Matthew D. Woelfle
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Box 351640
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-1640
Office: ATG 722
Email: woelfle@atmos.washington.edu
EDUCATION
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
 Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, in progress
Summer 2015 – present
 M.S., Atmospheric Sciences
Spring 2015
Thesis Title: “An Investigation of the Time Scales of Development of the Double-ITCZ Bias”
Advisor: Christopher. S. Bretherton
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
 B.S.: Civil Engineering, Summa Cum Laude
 Minor: Meteorology
Spring 2012
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Webb, M.J., Lock, A.P., Bretherton, C.S., Bony, S., Cole, J.N.S., Idelkadi, A., Kang, S.M., Koshiro, T., Kawai,
H., Ogura, T., Roehrig, R., Shin, Y., Mauritsen, T., Sherwood, S.C., Vial, J., Watanabe, M., Woelfle,
M.D., Zhao, M. (2015): The impact of parametrized convection on cloud feedback. Phil. Trans. R. Soc.
A 373, 20140414. doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0414
Woelfle, M.D., C.S. Bretherton, and D.M.W. Frierson (2015): Time scales of response to antisymmetric surface
fluxes in an aquaplanet GCM, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi: 10.1002/2015GL063372.
Herron-Thorpe, F. L., Mount, G. H., Emmons, L. K., Lamb, B. K., Jaffe, D. A., Wigder, N. L., Chung, S. H.,
Zhang, R., Woelfle, M. D., and Vaughan, J. K. (2014): Air quality simulations of wildfires in the Pacific
Northwest evaluated with surface and satellite observations during the summers of 2007 and 2008. Atmos.
Chem. Phys., 14, 12533-12551, doi:10.5194/acp-14-12533-2014, 2014.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Woelfle, M. D., C. S. Bretherton, and D. M. W. Frierson, 2015: Time scales of response to antisymmetric
surface fluxes in an aquaplanet GCM. 2015 Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Radiation and
Climate, Lewiston, ME.
Woelfle, M. D., C. S. Bretherton, and D. M. W. Frierson, 2014: Timescales of Tropical Adjustment to
Extratropical Forcings in an Idealized Model. 8th Annual Graduate Climate Conference, Eatonville, WA.
Woelfle, M. D., F. Herron-Thorpe, and J. Vaughan; 2011: Using Remote Sensing Satellite Products to Evaluate
Aerosol Distribution for Forest Fire Events in the Pacific Northwest. Conference of Research Experiences
for Undergraduates Student Scholarship, Washington, DC.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
University of Washington, Research Assistant
 Conduct independent research relating to climate dynamics
Fall 2012 – present
Washington State University, Research Experience for Undergraduates
 Comparison of modeled and satellite retrieved aerosol concentrations
from forest fire events
Summer 2011
North Carolina State University, Undergraduate Research Assistant
 Automation of clutter identification procedures for radar data
Spring 2011 – Summer 2012
North Carolina State University, Honors Research Independent Study
 A preliminary investigation of radial divergence in the pacific northwest
Fall 2010
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Washington, Teaching Assistant
 ATMS 111 - Global Warming: Understanding the Issues
 Led quiz sections, created assignments and tests
Fall 2013
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
National Merit Scholar
Fall 2013 – Summer 2016
Fall 2008 – Spring 2012
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
American Meteorological Society (AMS), member
Fall 2013 – present
UW American Meteorological Society Student Chapter, member
 Treasurer
Fall 2012 – present
Fall 2013 – present
NCSU American Meteorological Society Student Chapter, member
Fall 2009 – Spring 2012
Last updated: 2015-10-05