipitating Warm Front
Miner, Barbara
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Opposing Mesoscale Flows in a Broken Midlatitude Squall Line
Thompson, Gregory
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Prototype Real-Time Mesoscale Prediction During 1991-92 Winter Season and Statistical Verification of Model Data

1993 - Summer

Cornick, Jon C.
Adviser: McKee
Title: A Comparison of Ceiling and Visibility Observations for NWS Manned Observation Sites and ASOS Sites
Eastman, Joseph L.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: A Numerical Study and Tracer Evaluation of Transport and Diffusion in a Lake Breeze
Forman, Keith K.
Adviser: McKee
Plan B
Knowles, John B.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: The Influence of Forest Fire Induced Albedo Differences on the Generation of Mesoscale Circulations
Krasner, Richard D.
Adviser: Randall
Title: Further Development and Testing of a Second-Order Bulk Boundary Layer Model
Leute, Frank A.
Adviser: Stephens
Title: An Analysis of Simulated and Actual DMSP SSM/T-2 Brightness Temperatures
Savoie, Matthew H.
Adviser: McKee
Title: The role of Wintertime Radiation in Maintaining and Destroying Stable Layers
Van Aartsen, Bruce H.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Three-Dimensional Visualization of GOES Cloud Data Using Octrees

1993 - Fall

Edwards, Benjamin
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Producing Terminal Aerodrome Forecast Using a Mesoscale Model
Jensen-Leute, Tara
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Studies of the Relationship Between Submicron Marine Aerosol and Cloud Properties

1994 - Spring

Edwards, James
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Barotropic Instability in the Innercore of Tropical Cyclones
Harrington, Jerry
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Parameterization of Ice Crystal Convection Processes in Cirrus Clouds Using Double Moment Basis Functions
Keith, Chan W.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Monte Carlo Modeling of Multiply Scattered Laser Ceilometer Returns
Lappen, Cara-Lyn
Adviser: Cox
Title: An Assessment of the Extent of the Contamination of Measurements Taken on Porto Santo During ASTEX
Mocko, David
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Diagnosing Boundary-Layer Fractional Cloudiness in a Mesoscale Model
Schneider, Timothy L.
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Backscattering by Nonspherical Ice Particles at Millimeter Wavelengths: A Theoretical Study
Stevens, Eric
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Comparison of Sounding, Profiler, Radar and Ceilometer Data from Porto Santo Island During ASTEX
Withrow, John R.
Adviser: Cox
Title: An Initial Investigation into the Effects of Particle Nonsphericity in Cirrus Cloud Radiative Properties
Youngblood, Debra
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Further Development and Testing of a Bimodal Aerosol Dynamics Model

1994 - Summer

Beitler, Brian A.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Mesoscale Numerical Prediction of Colorado Snowfall and Winds
Hart, Kenneth A.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Water Vapor and Temperature Inversions Near the O-
Kelly, Michael A.
Adviser: Randall
Title: Investigations of the Earth's Entropy Budget: Comparison with a General Circulation Model
Smith, Gerald B.
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Inviscid Disturbance Dynamics in Barotropic Shear Flows
Song, Ran
Adviser: Cox
Title: Vertical Velocity Observations of FIRE II Cirrus Event
Treu, Marvin H.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Nowcasting Convective Storm Evolution in East-Central Florida using Satellite and Doppler Radar Data

1994 - Fall

Baker, Ian
Adviser: Grant
Title: Investigation of Enhanced-Reflectivity Features Embedded within a Wintertime Orographic Cloud on 28-29 November 1994
Beck, Gordon
Adviser: Cox
Title: Spectral Radiative Properties of Cirrus Clouds Deduced from Interferometric Measurements
Carey, Lawrence D.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Multiparameter Radar Case Studies of the Microphysical and Kinematic Evolution of Lightning Producing Storms
Cripe, Douglas
Adviser: Randall
Title: Investigation of GCAPE Quasi-Equilibrium in Midlatitudes
Ganse, Henry J.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Regional Water Vapor Distribution over the U.S. During 1988-89 and its Clear Sky Longwave Radiative Effects
Heidinger, Andrew K.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Finite Cloud Effects in Longwave Radiative Transfer
Scott, James D.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Doppler Radar Observations of an Asymmetric MCS and Associated Vortex Couplet

