Synoptic & Mesoscale Meteorology
Synoptic and mesoscale meteorology encompasses what we normally associate with "weather," such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, local weather patterns, hurricanes, tropical convection, warm and cold fronts, high and low pressure systems, and jet streams. Research in this area can involve making field measurements, analyzing data, and conducting computer simulations. The ultimate goal of most research in this area is to improve weather forecasts and severe weather warnings.
Faculty
Assistant Professor
Director of the Houston Lightning Mapping Array (HLMA) Network
Aerosol-cloud Interactions, Aerosol Chemistry, Biomass Burning Smoke, Atmospheric Electricity
Professor
Atmospheric dynamics, predictability, numerical weather prediction, data assimilation, machine learning
Associate Professor
Midlatitude convective storms, particularly supercell dynamics, storm/environment interactions, and probabilistic severe weather forecasting
Professor
E. D. Brockett Professorship in Geosciences
Tropical meteorology, radar meteorology, mesoscale-climate interactions
Regents Professor
Texas State Climatologist; Director, Southern Regional Climate Center
Applied Climatology, Extreme Rainfall, Drought Monitoring, Local Circulations
Associate Professor
Mesoscale atmospheric dynamics, topographically forced waves and wakes, numerical modeling and scientific computation
Instructional Professor
Meteorology forecasting and services, meteorological and oceanographic instrumentation
Professor Emeritus, Research Scientist
Large-scale flow organization and transport, theory of geophysical models, pattern-forming PDEs, numerical simulation of electromagnetic scattering
Professor
Hurricanes, moist convection, large-scale dynamics, climate dynamics, climate variability, past climates
