Masters Degrees Awarded in the Department of Atmospheric Science

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1963 - Summer
• Rasmussen, James
  Adviser: Riehl
  Title: Some Aspects of the Monthly Atmospheric Circulation Affecting Monthly Precipitation Over the Colorado River Basin
• Butler, Calvin C.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Plan B

1964 - Summer
• Bergen, James D.
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Title: The Thermal Regime of a Mountain Snow Cover
• Mahlman, Jerry D.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Relation of Stratospheric-Tropospheric Mass Exchange Mechanisms to Surface Radioactivity Peaks

1965 - Summer
• Anderson, Alan C.
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Plan B
• Auer, August H.
  Adviser: Schleusener
  Title: The Vertical Distribution of Aitken Nuclei in the Vicinity of Fort Collins, Colorado
• Davis, William E.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Plan B

1965 - Fall
• Smith, Boyce M.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Plan B
• Stephens, Charles P.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Plan B

1966 - Spring
• Beran, Donald W.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Large Amplitude Lee Waves and Chinook Winds
• Figgins, Everett D.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Title: Weather Pattern Recognition from TIROS Pictures Over Southeast Asia

1966 - Summer
• Connell, James R.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Title: A Transient State of a Wave in the Easterlies

1967 - Spring
• Djordjevic, Nenad
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Denver Air Pollution Study with Air Trajectories
• Finklin, Arnold I.
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Title: Precipitation and Runoff Characteristics of the Sacramento Basin
• Hindman, Edward E.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Snow Crystal and Ice Nuclei Concentrations on Orographic Snowfall
• Rainbird, Allan F.
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Title: Some Hydrometeorological Aspects of Flood Flows in the Lower Mekong River, Southeast Asia

1967 - Summer
• Furman, William R.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Radar Characteristics of Wintertime Storms in the Colorado Rockies

1967 - Fall
• Mendenhall, Bruce R.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: A Statistical Study of Frictional Wind Veering in the Planetary Boundary Layer

1968 - Spring
• Black, Robert E.
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Title: Blizzards on the North Central Plains
• Chappell, Charles F.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Cloud Seeding Opportunity Recognition
• Ehrman, William D.
  Adviser: Bean
  Title: Wintertime Eastern Colorado Airflow
• Grossman, Robert L.
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Title: An Investigation of Water Surface Temperature by an Airborne Infrared Radiometer
• Yeatman, Raymond T.
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Plan B

1968 - Summer
• Barchet, William R.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: The Sessile Drop as a Heterogeneous Nucleation Embryo
• Lopez, Raul E.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Investigation of the Importance of Cumulus Convection and Ventilation in Early Tropical Storm Development
• Reeder, Frank D.
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Plan B
• Sartor, James W.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Monthly climatological wind fields associated with tropical storm genesis in the West Indies.
• Wachtmann, Ronald F.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Role of Angular Momentum Transports in Tropical Storm Dissipation Over Tropical Oceans

1968 - Fall
• Walts, Dennis S.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Transport Processes During Stratospheric Warming and Cooling Episodes

1969 - Spring
• Dankwa, Joseph B.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Title: Some Aspects of Precipitation Occurring in Summer Disturbances Over Southeast Asia
• Modahl, Alf C.
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: The Influence of Vertical Wind Shear on Hailstorm Development and Structure
• Renne, David S.
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: Stability and Dynamic Processes in the Formation of High Plains Hailstorms

1969 - Summer
• Fischer, Robert E.
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: Remote Sensing of Hail and Hail Growth in Convective Clouds
• Fritsch, J. Michael
  Adviser: Rao
  Title: Objective Analysis of a Two Dimensional Data Field by the Cubic Spline Technique
• LaDochy, Stephen E.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Plan B
• Pann, Yunn
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Plan B
• Reeser, Warner K.
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Title: Haze Distributions in the Troposphere
• Rubenacker, J.
  Adviser: Rasmussen
  Plan B
• Wills, Thomas G.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Characteristics of the Tornado Environment as Deduced from Proximity Soundings

1969 - Fall
• Anthony, John Thomas
  Adviser: Gray
  Plan B
• Zimmerman, Carl Scott
  Adviser: Rao
  Plan B

1970 - Spring
• Cotton, Austin Gay
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Satellite Observations of Momentum Surge
• Hadley, Donald Lee
  Adviser: Rasmussen
  Title: Precipitation Patterns in a Cyclone
• Parisi, John Thomas
  Adviser: Rasmussen
  Title: Properties of Orographic Clouds
• Sopka, R.J.
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Title: Remote Infrared Detection of Uranium Ore Bodies
• Williams, Knox Tacquard
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: A Statistical Analysis of Trade Wind Clouds Clusters in the Western North Pacific

1970 - Summer
• Bertolin, Gary Eugene
  Adviser: Rasmussen
  Title: A Climatology of the Pawnee National Grassland
• Hjermstad, Lawrence Marvin
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: The Influence of Meteorological Parameters on the Distribution of Precipitation Across Central Colorado Mountains
• Kininmonth, William Robert
  Adviser: Riehl
  Title: Weather Disturbances over Tropical Continents and Their Effects on Ground Conditions. Thermal Modification of the Troposphere due to Convective Interactions
• Robitaille, Francis E.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Title: Some Aspects of Wet and Dry Middle-Level Cyclones over Southeast Asia

1970 - Fall
• Brown, Stanley R.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Terminal Velocities of Ice Crystals
• Cress, Ted Seth
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: Factors in Warm Fog Dissipation
• Hablutzel, Benjamin
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Crossed Bea, Wind Measuring Techniques
• Stankov, Borislava V.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Variation of Turbulence Characteristics

1971 - Spring
• Oliver, John W.
  Adviser: Grant
  Plan B

1971 - Summer
• Kamm, William J.
  Adviser: Baer
  Plan B
• Matthews, David A.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Effects of Raindrop Spectra on a Cumulus Model
• Sandberg, Peter S.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: Water-Structuring Dopants in AgI
• Taylor, Elden C.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Plan B