1995 - Summer

Chase, Thomas N.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: The Sensitivity of a General Circulation Model to Large Scale Vegetation Changes
Clement, Peter C.
Adviser: McKee
Title: A Comparison of Radar-Derived Precipitation and Rain Gage Precipitation in Northeastern Colorado
Hausman, Scott A.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Dynamic Adjustment of Mesoscale Convective Lower-Stratospheric Outflows
Kallenbach, Randall
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Symmetrization, Vortex Rossby Waves, and Hurricane motion in an Asymmetric Balance Model
Kubat, Gary
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Relationships
Lawyer, David T.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: An Exploratory Study of an Icing Index from Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud Liquid Water Over Land
Nebuda, Sharon E.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Development of an Upper-Level Cloud Parameterization for Large Scale Models
Persing, John
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: A Point-Vortex Application to Vortex Stability, Evolution, and Statistical Equilibrium
Shaw, Brent
Adviser: Pielke
Title: The Effect of Soil-Moisture and Vegetation Heterogeneity on a Great Plains Dryline: Numerical Simulations

1995 - Fall

Gillies, Sean C.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Observation and Parameterization of Surface Solar Irradiance in the Marine Stratocumulus and Trade Wind Regimes
Haertel, Patrick T.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Two-Day Disturbances in the Tropical Western Pacific
Richardson, Wendy A.
Adviser: Kreidenweis/Cotton
Title: Cloud Processing of Aerosol Using a Hybrid LES/Parcel Model with Solute Following Microphysics
Ries, Vincent T.
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Calibration of the Scanning Spectral Polarimeter and Measurement of the Sky Light Polarization

1996 - Spring

Chen, Aidong
Adviser: Kreidenweis/Randall
Title: Studies of Stratocumulus Cloud, Drizzle and Aerosol Interaction
Eitzen, Zachary A.
Adviser: Randall
Title: The Simulation of the Asian Summer Monsoon by a General Circulation Model
Knievel, Jason C.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Surface Pressure Transients in Mesoscale Convective Systems
Stepaniak, David P.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: An Initial Value Problem Study of Free Waves on a Barotropic Vortex

1996 - Summer

Cotturone, James A.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Monte-Carlo Simulation of Detection of Cirrus Cloud Properties by Micro Pulse Lidar
Dickey, Jennifer A.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Analysis of the Atmospheric Mixed Layer Over the Western Pacific Warm Pool
Gaudet, Brian J.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Statistical Analysis of Winter Orographic Precipitation Forecasts Using a Bulk Microphysics Model
King, Ronnie G.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Mid-Level Vorticity in a Mesoscale Convective System
Lucci, Richard M.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Doppler Radar Investigation of Tornadic and Lightning Producing Storms in Northeast Colorado
McElroy, Carl A.
Adviser: Gray
Title: On the Causes of Tropical Cyclone Motion and Propagation
Muller, Bruce D.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Numerical Simulation of a Regional Icing Event by a Mesoscale Model
Nicklas, Christopher T.
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Hurricane Motion on a Beta Plane in an Asymmetric Balance Model
Olsen, Lori D.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Analysis of Infrared Heating Rates in Observed Cloud Layers
Schrumpf, Alison D.
Adviser: McKee
Title: Temperature Data Continuity with the Automated Surface Observing System
Schrumpf, Bradford D.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Identification of Potential Aircraft Icing Regions Through Multispectral Analysis of GOES-8 Imagery
Stocker, Roger A.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Numerical Examination of Long-Range Dispersion using RAMS with a Climatological Analysis for the MOHAVE Field Study
Werner, John V.
Adviser: McKee
Title: Inferring Draining and Pooling Along Colorado Mountain Valleys Using GOES-8 Imagery
Yeisley, Mark O.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Low-Level Mesoscale Wind Field Generation from Cloud Track Winds Using GOES-8 Imagery

1996 - Fall

Ames, Rodger
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Optical Measurements of Aerosol Size Distributions in Great Smoky Mountains and National Park: Particle Hygroscopicity and Its Impact on Visibility
Erdman, Jonathan P.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Utility of Real-Time Lightning Data in Nowcasting: Electrical and Microphysical Observations of Northeast Colorado Convection
Guch, Ingrid K.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: The Use of a Satellite-Model Coupled System to Study Soil Moisture Effects on Mesoscale Circulations
Hilgendorf, Eric R.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Evolution of Precipitation Structures Within Mesoscale Convective Systems
Knapp, Kenneth R.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Radiative Effects of Boundary Layer Aerosols:Detectability of Hazes by GOES-8 and Estimation of Their Direct Effect
Levy, Robert C.
Adviser: Randall
Title: An Analysis of Southern Great Plains ARM Cloudiness and Surface Radiation Data
Reasor, Paul D.
Adviser: Schubert/Montgomery
Title: Circumpolar Vortex Studies Using MSU Temperature Data

1997 - Spring

Enagonio, Janice
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Tropical Cyclogenesis Via Convectively Forced Vortex Rossby Waves in a Three-Dimensional Quasigeostrophic Model
Saxen, Thomas R.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Surface Fluxes and Boundary Layer Recovery in TOGA COARE: Sensitivity to Convective Organization

