Final Presentations for REU and Hollings Scholars: July 26th, 2018

NWC 1313

• 8:30: Light Breakfast

• 8:50: Opening Remarks

• Session 1 - Short-Term Forecasting: Use and Communication
  

  Moderators: Kenzie Krocak and Kelsey Britt

  9:00: Broadcast Meteorologist Use of Social Media in the 2018 Hazardous Weather Testbed Probabilistic Hazard Information Project

  9:15: An Analysis of the SREF Dry Thunderstorm Probabilistic Model Guidance

  9:30: Verification of Hail Forecasts Produced by Machine-Learning Algorithms

  9:45: How Forecasters Add Value to Machine Learning Algorithms of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning

  10:00: Generating Calibrated Tornado Probabilities from NEWS-e Using Climatological Frequencies

• 10:15: Break

• Session 2 - Assessments of Risks and Climatology
  

  Moderators: Matthew Green and Elisa Murillo

  10:45: Global Annual Precipitation Cycles and Variability

  11:00: The Effects of Climate Change on Tick Habitat Suitability and Potential Transmission of Lyme Disease in the South Central U.S.

  11:15: Assessing Central Oklahoma’s Tornado Risk

  11:30: Diurnal and Seasonal Patterns of Carbon Dioxide and its Vertical Structure in the Atmosphere

  11:45: Storm Life Cycles in the CONUS from 12 years of Radar-Based Storm Tracks

• 12:00: Break

• Session 3 - Fabrication and Use of Radars
  

  Moderators: Addison Alford and Manda Chasteen

  2:00: Assessing the effectiveness of a Microwave as a UV-Exposure Unit for 3-D Printing Materials

  2:15: Mapping Precipitation Intensity to Radar Observations and Derivatives

  2:30: Investigating Humidity Gradient Detection Using Bragg Scatter

• 2:45: Break

• Session 4 - Fixed and Mobile In-Situ Observations
  

  Moderators: Matt Flournoy and Briana Lynch

  3:15: Analysis of Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Calculations Using In-Situ observations

  3:30: Solar Production Across Oklahoma

  3:45: Validation of Station Pressure Data from Moving Vehicle

  4:00: Mobile Mesonet Observations of Vorticity Rivers in Supercells

• 4:15: Group Photos

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