1971 - Fall
• Balick, Lee K.
  Adviser: Rasmussen
  Title: A Study of Orographic Clouds
• Heikes, Kenneth
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Steady Convection in Stratifies Fluid
• Sikula, Gerald J.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: ATS III Data as a Forecasting Aid

1972 - Spring
• Miller, H. Joe
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Real-Time Direct Read-Out Satellite Support to Meteorological Research Programs and Forecasting Units
• Ramanathan, N.
  Adviser: Baer
  Title: A Study of the Nongeotrophic Barotropic-Baroclinic Instability Problem. Ageostrophic Combined Instability Study
• Sundararajan, A.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Title: Surface Pressure Analysis in the Tropics

1972 - Summer
• Almeyda, Guillermo F.
  Adviser: Rasmussen
  Title: Grassland Climatology
• Cruz, Luis A.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Title: Venezuelan Rainstorms as Seen by Radar
• Downey, Patrick H.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Solar Energy in the Atmosphere
• Ellis, James S.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Applied Radiation Budget Measurements
• Mata, Martha
  Adviser: Riehl
  Title: Modeling Venezuelan Weather Systems
• Pacheco, Pedro P.
  Adviser: Riehl
  Title: The Subcloud Layer of Venezuelan Storms
• Rhea, John O.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Interpreting Orographic Snowfall Patterns
• Shea, Dennis J.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: The Structure and Dynamics of the Hurricane.s Inner Core Region
• Vardiman, Larry
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Ice Crystal Multiplication in Convective Elements of Winter Orographic Clouds

1972 - Fall
• Sheaffer, John D.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: Lithium Doped Silver Iodine Studies

1973 - Summer
• Clark, Wayne E.
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: Analysis of Point Seeding Pyrotechnics
• Dahl, David A.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: The Washout of Atmospheric Lead
• Dugan, Frank J.
  Adviser: Betts
  Title: Convective Changes in Heat and Moisture Structure of the Cumulus Sub-Cloud Layer. The Thermodynamic Structure of the Cumulus Subcloud Layer
• Durham, Richard
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Warm Cumulus Cloud Seeding Potential
• Frank, William M.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Characteristics of Carbon Black Dust as a Scale Tropospheric Heat Source
• Novlan, David J.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Hurricane Spawned Tornadoes
• Puckett, William R.
  Adviser: Grant
  Plan B

Adviser: Grant
Title: Weather Modification Climatology at Climax, Colorado
• Reynolds, David W.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: The Effects of Solar Radiation Absorption in the Tropical Troposphere
• Turner, Charles P.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: The Infrared Emissivity of Water Vapor

1973 - Fall
• Abbe Jr., Robert Fred
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Spectra of Atmospheric Motions on the Upper-Troposphere and Lower-Stratosphere over North America and Australia
• Fleming, James Rodger
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Radiative Effects of Cirrus Clouds
• Maddox, Robert Alan
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: A Study of Tornado Proximity Data and an Observationally Derived Model of Tornado Genesis
• Nelson, Donald W.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: PPM Level Gas-Particulate Interactions
• Wetzel, Peter John
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: The Eastern Colorado Hail Environment

1974 - Spring
• Albrecht, Bruce A.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: The Large Scale Response of the Tropical Atmosphere with Radiative Heating
• Belculfine, Ulysses
  Adviser: Reiter
  Plan B
• Loranger, David Clark
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Convective Ring Structures in the Tropics
• Moore, Douglas Alan
  Adviser: Betts
  Title: Diagnostic Tests of Models for the Thermal Structure of the Non-Precipitating Convective Boundary Layer
• Ramos, Rodolpho P.L.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Characteristics of the Precipitation of Northeast Brazil

1974 - Summer
• Cole, Harold Lee
  Adviser: Marlatt
  Title: The Effects of Aerosols on Atmospheric Radiation
• Grover, Ralph Wayne
  Adviser: Betts
  Title: Characteristics of Tropical Squall-Lines Over Land
• Haines, Robert S.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: Poisoning of Silver Iodide Ice-Nucleants
• Henz, John Francis
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Colorado High Plains Thunderstorm Systems
• Macdonald, Bruce C.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Stratospheric Flow and Solar Variability
• Mueller, Gerald Harvey
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: Hydrophobed Silica-Ice Nucleants
• Sagert, Peter G.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: The Tall Stack
• Youngblood, Phillip L.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Plan B

1974 - Fall
• Logan, Gregory Lewis
  Adviser: Corrin
  Plan B

1975 - Spring
• Poellot, Michael R.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Computer Simulation of Irradiance Measurements form Aircraft

1975 - Summer
• Arn, Robert M.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Anvil Area and Brightness Characteristics as Seen from Geosynchronous Satellites
• Banta, Robert Mason
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Jet Stream Flow as Inferred from IOLE Balloon Data
• Danielson, Kelvin S.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Continental Mountains Cumulus CLouds
• Dumont, Robert J.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Determining the Seedability of the Winter Orographic Cloud from Satellite Observations
• Introne, Robert E.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Plan B
• Janssen, Don W.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Downwind Seeding Effects from the Climas Experiment
• Kuo, Marie Siew
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Analysis of Colorado Precipitation
• Ruiz Rodriguez, Omar Jesus
  Adviser: Betts
  Title: Mesoscale Study of the Tropical Sub-cloud Layer

1975 - Fall
• Jacobson, Robert W.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Diurnal Variability of Tropical Convection
• Mendonca, Bernard G.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: Benchmark Properties of Aerosols
• Schewe, George J.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: A Climatology of Inversions

1976 - Spring
• George, John E.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Tropical Cyclone Motion and Surrounding Parameter Relationships
• Hillger, Donald W.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Mesoscale Temperature and Moisture Fields from VTPR Sounding Radiances
• Kidder, Stanley Q.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Tropical Oceanic Precipitation Frequency form Nimbus 5 Microwave Data
• Stobie, James G.
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: Gravity Shear Waves Atop the Cirrus Layer of Intense Convective Storms