1997 - Summer

Cocks, Stephen B.
Adviser: Gray
Title: The Outer Radius Tangential Winds of Tropical Cyclones
Edwards, Daniel C.
Adviser: McKee
Title: Characteristics of 20th Century Drought in the United States at Multiple Time Scales
Hall, Timothy J.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Diurnal Cycle of Tropical Deep Convection Examined using a High Space and Time Resolution Satellite Data Set
Hand, Jennifer L.
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: New Methods for Inversions of Optical Particle Counter Measurements and Their Applications to Visibility Estimates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

1997 - Fall

Lang, Timothy J.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Relationship Between Storm Structure and Lightning Activity in Colorado Convection Observed During STERAO-A
Miller, Steven D.
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Multiple Scattering Effects in the Lidar Pulse Stretching Problem
Yang, Zongjun
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Axisymmetric Spin-down Dynamics of Hurricanes

1998 - Spring

Drummond, Charles J.
Adviser: Stephens
Title: A Novel k-distribution Parameters Development System and its Application to MAS/SUCCESS Channels
Golaz, Jean-Christophe
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Development of a Single-Column Model for Simulating Precipitating Stratocumulus Clouds
Hoag, Katherine J.
Adviser: Collett
Title: Heterogeneous Fog Chemistry and Aqueous S (IV) Oxidation in the San Joaquin Valley
Partain, Philip T.
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Absorption of Solar Radiation by Heterogeneous Atmospheres: A New Approach to Monte Carlo Modeling
Tulich, Stefan N.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Measured and Calculated Structures of a Multi-Layered Altocumulus Cloud
Wood, Norman B
Adviser: Cox
Title: Tracking Errors and Optical Scatter in a Solar Tracker with Linear Regression Error Correction
Zajac, Bard A.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Climatological Characteristics of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity in the Contiguous United States

1998 - Summer

Butler, Christine M.R.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Microphysical Characteristics of Ice Crystals and Snowflakes as Revealed by Polarimetric Radar Measurements
Butler, Richard D.
Adviser: McKee
Title: ASOS Heated Tipping Bucket Performance Assessment and Impact on Precipitation Climate Continuity
Kankiewicz, Joseph Adam
Adviser: Johnson
Title: The Fine-Scale Characteristics of the 7-8 May Squall Line as Revealed by Eldora
Mitrescu, Cristian
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Cloud-Resolving Simulations of Tropical Cirrus Clouds
Roberts, Rita D.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Integration of WSR-88D and GOES-8 Data for Detecting and Forecasting Storm Initiation

1999 - Spring

Ahijevych, David
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Lifecycle Characteristics and Organization of Tropical Island Convection
Calame, Lorraine
Adviser: Collett
Title: Aerosol Black Carbon Measurements
Davis, Janel
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Large Particle Characteristics over the Southern Ocean During ACE 1
Harris, Katherine
Adviser: Schubert
Title: The Barotropic Response of the Global Atmosphere to Large-scale Tropical Convective Forcing
Parker, Matthew
Adviser: Johnson
Title: May 1996 and May 1997 Linear Mesoscale Convective Systems of the Central Plains: Synoptic Meteorology and a Reflectivity-Based Taxonomy
Ryan, Jesse
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Relationship between Lightning Flash Rates and Radar Observations from Colorado
Straub, Derek
Adviser: Collett
Title: Numerical and Experimental Performance Evaluation of Two Multi-Stage Cloud Collectors
Xu, Gang
Adviser: Collett
Title: Chemical Heterogeneity Among Cloud Drop Populations and Its Influence on Aerosol Processing in Winter Clouds

1999 - Summer

Eastin, Matthew D.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Instrument Wetting Errors in Hurricanes and a Re-Examination of Inner-Core Thermodynamics
Gauthier, Michael L.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Multiparameter Investigation of Significant Lightning Producing Storms in Northeast Colorado
Hidalgo, J. Marcus
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: A Semi-Spectral Numerical Method for Modeling the Vorticity Dynamics of the Near-Core Region of Hurricane-Like Vortices
Schaefer, Kevin M.
Adviser: Randall
Title: A Comparison of Methods for Modeling Aerosol, Condensation and Gravitational Settling

1999 - Fall

Camp, J. Parks
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Hurricane Maximum Intensity: Past and Present
Carpenter, Kelly M.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Multi-Platform Exploration of the Inner-Core Intensity Change for Hurricane Marilyn (1995)
Garcia, Matthew
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Simulated Tropical Convection
Greene, Ethan M.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Simulation of Alpine Snow Distributions in the Northern Colorado Rocky Mountains using a Numerical Snow-Transport Model
Snell, Holly D.
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Axisymmetric Spin-Down Dynamics of Hurricane-like Vortices

