Spring 2015 Group Meeting/Symposium Schedule





Day 1: Thursday, April 30, 2015 (Room 627)


12:00pm: Y. Qiang Sun Comprehensive Exam (Room 526)


Introduction/Upload Slides

03:00-03:15pm: Fuqing Zhang

Session 1:    Chair Scott Sieron

03:15-03:30pm: Yonghui Weng: ADAPT HWRF-EnKF System Coding

03:30-03:45pm: Erin Munsell: Dynamics and predictability of the rapid intensification of Hurricane Edouard (2014)

03:45-04:00pm: Christopher Melhauser: A Multiple Model Core Examination of Hurricane Sandy (2012),

04:00-04:15pm: Discussion


04:15: End-of-Year Department Celebration (Cake and Ice Cream) (Joel Myers Weather Center)



Day 2: Friday, May 1, 2014 (Room 627)

Summary of Day One/Upload Slides:

09:00-09:15am: Fuqing Zhang

Session 1:    Chair Y. Qiang Sun

09:15-09:30am: Masashi Minamide: Impact of Assimilating GOES-R Infrared Radiance on the Forecast of Tropical Cyclones

09:30-09:45am: Scott Sieron: All-Sky Microwave Radiative Transfer Modeling: From Scheme-Based Effective Radii to Scheme-Based Cloud Optical Properties

09:45-10:00am: Break/Discussion

Session 2:    Chair Hans Chen

10:00-10:15am: Qinghong Zhang: The Role of Initial Cloud Condensation Nuclei Concentration in Hail Using the WRF NSSL 2-moment Microphysics Scheme

10:15-10:30am: Minxing Li: Impact of environmental factors and microphysics on hail productionhail simulation of idealized supercell case in WRF)

10:30-10:45am: Break/Discussion

Session 3:    Chair Michael Ying

10:45-11:00am: Dandan Tao: Effects of Vertical Wind Shear on the Predictability of Tropical Cyclones: Practical versus Intrinsic Limit

11:00-11:20am: Benjamin Green: Idealized and Real-case Large-Eddy Simulations of the Tropical Cyclone Boundary Layer

11:20-11:40am: Ashford Reyes: A Multi-scale Analysis on the Genesis of Hurricane Karl (2010) and Tropical Storm Matthew (2010)

11:40-11:55am: Discussion


Lunch Time! Chinese Take-out/Catering (Room 627)


02:00pm: Hans Chen Comprehensive Exam (Room 526)