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PhD Degrees Awarded in the Department of Atmospheric Science

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1966 - Fall

Bean, Bradford
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Radio Studies of Atmospheric Water Vapor

1967 - Spring

Bergen, James
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: Some Aspects of Cold Air Drainage on a Forested Slope
Foltz, Harry P.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Prediction of Clear Air Turbulence
Mahlman, Jerry D.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Atmospheric General Circulation and Transport of Radioactive Debris

1968 - Fall

Elsberry, Russell L.
Adviser: Riehl
Title: A High-Rotation General Circulation Model Experiment with Cyclic Time Changes
Rasmussen, James L.
Adviser: Riehl
Title: Atmospheric Water Balance of the Colorado River Basin
Salomonson, Vincent
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: Anisotropy in Reflected Solar Radiation

1970 - Summer

Dirks, Richard Allen
Adviser: Reiter
Title: A Theoretical Investigation of Convective Patterns in the Lee of the Colorado Rockies
Lester, Peter Francis
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Some Physical and Statistical Aspects of Clear Air Turbulence
Sartor, James Dayne
Adviser: Riehl
Title: General Thunderstorm Electricity
Simons, Theodorus Johannes
Adviser: Baer
Title: The Nonlinear Dynamics of Cyclone Waves
Wooldridge, Gene L.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Vertical Momentum Transport Processes

1971 - Summer

Barchet, William Richard
Adviser: Corrin
Title: H20 (v) - AgI, Adsorption Near Saturation
Chappell, Charles Franklin
Adviser: Grant
Title: Modification of Cold Orographic Clouds

1972 - Spring

Lopez, Raul
Adviser: Gray
Title: A Parametric Model of Cumulus Convection
Webb, Willis Lee
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Atmospheric Neutral-Electrical Interaction

1972 - Summer

Lovill, James Edward
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Characteristics of the General Circulation of the Atmosphere and the Global Distribution of Total Ozone as Determined by the NIMBUS III Satellite Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer

1972 - Fall

McKee, Thomas B.
Adviser: Cox/Marlatt
Title: Inference of Stratospheric Temperature and Water Vapor Structure from Limb Radiance Profiles

1973 - Spring

Hoxit, Lee Ray
Adviser: Gray
Title: Planetary Boundary Layer Winds

1973 - Summer

Alyea, Fred Nelson
Adviser: Baer
Title: Numerical Simulation of an Ice Age Paleoclimate
Connell, James R.
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: Entrainment by Turbulent Jets of Air
Gerber, Hermann Ernst
Adviser: Corrin/Grant
Title: Freezing Water with Sized AgI Particles
Grossmann, Robert Louis
Adviser: Marlatt
Title: Investigation of Marine Boundary Layer

1974 - Spring

Adler, Robert F.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Hemispheric Differences in Circulation
Henmi, Teizi
Adviser: Grant
Title: Secondary Ice Particle Production from Rimed Ice

1974 - Summer

Reinking, Roger Frederick
Adviser: Grant
Title: Empirical Assessment of Accretion Microphysics

1975 - Spring

Burrows, William Russell
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: A Spectral Diagnostic Study of Atmospheric Kinetic Energetics

1975 - Fall

Srivatsangam, Srinivasan
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Atmospheric Eddy Transports and Their Efficiencies
Vardiman, Larry
Adviser: Grant
Title: The General of Secondary Ice Particles in Clouds by Crystal-Crystal Collision

1976 - Spring

McNab, Alan LaRue
Adviser: Betts
Title: Mesoscale Characteristics of Cumulus Convection

1976 - Summer

Reid, John D.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Dispersion in a Mountain Environment

1977 - Spring

Albrecht, Bruce A.
Adviser: Cox
Title: A Time-Dependent Model of the Trade-Wind Boundary Layer
Katen, Paul Charles
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Modeling Atmospheric Dispersion of Lead Particulates from a Highway
McGuirk, James P.
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Fluctuations in the Atmosphere's Energy Cycle

1977 - Summer

Mulvey, Gerald John
Adviser: Grant
Title: Physical Mechanisms of Extra Area Effects from Weather Modification
Rhea, John Owen
Adviser: Grant
Title: Orographic Precipitation Model for Hydrometeorological Use

1977 - Fall

Arnold Jr, Charles Perry
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclone Cloud and Intensity Relationships
Frank, William Menaul
Adviser: Gray
Title: The Structure,Dynamics and Energetics of Tropical Cyclones

1978 - Spring

Ellis, James S.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Cloudiness, the Planetary Radiation Budget, and Climate
Fritsch, J. Michael
Adviser: Grant
Title: Parameterization of Mid-Latitude Organized Convection
Madden, Roland Aloysius
Adviser: Haurwitz
Title: Traveling Planetary Waves and Their Effect on the General Circulation