2000 - Spring

Castro, Christopher L.
Adviser: McKee
Title: The Relationship of the North American Monsoon to Tropical and North Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures as Revealed by Observational Analyses
Davey, Christopher A.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Satellite Moisture Profiling of Eastern Pacific Moisture Plumes
Moore, Richard W.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Interannual Variations in Northern Hemisphere Winter Energy Transport Related to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation Phenomenon

2000 - Summer

Cooper, Steven J.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Estimation of Cloud Particle Effective Radius from Multiple Field of View Radiometer Measurements
Griffith, Brian D.
Adviser: McKee
Title: Rooftop and Ground Standard Temperatures: A Comparison of Physical Differences
LeeJoice, Robert N.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Hurricane Inner-Core Structure as Revealed by GPS Dropwindsondes

2000 - Fall

Belcher, Larry
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Classification of Tropical Precipitation Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Disdrometer, Profiler, and Multiparameter Radar Measurements
Cram, Thomas A.
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Evolution and Organization of Vertical Vorticity in an Idealized Numerically-Simulated Convective Line
Reilly, Jill E.
Adviser: Collett
Title: Application of a Tracer Technique to Study Sulfur Dioxide in Cloud Drops as a Function of Drop Size
Ruston, Benjamin C.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Temporal and Spectral Differences of Water Vapor Radiances
Volz, Karl P.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Suitability of the 2FOV Radiometer for Determining Cloud Particle Effective Radius

2001 - Spring

Ashby, Travis
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Impact of Soil Moisture Initialization on a Simulated Flash Flood
Darby, Lisa
Adviser: Pielke
Title: The Sea Breeze at Monterey Bay: Comparisons between Lidar Measurements and RAMS
Loechl, Erica
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Intraseasonal Oscillations and the Southeast Asian Monsoon Onset

2001 - Summer

Barlow, Stephen
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Detecting Low-Clouds (<10,000 ft) using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission 85.5 GHz Channel in the U.S. Southwest
Cabosky, Steven
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: A Statistical Frequency Analysis of Lightning Producing Storms During STEPS 2000
Corbin, Katherine
Adviser: Kreidenweis/Vonder Haar
Title: Comparison of Aerosol Properties Derived from Sun Photometer Vonder HaarData and Ground-Based Chemical Measurements
Emert, Scott
Adviser: Collett
Title: Design, Construction and Evaluation of the CSU Optical Fog Detector
Fulton, John
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Insights into the Hurricane Vortex using a High Resolution Numerical Simulation of Hurricane Bob (1991)
Kolb, Ila
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Laser Transmission Through Simulated Cirrus Clouds
McLeod, Raymond
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Analysis of the 1998 Southeast Asian Monsoon and the Diurnal Cycle in the South China Sea
McNoldy, Brian
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Distribution of Water Vapor Using Satellite Sounding Methods with New Aircraft Data Validation
Vilpors, Steven
Adviser: Gray
Title: Variability of Tropical Cyclone Wind-Pressure Relationships
Wolff, Cory
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Observations of the Environment, Structure, and Evolution of Five Derecho Events

2001 - Fall

Brown, Steven
Adviser: Collett
Title: Characterization of Carbonaceous Aerosol During the Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Observational Study
Demuth, Julie
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Objectively Estimating Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Wind Structure Using the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
Hanamean, J.R.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Vegetation Impacts on Maximum and Minimum Temperatures in Northeast Colorado
Pettet, Crystalyne
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Airflow and Precipitation Structure of Two Leading Stratiform Mesoscale Convective Systems
Schuster, Douglas
Adviser: Cotton/Vonder Haar
Title: Prototype Real-time Boundary Layer Prediction in Support of the Vonder HaarCASES-99 Nocturnal Boundary Layer Experiment
Strack, John
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Sensitivity of Model-Generated Daytime Surface Heat Fluxes over Snow to Land Cover Changes

2002 - Spring

Blake, Eric
Adviser: Gray
Title: Prediction of August Atlantic Basin Hurricane Activity
Haynes, John
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Microphysical Properties of Dynamically Forced Cirrus Associated with Strong Jet Streams and their Relation to the Synoptic Scale Flow
Lindsey, Daniel
Adviser: Randall
Title: Analysis of Convective Downdrafts Using Simple Model Results and Doppler Radar Data
Williams, Andrea
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Kinematic, Microphysical and Latent Heating Aspects of Two Mesoscale Convective Systems Observed During TRMM-LBA

