University of Oklahoma
School of Meteorology
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Welcome From The Director
Welcome to the website for the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. While the School is most well known for national leadership in the areas of severe storms, mesoscale dynamics, convective-scale modeling and radar studies, we also cover such research areas such as boundary layer and urban meteorology, climate, data assimilation, tropical meteorology, lightning, cloud physics, dynamics,and even polar studies. The faculty collaborate with hydrologists, researchers working on ecosystem modeling and the societal and economic aspects of weather.
My term as Director started in July 2010. I am proud to join the OU after spending over two decades at the National Center in Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado with sabbaticals at U of Reading, Meteo France and the UN system with the World Meteorological Organization. Coming to the School of Meteorology was one of the best decisions of my professional career.
The facilities here at the National Weather Center are excellent and our co-location with research and operational laboratories of NOAA and OU research centers provides an unparalleled opportunities for research and educational opportunities that often includes internships. The result is an engaged student body with a variety of student organizations with activities that range from advising the Director on the student prospective on education to social functions, talks by experts in our field and community outreach. For more information about the School of Meteorology, please read our fact sheet. -
Faculty and Research
The School of Meteorology is most well known for national leadership in the areas of severe storms, mesoscale dynamics, convective-scale modeling and radar studies. We are much more than severe weather research at SoM, covering such research areas as boundary layer and urban meteorology, climate, data assimilation, tropical meteorology, lightning, cloud physics, dynamics, and even polar studies.
Air Quality & Boundary Layer
Chilson, Fedorovich, Klein, Leslie
Climate Variability/Change
Cavallo, Lamb, Morrissey, Postawko
Richman
Cloud Physics/Lightning
Beasley, Biggerstaff, Straka, Zhang
Data Assimilation & NWP
Carr, Cavallo, Droegemeier, Leslie
Shapiro, Wang, Xue
Dynamics
Cavallo, Fedorovich, Fiedler, Leslie
Shapiro, Xue
Mesoscale
Biggerstaff, Bluestein, Cavallo, Xue
Droegemeier, Fiedler, Shapiro, Straka
Radar Meteorology
Biggerstaff, Bluestein, Shapiro, Snow, Straka
Radar Physics/Remote Sensing
Chilson, Palmer, Zhang
Statistical Analysis
Chilson, Morrissey, Palmer, Richman
Synoptic
Bluestein, Carr, Cavallo, Crawford
Tropical
Biggerstaff, Leslie, Morrissey, Postawko
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NWC and Partners
The School of Meteorology is located on the 5th floor of the National Weather Center on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. The 244,000-square-foot building opened its doors in September 2006. One of the largest facilities of its kind in the world, it houses 12 University of Oklahoma, state, and federal organizations with more than 650 employees, faculty, researchers and students.
Academic Research Units
Atmospheric Radar Research Center
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
Environmental Verification and Analysis Center
Academic Partners & Associates
College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences
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Prospective Students
The School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma is the largest such program in the nation, with more than 300 undergraduate and 110 graduate students. Is ranked in the top ten of all atmospheric sciences graduate programs in the nation by the Chronicles of Higher Education. The atmospheric sciences in this ranking were broadly defined and, among this elite group, SoM is at or near the top spot in the severe storms, radar, and mesoscale research. For more information about the School of Meteorology, please read our fact sheet. To learn about the department's history, please read about the evolution of SoM.
Undergraduate Students
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Current Students
Easily access academic information, such as course catalog and schedule, resources, and student organizations.
General Information
Resources
Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students
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Alumni
The School of Meteorology has limited general funds and modest scholarship and fellowship funds from which many student educational and professional development needs are met. The only sources of these funds are gifts from alumni and friends. Each year, the requests for assistance far exceed the amounts available.
Support a specific need with a gift of any amount and make a real difference in the lives of current and future students in the School of Meteorology. Examples of the school's needs are found here. Gifts can be targeted to any of these items.