1978 - Fall

Wetzel, Peter
Adviser: Cotton/Sinclair
Title: A Detailed Parameterization of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

1979 - Spring

Kidder, Stanley Q.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Determination of Tropical Cyclone Surface Pressure and Winds from Satellite Microwave Data
McBride, John Leonard
Adviser: Gray
Title: Observational Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Formation

1979 - Summer

Silva Dias, Maria
Adviser: Betts
Title: Linear Spectral Model of Tropical Mesoscale Systems
Silva Dias, Pedro
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Dynamics of Equatorial Mass-Flow Adjustment

1979 - Fall

Rinehart, Ronald E.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Internal Storm Motions from a Single Non-Doppler Weather Radar

1980 - Spring

Fingerhut, William
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclone Genesis-Numerical Modeling Inferences

1980 - Summer

Whiteman, C. David
Adviser: McKee
Title: Breakup of Temperature Inversions in Colorado Mountain Valleys

1980 - Fall

Hack, James J.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: The Role of Convective-Scale Processes in Tropical Cyclone Development

1981 - Spring

Abel, Michael D.
Adviser: Cox
Title: A Climate Index Derived from Satellite Measured Spectral Infrared Radiation
Bridger, Alison
Adviser: Stevens
Title: Wave-Mean Flow Interactions and Solar-Weather Effects
Maddox, Robert A.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: The Structure and Life-Cycle of Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective Complexes
Nunez, Edwin
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity Change

1981 - Summer

Campbell, George
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Energy Transport Within the Earth's Atmosphere Ocean System from a Climate Point of View
Davis, John
Adviser: Cox
Title: Regional Properties of Angular Reflectance Models

1982 - Spring

Love, Geoff Bruce
Adviser: Gray
Title: The Role of the General Circulation in Tropical Cyclone Genesis

1982 - Summer

Banta, Robert M.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: An observational and Numerical Study of Mountain Boundary-Layer Flow
Chatfield, Robert B.
Adviser: Reiter/Crutzen
Title: Tropospheric SO2:Cloud Transport of Reactive Sulfur Emissions

1982 - Fall

Chan, Johnny
Adviser: Gray
Title: The Physical Processes Responsible for Tropical Cyclone Motion
Hanna, Adel
Adviser: Stevens/Reiter
Title: Short-Term Climatic Fluctuations Forced by Thermal Anomalies
Starr, David
Adviser: Cox
Title: Numerical Experiments on the Formation and Maintenance of Cirriform Clouds

1983 - Spring

Borys, Randolph D.
Adviser: Grant
Title: The Effect of Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants on Arctic Cloud-Active Aerosol
Hillger, Donald W.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Mesoscale Moisture Fields Retrieved from Satellite Infrared Radiances in Nocturnal Inversion Cases
Holland, Greg Joseph
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclones in the Australian/Southwest Pacific Region

1983 - Summer

DeMaria, Mark
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Experiments with a Spectral Tropical Cyclone Model
Matthews, David Aaron
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Analysis and Classification of Mesoscale Triggering Effects on Convective Clouds and Precipitation
Seagraves, Mary Ann
Adviser: McKee
Title: Visible and Infrared Transmission and Precipitation Rate in Falling Snow

1984 - Spring

Jorgensen, David P.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Mesoscale and Convective Scale Characteristics of Mature Hurricanes

1984 - Summer

Anderson, John
Adviser: Stevens
Title: Slow Motions in the Tropical Troposphere
Chen, Chaing H.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Physics of the Marine Stratocumulus-capped Mixed Layer
Durkee, Philip
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: The Relationship Between Marine Aerosol Particles and Satellite-Detected Radiance
Freeman, Larry
Adviser: Cox
Title: The Saudi Arabian Heat Low: A Numerical Perspective
Smith, Eric A.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Radiative Forcing of the Southwest Summer Monsoon (A Satellite Perspective)

1984 - Fall

Fulton, Scott
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Spectral Methods for Limited Area Models
Krueger, Arlin
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Inference of Photochemical Trace Gas Variations from Direct Measurements of Ozone in the Middle Atmosphere
Matsumoto, Cliff
Adviser: Gray
Title: A Statistical Method for One to Three Day Tropical Cyclone Track Prediction

1985 - Spring

Knupp, Kevin
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Precipitating Convective Cloud Downdraft Structure: A Synthesis of Observations and Modeling