2002 - Summer

Christi, Matthew
Adviser: Stephens
Title: On Retrieving Profiles of CO2 in the Lower Atmosphere using Spectroscopy in the Near and Far Infrared: A Preliminary Study
Jirak, Israel
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Radar Survey of Mesoscale Convective System Development
Klotzbach, Phillip
Adviser: Gray
Title: Forecasting September Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone Activity at Zero and One Month Lead Times
Koyama, Tomoko
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Modis Thermal Emissive Band Error Estimation using Structure Function Analysis
Lee, Taehyoung
Adviser: Collett
Title: The Ionic Composition of Aerosol in Big Bend National Park
Poyner, Philip
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: Beam-filling Correction Variability in Emission-based Passive Microwave Rainfall Retrievals
Rogers, Matthew
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Radar and Optical Depth Retrieval of Marine Stratocumulus Cloud Properties Using LES Modelling
Rozoff, Christopher
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Simulation of St. Louis, MO Land-use Impacts on Thunderstorms
Zhang, Ni
Adviser: Denning
Title: Observations and Simulations of the Planetary Boundary Layer at a Tall Tower in Northern Wisconsin

2002 - Fall

Hendricks, Eric
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: On the Role of Hot Towers in the Formation of Hurricane Diana (1984): Insights using High Resolution Numerical Experiments
Worsham, Anthony
Adviser: Thompson
Title: On the Impact of the Stratosphere on the Circulation of the Troposphere

2003 - Spring

Archuleta, Cassie
Adviser: Kredenweis
Title: Ice Nucleation by Surrogates for Atmospheric Mineral Dust and Mineral Dust/Sulfate Particles at Cirrus Temperatures
Krebs, Teresa A.
Adviser: Denning
Title: Measuring and Modeling the Isotope Composition of Forest Air
Pereira, Gustavo
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: A Radar Perspective on the Variability of Tropical Convection Characteristics over the Southwestern Amazon and Eastern Pacific Regions
Terwey, Wesley
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Quasi-Linear Dynamics of Discrete Vortex Models
Tessendorf, Sarah
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Kinematic and Microphysical Evolution of the 29 June Supercell Observed during STEPS
Trenary, Laurie
Adviser: Collett
Title: Characterization of Organic Matter in Fogwater during the California Regional Particulate Air Quality Study
Zarovy, Elizabeth M.
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Detection of Smoke Impact in Aerosol Samples in the Eastern and Southeastern United States during late Spring and Summer

2003 - Summer

Chibe, Russell J.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Numerical Simulation of Fog with the RAMS@CSU Cloud-Resolving Mesoscale Forecast Model
Jones, James C.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Comparisons of Satellite-Derived Cloud Heights with Radar Measurements of Mid-Level, Mixed-Phase Clouds
Miner, Sean J.
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: Sensitivities of Microwave Retrievals to Cloud Model Assumptions

2003 - Fall

Al-harbi, Badr
Adviser: Collett
Title: Transport of North African Dust to Big Bend, Texas, during the 1999 Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Student
Depue, Tracy K.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Ground Truth and Modeling Verification of the Hail Quadrature Parameter
Pakula, Lyle A.
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Moisture Feedbacks in the Tropical Atmosphere
Schumacher, Russ
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Climatological and Radar-Indicated Characteristics of United States Extreme Rain Events
Seaman, Curtis
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Observed and Calculated Properties of Mid-Level, Mixed-Phase Clouds

2004 - Spring

Ahlgrimm, Maike
Adviser: Randall
Title: Diagnosing Monthly Mean Boundary Layer Properties from Re-Analysis Data Using a Mixed-Layer Model
Skidmore, Joanne
Adviser: Denning
Title: Using Continuous (CO2) Data in Inverse Models to Reduce Uncertainty in Global and Regional Estimates of Carbon Flux

2004 - Summer

Ciasto, Laura
Adviser: Thompson
Title: North Atlantic Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction on Intraseasonal Time Scales
Goering, Christian
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Retrievals of Column Ozone and Aerosol Properties from UV-MFRSR Solar Irradiance Measurements during MCMA-2003
Long, David
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Evaluating the Use of Polarimetric Cloud Radars for Studying Winter Storms
Meyer, Catherine
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Forecasting Rain Events in the Southern Great Plains using GPS Total Precipitable Water Amounts
Rapp, Anita
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: Evaluation of the Adaptive Infrared Iris Using TRMM Satellite Measurements
Saunders, Andrea
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: A Closer Look at Vortical Hot Towers in a Tropical Cyclogenesis Environment
Seseske, Stacey
Adviser: Gray
Title: Forecasting Summer/Fall El Nino-Southern Oscillation Events at 6-11 Month Lead Times
Vigh, Jonathan
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Forecasting of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones Using a Kilo-Member Ensemble

