Data Science at FedEx Ms. Angela Kao University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Data Scientist for FedEx Ground “This talk will be about transitioning from academic preparation in the atmospheric sciences to professional work in data science.”
Multidecadal Variability in Climate Models and Observations Mr. Alex Oser University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “Climate change attribution and prediction using state-of-the-art models continue to garner an ever-growing focus amongst both the scientific community and public alike. Recent analyses... Read More
Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on Morbidity in the Metropolitan Areas of Monterrey and Guadalajara Rosa & Julia Céron University of Carmen, Mexico Professors of Chemical Engineering “The objective of this work was to estimate the association between atmospheric pollution and... Read More
An Investigation of the Conditional Practical Predictability of the 31 May 2013 Heavy-Rain-Producing Mesoscale Convective System Aidan Kuroski University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “On 31 May 2013, strong thunderstorms initiated in west-central Oklahoma with one of the storms eventually... Read More
Using Self-Organizing Maps as a Forecasting Tool Andrea Honor University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “Some extreme weather events, such as the early season heavy snow and cold weather outbreak of early November 2014, can be traced back to the... Read More
Developing a Probabilistic Heavy-Rainfall Guidance Forecast Model For Great Lakes Cities Cory Rothstein University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student “A method for predicting the probability of exceeding specific warm-season (April-October) 0-24 hour precipitation thresholds is developed based upon daily maximums... Read More
Isolating Secular Signals in Observations and Climate Models Using M-SSA Based Wiener Filtering Christian Grimm University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student "In this thesis, Wiener filtering of gridded surface-temperature time series from observations and climate model simulations is performed by... Read More
The Influence of Vertical Advection Discretization in WRF-ARW Model on Capping Inversion Representation in Warm-Season, Thunderstorm Supporting Environments David Nevius University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student "This study evaluates forecasts of capping inversions and thermodynamic variables for believed areas of... Read More
Due to unforeseen consequences, this defense has been cancelled and moved from April 13 to its current date-- Monday, April 23 at 1:00PM. We apologize for any inconveniences. A Climatology of Extreme South American Andean Cold Surges Kevin Prince University... Read More
An Examination of the Dynamics of a Rear-Inflow Jet Associated with an Idealized Mesoscale Convective System Caitlin Crossett University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Student "This study evaluates the main controls on the descent of the rear-inflow jet (RIJ), associated with a... Read More