1985 - Fall

Arritt, Ray
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Numerical Studies of Thermally and Mechanically Forced Circulations Over Complex Terrain
Bader, David
Adviser: McKee
Title: Mesoscale Boundary Layer Development over Mountainous Terrain
Merrill, Robert
Adviser: Gray
Title: Environmental Influences on Hurricane Intensification
Rauber, Robert
Adviser: Grant
Title: Physical Structure of Northern Colorado River Basin Cloud Systems

1986 - Spring

Sarma, R. Ananthakrishna
Adviser: Pearson
Title: Numerical Simulation of the Formation and Transport of Sulfate in Convective Clouds

1986 - Summer

Lee, Cheng-Shang
Adviser: Gray
Title: An Observational Study of Tropical Cloud Cluster Evolution and Cyclogenesis in the Western North pacific
Purdom, Jim
Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Convective Scale Interaction: The Importance of Arc Cloud Lines in the Development and Evolution of Deep Convection
Tripoli, Greg
Adviser: Cotton
Title: A Numerical Investigation of an Orogenic Mesoscale Convective System

1986 - Fall

Lin, Ming-Sen (Jack)
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Evolution and Structure of Composite Meso-Alpha-Scale Convective Complexes
Song, Jenn-Luen
Adviser: Pielke
Title: A Numerical Investigation of Florida's Sea Breeze -- Cumulonimbus Interactions
Young, George
Adviser: Johnson
Title: The Dynamics of Thermals and Their Contribution to Mixed Layer Processes

1987 - Spring

Griffith, Cecilia
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: The Estimation from Satellite Imagery of Great Plains Summertime Rainfall Over Varied Space and Time Scales

1987 - Summer

Ackerman, Steven
Adviser: Cox
Title: Radiative Characteristics of Soil Derived Aerosols
Kuo, Hung-Chi
Adviser: Schubert/Vonder Haar
Title: Dynamical Modeling of Marine Boundary Layer Convection
Weatherford, Candis
Adviser: Gray
Title: Typhoon Structure as Revealed by Aircraft Reconnaissance

1987 - Fall

Nicholls, Melville
Adviser: Johnson/Cotton
Title: A Numerical Investigation of Tropical Squall Lines
Toth, James
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Interaction of Shallow Cold Surges with Topography on Scales of 100-1000 Kilometers
Tucker, Donna
Adviser: Reiter
Title: The Anatomy of Heavy Rainfall Episodes over Complex Terrain: A Modeling Approach
Weaver, Clark
Adviser: Pearson
Title: Observational Analysis of Cumulus and Stratocumulus Entrainment Using Ozone

1988 - Fall

Hadfield, Mark Gregory
Adviser: Pielke
Title: The Response of the Atmospheric Convective Boundary Layer to Surface in Homogeneities
Kawa, Stephan Randolph
Adviser: Pearson/Schubert
Title: The Chemistry and Dynamics of Marine Stratocumulus
Kelly, Francis Peter
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Spatial and Temporal Short Range Total Cloud Cover Estimation by Metric Statistical Analysis of Composite Imagery
Lipton, Alan Edmund
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Mesoscale Analysis by Numerical Modeling Coupled with Satellite-Based Sounding
MacDonald, Bruce
Adviser: Reiter
Title: Explosive Cyclogenesis over the Eastern United tates

1989 - Spring

Smith, Laura Dorothy
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Satellite Versus GCM-Simulated Radiation Balance: Comparisons and Implications for Climate Modeling

1989 - Fall

Fortune, Michael Allan
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Evolution of Vortical Patterns and Vortices in Mesoscale Convective Complexes
Magnusdottir, Gudrun
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Generalized Semigeostrophic Theory

1990 - Spring

DeMott, Paul J.
Adviser: Grant
Title: Quantifying Ice Nucleation by Silver Iodide Aerosols
Tremback, Craig J.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Numerical Simulation of a Mesoscale Convective Complex: Model Development and Numerical Results
Wetzel, Melanie A.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Investigation of a Remote Sensing Technique for Droplet Effective Radius

1990 - Fall

Bossert, James E.
Adviser: Cotton/McKee
Title: Regional-Scale Flows in Complex Terrain: An Observational and Numerical Investigation
Cram, Jennifer
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Numerical Simulation and Analysis of the Propagation of a Prefrontal Squall Line
Randel, David
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Earth Radiation Budget Variability and the Relationship to Changes in the General Circulation

1991 - Spring

Changnon, David
Adviser: McKee
Title: Hydroclimatic Variability in the Rocky Mountain Region
Schmidt, Jerome
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Numerical and Observational Investigations of Long-Lived, MCS-Induced, Severe Surface Wind Events: The Derecho

1991 - Summer

Peterson, Tom
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: The Relationships Between SST Anomalies and Clouds, Water Vapor, and Their Radiative Effects