2004 - Fall

Koehler, Kirsten
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Water activity and activation diameters of inorganic and organic species from hygroscopicity data
L.Heureux, Michelle
Adviser: Thompson/Randall
Title: Observed Relationships Between the El Ni+
Liu, Jun
Adviser: Denning
Title: Investigation of Ecosystem Drought Stress and its Impacts on Carbon Exchange in Tropical Forests
McMeeking, Gavin
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Size distribution measurements of wildfire smoke-influenced aerosol at Yosemite National
Straka, William
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Radar study of precipitation and anvil efficiencies for Florida thunderstorms during CYSTAL-FACE

2005 - Spring

Benedict, James
Adviser: Randall
Title: The Birth and Death of the MJO: An Observational Study
Dolan, Brenda
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: An integrated display and analysis tool for multi-variable radar data
Ellis, Todd
Adviser: Stephens/Schubert
Title: Evaluation of International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) D2 Cloud Amount Changes and their Connections to Large-Scale Dynamics
Mueller, Kimberly
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Objective Estimation of Tropical Cyclone Wind Structure From Infrared Satellite Data
Yamaguchi, Tak
Adviser: Randall
Title: Analysis of PBL-TOP Entrainment Using LES

2005 - Summer

Ciolek, John
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Assessment of Atmospheric Plume Prediction, Modeling and Vulnerability Capabilities with Respect to Terrorists Events
Corbin, Katherine
Adviser: Denning
Title: Evaluating Spatial, Temporal, and Clear-Sky Errors in Satellite CO2 Measurements
Furtado, Jason
Adviser: Thompson
Title: On the Balanced Response of the Troposphere to Variability in the Extratropical Stratosphere
Leesman, Kyle
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Development and Validation of A 3-Channel Optimal Estimation Cloud Top Effective Radius and Optical Thickness Retrieval
Wang, Aaron
Adviser: Denning
Title: Observations and Simulations of Synoptic, Regional, and Local Variations in Atmospheric CO2

2005 - Fall

Gorin, Courtney
Adviser: Collett
Title: The Temporal and Spatial Variability of Wood Smoke Concentration and its Contribution to Ambient Aerosol in Fresno During Winter 2003-2004
Lebsock, Matthew
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Modeling Polarized Radiances Towards the Development of An Aerosol Retrieval Method
Nielsen, Matthew
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Remote Sensing of Water Vapor Over Land Using the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
Pitter, Shanna
Adviser: Stephens
Plan B
Rogers, Peter
Adviser: Johnson
Title: An Observational Analysis of Two Gulf Surge Events During the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment
Sample, Laura
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: A sensitivity analysis for the retrieval of aerosol optical properties from measured reflectances
Stokowski, David
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Addition of the Direct Radiative Effect of Aerosols into the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS)
Youngster, Sarah
Adviser: Collett
Title: The Processing of Aerosol Particles and Soluble Trace Gases by Radiation Fogs in Fresno, CA

2006 - Spring

Finn, Sarah
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: Rainfall Classification Using Reflectivity Structure: Validation and Application
Hawes, Amy
Adviser: Thompson
Title: Observed Relationships Between Large-Scale Patterns of Variability and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Taylor, Tommy
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Error Analysis and Characterization of an Operational Retrieval Algorithm for Estimating Column Ozone an Aerosol Optical Properties from Ground Based Ultra-Violet Irradiance Measurements

2006 - Summer

Aves, Steve
Adviser: Johnson
Title: The Diurnal Cycle of Convection Over the Northern South China Sea During the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment
Bell, Michael
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Observed Structure, Evolution, and Potential Intensity of Category Five Hurricane Isabel (20063) From 12-14 September
Elsaesser, Greg
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: A Parametric Optimal Estimation Retrieval of the Non-Precipitating Parameters Over the Global Oceans
Johnson, Kelley
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: A Comparison of the Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System in the In-SITU Aerosol Analysis Measurements in the Continental U.S.: Transport vs. Local Production of Soil Dust Aerosol
Musgrave, Kate
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: The Formation of Hurricane Gabrielle (2001): Examining The Influence of The Initial Vortex and Vertical Shear Using MM5
Philpott, Andrew
Adviser: Denning
Title: Surface Fluxes of Water, Energy, and Carbon Dioxide as Simulated by the Simple Biosphere Model Version 3 in the Southern Great Plains of North America and Their Effect on Simulated Boundary Layer Hydrology
Van Roekel, Luke
Adviser: Randall
Title: An Examination of the Influence of Sill Overflow on Overturning in a Fully Lagrangian Framework

