School of Meteorology News

7 Meteorology Juniors Shine: Recognized at The OU 2024 Campus Awards Program

Last Friday, The 2024 University of Oklahoma Campus Awards Ceremony honored 7 outstanding Juniors from The School of Meteorology. In the photo above (from left to right): Evan White, Parker Davis, Andrew Kenny, Xochitl Hidalgo, Alexa Dringus, Kyle Eskew (not pictured), and Daniel Fenske (not pictured), were all of the outstanding Juniors recognized at Friday’s […]

SoM Student Receives NSF GRFP Honorable Mention

This year, one student in the School of Meteorology received a NSF GRFP honorable mention. Colin Welty received one of only 3 honorable mentions in the Physical and Dynamical Meteorology category.  

SoM Student Affairs Committee Teams Up With College of AG&S for 2024 Multicultural Festival

On March 8, 2024, the SoM Student Affairs Committee (SAC), teamed up with the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences (A&GS) to host their Annual Multicultural Festival. This year’s festival delighted attendees with 28 dishes, skillfully prepared by students, faculty, staff, and researchers within the National Weather Center (NWC) and A&GS. Complementing the diverse food […]

Three OU SoM Students Received The Outstanding Student Presentation Award for Atmospheric Sciences

On March 11th, 2024, The American Geophysical Union selected 20 out of 344 students to receive the 2023 Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) for the Atmospheric Sciences Section. Out of these twenty students, three of them came from The University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology. These students are: Abdulamid Fakoya (University of Oklahoma): Exploring the […]

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Nathan Kuhr

ARRC Seminar Nathan Kuhr Characterization and Detection of Downburst Precursor Signatures using Adaptive Scanning Strategies from All-digital Phased Array Radar (PAR) Thursday, April 25th, 2024 1:00 pm/ NWC 1350 Abstract: Phased array radar (PAR) is being explored as a potential candidate for the replacement upon the retirement of the current dish-based WSR-88D radar network across […]

Amanda G. Richter

ARRC Seminar Amanda G. Richter An Airborne Multifrequency Microwave Analysis of Precipitation within Two Winter Cyclones Thursday, April 25th 1:30 pm / NWC 1350 If unable to attend, please join via zoom meeting: https://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/93078394162?pwd=Y2ZlRDBnNVRJUlBrUERqL2pWYUlHdz09 Meeting ID: 93078394162 Passcode: 06207489 Abstract: NASA’s Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign gathered data […]

Oluwafemi Omitusa

Convective Meteorology (Mesoscale Dynamics) Oluwafemi Omitusa Characterizing the Effects of Land Cover Heterogeneity on Convective Cells and Precipitation in Houston, Texas April 25th, 2024 3:00 pm / NWC 1350 Abstract: Urbanization profoundly impacts local meteorology and precipitation processes, as urban landscapes modify heat, moisture, and momentum fluxes in the boundary layer. For example, past modeling […]

Yu-Shin Kim

Convective Meteorology (Mesoscale Dynamics) Yu-Shin Kim Simultaneous Multi-scale Data Assimilation of GOES-16 ABI All-Sky Radiances for a Dryline Convection under Various Scale Forcings April 26th, 2024 3:00 pm / NWC 1350 Abstract: This study aims to investigate the impact of simultaneous Multi-scale Data Assimilation (MDA) of GOES-16 ABI infrared all-sky radiance on the dynamics of […]

Lauren Pounds

Convective Meteorology (Mesoscale Dynamics) Lauren Pounds Creating a Database of Observed Soundings from the VORTEX-SE, meso18-19, and PERiLS Field Campaigns to Study Different Southeast US Convective Environments April 26th, 2024 3:30 pm / NWC 1350 Abstract: Observed soundings from field projects in the southeast U.S., including VORTEX-SE (2016–2020), meso18-19 (2018–2019), and PERiLS (2022–2023), are used […]

Katie Giannakopoulos

Weather and Climate Systems Katie Giannakopoulos Characterizing Wintertime Temperature Whiplash in the US Southern Plains May 1st, 2024 3:00 pm / NWC 1350 Abstract: Rapid extreme temperature swings, termed “temperature whiplashes”, can cause significant socioeconomic impacts on energy, agriculture, and transportation. Few studies have considered temperature whiplashes, however most consider global, continental, or other large […]

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