Originally presented 14 Nov 2015
Funded in part by NOAA Award Number NA15NOS0080223 through the National Ocean Service
I am currently a National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, in the Divison of Ocean and Climate Physics. I work with Dr. Suzana Camargo and Professor Adam Sobel on problems related to tropical cyclones and the organization of tropical convection. Prior to arriving at Lamont, I was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate within the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT. I completed my Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science in the same department at MIT in March 2014, under the advisement of Professor Kerry Emanuel. Prior to my tenure as a graduate student at MIT, I attended Cornell University. I graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science from Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Broadly, I study atmospheric dynamics and climate, with specific interests in tropical meteorology, tropical convection, and tropical cyclones. My Ph.D. thesis focused on the organization of tropical convection and the physical mechanisms controlling self-aggregation in idealized numerical modeling simulations. While I was a postdoc at MIT, I worked with Professors Kerry Emanuel and Susan Solomon on determining the role of upper tropospheric temperatures in tropical cyclone intensity trends and variability. In the past I’ve also done research on the dynamics of tropical cyclones as well as their potential influence on climate. My current research involves numerical simulations of organized convection and the role of self-aggregation mechanisms in tropical cyclogenesis.
VIEW THE WORKSHOP AGENDA INCLUDING THE SPECIAL PLACE AND TIME
You can view Allison’s presentation
Link to related vimeo: https://vimeo.com/144409194
(simulation of hurricane based on her current research)
Columbia University Initiative on Extreme Weather
Blogs:
Allison Wing about Hurricane Patricia: http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2015/10/23/historic-hurricane-nears-landfall-on-southwest-coast-of-mexico/
Adam Sobel about better forecasting: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/24/opinions/sobel-forecasting-category-7-hurricane/index.html
Adam Sobel’s blog: adamsobel.org
“Climate Changes as a Story-Telling Problem”
Selected Books and Open Courseware Links:
Adam Sobel: Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future
Mike Smith: Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather. (available through Amazon)
Kerry Emanuel (MIT): Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes
“Tropical Cyclones” (Open Courseware)
Useful websites:
National Hurricane Center (Central agency to identify, track, forecast hurricanes and tropical storms)
NHC Outreach Resources NHC Tropical Cyclone Climatology
National Weather Service (Our Nation’s “No Surprise” observation and forecast agency)
National Climate Data Center (Source for archived climate data, including hurricanes)
American Meteorological Society DataStreme Atmosphere (excellent source for real-time weather)
AMS Earth’s Climate System (excellent source for current climate information)
NWS Jet Stream Online School for Weather (web-based educational programs about all aspects of weather, including Tropical Weather)
National Climate Assessment 2014 (official report assessing current climate conditions and predicting impacts of future change)
TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (excellent source of images and observations about tropical weather, including hurricanes)
“Hot Stuff from the GOES Project”
“Hurricane Katrina” movie (note: 215 MB)
Hurricane Hunters (home page of the Hurricane Hunters, who fly directly into storms)
Activities
LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
DRAFT ACTIVITY: SUGGESTIONS FOR LESSON PLANS BASED ON TODAY’S PROGRAM
BACKGROUND RESOURCES FROM THE FRAMEWORKS, NGSS, and NCA
DRAFT ACTIVITY: Is There a Better Way to Describe the Impact of Hurricanes? Word doc pdf
DRAFT ACTIVITY: Severe Weather Project Word doc pdf
Related activities:
Project Atmosphere Canada: “Hurricanes”
Climate Change Human Health: Natural Disasters–Cyclones
“Navigating the Hurricane High: Understanding Hurricanes with Google Earth” by A. Evans et al./suggested by Olivia Tandon
“Hurricanes, Pressure, and Wind” activities suggested by Samantha Adams version 1 version 2 hurricane data sets
“TEACHING ABOUT WEATHER AND CLIMATE” — 2015 E2C SUMMER INSTITUTE