2006 - Fall

Lerach, David
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Vertical Structure and Kinematics of Tropical Monsoon Precipitation Observed From a 28-75-MHZ Profiler During NAME
Maclay, Katherine
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: A Study of Tropical Cyclone Structural Evolution
Quelet, Paul
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Observed Radar and Environmental Properties of United States Warm Season Bowing Convective Systems, 2003-2004
Ward, Daniel
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Local Anthropoegenic Aerosol Sources Effect on Winter Clouds and Precipitation in the Colorado Park Range

2007 - Spring

Donofrio, Kevin
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: A 1DVAR Optimal Estimation Retrieval of Non-Precipitating Water Vapor Profiles Over the Global Oceans Using AMSU
Ikeda, Kyoko
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Observations of Winter Storms with a Video Disrometer and Polarimetric Radar
Masarik, Matthew
Adviser: Schubert/Vonder Haar
Title: A Look at the Energy and Potential Vorticity Aspects of the MJO Through Equatorial Wave Theory
Mazur, Rebecca
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Observations of Inflow Feeder Clouds and Their Relation to Severe Thunderstorms
Silvers, Levi
Adviser: Schubert
Title: The Theory of Stratified, Quasi-Balanced Flows on the Sphere

2007 - Summer

Kalb, Christina
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Polarity and Environmental Conditions over the Central United States
Parazoo, Nicholas
Adviser: Denning
Title: Investigating Synoptic Variations in Atmospheric CO2 Using Continuous Observations and a Global Transport Model
Rapp, Dustin
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Satellite-Based Passive Microwave Soil Moisture Measurement: An Analysis Using WindSat

2007 - Fall

Grise, Kevin
Adviser: Thompson
Title: Dynamical Impacts of Antarctic Stratospheric Ozone Depletion on the Extratropical Circulation of the Southern Hemisphere
Hammerschmidt, Brad
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: Combine Radar and Radiometer Analysis of Precipitation Over Land
Martin, Elinor
Adviser: Johnson
Title: An Observational and Modeling Study of Atmospheric Internal Bores During the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment
Rowe, Angela
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Elevation-dependent trends in precipitation observed by the NAME radar network
Smith, Michael
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Evaluation of Mesoscale Simulations of Dust Sources, Sinks and Transport over the Middle East

2008 - Spring

Adams, Rebecca
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Investigation of Mesoscale Surface Pressure and Temperature Features Associated with Bow Echoes
Dodson, Jason Brant
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Observations of Atmospheric Rivers with CloudSat CPR and Aqua AMSR-E

2008 - Summer

Burt, Melissa
Adviser: Randall
Title: Paleo Feedbacks in the Hydrological and Energy Cycles in the Community Climate System Model 3
Bytheway, Janice
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: Evaluation of the Adaptive Infrared Iris Using TRMM Satellite Measurements
Corr, Chelsea
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Retrieval of Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo at UV Wavelengths for Two Urban Field Campaigns
McGrath-Spangler, Erica
Adviser: Denning
Title: Entrainment Effects of Overshooting Thermals on Land-Atmosphere Interactions
Mora Rojas, Gabriela
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Low Level Jets in the Tropical Americas
Schwartz, Aaron
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Clouds, Energetics, and Climate in the Arctic from CloudSat

2008 - Fall

Beem, Katerine
Adviser: Collett
Title: Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park
Harper, Anna
Adviser: Denning
Title: The Relationship Between Surface Biophysics and the Hydrologic Cycle in the Amazon Rainforest
Holden, Amanda
Adviser: Collett
Title: Estimating Contributions of Primary Biomass Combustion to Fine Particulate Matter at Sites in the Western United States
Levin, Ezra
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: The role of Aerosols on Visibility Degredation During Two Field Campaigns
Mack, Laura
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: The Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Properties from Biomass Burning During Flame2
McCrary, Rachel
Adviser: Randall
Title: Great Plains Drought in Simulations of the Twentieth Century

2009 - Spring

James, Eric
Adviser: Johnson
Title: An Observational Climatology of Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective Vortices
Sankovich, Victoria
Adviser: Stephens
Title: A Comparison of ECMWF Global Cloudiness Forecasts with CloudSat Observations
Stevens, Scott
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: A ground-based analysis of the transition from warm cloud to rain
Stoner, Eric
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: Intercalibration of Four Microwave Radiometers Using Optimal Estimation Techniques.
Storer, Rachel
Adviser: Stephens, van den Heever
Title: Modeling Aerosol Impacts on Convection Under Differing Storm Environments

2009 - Summer

Patterson, Leigh
Adviser: Collett
Title: Development of Wildland Fire Smoke Marker Emissions Maps for the Conterminous United States
Quantz, Heather
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Observations of the Double Intertropical Convergence Zone Using CloudSat
Van Cleave, Darren
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Relating snowfall patterns over the central and eastern U.S. to infrared imagery of extratropical cyclone comma heads

