Research

• Convective Initiation

  This project seeks to develop real-time automated products that can aid in thunderstorm monitoring and nowcasting.

• Turbulence

  This research involves building a near real-time satellite product that estimates areas of tropopause folding in regions of strong humidity gradients in the GOES midwave infrared (water vapor) channel.

• Observation Validation

  This research effort involves validation of remotely sensed observations of atmospheric, dynamic and thermodynamic properties in three primary areas: aircraft in-situ measurements, satellite-derived winds, and satellite-derived cloud products