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publications

Examining Parameterizations of Potential Temperature Variance Across Varied Landscapes for Use in Earth System Models

Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2022

Earth system models (ESMs) and mesoscale models have come to employ increasingly complex parameterization schemes for the atmospheric boundary layer, requiring surface boundary conditions for numerous higher order turbulence statistics… … The National Ecological Observation Network is used here to evaluate existing parameterizations for the surface boundary of PTV, note key deficiencies, and explore possible remedies. The results indicate that existing schemes are acceptable over a variety of surface conditions …

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A Two-Column Model Parameterization for Subgrid Surface Heterogeneity Driven Circulations

Published in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2024

When the circulations are parameterized, we see increased cloud development and realistic changes to the mean profiles of temperature and moisture. The proposed model qualitatively matches expectations from the literature and LES, and points to the potential success of its future implementation in coarse grid models.

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Surface Flux Homogenization and its Impacts on Convection Across CONUS

Published in Journal of Hydrometeorology (submitted to), 2024

Homogenization of higher resolution surface fluxes when passed to the atmosphere, as common in many ESMs, is shown to cause large changes in precipitation in water limited regions of the United States in addition to yielding significant changes to mesoscale atmospheric flows

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talks

teaching

International Water Development

Undergraduate course, University of California -- Berkeley, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2018

I designed the curriculum for and led a for credit, pass/fail course for lower division Berkeley undergraduate students.

Environmental Spatial Data Analysis

Graduate Level Course, Duke University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2021

Served as a teaching assistant for a course covering the basics of python, environmental spatial data formats, and how to analyze spatial data effectively.

Fluid Mechanics

Undergraduate Level Course, Duke University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2022

Served as a TA for an introductory course in fluids, teaching and leading the laboratory section of the course