1991 - Fall

Weissbluth, M.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Convective Parameterization in Mesoscale Models
Wesley, Douglas A.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: An Investigation of the Effects of Topography on Colorado Front Range Winter Storms

1992 - Spring

Flatau, Maria
Adviser: Stevens/Schubert
Title: The Influence of Baroclinic Processes on Tropical Cyclone Motion
Hu, Qi
Adviser: Randall
Title: Low Frequency Oscillations in Radiative-Convective Models
Rasmussen, Erik
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: An Observational and Theoretical Study of Squall Line Evolution
Verlinde, Johannes
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Fitting Microphysical Observations to a Numerical Model Through an Optical Control Theory Technique
Wolyn, Paul
Adviser: McKee
Title: A Modeling and Observational Study of the Daytime Evolution of the Atmosphere East of the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies

1992 - Summer

Guinn, Thomas A.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: A Dynamical Theory for Hurricane Spiral Bands
Rodgers, Edward B.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclone/Upper-Atmospheric Interaction as Inferred from Satellite Total Ozone Observations
Weng, Fuzhong
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Vector Radiative Transfer Model: Application to Rainfall Retrieval with Microwave Radiometry Data
Zehr, Raymond
Adviser: Gray
Title: Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Western North Pacific
Zeng, Xubin
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Chaos Theory and Its Application in the Atmosphere

1992 - Fall

Costigan, Keeley R.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Large Eddy Simulations of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer East of the Colorado Rockies
Flatau, Piotr J.
Adviser: Cotton/Stephens
Title: Scattering by Irregular Particles in Anomalous Diffraction and Discrete Dipole Approximation
Lee, Tsengdar J.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: The Impact of Vegetation on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Convective Storms
Moran, Michael D.
Adviser: Pielke/Cotton
Title: Numerical Modeling of Mesoscale Atmospheric Dispersion

1993 - Spring

Lu, Chungu
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Balanced Dynamics for Three Dimensional Curved Flows
Mayr, Georg
Adviser: McKee
Title: Evolution of Orogenic Blocking

1993 - Fall

Evans, Kent Franklin
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Microwave Remote Sensing Algorithms for Cirrus Clouds and Precipitation
Gallus, William
Adviser: Johnson
Title: The Dynamics of Circulations within the Stratiform Region of Squall Lines
Snook, John S.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: An Investigation of Colorado Front Range Winter Storms using a Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Numerical Model Structured for Operational Use

1994 - Spring

Shao, Qingqiu
Adviser: Randall
Title: The Effects of Cloud-Top Processes on Convection in the Cloud-Topped Boundary Layer
Wang, Junyi
Adviser: Randall
Title: Generalized Convective Available Potential Energy and its Application to Cumulus Parameterization
Wong, Takmeng
Adviser: Stephens
Title: On the Radiative Processes Associated with the Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems

1994 - Summer

Bresch, James F.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Numerical Simulation and Analysis of a Series of Mesoscale Convective Systems

1994 - Fall

Blanchard, David O.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Role of Inertial Instability in the Genesis of Mesoscale Convective Systems
Denning, A. Scott
Adviser: Randall
Title: Investigations of the Transport, Sources and Sinks of the Atmospheric CO2 Using a General Circulation Model
Duda, David P.
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Macrophysical and Microphysical Influences on Radiative Transfer in Two Dimensional Marine Stratus
Greenwald, Thomas J.
Adviser: Stephens/Vonder Haar
Title: Satellite Microwave Sensing of Oceanic Cloud Liquid Water. Application to the Earth Radiation Bidget and Climate
Landsea, Christopher W.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Atlantic Basin Climate Change and Hurricanes
Nieto Ferreira, Rosana
Adviser: Schubert
Title: On the Dynamics of the Formation of Multiple Tropical Disturbances

1995 - Spring

Copeland, Jeffrey
Adviser: Cotton/Pielke
Title: Impact of Soil Moisture and Vegetation Distribution on July 1989 Climate using a Regional Climate Model
Meyers, Michael P.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Impact of a Two-Moment Cloud Model on the Microphysical Structure of Two Precipitation Events
Olsson, Peter Q.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Evolution of Balanced Flow in a Simulated Mesoscale Convective Complex

1995 - Summer

Pan, Dzong-Ming (Victor)
Adviser: Randall
Title: Development and Application of a Pronostic Cumulus Parameterization

