SOARS Colloquium
July 30, 2012 – 9:00 am – 4:00 pm FL2-1001 UCAR Foothills Lab 2
9:00 – 10:30 am
9:00
Annareli Morales
Sensitivity of a simulated deep convective storm
to WRF microphysical schemes
9:15
Logan Dawson
Probabilistic forecasts of severe convection
with a WRF-DART analysis and convectionpermitting forecast system
9:30
Sarah Al-Momar
Relating electrified cloud properties to Wilson
currents: An oceanic case study
9:45
Ana Ortiz
Effects of tropical deep convection on upper
tropospheric ozone concentrations
10:00
Vanessa Almanza
Role of latent heat and temperature flux in the
genesis of Tropical Cyclone Nargis (2008)
10:15
Ann Wang
The impact of GPS radio occultation on the
prediction of extreme rainfall associated with
Typhoon Morakot (2009): precipitation forecast
verification
10:30 – 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am – 12:10 pm
10:55
Dereka Carroll
Mapping social vulnerability to hurricanes in the
Atlantic Basin
11:10
Monika Wnuk
Science journalism – reporting about community-led
projects in Louisiana
11:25
Frances RobertsGregory
Ethnobotanical conversations in the bayou: an
exercise in PAR blending TEK and traditional
science in order to identify vulnerable plant species
valued by southern Louisiana’s coastal Native
American tribes
11:40
Sandra Maina
Protecting South Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
through the development of Vanishing Points: an
iPhone application motivating community and
national involvement in coastal restoration efforts
11:55
Curtis Walker
The impact of cloud type on surface radiation and
road pavement temperature
12:10 – 1:30 pm
Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:45 pm
1:30
Ana Ordoñez
Energy extraction from ocean currents and waves:
Mapping the most promising locations
1:45
Javier Lujan
HIAPER cloud radar control system design
2:00
Adrianna Hackett
The response of the ionosphere and magnetosphere
to solar wind variability during 2002-2010
2:15
Stanley Edwin
Variability of the magnetosphere-ionosphere
coupling as described by
the HAO high-latitude empirical model
Andre Perkins
Increasing the efficiency of GEOS-CHEM
Adjoint model runs using a Python ensemble
manager
2:30
2:45 – 3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:00 – 4:15 pm
3:00
Matthew Burger
An examination of the link between decadal trends
in precipitation, winds, and sea surface heights in
the tropical Indo-Pacific during the period 19932010
3:15
Ma’Ko’Quah Jones
3:30
Manny Hernandez
Statistical Analysis of Relations Between Monthly
Teleconnection Indices
Variability of the North American Monsoon
seasonal precipitation in the CCSM 4 under IPCC
CO2 emission scenario
3:45
Jake Zaragosa
Comparison of LIDAR detection statistics using
SCIPUFF and WRF LES
4:00
Jenny Eav
Characterization of metals and ions in PM2.5 and
PM10-2.5 in rural and urban Colorado