Nathan Hitchens successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation entitled: "The characterization and prediction of sub-diurnal extreme precipitation." Nathan has accepted a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship.
Jeff Trapp and SWRG students Eric Robinson and Mallie Toth attended the American Meteorological Society's 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, held 11-14 October in Denver, Colorado. The following presentations were given:
Attribution of interannual variations in tornado frequency to regional atmospheric conditions Robert J. Trapp, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
A proposed methodology for model-based feature-specific prediction designed for high impact weather Jacob R. Carley, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and B. R. J. Schwedler, M. E. Baldwin, R. J. Trapp, J. Kwiatkowski, J. Logsdon, and S. J. Weiss
Exploring Doppler radar estimates of tornado intensity Mallie Toth, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp, J. Wurman, and K. A. Kosiba
Tracking of mesoscale weather systems in a high-resolution convection-permitting simulation of current climate Benjamin R. J. Schwedler, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. E. Baldwin and R. J. Trapp
Regional trends of severe convective weather from high-resolution WRF simulations Eric D. Robinson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp, M. Baldwin, N. S. Diffenbaugh, and A. Gluhovsky
Jeff Trapp chaired Session 6. SWRG alumni Dusty Wheatley, Kent Knopfmeier, and Karen Kosiba were also in attendance.
Eric Robinson was recognized for his presentation by a "Best Student Presentation" award. Congratulations to Eric!
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At the National Flood Workshop, held 24-26 October 2010 in Houston, Texas, Nathan Hitchens presented: "Characteristics of Sub-Diurnal Extreme Precipitation-Producing Systems". The National Flood Workshop was sponsored by Weather Research Center (a private, non-profit educational and research center based in Houston, Texas) and its partners.