1976 - Summer
• Barbieri, Ann M.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Variations of Hemispheric Energy Parameters
• Barnes, Roy M.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: In Situ Coated Silver Iodide Nucleants
• Hunt, Douglas
  Adviser: Corrin
  Plan B
• Starr, David
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Objective Cloud Field Determinations for the GATE
• Wackter, David J.
  Adviser: Haurwitz
  Title: The Structure of Atmospheric Parameters in Wave-number-Space
• Walters, Gregg W.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Severe Local Storm Wind Gusts
• Zehr, Raymond M.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Typhoon Genesis and Pre-Typhoon Cloud Clusters

1976 - Fall
• Foltz, Gary S.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Diurnal Variation of the Tropospheric Energy Balance
• McWilliams, Gary B.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Plan B
• Rockwood, Anthony A.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Satellite Inferred Albedo over Northwestern Africa

1977 - Spring
• Carney, Mark V.
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: An Analytical Technique for the Analysis of Atmospheric Lead Alkyls
• Griffith, Keith T.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Radiative Properties of Clouds Inferred from Broad Band Measurements
• Hack, James J.
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: The Role of Convective-Scale Processes in Tropical Cyclone Development
• Kleespies, Thomas J.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Observation of Stratospheric Thermal Structure from Satellites
• McGuirk, David E.
  Adviser: Haurwitz
  Plan B
• Seigel, Anne Deborah
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Oceanic Latent and Sensible Heat Flux Variability and Air-Interaction

1977 - Summer
• Erickson, Steven L.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Comparison of Developing vs. Non-Developing Tropical Disturbances
• Mower, Richard
  Adviser: Betts
  Title: Case Study of Convection Lines During GATE
• Pope, Matthew
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Management of Alpine Windblown Snow by Lee Slope Available Modification
• Silva Dias, Maria
  Adviser: Betts/Stevens
  Title: Diagnostic Analysis of Tropical Cumulonimbus Downdraft Structure
• Silva Dias, Pedro
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Experiments with the Arakawa--Schubert Cumulus Parameterization Theory
• Steiner, Ellen
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Stratocumulus Convection Off the South American Coast
• Vardiman, Steven
  Adviser: Corrin
  Title: The Amine Inhibition of AgI Aerosol Ice Nucleation

1977 - Fall
• Davis, John M.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Solar Absorption in Clouds of Finite Horizontal Extent
• Gifford, Malcolm D.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Characteristic Size Spectra of Cumulus Fields Observed from Satellites
• Glendening, John W.
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: Aeolian Transport and Vegetative Capture of Particulates
• Negri, Andrew J.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Satellite Observations of the Onset and Growth of Severe Local Storms
• Phelps, Ronald W.
  Adviser: Gray
  Plan B
• Schanot, Allen J.
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: The Structure and Mixing Processes of Mountain Cumulus Clouds

1978 - Spring
• Butchko, Joseph J.
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: A Diagnostic Case Study of the August 9-11 Period During GATE
• Erbes, Russell E.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: A Kinematic Description of Colorado Thunderstorms
• Klehr, John T.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Simulated Radiance Patterns for MIE Absorbing Finite Clouds
• Kuenning, James A.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Laboratory Investigation of Radiative Transfer in Cloud Fields
• Leverson, Verne H.
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: Waterspout Structure and Dynamics
• Mendola, Christopher P.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Cloud Analysis From Bi-Spectral Satellite Data
• Timbre, Keith O.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: An Investigation and Model of the Urban Heat Island

1978 - Summer
• Heuer, George R.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Predicting Winter Wheat Phenology Using Temperature and Photoperiod
• Minnis, Patrick
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Magnitude of the Radiative Effects of the Saharan Dust Layer
• Pryor, Stephen P.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Measurement of Thunderstorm Cloud Top Parameters Using High-Frequency Satellite Imagery
• Stodt, Richard W.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Summertime Satellite Cumulus Cloud Climatology
• Toepfer, Frederick
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Evaluation of a Second Moment Time Dependent Turbulence Model
• Wakefield, Joseph S.
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Numerical Simulation of Eastern North Pacific Stratocumulus
• Yee, Young P.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Optimum Interpolation of Radiosonde and Satellite Derived Temperature Fields

1978 - Fall
• Agne, Robert L.
  Adviser: McKee
  Plan B
• Baer, Mitchell T.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Aerial Sampling of a Weather Modification Seeding Agent
• Bielicki, Dennis E.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Estimation of Big Thompson Flood Rainfall Using Infrared Satellite Imagery
• Corona, Thomas J.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: The Interannual Variability of Northern Hemispheric Precipitation
• Dewart, Jean M.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: The Diurnal Variability of the Atmosphere in the GATE Region
• Harr, Patrick A.
  Adviser: Brier
  Title: Relationships Between Precipitation, Pressure, and Ocean Temperature
• Hughes, Richard L.
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: A Numerical Simulation of Mesoscale Flow Over Mountainous Terrain
• Raghunandan, Sudama
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Gradient Adjustments in a Axisymmetric System

1979 - Spring
• Ackerman, Steven A.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Gate Phase III. Mean Synoptic-Scale Radiative Convergence Profiles
• Grube, Pamela G.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Convection Induced Temperature Change in Gate
• Morris, Kenneth Robert
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Satellite Studies of Sierra Nevada Winter Storms in Support of Weather Modification
• Philipp, Ceri Burns
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Observation of Progressive Convective Interactions from the Rocky Mountain Slopes to the Plains

1979 - Summer
• DeMaria, Mark
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: A Comparison of Theoretical and Observed Radiances from Non-Precipitating Cumulus Clouds
• Eversole, Rae Ann
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Spectral Characteristics of Boundary Layer Turbulence Over Irregular Terrain
• Hsiao, Chi-Nan
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Interannual Variation of Atmospheric Meridional Eddy Transports

