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Geography Colloquium: Geometric Analysis of Moisture Budgets and Precipitation Structures in U.S. Landfalling Tropical Cyclones

Geometric Analysis of Moisture Budgets and Precipitation Structures in U.S. Landfalling Tropical Cyclones Geography Colloquium Speaker: Ms. Stephanie Zick Graduate Student, Geography Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.  

Performing spatial analysis on tropical cyclone rainband structures after creating a 3D Mosaic of WSR-88D reflectivity data using a map-reduce framework and a Geographic Information System (GIS)

MATYAS, TANG, ZICK – Performing spatial analysis on tropical cyclone rainband structures after creating a 3D Mosaic of WSR-88D reflectivity data using a map-reduce framework and a Geographic Information System (GIS) Corene J. Matyas, J. Tang and S. E. Zick Conference Paper presented at AMS Radar 2015 on 16 SEPT 2015 ABSTRACT: The high spatial and temporal […]

Tropical cyclones in the North American Regional Reanalysis: The impact of satellite-derived precipitation over ocean

ZICK, MATYAS – Tropical cyclones in the North American Regional Reanalysis: The impact of satellite-derived precipitation over ocean Stephanie E. Zick, Corene J. Matyas Article first published online: 5 September 2015 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023722 ABSTRACT: Continued advancement in the realm of tropical cyclone (TC) forecasting requires a more accurate depiction of these storms at model […]

Stephanie Zick awarded Pruitt Fellowship

Stephanie Zick has been selected as a Society of Woman Geographers (SWG) Pruitt Dissertation Fellowship awardee for 2015-2016. As a PhD candidate under the advisement of Dr. Corene Matyas, Stephanie is studying the influence of atmospheric moisture on the structure of landfalling hurricanes, with the goal of improving precipitation forecasts in these dangerous storms. Her […]

Dr. Stephanie Zick

sezick@ufl.edu @sezick Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Virginia Tech State of Origin: Pennsylvania Degree Program: PhD – Awarded Spring 2016 Advisor: Dr. Corene Matyas Entered Program: Fall 2012 Dissertation Topic:  Influence of the Large-scale Thermodynamic Environment on Moisture Budgets in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones and Implications for Rainfall Areas of/Research Interests: Climate, Tropical Meteorology, Spatio-temporal distributions of Atmospheric Moisture and […]