1995 - Fall

Christopher, Sundar A.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Cloud Radiative Forcing in the Tropics: The Effects of Optical Property Retrievals and Scene Identification
Ding, Ping
Adviser: Randall
Title: A Parameterization of Cumulus Convection with Multiple Cloud Base Levels
Dutton, Ellsworth G.
Adviser: Cox
Title: Tropospheric Radiative Forcing from El Chichon and Mt. Pinatubo: Theory and Observations
Fitzpatrick, Patrick J.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Forecasting and Understanding Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change
Kuo, Kwo-Sen
Adviser: Cox
Title: The Picard Iterative Approximation to the Solution of the Integral Equation of Radiative Transfer
Stackhouse, Paul W.
Adviser: Stephens
Title: An Assessment of the Effects of Cloud Inhomogeneity on Ice Cloud Radiative Properties

1996 - Spring

Alexander, G. David
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Use of Simulations of Mesoscale Convective Systems to Build a Convective Parameterization Scheme
Cifelli, Robert C.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Vertical Motion Structure in Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems
DeMott, Charlotte A.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: The Vertical Structure and Modulation of TOGA COARE Convection: A Radar Perspective
Grasso, Lewis D.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Numerical Simulation of the April 26 and May 15, 1991 Tornadic Thunderstorms
Hertenstein, Rolf F.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Evolution of Potential Vorticity Associated with Mesoscale Convective Systems

1996 - Summer

Jones, Andrew S.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: The Use of Satellite-Derived Heterogeneous Surface Soil Moisture for Numerical Weather Prediction
Rafkin, Scot C.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Development of a Cumulus Parameterization Suitable for Use in Mesoscale Through GCM-Scale Models

1996 - Fall

Poulos, Gregory S.
Adviser: Pielke/McKee
Title: The Interaction of Katabatic Winds and Mountain Waves
Rickenbach, Thomas M.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Convection in TOGA COARE: Horizontal Scale and Rainfall Production
Stevens, Bjorn B.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: On the Dynamics of Precipitating Stratocumulus

1997 - Spring

Lin, Xin
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Multiscale Variability Associated with the Intraseasonal Oscillation over the Western Pacific Warm Pool
Petersen, Walter A.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Multi-Scale Process Studies in the Tropics: Results from Lightning Observations
Schuur, Terry J.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: An Observational and Modeling Study of Mesoscale Convective System Electrification
Trier, Stanley B.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Multiscale Analysis of a Simulated Oceanic Mesoscale Convective System and its Environmental Impact

1997 - Summer

Knaff, John A.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Progress Toward Seasonal Prediction in the Tropics

1997 - Fall

Bernardet, Ligia R.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Multi-Scale Evolution of a Derecho-Producting MCS
Harrington, Jerry Y.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Effects of Radiative and Microphysical Processes on Simulated Warm and Transition Season Arctic Stratus

1998 - Spring

Finley, Catherine A.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Numerical Simulation of Intense Multi-scale Vortices Generated by Supercell Thunderstorms
Haertel, Patrick T.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: The Dynamics of MCS Mesohighs and Wake Lows
Heidinger, Andrew K.
Adviser: Stephens/Cox
Title: Nadir Sounding of Clouds and Aerosols in the O2 A-band
Lietzke, Christopher
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Satellite Moisture Profiling of the Tropical Eastern Pacific Convergence Zone
Nachamkin, Jason
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Observational and Numerical Analysis of the Genesis of a Mesoscale Convective System
Vidale, Pier Luigi
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Contributions of Land Surface Forced Mesoscale Circulations to the Total Heat, Moisture and Momentum Budgets over Boreas

1998 - Summer

Papineau, John M.
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Orographic Precipitation: A Mesoscale Modeling Perspective

1998 - Fall

Brechtel, Fredrick J.
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Predicting Particle Critical Supersaturation from Hygroscopic Growth Measurements in the Humidified TDMA: Theory and Experiments
Kelly, Michael A.
Adviser: Randall
Title: A Simple Model of Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropical Climate System
Zhang, Yiping
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: The Effects of Clouds on Aerosol and Chemical Species Processing, Production, and Distribution in the Boundary Layer and the Upper Troposphere

1999 - Spring

Lawrence, Carey
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: On the Relationship between Precipitation and Lightning as Revealed by Multiparameter Radar Observations
Roohr, Peter B.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Analysis of the Incorporation of Lightning into the Nowcasting of Enhanced Frozen Precipitation
Wu, Ting
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Numerical Modeling Study of the November 26, 1991 Cirrus Event

1999 - Summer

Lappen, Cara-Lyn
Adviser: Randall
Title: Unification of Mass Flux and Higher-Order Closure in the Simulation of Boundary Layer Turbulence
Lu, Lixin
Adviser: Pielke
Title: The Implementation of a Two-way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Modeling System and its Application to the Central United States

