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Author:

Magee, Nathan Benjamin

Title:

A Laboratory Investigation of Vapor-Grown Ice Crystals at Low Atmospheric Temperatures

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Ice crystals
cirrus
microphysics
deposition coefficients

File:

Download NathanMageeThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis Lamb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Member
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member
Hans Verlinde, Committee Member

Author:

Schrom, Robert Stephen

Title:

Radar Observations of Dendritic Growth Zones in Colorado Winter Storms

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

radar
microphysics
meteorology

File:

Download thesis_final_v1.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jensen, Anders Alstrup

Title:

Modeling ice particle aspect ratio evolution during riming

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ice
microphysics
modeling
rime
riming
snowflake

File:

Download jensen_dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jerry Y Harrington, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Hugh Morrison, Special Member

Author:

Tobin, Dana Marie

Title:

Polarimetric and Thermodynamic Observations of Hydrometeor Refreezing

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ice pellets
microphysics
refreezing
polarimetric
dual-polarization
radar
wet-bulb temperature

File:

Download 1-Tobin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Elliott, Kyle A

Title:

Combining Radar and Aircraft Observations to Investigate the Kinematic and Microphysical Properties of the 20 May 2011 Squall Line

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

radar
aircraft
meteorology
squall line
midlatitude
dual-wavelength ratio
reflectivity
correlation coefficient
Cloud Imaging Probe
Rear Inflow Jet
thermodynamics
microphysics
mesoscale
sublimation
aggregation
vapor deposition
MC3E

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Kyle_Elliott.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Naegele, Steven M

Title:

The 26-27 January Nor'easter (Juno): Radar Analysis and Simulated Sensitivity to Riming Parameterizations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

winter cyclone
nor'easter
snow band
snow
riming parameterization
microphysics
dual-polarization radar
Juno
radar
graupel

File:

Download Naegele_Steven_Penn_State_University_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Jonathan Stensrud, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member

Author:

Laurencin, Chelsey

Title:

Polarimetric Radar Observations of Asymmetric Eyewall Structures in Hurricane Matthew (2016)

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

tropical cyclones
hurricanes
radar
kinematics
eyewalls
microphysics

File:

Download Laurencin_Chelsey_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Anthony Carl Didlake, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Committee Member
Xingchao Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Murdzek, Shawn

Title:

Changes in the Sensitivity of Convective Storms and Tornadoes to the Microphysics Parameterization in Environments with Different Lifting Condensation Levels

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

meteorology
severe storms
microphysics
numerical modeling
tornadoes
ensembles
supercells
convection

File:

Download Murdzek_PhD_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yvette Richardson, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Paul Markowski, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Kumjian, Major Field Member
Guido Cervone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hugh Morrison, Special Member
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Reimel, Karly

Title:

Leveraging polarimetric radar observations to learn about rain microphysics: An exploration of parameter estimation, uncertainty quantification, and observational information content with BOSS

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

meteorology
rain
radar
polarimetric radar
microphysics
Bayesian inference
Markov chain Monte Carlo
BOSS
drop size distribution

File:

Download Dissertation_ReimelKJ_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Greybush, Major Field Member
Julio Urbina, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Kumjian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Didlake, Major Field Member
Marcus van Lier-Walqui, Special Member
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Laurencin, Chelsey

Title:

Development and Applications of a Novel Ice Crystal Trajectory Growth (ICTG) Model

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

ice crystal
microphysics
numerical modeling
ice physics
precipitation
Lagrangian modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Jerry Harrington, Major Field Member
Manzhu Yu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Kumjian, Major Field Member
Anthony Didlake, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anders Jensen, Special Member