Ph.D. - University of Washington, Atmospheric Sciences (1982) B.S. - San Jose State University, Meteorology (1977)

My research is centered on the weather and climate of the western United States, data assimilation, mountain meteorology, fire weather, and Great Salt Lake studies. I participate in the Mountain Meteorology Group within the department, which conducts a broad program of research related to weather and climate processes of the western United States.

Research Activities

• CIRP
• MesoWest
• ROMAN
• Mesoscale Analysis Committee
• Great Salt Lake Studies

Courses

• Fall 2006
• Meteorology 2810: Undergraduate Seminar
• Meteorology 3000/Geography 3280: Mountain Weather and Climate
• Spring 2006
  • Meteorology 5120: Applied Math and Statistics for Environmental Scientists
• Fall 2005
  • Meteorology 2810: Undergraduate Seminar
  • Meteorology 3000: Mountain Weather and Climate
• Others
  • Meteorology 1020: Climate Change
  • Meteorology 3410: Meteorological Instrumentation and Computing
  • Meteorology 3510: Atmospheric Thermodynamics
  • Meteorology 5500: Mountain Meteorology
  • Meteorology 6210: Advanced Dynamic Meteorology
  • Math 6790: Case Studies in Computational Engineering and Science