1999 - Fall

Chen, Yalei
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Studies of Ice Formation Behaviors of Upper Tropospheric Aerosol and their Chemical Compositions by Continuous Flow Thermal Diffusion Chamber

2000 - Spring

Hausman, Scott
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Formulation and Sensitivity Analysis of a Nonhydrostatic Axisymmetric Tropical Cyclone Model
Knapp, Kenneth R.
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Aerosol Retrieval over Land using Background Composites of Geostationary Satellite Data
Kossin, James P.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Barotropic Instability and Asymmetric Mixing in Hurricanes with Primary and Secondary Eyewalls
Lang, Timothy J.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: On the Relationships between Convective Storm Kinematics, Microphysics, and Lightning
Miller, Steven D.
Adviser: Stephens
Title: A Multi-Sensor Approach to the Retrieval and Model Validation of Global Cloudiness
Prieto Gonzalez, Ricardo
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Predictions for the Final Equilibrium State of Flows on the Sphere

2000 - Summer

Costa, Alexandre A.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Cloud-Resolving Modeling of Air-Sea Interactions over the Western Pacific
Li, Xiang
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Impact of Biomass Burning Aerosols on the Clear-sky Shortwave Radiative Fluxes
Reasor, Paul D.
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Horizontal Vorticity Redistribution and Vortex Alignment in Developing and Mature Tropical Cyclones

2001 - Summer

Fleishauer, Robert
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Observed Microphysical and Radiative Structure of Mid-Level, Mixed-Phase Clouds
Hand, Jennifer
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: A New Technique for Obtaining Aerosol Size Distributions with Applications to Estimates of Aerosol Properties
Knievel, Jason
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Vorticity and Balance in a Mesoscale Convective Vortex

2001 - Fall

Benedetti, Angela
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Toward Assimilation of Cloud Radar Data for Improvements in Mesoscale Forecasts
Cheng, Anning
Adviser: Randall
Title: A Theory of the Mesoscale Organization of Moist Convection and the Associated Vertical Momentum Transport
Eitzen, Zachary
Adviser: Randall
Title: Simulation and Parameterization of Vertically Propagating Convectively Generated Gravity Waves
L.Ecuyer, Tristan
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Uncertainties in Space-Based Estimates of Clouds and Precipitation: Implications for Deriving Global Diabatic Heating
Van den Heever, Susan
Adviser: Cotton
Title: The Impact of Several Hail Parameters on Simulated Supercell Storms

2002 - Spring

Gaudet, Brian J.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Rapid Development of Tornado-Like Vortices by Simulated Supercells
Golaz, Jean-Christophe
Adviser: Cotton
Title: A PDF-Based Parameterization for Boundary Layer Clouds
Moore, Katharine F.
Adviser: Collett
Title: Drop Size-Dependent Chemical Composition in Clouds and Fogs
Nair, Udaysankar
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Climatic Impact of Lowland Deforestation on Tropical Montane Cloud Forests in Costa Rica

2002 - Summer

Heikes, Ross P.
Adviser: Randall
Title: A Comparison of Vertical Coordinate Systems for Numerical Modeling of the General Circulation of the Atmosphere
Mitrescu, Cristian
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Retrieved Optical Properties for Cirrus Clouds Over Tropical West Pacific
Parker, Matthew D.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Quasi-Two-Dimensional Convective Lines with Leading Precipitation: Dynamics Inferred from Idealized Numerical Simulations
Persing, John J.
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Insights on Hurricane Intensity
Straub, Katherine A.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Observations of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves

2002 - Fall

Cheng, William Y.
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Sensitivity of a Simulated Mesoscale Convective System to Horizontal Heterogeneities in Soil Moisture Initialization
Straub, Derek J.
Adviser: Collett
Title: Design and Testing of a New Aircraft-Based Cloud Water Sampling System

2003 - Summer

Eastin, Matthew D.
Adviser: Gray
Title: Buoyancy of Convective Vertical Motions in the Inner Core of Intense Hurricanes
Tulich, Stefan N.
Adviser: Randall
Title: The Interaction between Tropical and Gravity Waves: Comparisons between Simple Models and Direct Numerical Simulations

2004 - Spring

Ruston, Benjamin
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Characteristics of Summertime Microwave Land Emissivity Over the Conterminous United States

2004 - Summer

Chang, Hui
Adviser: Collett
Title: The Processing of Aerosol Particles and Soluble Trace Gases by Chemically Heterogeneous Radiation Fogs
Moore, Richard
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Reexamining the Dynamics of Short-Scale, Diabatic Rossby Vortices and their Role in Midlatitude Moist Cyclogenesis
Schaefer, Kevin
Adviser: Denning
Title: The Influence of Climate on Terrestrial CO2 Fluxes