1979 - Fall
• Breed, Daniel William
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Liquid Water Measurements in High Elevation Continental Cumuli
• Colley, Anthony Wayne
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Plan B
• Forsyth, Merlyn C.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Plan B
• George, Raymond L.
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Evolution of Mesoscale Convective Systems Over Mountainous Terrain
• Stephens, Mark A.
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: A Simple Ice Phase Parameterization

1980 - Spring
• Durkee, Phillip
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Summer Precipitation Frequency of the North Central U.S. from Microwave Observations
• Smith, Eric
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Orbital Mechanics and Analytical Modeling of Meteorological Satellite Orbits

1980 - Summer
• Byrd, Gregory
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: A Case Study of Radiative Forcing Upon a Tropical Cloud Cluster
• Edson, Roger
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Parameterization of Net Radiation at the Surface Using Data from the Wangara Experiment
• Knupp, Kevin
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Observed Characteristics of an Intense Quasi-Stationary Thunderstorm Complex Over Mountainous Terrain

1980 - Fall
• Behunek, Jan
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: The Role of Moisture Flux in Atmospheric Feedback Mechanisms Over the Tropical Oceans
• Ciesielski, Paul
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Variability Within the Ocean-Atmospheric System Over the North Pacific
• Fulton, Scott
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Geostrophic Adjustment in a Stratified Atmosphere
• Hahn, David
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Observed Characteristics of Turbulence in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Mountainous Terrain
• Lee, Robert Ray
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Wintertime Cloud Systems Over the Colorado Rockies: Three Case Studies
• Mitambo, Bernard
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Mass Exchange Between Stratosphere and Troposphere Under the Influence of a Strong Jet Stream
• Thompson, Thayne
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Pyrheliometer Observations as an Indicator of the Climatological Persistence of Clouds

1981 - Spring
• Buss, Norman
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Plan B
• Dropco, Kenneth
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change--A Quantitative Forecasting Scheme
• Holland, Greg
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Angular Momentum Budgets in Tropical Cyclones
• Medina, Jonnie
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Techniques for Assessment of Nonrandomized Weather Modification Programs in the Colorado Mountains

1981 - Summer
• Lee, Cheng-Shang
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Vertical Rearrangement of Tangential Momentum in Tropical Cyclones
• Nehrkorn, Thomas
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: A Three-Dimensional Simulation of the Dynamic Response of a Florida Cumulus to Seeding
• Rauber, Robert
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Microphysical Processes in Two Stably Stratified Orographic Cloud Systems
• Sorenson, Roger
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Cloud and Insolation Climatology for Selected Colorado Stations

1981 - Fall
• Chorowski, Larry
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Characteristics of Denver Air Pollution Using Geostationary Satellite Data
• Ebel, David
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Diurnal Radiance Patterns of Finite and Semi-Infinite Clouds in Observations of Cloud Fields

1982 - Spring
• Klitch, Marjorie A.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Compositing GOES Data to Detect Regions of Enhanced Convective Development Around Eastern Montana
• Vimont, John C.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Snowpack Acidity in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

1982 - Summer
• Conley, John Robert
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: An Analysis of Solar Radiation Data for Fort Collins, Colorado
• DeMott, Paul J.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: A Characterization of Mixed Silver Iodide-Silver Chloride Ice Nuclei
• Merrill, Robert T.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: A Comparison of Large and Small Tropical Cyclones
• Reinke, Donald L.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Weather Forecast Adjustment Using Model Output Cloud Fields and Digital Satellite Data
• Tucker, Donna F.
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: April Circulation Over the Tibetan Plateau: Investigations with a Primitive Equation Model

1982 - Fall
• Crum, Francis X.
  Adviser: Stevens
  Title: A Comparison of Two Cumulus Parameterization Schemes in a Linear Model of Wave-Cisk
• Culverwell, Arlene
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: An Analysis of Moisture Sources and Circulation Fields Associated with an MCC Episode
• Levy, Gad
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Communication Mechanism in Dynamically Seeded Cumulus Clouds
• Magnusdottir, Gudrun
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: A Method to Determine Sea Surface Temperatures and Cloud Top Temperatures Using TIROS-N Data
• Motallebi, Nehzat
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Doppler-Radar Observation of the Evolution of Downdrafts in Convective Clouds
• Raschke, Robert
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: The Determination of Cloud Optical Depth from Multiple Fields of View Pyrheliometric Measurements
• Rogash, Joseph
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: The Development of Subsynoptic and Mesoscale Cyclones in a Tornado Outbreak
• Smith, Jeffrey
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Undisturbed Clear Day Diurnal Wind and Temperature Pattern in Northeastern Colorado
• Stoker, Timothy
  Adviser: Stevens
  Title: The Migrating Dirunal Tide in the Tropical Troposphere: Theory and Observations Compared

1983 - Spring
• Greeson, Joseph S.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: The Vertical and Temporal Characteristics of Winter Orographic Clouds as Assessed by Vertical-Pointing Radar
• Kelly, Francis P.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: An Extreme Event Forecast Guidance Method Using Satellite Cumulus Cloud Climatologies
• Nicholls, Melville E.
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Observations and Modeling of the Boundary Layer Accompanying a Squall Line
• Randel, David L.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Space Time Variations in the Earth Radiation Budget

1983 - Summer
• Dye, Anita F.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: An Analysis of Periodicity in Colorado Precipitation
• Parker, Hugh A.
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: An Analysis of the Thunderstorm Overshooting Top
• Tan, Kapin
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Descriptive Study of Upstream Flow Separations in Mountain Terrain
• Weiss, Mitchell
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Satellite Rainfall Classification in the U.S. High Plains Using Statistical Discriminant Analysis

1983 - Fall
• Blanchard, David
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Variability of the Convective Field Pattern in South Florida and its Relationship to the Synoptic Flow
• Franchi, Lynnette
  Adviser: Reiter
  Plan B
• Hanson, Keeley
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Potential for Regional Air Pollution Episodes in Colorado
• Kuo, Hung-Chi
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Radiation Field in Maritime Stratocumulus
• Lipton, Alan
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: A Statistical Procedure for Retrieving the Vertical Distribution of Water Vapor From Satellites
• Smith, Tracy
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Radiation Budget Over the Indian Monsoon Region
• Toth, Jim
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: An Observational Study of Summer Surface Wind Flow Over Northeast Colorado

