Colloquia for Spring 2022
Jul 19, 2022
PhD Defense
“Morphology, Lifecycles, and Environmental Sensitivities of Tropical Trimodal Convection”
By Alex Sokolowsky
Advisor: Susan van den Heever
Jun 23, 2022
PhD Defense
“Examining the Impacts of Convective Environments on Storms Using Observations and Numerical Models”
By Sean Freeman
Advisor: Susan van den Heever
Jun 21, 2022
MS Defense
“Impact of Forced and Internal Climate Variability on Changes in Convective Environments over the Eastern United States”
By Megan Franke
Advisor: James Hurrell
Jun 13, 2022
PhD Defense
“Earth, Humans, and Metals: Investigating the role of iron and other metals in the atmospheric, oceanic, and energy systems”
By Sagar Rathod
Advisor: Tami Bond and Jeff Pierce
May 16, 2022
MS Defense
“CSU-MLP GEFS Day-1 'First-Guess' Excessive Rainfall Forecasts: Aggregate Evaluation and Synoptic Regimes of Best- and Worst-Performing Forecasts”
By Jacob Escobedo
Advisor: Russ Schumacher
May 09, 2022
MS Defense
“Probing the Vertical Profile of New Particle Formation and Growth in the Planetary Boundary Layer Using a Column Model with Surface- and Aircraft-based Observations”
By Sam O'Donnell
Advisor: Jeff Pierce
Apr 22, 2022
MS Defense
“Ensemble-Based Analyses of Liminal Extreme Rainfall Events Near Taiwan and Northern Colorado”
By Ali Cole
Advisor: Michael Bell
Apr 18, 2022
PhD Defense
“Investigation of Relationships Between Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity Change”
By Ellie Casas
Advisor: Michael Bell
Mar 28, 2022
MS Defense
“Impacts of oil and natural gas development and other sources on volatile organic compound concentrations in Broomfield, Colorado”
By Emily Lachenmayer
Advisor: Jeff Collett
Mar 28, 2022
PhD Defense
“Intraseasonal Variability in the Tropical Island Diurnal Cycle”
By Michael Natoli
Advisor: Eric Maloney
Mar 24, 2022
MS Defense
“Aerosol size distribution changes in FIREX-AQ biomass burning plumes: the role of plume concentration on coagulation and OA condensation/evaporation”
By Nicole June
Advisor: Jeff Pierce
Mar 11, 2022
MS Defense
“Surface Heat Fluxes and MJO Propagation Through the Maritime Continent”
By Justin Hudson
Advisor: Eric Maloney
Mar 02, 2022
MS Defense
“Composition of Fine Particles in Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Implications for Sources and Visibility Impacts”
By Lilly Naimie
Advisor: Jeffrey Collett
Feb 28, 2022
MS Defense
“The Contribution of Clouds to Global Surface Temperature Variability on Monthly to Decadal Timescales”
By Chloe Boehm
Advisor: David Thompson
Feb 25, 2022
PhD Defense
“Understanding and Quantifying the Uncertainties in Satellite Warm Rain Retrievals”
By Rick Schulte
Advisor: Chris Kummerow