Meteorology Courses
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courses for GIS MINORGeographic Information in a Changing World (GEOG 260)
Immersive Technologies (GEOG 107N) Cartography - Maps and Map Construction (GEOG 361) Geographic Information Systems (GEOG 363) Applied Cartographic Design (GEOG 467) Remote Sensing and Spatial Data Handling (FOR 455) OTHER COURSESGeneral Physics: Mechanics (PHYS 211)
General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism (PHYS 212) Chemistry Principles I (CHEM 110) Problem Solving in Chemistry (CHEM 108) Calculus w/ Earth and Mineral Science Applications I (MATH 140) Calculus w/ Earth and Mineral Science Applications II (MATH 141) Calculus and Vector Analysis (MATH 230) Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations (MATH 251) Experiential Methods (STAT 401) Peer Tutoring for Public Speaking (CAS 490) Information, People, and Technology (IST 110) Rhetoric and Civic Life I and II (CAS 137 and 138) Earth & Mineral Sciences First Year Seminar (EMSC 100) History of Landscape Architecture (LARCH 60) Fitness Walking (KINES 72) Exercise for Stress Management (KINES 83) |
honors option paper for mesoscale meteorology
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This is an overview paper about mesoscale snow banding, talking specifically about how they form and why they are important to understand. This was a part of my honors option for my mesoscale meteorology class. I had to conduct extensive research on the topic of mesoscale snow banding and then compile all of this existing knowledge into a cohesive paper that makes sense to the reader. The formation and evolution of mesoscale snow bands are driven by many equations and concepts that I learned in the mesoscale meteorology class. It was very interesting to learn more about this topic and how it impacts our weather and write a paper about what is already known about this phenomena.
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SCIENTIFIC term PAPER FOR ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS CLASS
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This is a scientific paper about a rain gauge experiment that our class completed at the beginning of the semester. Based on the results from our rain gauge experiment, where we measured precipitation using different types of rain gauges in the State College area, each of us wrote this scientific paper offering some discussion and conclusions from the experiment. It was very interesting to see how each of the rain gauges performed and why some differences in measurements might have arisen. In this class, we learned about all of the different sections of a scientific paper so that we could apply that knowledge when we were each writing this paper in stages throughout the semester.
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honors option paper for synoptic meteorology
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This is a case study paper about a particular severe weather setup in May of 2019 that produced some very dangerous tornadoes across the Central Plains, but also generated some controversy for how it was forecasted. I talk in detail about what the synoptic and mesoscale setup was like for this severe weather event across Oklahoma as well as in Jefferson City, Missouri in this report. I also talk about what the messaging was like for each case and how the public responded to the forecast information that they received. These two severe weather events were very interesting to study as I applied some of the concepts I learned in my synoptic meteorology class to write this paper, as well as taking a social science approach by talking about the messaging for each case.
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WHEN DISASTER STRIKES: GIS STORYMAP PROJECT ABOUT BILLION DOLLAR WEATHER DISASTERS TO IMPACT THE u.S. OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS
PAPER ABOUT NBC CT INTERNSHIP OVER THE SUMMER OF 2019
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My internship at NBC CT during the summer of 2019 was an incredible experience, as I got to learn from some of the best in the business of broadcast meteorology and see what the daily duties of the job entailed. I not only learned a lot about broadcasting and what it takes to be on television, but also more about the science behind the forecast. This was especially true during a severe weather event that occurred during my internship where I was involved in forecasting before the event, communicating the impacts during the event, and assessing the damage after the event. I relate some of these internship experiences to one of my meteorology classes that I was taking at the time in this paper.
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Persuasive Essay on Hurricane Preparedness in America
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One of the most important responsibilities of a meteorologist is to keep people safe in the time of a disaster. Forecasts before a major storm hits can be life saving. One of the most destructive and widespread natural disasters that can occur is hurricanes. We saw how much damage and destruction hurricanes can cause in the 2017 hurricane season and we need to learn from this so that we can be more prepared for hurricanes moving forward. This persuasive essay outlines the reasons why we should be investing in hurricane preparedness initiatives instead of hurricane relief. Preparing before the storm helps to save lives and money, and it is an important thing to do that many people fail to accomplish.
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Paradigm Shift Essay on How Weather Forecasting Has Changed for the Better and Improved Our Society
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Many people don't realize how much weather forecasting has improved since its inception and the innumerable impacts that these improvements have had on our society. In this paradigm shift essay, I used extensive research to talk about the drastic changes that forecasting the weather has gone through over the past century. Now weather forecasts are more accurate than ever before, keeping more people safe and allowing our society to rely on these forecasts for countless daily activities. I really enjoyed researching and writing this essay since I got to learn the history of weather forecasting and how it came to become an accurate and powerful service that we know and love today.
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay About Disaster Relief Funds Raised by J.J. Watt and walmart After Hurricane Harvey
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Hurricane Harvey was a disastrous storm for the residents of southeastern Texas, especially in the Houston area, as widespread flooding ensued causing millions of dollars in damage. J.J. Watt, a popular football player for the Houston Texans, and Walmart, a massive retail company, both contributed to the recovery efforts by creating relief funds. I compare and contrast the methods that each used to raise money and their impact on the residents of southeast Texas.
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coding (in python and matlab)
In Python: I had to create a series of 4-panel plots that correlated to a specific set of days out of the year. This 7-day period from June 29 until July 5, 2018 was the time period during the second half of 2018 when the Northern Rockies region of the United States (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Montana) received the most precipitation. The data was retrieved from NCEP's North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) and manipulated in order to create this series of plots. The upper left plot shows precipitation rate and sea level pressure for each day. The upper right plot shows CAPE and CIN. The lower left plot shows 500 hPa heghts and the lower right plot shows 700 hPa relative humidity and wind vectors. All of these meteorological variables are helpful to see what the weather pattern was like on each day and where the precipitation fell.
In MatLab: One part of our final project for this programming class had us create an animation of sea ice concentration for the year 2012. The animation above contains 12 maps, one for each month, and the number you see changing at the top is the number of the month. The white represents Arctic sea ice and the blue represents water. 2012 is an interesting year to study because it had the lowest September sea ice extent on record, as you can see in the Seasonal Cycles of Total Sea Ice Extent plot above, which was another figure we had to create for our final project. 2009 is highlighted in this plot because it had the lowest March sea ice extent on record, and then two decades were also chosen for this plot and averaged over the ten year period to demonstrate the differences in sea ice extent from the 1950s to the '90s.