1984 - Spring
• Luiz, Teixeira
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Sea Surface Temperature, Rainfall and Southern Oscillation: Relationships Over Tropical America

1984 - Summer
• Askue, Cecilia
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Varying Structure and Intensity Change Characteristics of Four Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones
• O'Connor, Lauraleen
  Adviser: Cox
  Plan B
• Taylor, Richard
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Plan B

1984 - Fall
• Chen, Wun-Iuang
  Adviser: Cox
  Plan B
• Gould-Stewart, Sharon
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Low-Frequency Variability in a Climate Model With a Mixed-Layer Ocean
• Rosenlof, Karen
  Adviser: Stevens
  Title: The Sensitivity of the Walker Circulation to Different Basic States in a Linear Model
• Tunick, Arnold
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: A First Order Closure Model of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Comparison with Observations and Theory

1985 - Spring
• Blumenstein, Rochelle
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Characterization of Silver Iodide-Sodium Ice Nuclei Using Chemical Kinetic Methodology
• Bossert, James
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Associations Between Summer Circulation Anomalies and Sea Surface Temperature Forcing
• Chen, Cheng-Li
• Flannigan, Michael
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Forest Fire Monitoring Using the NOAA Satellite Series
• Li, Jingwen
  Adviser: Stevens
  Plan B
• McQueen, Jeffery
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: A Numerical and Climatological Investigation of Deep Convective Cloud Patterns in South Florida
• Meade, Arthur
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Applications for Three-Dimensional Computer Graphic Cloud Representations Produced from Satellite Imagery
• Roetman, Ray
  Adviser: Pearson
  Plan B
• Schmidt, Jerome
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Structure and Evolution of a Squall Line With an Embedded Super Cell
• Uttal, Taneil
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Distribution of Liquid, Vapor and Ice in a Phase Budget in a Colorado Orographic Cloud System
• Wolfe, Daniel
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Early Morning Evolution of the Convective Boundary Layer at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory

1985 - Summer
• Weatherford, Candis
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Typhoon Structural Variability

1985 - Fall
• Alworth, Brian
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Evolution of Potential Vorticity in a Tropical Cyclone Model
• Flatau, Piotr
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Study of Second-Order Turbulence Closure Technique and Its Application to Atmospheric Flows
• Flatau, Maria
  Adviser: Stevens
  Title: The Effect of Horizontal Pressure Gradients on the Momentum Transport in Tropical Convective Lines
• Weissbluth, Michael
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: A Modelling Study of Visibility in the Grand Canyon
• Wilkes, Craig
  Adviser: McKee
  Plan B
• Yu, Chang-Han
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Mesoscale Air Quality Under Stagnant Synoptic Cold Season Conditions in the Lake Powell Area

1986 - Spring
• Chen, Sue
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Simulation of the Stratiform Region of a Mesoscale Convective System
• Kawa, Randolph
  Adviser: Pearson
  Title: Ozone Deposition, Scalar Budgets and Radiative Heating Over Texas Coastal Forest and Ocean
• Rodrigues, Jose
  Adviser: Reiter
  Plan B
• Scott, Paul
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: Altered and Enhanced Iodargyrite with Bismuth Triiodide for Use in Precipitation Enhancement Operations
• Wesley, Douglas
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: The Role of Radiative Processes in the Diffusional Mass Evolution of Cirrus Hydrometers
• Williams, Gary
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Mesoscale Observations of Lee Trough in Colorado
• Woodruff, Brian
  Adviser: Pearson
  Title: Sampling Error in a Single-Instrument Vertical Gradient Measurement in the Atmospheric Surface Layer

1986 - Summer
• Changnon, David
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Economic Impacts and Analysis Methods of Extreme Precipitation Estimates for Eastern Colorado
• Cowie, James
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Colorado Precipitation Event and Variability Analysis
• Fleming, Richard
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: Wind Flow Over the Rocky Mountains
• Leary, Nancy
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Determination of Wind Shear Using Cloud Relative Tracking of Clouds from Satellite Imagery

1986 - Fall
• Chen, Yuh Mei Yin
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Mesoscale Air Quaility Under Stagnant Synoptic Cold Season Conditions in the Lake Powell Area
• Craig, Robert
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Three- and Four-Dimensional Display of Radar and Satellite Data
• Hu, Qi
  Adviser: Reiter
  Title: A Diagnostic Study of Explosive Cyclogenesis in the Lee of the Rocky Mountains
• Wolyn, Paul
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: An Examination of Deep Stable Layers in the Intermountain Region of the Western United States

1987 - Summer
• Hamilton, Paul
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Observations of a Mid-Latitude Squall Line Boundary Layer Wake
• Howard, George
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Modeling Cloudy and Clear Interval Length Probabilities Using Space Shuttle Imagery
• Lunney, Patrick
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Environmental and Convective Influence on Tropical Cyclone Development vs. Non-Development
• O'Neal, Robert
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Intra-Valley Topographical Control of Nocturnal Valley Winds
• Sorlin-Davis, Janet
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Determination of Cloud Base Height and Emissivity From Downwelling Angular Radiances

1987 - Fall
• Alberta, Timothy A.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Anisotropy in Reflected Solar Radiation From Fields of Finite Clouds
• Middlebrooke, Michael G.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Investigation of Tropical Cyclone Genesis and Development Using Low-Level Aircraft Flight Data
• Stone, Robert
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Optical Properties of Cirrus Clouds from Satellite Imagery and Radiative Transfer Calculations
• Wong, Takmeng
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Sensitivity Study from One Dimensional Ocean-Atmosphere Climate Model

1988 - Spring
• Combs, Cynthia
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Transmittance of Solar Radiation Determined by the Multiple Field of View Radiometer Under Various Cloud Covers for Mauna Loa, Hawaii

