Prospectus UNR – University of Reno, Nevada DRI – Desert Research Institute Dr. Michael Kaplan Bo Tan
Content Biography Advisor’s biography My present work Plans for the future Steps Need-to-dos
Biography Changchun, China
Biography Parents: Dad (Electrician) Mom (Physics Journal Translator) Moved to U.S. by age 14, December 1999
Biography Arcadia High School Regular English Classes in sophomore year Marching Band Pasadena Rose Parade in 2003 Chinese Club President
Biography Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott/AZ Aeronautical Science Major (year and half) CESSNA SKYHAWK C-172S
Biography Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Applied Meteorology Major (two and half years) First Graduating Meteorology Class Internship with University of Oklahoma/National Weather Service African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses 2006 cases study V.P. weather club / Teaching Assi. / Tutoring Theta Xi
Biography UNR/DRI Interesting place More meteorological people Broader perspective
Advisor Dr. Michael Kaplan Over 40 years experience in most areas of meteorology Rutgers University Meteorology B.A.1967 Rutgers University Meteorology M.S.1968 State University of New York, AlbanyAtmospheric SciencesPh.D.1972 More than 40 publications Held positions in Public, Private, and Military sector. Over 40 mentored students
Monsoon Research Topic Mid-latitude and tropical interactions with the North American Monsoon National Science Foundation Climate Program
Monsoon Research History: Johnson, et. al. 2006: Multistage Variability of the Flow during the North American Monsoon Experiment J. Climate, 20, Moisture surge relates to tropical disturbances Extra-tropical and tropical interactions near the Gulf of Mexico Upstream interactions leading to moisture surges in the Southwest
Monsoon Research Importance Initiation sequences of individual moisture surge events in the southwest during the monsoon season Mid-latitude interaction process/Rossby Wave Breaking events What roll do mid-latitude processes, over the Gulf of Mexico, play in the surge sequences? Notably Rossby Wave Breaking and Trough Thinning Processes
Monsoon Research San-Jose State University John T. Abatzoglou (Co-PI) Simulations
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Plans for the future NASA The Lunar Surface Systems Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center “WASHINGTON -- NASA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Space Enterprise Council will hold a workshop on lunar surface system concepts to support human and robotic exploration on the moon by 2020.”
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