2009 - Fall

Argo, Kathryn
Adviser: Thompson
Title: A Documentation Study of Antarctic Cloudiness From CloudSat and Calypso Satellite Data
Finch, Zach
Adviser: Johnson
Title: An observational Study of Two Upper-Level Inverted Troughs During the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment
Harrold, Michelle
Adviser: Johnson
Title: The Corticity Structur of the 2-3 June 2003 MCS During Bamex
Woloszyn, Mary
Adviser: Ito
Title: Analyzing Eddy Transport of Carbon Dioxide in the Southern Ocean using a High-Resolution Model

2010 - Spring

Jones, Todd
Adviser: Randall
Title: Quantifying the Limits of Convective Paramterizations: A Statistical Characterization of Simulated Cumulus Convection
McDonough, Francis
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Freezing Drizzle Production in Warm Frontal Overunning Cloud Layers: An Observational Study
Seigel, Robert
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Simulating the Effects of Coated Ice Nuclei in the Formation of Thin Ice Clouds in the High Artic Using Rams

2010 - Summer

Ram, Jessica
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Three Regional Climatologies of Marine Stratocumulus Characteristics Using the A-Three Regional Climatologies of Marine Train Satellite Data

2010 - Fall

Alaka, Ghassan
Adviser: Maloney
Title: Intraseasonal Variability of the West African Monsoon and African Easterly Waves During Boreal Summer
Guillot, Eric
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Evaluating Satellite-Based Cloud Persistence and Displacement NowCasting Techniques Over Evaluating Satellite-Based Cloud Persistence Complex Terrain
Henderson, David
Adviser: Stephens
Title: The Earth's Energy Balance Ingerred From A-Train Observations
Howell, Kelly
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Quasi-Global and Regional Water Vapor and Rainfall Rate Climatologies for a 35 Month Period
Krall, Geoffrey
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Potential Indirect Effects of Aerosol on Tropical Cyclone Development
Sjoberg, Jeremiah
Adviser: Birner
Title: Low Order Models of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
Steinweg-Woods, Jesse
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Surface and Synoptic Features of Leading and Parallel Stratiform Mesoscale Convective Systems
Tourville, Natalie
Adviser: Stephens
Title: CloudSat Tropical Cyclone Database

2011 - Spring

Ford, Bonne
Adviser: Heald
Title: The Vertical Distribution of Pollutants during Export and Longi Range Transport: A Comparison of Model Simulations and A-Train Observations
Holcomb, Stephen
Adviser: Collett
Plan B
Stuckmeyer, Elizabeth
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Boundary Layer Features Observed During Name 2004
Takano, Yohei
Adviser: Ito
Title: What controls the variability of oxygen in the subpolar North Pacific?

2011 - Summer

Anderson, Amanda
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: A Comparison of Positive an dNegative Cloud-To-Ground Lightning Dominant Storm in Three Comparison of Positive and Negative Cloud-Regions of the United States
Petkovic, Veljko
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: A Spatio-Temporal Correlation Technique to Improve Satellite Rainfall Accumulation

2011 - Fall

Boyd, Kathryn
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: REGIONAL AEROSOL EFFECTS ON PRECIPITATION: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Gonzalez, Alex
Adviser: Schubert
Title: STEADY-STATE CIRCULATIONS FORCED BY DIABATIC HEATING AND WIND STRESS IN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE
Kraus, Parker Mayo
Adviser: Denning
Title: WETLAND EXTENT FROM A TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX, WETLAND�S IMPACT ON LAND SURFACE FLUXES AND A MODEL OF CH4 EXCHANGE
Medina, Isaac Daniel
Adviser: Denning
Title: APPLYING TWO BINNED METHODS TO THE SIMPLE BIOSPHERE MODEL (SIB) FOR IMPROVING THE REPRESENTATION OF SPATIALLY VARYING PRECIPITATION AND SOIL WETNESS
Sheffield, Amanda
Adviser: van den Heever
Title: ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI ON CUMULUS CONGESTUS CLOUDS USING A CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL

2012 - Spring

Evanoski-Cole, Ashley R.
Adviser: Collett
Title: Investigation of a New Microchip Electrophoresis Instrument for Semi-Continuous Aerosol Composition Measurements
Ruppert, James
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Analysis of the Diurnal Cycle in Taiwan During the Terrain-influenced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment
Rydbeck, Adam
Adviser: Eric Maloney
Title: REMOTE VERSUS LOCAL CONTROLS OF EAST PACIFIC INTRASEASONAL VARAIBILITY
Slade, Stephanie
Adviser: Eric Maloney
Title: A Statistical Prediction Model for East Pacific and Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Genesis