1988 - Summer
• Martin, Joel D.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Tropical Cyclone Observation and Forecasting With and Without Aircraft Reconnaissances
• Ramirez, Deanna Rita
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: A Global Analysis and Correlation of NIMBUS-7 Cloud and Longwave Radiation Data
• Ringerud, Mark Andrew
  Adviser: Stevens
  Title: Instability of Horizontally and Vertically Sheared Parallel Flow

1988 - Fall
• Cramer, James H.
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Observational Evaluation of Snow Cover Effects on the Generation and Modification of Mesoscale Circulation
• Gibson, Harold M.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Cloud and Convection Frequencies Relative to Small-Scale Geographic Features
• Hertenstein, Rolf
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Modeling and Observations of the Atmospheric Response to Squall Lines
• Jones, Andrew
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Microwave Remote Sensing of Cloud Liquid Water and Surface Emittance Over Land Regions
• McCoy, Mary
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Application of the CIMMS Mesoscale Model to Operational Short-Range Forecasting
• Stumpf, Gregory
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Surface Pressure Features Associated with a Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective System in O.K. Pre-Storm
• Verlinde, Johannes
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Observed Structure of a Mesovortex in the Trailing Anvil of a Multi-Cellular Convective Complex

1989 - Spring
• Dattore, Robert Edward
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: Observations of Thunderstorm Outflows from Doppler Radar and Surface Mesonetwork Data
• Duda, David Paul
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Microphysical and Radiative Properties of Marine Stratocumulus from Tethered Balloon Measurements
• Morrison, Brian Jay
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: A Characterization of Dry Ice as a Glaciogenic Seeding Agent

1989 - Summer
• Collimore, Christopher Craig
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Long Term Fluctuations of the West Pacific Tropical Circulation and How They Affect East Pacific SSTS
• Drake, Stephen
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Plan B

Adviser: Sinclair
Title: Paper entitled: Gust Front Pumping of Boundary Layer Air by Small Scale Vorticie
• Fogarty, Robert M.
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: The Invertibility Principle for a Simple Hurricane Model
• Meyers, Michael P.
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: An Evaluation of the Factors Affecting Wintertime Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts in an Explicit Cloud Model Over Mountainous Terrain
• Peterson, Thomas Carl
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: The Effect of Decoupled Low-Level Flow on Winter Orographic Clouds in Northern Colorado
• Shoemaker, Daniel N.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Relationships Between Convection and Extent of Winds in Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclones
• Stackhouse Jr., Paul
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: A Theoretical and Observational Comparison of Cirrus Cloud Radiative Properties
• Thompson, Bruce W.
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Tropical Cylcone Track Predictability and the Adjoint Method of Data Assimilation
• Vroman, Theodore
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Microwave Brightness Temperature and its Relation to Atmospheric General Circulation Features

1989 - Fall
• Gallus, William
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: The Heat, Moisture, and Momentum Budgets of a Midlatitude Squall Line with a Trailing Stratiform Region
• Guinn, Thomas Alan
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: A Modeling Study of the Cloud-Topped Marine Boundary Layer
• Olsson, Peter Quentin
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Inference of Horizontal Temperature Gradients Using Passive Radiometric Methods
• Osterburg, Robert Daniel
  Adviser: Grant
  Plan B

Adviser: Grant
Title: Paper entitled: Testing How Well the GAC Spatial Sampling Algorithm Represents Imaged Surfaces
• Smith, William L.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: The Broadband Radiative Properties of Cirrus Clouds Deduced from Aircraft Measurements During FIRE

1990 - Spring
• Evans, K. Franklin
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Polarized Radiative Transfer Modeling: An Application to Microwave Remote Sensing of Precipitation
• Graw, Richard L.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Wintertime Local Circulations in Northwestern Colorado
• Mulvihill, Elizabeth A.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Modeling of Aggregation and Riming in Orographic Clouds Over the Northern Colorado Rockies

1990 - Summer
• Keener, James Elliot
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Diurnal Cycle of the Thermal Structure and a Mesoscale Wind on the West Slope of the Colorado Rockies
• Mandy, Norman Hollis
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: A Two-Dimensional Balanced Model of Internal Frontogenesis in Geostrophic and Isentropic Coordinates
• Mundell, Dan Beebe
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Events
• Staley, Jim Marshall
  Adviser: Sinclair
  Title: Passive Infrared Detection of Microburst Induced Low Level Wind Shear
• Vescio, Michael D.
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: The Wind's Response to Transient Mesoscale Pressure Fields Associated with Squall Lines

1990 - Fall
• Atwater, Charlotte
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Radar-Derived Latent Heating Rates in a Convective Storm
• Bernstein, Ben
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Surface and Dual-Doppler Radar Analysis of 23-24 June 1985 OK PRE-STORM Heat Bursts
• Orr, Brad William
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Boundary Layer Momentum Budgets as Determined from a Single Scanning Doppler Radar
• Rickenbach, Thomas M.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Microphysical Retrieval and Water Budget Study of the 10-11 June 1985 Mesoscale Convective System
• Schmitt, Christina C.
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: The Effects of Surface Temperature and Clouds on the CO2 Forcing
• Wittmeyer, Ian L.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Satellite Based Estimates of Global Precipitable Water and Poleward Latent Heat Transport

1991 - Spring
• Branson, Mark D.
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: An Historical Evaluation of a Winter Orographic Precipitation Model
• Hodanish, Stephen J.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: An Observational Analyses of Tropical Cyclone Recurvature

1991 - Summer
• Hallin, Stephen C.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Diurnal Variations in Tropical Cyclones
• Harding, Ken W.
  Adviser: Schubert/Stevens
  Title: Balanced, Potential Vorticity Dynamics in Tropics
• Heckman, Scot
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Numerical Simulation of Cirrus Clouds - FIRE Case Study and Sensitivity Analysis
• Landsea, Chris
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: West African Monsoonal Rainfall and Intense Hurricane Associations
• Roohr, Peter B.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: A Comparative Analysis of the Temporal Variability of Lightning Observations and GOES Imagery
• Xian, Zejin
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: A 2-D Model Study of the Influence of the Surface on Mesoscale Convection During the Indian Monsoon

