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Texas A&M University
Room 1007B, O&M Building
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
MS 3150
College Station, Texas 77843

Dr. Courtney Schumacher

Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Washington, 2003

M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, 2000

B.A., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 1994

Research Interests

Tropical Meteorology
My research focuses on a wide range of atmospheric convective processes in the tropics, from small cumulus to large mesoscale convective systems. I am interested in the environmental factors that affect precipitation production and convective organization.
Radar Meteorology
Radar is a key tool in my work because of its ability to observe precipitation and storm structure over large time and space scales. I've used both ground-based and space-borne radars to create climatologies useful in understanding tropical convective processes and subtropical precipitating systems.
Mesoscale-climate interactions
This component of my research pairs observations of precipitation and storm structure with mesoscale and global circulation models to better understand the interaction between mesoscale systems and the large-scale circulation.

Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2009 -
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, 2003 - 2009

Recent Publications

Stachnik, J. P., A. Fanning, B. Haines, and C. Schumacher, 2009: Environmental variability of upper-air observations across Southeast Texas and implications for numerical simulations of deep convection. Wea. Forecasting, submitted. [PDF]
Schumacher, C., 2009: Radar meteorology in the Tropics. EOLSS, in review. [PDF]
Mullendore, G. L., A. J. Homann, K. Bevers, and C. Schumacher, 2009: Radar reflectivity as a proxy for convective mass transport. J. Geophys. Res., in press. [PDF]
Casey, S. P. F., A. E. Dessler, and C. Schumacher, 2009: Five-year climatology of midtropospheric dry air layers in warm tropical ocean regions as viewed by AIRS/Aqua. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., in press. [PDF]
Hopper, L. J., and C. Schumacher, 2009: Baroclinicity influences on storm divergence and stratiform rain: Subtropical upper-level disturbances. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 1338-1357. [PDF]
Schumacher, Courtney, Paul E. Ciesielski, and Minghua H. Zhang, 2008: Tropical cloud heating profiles: Analysis from KWAJEX. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 4289-4300. [PDF]
Jakob, C., and C. Schumacher, 2008: Precipitation and latent heating characteristics of the major Tropical Western Pacific cloud regimes. J. Climate, 21, 4348-4364. [PDF]
Frederick, K., and C. Schumacher, 2008: Anvil characteristics as seen by C-POL during the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE). Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 206-222. [PDF]