Leadership as a Great Adventure Jonathan E. Martin AMS Student Conference New Orleans, LA January 2016
Extratropical Cyclogenesis The Development Theorem: The First Omega Equation Net column DIVERGENCE is a function of thermal wind advection of column geostrophic vorticity! 500 hPa 500 hPa QG (1) Master the Fundamentals
Extratropical Cyclogenesis The Development Theorem: The First Omega Equation Net column DIVERGENCE is a function of thermal wind advection of column geostrophic vorticity! 500 hPa 500 hPa QG (1) Master the Fundamentals
Extratropical Cyclogenesis (1) Master the Fundamentals Learn to speak PV!
(2) Assertion vs. Reasoned Argument “Believe me!” “That I can tell you!” “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.”
(2) Assertion vs. Reasoned Argument “Believe me!” “That I can tell you!” “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” b a c a 2 + b 2 = c 2
(3) Simple does not mean Easy Accumulation of Mass in a volume increases the Mass contained in that volume Mass Continuity
(3) Simple does not mean Easy Accumulation of Mass in a volume increases the Mass contained in that volume Mass Continuity SIMPLE
(3) Simple does not mean Easy Accumulation of Mass in a volume increases the Mass contained in that volume Mass Continuity p. 66/67 of book here as graphic SIMPLE NOT EASY
(4) Curiosity Charts a Happy Course
NCEP Reanalysis/GFS ERA-40 CFSR Trends are significant at the 99.9% level T= -5°C T= -15°C T= -25°C T= -20°C T= -10°C DJF Average Area : 1948/49 – 2013/14 (4) Curiosity Charts a Happy Course
NCEP Reanalysis/GFS ERA-40 CFSR Trends are significant at the 99.9% level T= -5°C T= -15°C T= -25°C T= -20°C T= -10°C DJF Average Area : 1948/49 – 2013/14 (4) Curiosity Charts a Happy Course
NCEP Reanalysis/GFS ERA-40 CFSR Trends are significant at the 99.9% level T= -5°C T= -15°C T= -25°C T= -20°C T= -10°C DJF Average Area : 1948/49 – 2013/14 2 PVU and Isotachs 340:355 K layer SIN = (4) Curiosity Charts a Happy Course April 27, 2010
NCEP Reanalysis/GFS ERA-40 CFSR Trends are significant at the 99.9% level T= -5°C T= -15°C T= -25°C T= -20°C T= -10°C DJF Average Area : 1948/49 – 2013/14 (4) Curiosity Charts a Happy Course 2 PVU and Isotachs 340:355 K layer SIN = April 27, PVU and Isotachs 315:330 K layer SIN = 2.417
NCEP Reanalysis/GFS ERA-40 CFSR Trends are significant at the 99.9% level T= -5°C T= -15°C T= -25°C T= -20°C T= -10°C DJF Average Area : 1948/49 – 2013/14 April 27, PVU and Isotachs 315:330 K layer (4) Curiosity Charts a Happy Course SIN = PVU and Isotachs 340:355 K layer April 27, 2010 SIN = DJF Averages STJ PJ STJ PJ DJF Averages
(5) The Importance of Storytelling Express your ideas clearly, concisely, and elegantly – imitate the masters! Homer Twain Haley
(5) The Importance of Storytelling Express your ideas clearly, concisely, and elegantly – imitate the masters! Homer Twain Haley Eliassen
(6) Follow Through!
Commit to Excellence Acknowledge the contributions of others Respectfully disagree Offer arguments not personal attacks
(6) Follow Through! Commit to Excellence Acknowledge the contributions of others Respectfully disagree Offer arguments not personal attacks