Presentations

2020

  • “Predicting the Spatiotemporal Distribution of Thunderstorm-Induced Power Outages”, 11th AMS Conference on Weather Climate and Energy, Boston, MA. 

2019

  • “Diagnosing and predicting thunderstorm-induced power outages”, 10th AMS Conference on Weather Climate and the New Energy Economy, Phoenix, AZ.

2018

  • “Tropical Cyclone Composite Studies – A Gray Area”, Invited Talk, 33rd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra, FL.

2017

  • “Spatiotemporal variability in the Charlotte suburban heat island”, 13th Symposium on the Urban Environment, Seattle, WA.

2016

  • “Impacts of the Charlotte (North Carolina) urban heat island on local precipitation, biodiversity, human health, and energy use”, 22nd AMS Conference on Applied Meteorology, New Orleans, LA

2015

  • “Simulating the February 2014 North Carolina Snow Event”, AMS Annual Meeting Phoenix, AZ
  • “Influence of freshwater inputs on foraminiferal distributions in coastal environments from southeastern North Carolina”, 64th Annual Meeting of GSA Southeastern Section, Chattanooga, TN
  • “Structure and evolution of convective cells in the near-shore outer rainbands of Hurricane Rita (2005)”, 15th UNC Charlotte Research Symposium, Charlotte, NC

2014

  • “Recent advances in the geospatial prediction of dengue fever outbreaks across Colombia”, Symposium on Weather, Climate and Health, Boulder, CO
  • “Results from a national survey of graduate student stipends across the Geosciences”, 19th Biennial AMS/AGU Heads and Chairs Meeting, Boulder, CO
  • “Sounding-based prediction of supercell motions in tropical cyclones”, 31st AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, CA
  • “An updated tropical cyclone tornado parameter for use in situational awareness forecasting”, 31st AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, CA
  • “Intra- and inter-seasonal autoregressive prediction of dengue outbreaks using local weather and regional climate for a tropical environment in Colombia”, 5th AMS Symposium on Environment and Health, Atlanta, GA

2013

  • “Sounding-based prediction of supercell motions in tropical cyclones”, 68th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) , Roanoke, VA
  • “Intra- and inter-seasonal autoregressive prediction of dengue outbreaks using local weather and regional climate for a tropical environment in Colombia”, 68th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) , Roanoke, VA

2012

  • “A tropical cyclone tornado parameter (TCTP) for use in situational awareness forecasting”, 26th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Nashville, TN, American Meteorological Society
  • “The effectiveness of traditional paleotempestology proxies in backbarrier marshes from the southeastern Atlantic coast”, 2012 GSA Annual Meeting, Vol. 44, No. 7, Charlotte, NC
  • “Development of a Tropical Cyclone Tornado Parameter for situational awareness forecasting”, Invited Talk, Upstate South Carolina Chapter of the AMS & the Charlotte Chapter of the AMS
  • “Evolution of mass transport between the eye and eyewall of Hurricane Guillermo”, 30th Conf. on Hurricanes & Tropical Meteorology, Jacksonville, FL, American Meteorological Society
  • “Discriminating between tornadic and non-tornadic soundings in tropical cyclones”, 30th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Jacksonville, FL, American Meteorological Society

2011

  • “Doppler-derived thermodynamic structure of miniature supercells observed in the outer rainbands of Hurricanes Ivan (2004) and Gustav (2008)”, 35th Radar Meteorology Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, American Meteorological Society

 2010

  • “Miniature supercells in Hurricanes Gustav (2008) and Ivan (2004): Comparison of environments and cell structure”, 25th Conference on Severe and Local Storms, Denver, CO, American Meteorological Society
  • “Modulation of eyewall convection by eye-eyewall mesovortices during the rapid intensification of Hurricane Guillermo”, 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Tucson, AZ, American Meteorological Society
  • “Composite structure of vortical hot towers observed in Hurricane Guillermo”, 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Tucson, AZ, American Meteorological Society
  • “Surface cold pools in the outer rainbands of Tropical Storm Hanna (2008)”, 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Tucson, AZ, American Meteorological Society
  • “Miniature supercells observed in an offshore outer rainband of Hurricane Gustav (2008)”, 29th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Tucson, AZ, American Meteorological Society

 2009

  • “Tropical cyclone tornadoes in North Carolina”, Carolina/Virginia Climate Conference, Wilmington, NC
  • “Collaborative efforts to document tropical cyclone rainbands while providing real-time rainfall data to coastal communities”, Invited Talk, NOAA Southeast River Forecast Center, Atlanta, GA
  • “Surface observations from the outer rainbands or Tropical Storm Hanna (2008)”, Conference on the Inland Impacts of Tropical Cyclones, Atlanta, GA, American Meteorological Society
  • “UNCC / RENCI collaborative sensor efforts: Surface mesonet observations in Brunswick County during the landfall of Hanna (2008)”, North Carolina Sensor Workshop, Chapel Hill, NC

 2008

  • “Structural variability of miniature supercells in tropical cyclone rainbands”, 24th Conference on Severe and Local Storms, Savannah, GA, American Meteorological Society
  • “Miniature supercells in offshore outer rainbands:  Environment, structure, and implications”, Invited Talk, NOAA Hurricane Research Division
  • “Evolving low-wavenumber flow and the distribution of deep eyewall convection during the rapid intensification of Hurricane Guillermo (1997)”, 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society
  • “Mini-supercells observed in an offshore outer rainband of Hurricane Ivan”, 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society
  • “Observations of offshore mini-supercells within an outer rainband of Hurricane Ivan (2004)” Invited Talk, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC
  • “Analysis of offshore deep convection within landfalling hurricanes just prior to tornadogenesis” 7th Conference on Coastal Processes, San Diego, CA, American Meteorological Society

 Before 2008

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