1999 Research Projects

Research Projects

Pictured above starting from the left:
(bottom row) Mark Palmer, Josh Boustead, Becca Pratt, Peggy Concannon, Blaine Thomas, and Mike Seaman;
(middle row) Shannon Stevenson, Steve Caruso, Barb Tobey, Kristin Kuhlman, Becky House, Jeff Connors, and Daphne Zaras;
(top row) Dave Schultz, Don MacGorman, Dave Stensrud, Harold Brooks, Bob Johns, Ron Holle, Randy Peppler, Jim LaDue, and Mike Splitt

STUDENT	MENTOR(S)	RESEARCH PROJECT
Joshua Boustead	Michael Douglas	Synoptic Patterns Associated with Wet & Dry Spells in Northern Peru during 1997-1998 El Nino
Steven Caruso	Robert Rabin, Daphne Zaras, and Jim LaDue	Toward a Climatology of the Enhanced-V Signature
Peggy Concannon	Harold Brooks and Charles Doswell	Climatology of Significant and Violent Tornadoes in the United States
Jeffrey Connors	David M. Schultz	Convective Initiation and Frontal Structure of a Squall Line in the Central Plains on 9-10 November 1998
Rebecca House	Scott Greene	Using Long-Range Seasonal Forecasts to Improve Prediction of Oklahoma Wheat Yield
Kristin M. Kuhlman	Randy A. Peppler and Michael E. Splitt	Sensitivity of Severe Weather Indices to Raidosonde Humidity Errors in the Southern Great Plains
Rebecca Pratt	Pam MacKeen and Harold Brooks	Verification of 24-Hour Probabilistic Hurricane Strike Forecasts
Michael Seaman	Robert H. Johns	Strong and Violent Tornado Outbreaks: Comparisons in Thermodynamic and Wind Parameters Between Large Hail and Non Large Hail Events
Blaine C. Thomas	Donald R. MacGorman	A Preliminary Analysis of Anomolous Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lighning Flashes in Convective Regions of Squall Lines and Isolated Thunderstorms in the United States
Barbara E. Tobey	David Stensrud	The Relationship Between Spread and Skill in an Ensemble Forecast