1991 - Fall
• Henry, Sandra
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Impact of Latent Heating Rates - Inferred from Precipitation Rates - on Predictions of Mesoscale Convective Systems with RAMS
• Intrieri, Janet
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Determining Cirrus Cloud Effective Radii Using Lidar and Radar Backscatter Data
• Shih, Chi-Fan Gilvan
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Plan B

1992 - Spring
• Mahoney, Jennifer Luppens
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Synoptic and Mesoscale Features in Colorado Winter Storms: A Climatology
• Manning, Kevin
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: An Observational and Modelling Study of the 26-27 June 1985 PRE-STORM Mesoscale Convective System
• Poulos, Gregory
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: The Potential Contribution of Los Angeles Pollution to Grand Canyon Air Quality

1992 - Summer
• Chang, Tse-Tsang
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Optimal Smoothing for Upper Atmosphere GOES VAS Images
• Falvey, Robert J.
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: A Composite Study of the Madden-Julien Oscillation
• Fitzpatrick, Michael E.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Tropical Cyclone Motion and Recurvature in TCM-90
• Grasso, Lewis
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: A Numerical Simulation of Tornadogenesis
• Knaff, John
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Evidence of a Stratospheric QBO Modulation of Parameters Associated with ENSO Variation
• Nachamkin, Jason E.
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: The Upscale Evolution of a Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective Complex
• Petersen, Walter A.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems
• Powell, Nicolas S.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Radar Based Case Study of a Northeast Colorado Snowstorm
• Rafkin, Scot
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Non-Inductive Charging of Tropical Convection in High and Low Cape Environments
• Speltz, David J.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: A Comparison of Radar Rainfall Estimates and Rain Gauge Measurements During Two Denver Thunderstorms
• Tepecik, Kadir
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Dynamics of the Tropical Atmosphere

1992 - Fall
• Coskun, Mustafa
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Flushing of a Two-Dimensional Valley as a Function of Froude Number and Surface Heating
• Jackson, Darren
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: On the Role of SSM/I Derived Precipitable Water Over the Globe and Tropical Pacific
• Lin, Xin
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: A Diagnostic Study of a Midlatitude Frontal Squall Line
• Loehrer, Scott
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: The Surface Pressure Features and Precipitation Structure of PRE-STORM Mesoscale Convective Systems
• Papineau, John M.
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: A Performance Evaluation of the NGM and RAMS Models for the 29-30 March 1991 Front Range Storm
• Rodriguez-Hernandez, Humberto
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Influence of Mesoscale Variations in Land Surface Albedo on Large Scale Averaged Heat Fluxes

1993 - Spring
• Braunstein, Lancelot M.
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: The Air-Sea Interaction and the Evolution of Stratocumulus Clouds in the Marine Boundary Layer
• Denning, A. Scott
  Adviser: Randall
  Plan B
• Forsythe, John M.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Satellite Microwave Observations of Polar Lows
• Heikes, Ross P.
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: The Shallow Water Equations on a Spherical Geodesic Grid
• London, Steven
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: A Wind Profiler Assisted Study of a Non-Precipitating Warm Front
• Miner, Barbara
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Opposing Mesoscale Flows in a Broken Midlatitude Squall Line
• Thompson, Gregory
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Prototype Real-Time Mesoscale Prediction During 1991-92 Winter Season and Statistical Verification of Model Data

1993 - Summer
• Cornick, Jon C.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: A Comparison of Ceiling and Visibility Observations for NWS Manned Observation Sites and ASOS Sites
• Eastman, Joseph L.
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: A Numerical Study and Tracer Evaluation of Transport and Diffusion in a Lake Breeze
• Forman, Keith K.
  Adviser: McKee
  Plan B
• Knowles, John B.
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: The Influence of Forest Fire Induced Albedo Differences on the Generation of Mesoscale Circulations
• Krasner, Richard D.
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: Further Development and Testing of a Second-Order Bulk Boundary Layer Model
• Leute, Frank A.
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: An Analysis of Simulated and Actual DMSP SSM/T-2 Brightness Temperatures
• Savoie, Matthew H.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: The role of Wintertime Radiation in Maintaining and Destroying Stable Layers
• Van Aartsen, Bruce H.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Three-Dimensional Visualization of GOES Cloud Data Using Octrees

1993 - Fall
• Edwards, Benjamin
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Producing Terminal Aerodrome Forecast Using a Mesoscale Model
• Jensen-Leute, Tara
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: Studies of the Relationship Between Submicron Marine Aerosol and Cloud Properties

1994 - Spring
• Edwards, James
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Barotropic Instability in the Innercore of Tropical Cyclones
• Harrington, Jerry
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Parameterization of Ice Crystal Convection Processes in Cirrus Clouds Using Double Moment Basis Functions
• Keith, Chan W.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Monte Carlo Modeling of Multiply Scattered Laser Ceilometer Returns
• Lappen, Cara-Lyn
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: An Assessment of the Extent of the Contamination of Measurements Taken on Porto Santo During ASTEX
• Mocko, David
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Diagnosing Boundary-Layer Fractional Cloudiness in a Mesoscale Model
• Schneider, Timothy L.
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Backscattering by Nonspherical Ice Particles at Millimeter Wavelengths: A Theoretical Study
• Stevens, Eric
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Comparison of Sounding, Profiler, Radar and Ceilometer Data from Porto Santo Island During ASTEX
• Withrow, John R.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: An Initial Investigation into the Effects of Particle Nonsphericity in Cirrus Cloud Radiative Properties
• Youngblood, Debra
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: Further Development and Testing of a Bimodal Aerosol Dynamics Model