2004 - Fall

Cooper, Steve
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Implications of Atmosphere and Cloud State Uncertainties for the Global Retrieval of Ice Cloud Microphysical Properties
Marshall, Curtis
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Simulated Impacts of Anthropogenic Land-Cover Change on the Mesoscale Climate of the Florida Peninsula

2005 - Spring

Davey, Christopher
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Alternative Metrics for Measuring Heating Trends, with Possible Connections Between the Surface and Troposhere
Stan, Cristiana
Adviser: Randall
Title: The Mean Meridional Circulation: A New Potential-Vorticity, Potential-Temperature Perspective
Wiens, Kyle
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Kinematic Microphysical, and Electrical Structure and Evolution of Thunderstorms during the Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study (STEPS)

2005 - Fall

Beltran, Adriana
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Using a Coupled Atmospheric-Biospheric Modeling System (GERRAMS) to Model the Effects of Land-Use/Land-Cover Changes on the Near-Surface Atmosphere
Castro, Christopher
Adviser: Pielke
Title: The Use of a Regional Atmospheric Model to Investigate the Summer Climate of North America
Griffith, Brian
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: Multifrequency Retrieval of Cloud Ice Particle Size Distribution
Jirak, Israel
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Observational Analysis of the Predictability of Mesoscale Convective Systems

2006 - Spring

Engling, Guenter
Adviser: Collett
Title: Characterizing Biomass Combustion Emission Contributions to Ambient Aerosol Concentrations

2006 - Summer

Pakula, Lyle
Adviser: Stephens
Title: On The Dynamics of Forced Waves and Cumulus Clouds in the Equatorial Region
Posselt, Derek
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Application of Advanced Data Assimilation Techniques to the Study of Cloud and Precipitation Feedbacks in the Tropical Climate System
Strack, John
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Artic Tundra Shrub Invasion and Soot Deposition: Consequences For Spring Snowmelt and Near-Surface Air Temperatures
Tessendorf, Sarah
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Relationships between kinematics, microphysics, and lightning in High Plains storms observed during the Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study

2007 - Spring

Lee, Taehyoung
Adviser: Collett
Title: Characterizing Ionic Components of Aerosol in Rural Environments: Temporal Variability, Size Distributions, and the Form of Particle Nitrate
Matsui, Toshi
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Aerosol Effects on Cloud-Precipitation and Land-Surface Processes
Page, Elizabeth
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Post-Fire Impacts on Microclimate and Convective Precipitation
Rozoff, Christopher
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Aspects of moat formation in tropical cyclone eyewall replacement cycles

2007 - Summer

Hidalgo, Marc
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Vortical Hot Towers, Their Aggregate Effects and Their Resolution Dependence in the Formation of Hurricane Diana (1984)
Klotzbach, Phil
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Developments in Seasonal Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone Prediction

2007 - Fall

Koehler, Kirsten
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Abstract of the Impact of Natural Dust Aerosol on Warm and Cold Cloud Formation
Terwey, Wesley
Adviser: Montgomery
Title: Secondary Eyewall Formation and Sheared Convection in Mature Hurricanes

2008 - Spring

Ahlgrimm, Maike
Adviser: Randall
Title: Model Evaluation Using Space-Borne Lidar Observations
Ciasto, Laura
Adviser: Thompson
Title: Mechanisms of Observed Sea Surface Temperature Variability in the Extratropical Southern Hemisphere
Haynes, John
Adviser: Stephens
Title: The Near-Global Distribution of Light Precipitation from CloudSat
Koehler, Kirsten
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Abstract of the Impact of Natural Dust Aerosol on Warm and Cold Cloud Formation
Rogers, Matthew
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Properties of the Tropical Hydrologic Cycle as Analyzed through 3-D K-Means Analysis
Schumacher, Russ
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Quasi-Stationary, Extreme-Rain-Producing Convective Systems Associated with Midlevel Cyclonic Circulations

2008 - Summer

Corbin, Katherine
Adviser: Denning
Title: Investigating causes of regional variations in atmospheric CO. concentrations
Ellis, Todd
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Characteristics of Precipitation: CloudSat Observations and Model Predictions of the Current and Future Climate
Hendricks, Eric
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Tropical Cyclone Evolution via Internal Asymmetric Dynamics
Toy, Michael
Adviser: Randall
Title: Design of a Nonhydrostatic Atmospheric Model Based on a Generalized Vertical Coordinate

2008 - Fall

Rapp, Anita
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: On the role of warm rain clouds in the Tropics

2009 - Spring

Cabell, Brenda
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: Analysis and Application of the Casa IP1 X-Band Polarimetric Radar Network
Leoncini, Giovani
Adviser: Pielke
Title: Improving Numerical Weather Prediction: Error Growth at the Convective Scale and Speed
Seaman, Curtis
Adviser: Vonder Haar
Title: Assimilation of Geostationary, Ingrared Satellite Data to Improve Forecasting of Mid-Level, Mixed-Phased Clouds

2009 - Summer

Lebsock, Matt
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: Relationships Between Aerosol, Cloud, and Precipitation as Observed From the A-Train Constellation of Spaceborne Sensors.

