1. Advisory Conference Brett Roberts 2013-11-18

2. Research Plan  Current work  Investigating role of friction in tornadogenesis using idealized simulations  Differs from existing literature by using special “base-state friction only” control experiments  Quantitative vorticity budgets  Potential future directions  Sensitivity to various sounding modifications  Real-data cases FULL FRICTION BASE-STATE FRICTION

3. Completed Coursework  55 hours total (including Fall 2013)  35 hours letter-graded  All METR 5000+  Satisfies the Ph.D requirement of 34 hours from letter-graded, graduate- level METR courses  Future seminar will bring total to at least 36 hours letter-graded

4. Completed Coursework  Core courses  METR 5113 (Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics I)  METR 5413 (Advanced Synoptic Meteorology)  METR 5233 (Cloud and Precipitation Physics)  METR 5223 (Atmospheric Radiation)  “A” in all these courses satisfies grade requirement

5. Completed Coursework  Elective courses  Modeling  METR 5344 (Computational Fluid Dynamics)  METR 5353 (Parameterization Schemes)  METR 5303 (Objective Analysis and Data Assimilation)  Meteorological specialties  METR 5123 (Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics II)  METR 6223 (Convective Clouds and Storms)  METR 5103 (Boundary Layer Meteorology)  Radar  METR 6613 (Radar Polarimetry)

6. Future Planning  General Exam  Committee’s availability for oral defense?  Additional coursework  Needed?  If so, possible candidates  C S 5613 (Computer Networks and Distributed Processing) – SP 2014  EnKF or Adv. Mesoscale – but likely not offered again until FA 2015?  Timing to avoid overlap with General Exam?