Latest News
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Recent News
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SoM Undergraduates Win Campus Awards
The University College Alison Smith Overbay Scholarship was awarded to Nancy Holden, a junior meteorology major. The award was established by Eddie Carol Smith and Shirley Jean Smith as a way to honor their daughter. One student is selected each spring semester. The award goes to a female junior who is active in the ROTC with a high academic standing (min 3.25).
At the University spring campus awards ceremony, the School of Meteorology and the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences presented the Senior Undergraduate ….- Slide 2
Two SoM Students Receive Honors From NCAR
Dylan Reif, a junior at the School of Meteorology, was selected to attend the 11th Annual NCAR Undergraduate Leadership Workshop. The program will take place in June 2012 allowing a small number of outstanding undergraduate students to begin on the path of becoming leaders in our field gaining insight into the breadth of research topics in the atmospheric sciences and becoming well informed about graduate and postdoctoral studies.
Matt Kumjian, a PhD student at the School, has been awarded and accepted a Post-doctoral Fellowship ….- Slide 3
Four SoM Undergraduates Awarded Ernest F. Hollings Scholarships
SoM undergraduates, Addison Alford, Conor McNicholas, Dana Mueller and Andy Wade have been awarded NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholarships.
The Hollings Scholarship Program is competitive and prestigious. The scholarship awards are quite generous and include academic assistance for full-time study during the 9-month academic year; a 10-week, full-time internship position during the summer at a NOAA facility; and, if reappointed, academic assistance for full-time study during a second 9-month academic year. The internship between ….- Slide 4
SoM Students Win at Student Research and Performance Day
On Friday, March 2, the National Weather Center hosted the annual University of Oklahoma Student Research and Performance Day. There were more than 85 graduate entries. Three School of Meteorology graduate students placed in their respective categories.
Awardees in Science B: 1st place – James Kurdzo, 2nd place – Jana Houser
Awardees in Engineering A: 2nd place – Fanxing Kong
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The 17th Annual Tzvi Gal-Chen Memorial Lecture Speaker
The School of Meteorology is pleased to announce that Dr. Alan Thorpe will deliver the 17th Annual Tzvi Gal-Chen Memorial Lecture on April 17, 2012.
Since July 2011, Dr. Thorpe has been the Director-General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). From 2005-2011, Dr. Thorpe served as the Chief Executive of the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Prior to that Dr. Thorpe had a period as Director of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research and a long career as an academic at the ….
Graduate Profiles
Matthew Mahler - B.S. 2006
My name is Matt Mahler and I graduated from OU in 2006 with a B.S. in Meteorology. I am currently the weekend morning meteorologist at KWTV - News 9 in Oklahoma City. I found my first job at KFDX 3 in Wichita Falls, TX in November 2006. I was there for three years as the weekday morning meteorologist before accepting the position at KWTV in December 2009.
One of my favorite things about my position in Oklahoma City is working with four other meteorologists who all graduated from OU. Though we all graduated at different times, we took a ....
Faculty Spotlight
Peter Lamb
Director of the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), Dr. Peter Lamb, recently announced that NOAA has selected OU to continue a federal/academic research partnership that focuses on weather radar research, improving forecasts for severe storms, and improving our understanding of extreme weather and short-term regional climate. "We are especially delighted to continue our involvement with NOAA at such a crucial time for environmental stewardship," said Lamb. "Devastating tornado outbreaks last spring and continued ...
Student Spotlight
Dylan Reif
Dylan Reif, lifelong Norman resident, is currently a junior in the School of Meteorology with a minor in Mathematics. He was selected by NCAR to attend the Undergraduate Leadership Workshop this summer in Boulder, Colorado, and is the recipient of the School of Meteorology's Junior Undergraduate Academic Achievement Award. Meteorology has interested Dylan since his father took him to the National Severe Storms Laboratory open house in 1997, and experiencing the May 3, 1999 tornado first-hand only strengthened his interest. After graduation, ...
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