2009 - Fall

Butler, Amy
Adviser: Thompson
Title: The Atmospheric Circulation Response to Climate Change-like Thermal Forcings in a Simple General Circulation Model

2010 - Spring

Benedict, James
Adviser: Randall
Title: Structure of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in Coupled and Uncoupled Version of the Superparameterized Community Atmosphere Model
Vigh, Jonathan
Adviser: Schubert
Title: Formation of the Hurricane Eye

2010 - Summer

Nobis, Timothy
Adviser: Collett
Title: Coupling an Urban PAramterization to an Atmospheric Model Using an Operational Configuration
Van Roekel, Luke
Adviser: Randall
Title: The Influence of Variations in Penetrating Solar Radiation on the Diurnal and Intraseasonal Structure of the Oceanic Boundary Layer
Ward, Daniel
Adviser: Cotton
Title: Cloud condensation nuclei in western Colorado: Observations and model predictions

2010 - Fall

Munchak, Stephen
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: A Method to Combine Spaceborne Radar and Radiometric Observations of Precipitation
Wells, Kelley
Adviser: Kreidenweis
Title: Aerosol Single-Scattering Albedo Retrieval Over North Africa Using Critical Reflectance
Yamaguchi, Takanobu
Adviser: Randall
Title: Cloud-top entrainment analyzed with a Lagrangian parcel tracking model in large-eddy simulations

2011 - Spring

Shen, Xinhua
Adviser: Collett
Title: Aqueous Phase Sulfate Production in Clouds at Mt. Tai in Eastern China

2011 - Summer

Parazoo, Nicholas C.
Adviser: Denning
Title: Moist Synoptic Transport of CO2 Along Midlatitude Storm Tracks, Transport Uncertainty, and Implications for Flux Estimation
Rowe, Angela K.
Adviser: Rutledge
Title: A polarimetric radar analysis of convective observed during NAME and TiMREX
Wood, Norman
Adviser: Stephens
Title: Estimation of snow microphysical properties with application to millimeter-wavelength radar retrievals for snowfall rate

2011 - Fall

Elsaesser, Greg
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: TROPICAL RAINFALL REGIMES AND THEIR EVOLUTION ON HOURLY TO DAILY TIMESCALES
Grise, Kevin
Adviser: Thompson
Title: ON THE STRUCTURE OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY NEAR THE TROPOPAUSE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO EQUATORIAL PLANETARY WAVES
Maclay, Katherine S.
Adviser: T. Vonder Haar
Title: TROPICAL CYCLONE KINETIC ENERGY AND STRUCTURE EVOLUTION IN THE HWRFx MODEL
McGrath-Spangler, Erica L.
Adviser: Denning
Title: IMPORTANCE OF BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESSES FOR SURFACE FLUXES
Musgrave, Kate C
Adviser: Schubert
Title: TROPICAL CYCLONE INNER CORE STRUCTURE AND INTENSITY CHANGE
Newman, Andrew J.
Adviser: Johnson
Title: Dynamics of North American Monsoon Circulation Systems
Silvers, Levi G.
Adviser: Schubert
Title: A THEORY OF TOPOGRAPHICALLY BOUND BALANCED MOTIONS AND APPLICATION TO ATMOSPHERIC LOW-LEVEL JETS
Wang, Fang
Adviser: Kummerow
Title: QUANTITATIVE COMPARISONS OF SATELLITE OBSERVATION AND CLOUD MODELS

2012 - Spring

Guy, Nick
Adviser: Steve Rutledge
Title: Regional Analysis of West African Convective Systems and Characteristics
Harper, Anna B.
Adviser: Denning
Title: DROUGHT TOLERANCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR VEGETATION-CLIMATE INTERACTIONS IN THE AMAZON FOREST
Lerach, David
Adviser: Cotton
Title: SIMULATING SOUTHWESTERN U.S. DESERT DUST INFLUENCES ON SEVERE, TORNADIC STORMS
Loftus, Adrian
Adviser: Bill Cotton
Title: A TRIPLE-MOMENT BULK HAIL MICROPHYSICS SCHEME TO INVESTIGATE THE SENSITIVITIES OF HAIL TO AEROSOLS