Current Projects

• AWIPS (Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System) OB5 through OB9, and D2D (Display Two Dimensions)
  Directory:   AWIPS-MODIS Project Web Site, AWIPS-CRAS Project Web Site, AWIPS-GOES Project Web Site, AWIPS-GOES MESO Project Web Site
• CODE ORPG and Level II Radar Ingest
• Local Data Manager (LDM) and Decoders
• AWIPS Migration
• GEMPAK/N-AWIPS
• GOES-R Proving Ground Activities
• McIDAS-V and IDV
• CIMSS Regional Assimilation System (CRAS) Model - Recent Runs
• Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) Model

Previous Projects

• Convectively Induced and Clear Air Turbulence via MODIS
  
• Volcanic Ash and CLAVR-X

Presentations (Talks and Posters)

• MODIS Imagery and Products in an Operational Forecasting Environment (pdf) (ppt)
  Talk, MODIS Science Team Meeting, University of Maryland University College (Adelphi, Maryland)
  November 1, 2006 (Web site)
• Using AWIPS for Transitioning Research to Operations (pdf) (ppt)
  Talk, CIMSS/SSEC Seminar, University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin) - Abstract
  July 12, 2007 (Web site)
• Transitioning Satellite Imagery from Research to Operations
  Talk, National Weather Association Annual Meeting—General Session 8 (Reno, Nevada)
  October 17, 2007 (Web site)
• A comparison of GOES and MODIS imagery in operational forecasting (pdf) (ppt)
  Poster, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting—Student Session (New Orleans, Louisiana)
  January 20, 2008 (Web site)
• Enhancing Numerical Weather Prediction Initial Conditions with MODIS (pdf) (ppt)
  Poster, Wisconsin Space Conference, University of Wisconsin Fox Valley (Menasha, Wisconsin)
  August 14, 2008 (Web site)
  Poster, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Future Forum, Adler Planetarium (Chicago, Illinois)
  October 10, 2008 (Web site)
• An Evaluation of Transitioning New Satellite Products to Operations, and Future Directions
  Talk, National Weather Association Annual Meeting—General Session 5B (Louisville, Kentucky)
  October 14, 2008 (Web site)
• How Integrating MODIS Data Enhances Numerical Predictions of Sea Breezes (pdf) (ppt)
  Poster, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting—Student Session (Phoenix, Arizona) - Abstract
  January 11, 2009 (Web site)
• Transitioning Satellite Products to National Weather Service Operations, and Future Directions for the GOES-R Era (pdf) (ppt)
  Talk, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting—16th SATMET Conference (Phoenix, Arizona) - Abstract
  January 14, 2009 (Web site)
• How CIMSS Contributes to the GOES-R Proving Ground, and Possible Implications for Alaska (pdf) (pptx)
  Talk, High Latitude and Arctic Proving Ground Annual Meeting (Fairbanks/Anchorage, Alaska)
  August 18, 2009 (Web site)
• A New Numerical Weather Prediction Approach to the NDFD's Sky Cover Grid (pdf) (ppt)
  Talk, National Weather Association Annual Meeting—General Session WAF I (Norfolk, Virginia)
  October 20, 2009 (Web site)
• The Great Lakes Pneumonia Front:  A New Study of Land-Sea Interactions (pdf) (ppt)
  Talk, National Weather Association Annual Meeting—General Session Marine (Norfolk, Virginia)
  October 22, 2009 (Web site)

Awards and Honors

• 2007 Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Research Award
• 2007 National Weather Association Meteorological Satellite Applications Award
  

  with Transitioning Satellite Imagery from Research to Operations

• 2008 Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Research Award
• 2009 Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship Award

Conferences, Meetings, and Workshops

Presentations from the CIMSS-NWS MKX meeting on 27 January 2009 are available via FTP.
Presentations from the CIMSS-NWS MKX meeting on 17 February 2009 are available via FTP.

• 2006 MODIS Science Team Meeting (Adelphi, Maryland)
• 2007 Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• 2007 Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Annual Conference (Superior, Wisconsin)
• 2007 National Weather Association Annual Meeting (Reno, Nevada)
• 2008 American Meteorological Society Student Conference (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• 2008 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• 2008 GOES-R Proving Ground Kickoff Meeting (Boulder, Colorado)
• 2008 Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Annual Conference (Menasha, Wisconsin)
• 2008 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Future Forum (Chicago, Illinois)
• 2008 National Weather Association Annual Meeting (Louisville, Kentucky)
• 2008 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Direct Readout Meeting (Miami, Florida)
• 2009 American Meteorological Society Student Conference (Phoenix, Arizona)
• 2009 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (Phoenix, Arizona)
• 2009 GOES-R Proving Ground Status Meeting (Boulder, Colorado)
• 2009 AMS/NWA Weather and Forecasting/Numerical Weather Prediction Meeting (Omaha, Nebraska)
• 2009 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (Cape Town, South Africa)
• 2009 College of Engineering Multisensor Measurement of Precipitation Workshop (Madison, Wisconsin)
• 2009 Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Annual Conference (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• 2009 High Latitude and Arctic Proving Ground Annual Meeting (Fairbanks/Anchorage, Alaska)
• 2009 National Weather Association Annual Meeting (Norfolk, Virginia)
• 2009 50th Anniversary Meteorological Satellite Experiment Symposium (Madison, Wisconsin)
• 2009 GOES Users' Conference (Madison, Wisconsin)

In addition, I have participated in on-site collaboration activities with the National Weather Service Forecast Offices in the following locations:  Milwaukee/Sullivan, Wisconsin (MKX, January 2007), La Crosse, Wisconsin (ARX, March 2007), Nashville, Tennessee (OHX, May 2007), Duluth, Minnesota (DLH, August 2007), Green Bay, Wisconsin (GRB, January 2008), and Huntsville, Alabama (HUN, August 2008).

Other Professional Trips

• Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado; 2008)
• Central Region Headquarters (Kansas City, Missouri; 2008)
• Aviation Weather Center (Kansas City, Missouri; 2008)
• University of Alabama (Huntsville, Alabama; 2008)
• National Hurricane Center (Miami, Florida; 2008)
• Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (Miami, Florida; 2008)
• National Weather Service Forecast Office (Miami, Florida; 2008)
• Storm Prediction Center (Norman, Oklahoma; 2009)
• National Weather Service Forecast Office (Norman, Oklahoma; 2009)
• National Weather Service Forecast Office (Anchorage, Alaska; 2009)
• Alaska Aviation Weather Unit and Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (Anchorage, Alaska; 2009)
• Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center (Anchorage, Alaska; 2009)

Interesting Images

April 11, 2007:  Late Season Southern Wisconsin Blizzard

Heavy Snow falls across Wisconsin; squall line South, Snow and Blowing Snow highlight the initial band, Models and forecasts anticipate up to twelve inches, Time-height section from wind profiler in Blue River, CIMSS/SSEC experimental mesoscale satellite winds

July 27, 2006:  Flash flooding hits downtown Madison following slow-moving storm

February 16, 2006:  Madison experiences heavy snow and strong thunderstorms

January 20, 2006:  Period of heavy snowfall lowers evening visibilities in Madison

September 23, 2005:  Several flocks of birds caught by radars on a cool morning

Contact

Electronically:  Use SSEC Staff Directory Web Form

Direct Phone Line (to my 248 office):  (608) 263-4942

Fall 2009 Office Hours in Room 1345:  9:30 AM to 11:30 AM Mondays and Wednesdays (September 1 through December 23)