1994 - Summer
• Beitler, Brian A.
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Mesoscale Numerical Prediction of Colorado Snowfall and Winds
• Hart, Kenneth A.
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Water Vapor and Temperature Inversions Near the O-
• Kelly, Michael A.
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: Investigations of the Earth's Entropy Budget: Comparison with a General Circulation Model
• Smith, Gerald B.
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Inviscid Disturbance Dynamics in Barotropic Shear Flows
• Song, Ran
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Vertical Velocity Observations of FIRE II Cirrus Event
• Treu, Marvin H.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Nowcasting Convective Storm Evolution in East-Central Florida using Satellite and Doppler Radar Data

1994 - Fall
• Baker, Ian
  Adviser: Grant
  Title: Investigation of Enhanced-Reflectivity Features Embedded within a Wintertime Orographic Cloud on 28-29 November 1994
• Beck, Gordon
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Spectral Radiative Properties of Cirrus Clouds Deduced from Interferometric Measurements
• Carey, Lawrence D.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Multiparameter Radar Case Studies of the Microphysical and Kinematic Evolution of Lightning Producing Storms
• Cripe, Douglas
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: Investigation of GCAPE Quasi-Equilibrium in Midlatitudes
• Ganse, Henry J.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Regional Water Vapor Distribution over the U.S. During 1988-89 and its Clear Sky Longwave Radiative Effects
• Heidinger, Andrew K.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Finite Cloud Effects in Longwave Radiative Transfer
• Scott, James D.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Doppler Radar Observations of an Asymmetric MCS and Associated Vortex Couplet

1995 - Summer
• Chase, Thomas N.
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: The Sensitivity of a General Circulation Model to Large Scale Vegetation Changes
• Clement, Peter C.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: A Comparison of Radar-Derived Precipitation and Rain Gage Precipitation in Northeastern Colorado
• Hausman, Scott A.
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Dynamic Adjustment of Mesoscale Convective Lower-Stratospheric Outflows
• Kallenbach, Randall
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Symmetrization, Vortex Rossby Waves, and Hurricane motion in an Asymmetric Balance Model
• Kubat, Gary
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Relationships
• Lawyer, David T.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: An Exploratory Study of an Icing Index from Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud Liquid Water Over Land
• Nebuda, Sharon E.
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Development of an Upper-Level Cloud Parameterization for Large Scale Models
• Persing, John
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: A Point-Vortex Application to Vortex Stability, Evolution, and Statistical Equilibrium
• Shaw, Brent
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: The Effect of Soil-Moisture and Vegetation Heterogeneity on a Great Plains Dryline: Numerical Simulations

1995 - Fall
• Gillies, Sean C.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Observation and Parameterization of Surface Solar Irradiance in the Marine Stratocumulus and Trade Wind Regimes
• Haertel, Patrick T.
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Two-Day Disturbances in the Tropical Western Pacific
• Richardson, Wendy A.
  Adviser: Kreidenweis/Cotton
  Title: Cloud Processing of Aerosol Using a Hybrid LES/Parcel Model with Solute Following Microphysics
• Ries, Vincent T.
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Calibration of the Scanning Spectral Polarimeter and Measurement of the Sky Light Polarization

1996 - Spring
• Chen, Aidong
  Adviser: Kreidenweis/Randall
  Title: Studies of Stratocumulus Cloud, Drizzle and Aerosol Interaction
• Eitzen, Zachary A.
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: The Simulation of the Asian Summer Monsoon by a General Circulation Model
• Knievel, Jason C.
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Surface Pressure Transients in Mesoscale Convective Systems
• Stepaniak, David P.
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: An Initial Value Problem Study of Free Waves on a Barotropic Vortex

1996 - Summer
• Cotturone, James A.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Monte-Carlo Simulation of Detection of Cirrus Cloud Properties by Micro Pulse Lidar
• Dickey, Jennifer A.
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Analysis of the Atmospheric Mixed Layer Over the Western Pacific Warm Pool
• Gaudet, Brian J.
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Statistical Analysis of Winter Orographic Precipitation Forecasts Using a Bulk Microphysics Model
• King, Ronnie G.
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Mid-Level Vorticity in a Mesoscale Convective System
• Lucci, Richard M.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Doppler Radar Investigation of Tornadic and Lightning Producing Storms in Northeast Colorado
• McElroy, Carl A.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: On the Causes of Tropical Cyclone Motion and Propagation
• Muller, Bruce D.
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Numerical Simulation of a Regional Icing Event by a Mesoscale Model
• Nicklas, Christopher T.
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Hurricane Motion on a Beta Plane in an Asymmetric Balance Model
• Olsen, Lori D.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Analysis of Infrared Heating Rates in Observed Cloud Layers
• Schrumpf, Alison D.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Temperature Data Continuity with the Automated Surface Observing System
• Schrumpf, Bradford D.
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Identification of Potential Aircraft Icing Regions Through Multispectral Analysis of GOES-8 Imagery
• Stocker, Roger A.
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Numerical Examination of Long-Range Dispersion using RAMS with a Climatological Analysis for the MOHAVE Field Study
• Werner, John V.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Inferring Draining and Pooling Along Colorado Mountain Valleys Using GOES-8 Imagery
• Yeisley, Mark O.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Low-Level Mesoscale Wind Field Generation from Cloud Track Winds Using GOES-8 Imagery

1996 - Fall
• Ames, Rodger
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: Optical Measurements of Aerosol Size Distributions in Great Smoky Mountains and National Park: Particle Hygroscopicity and Its Impact on Visibility
• Erdman, Jonathan P.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Utility of Real-Time Lightning Data in Nowcasting: Electrical and Microphysical Observations of Northeast Colorado Convection
• Guch, Ingrid K.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: The Use of a Satellite-Model Coupled System to Study Soil Moisture Effects on Mesoscale Circulations
• Hilgendorf, Eric R.
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Evolution of Precipitation Structures Within Mesoscale Convective Systems
• Knapp, Kenneth R.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Radiative Effects of Boundary Layer Aerosols:Detectability of Hazes by GOES-8 and Estimation of Their Direct Effect
• Levy, Robert C.
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: An Analysis of Southern Great Plains ARM Cloudiness and Surface Radiation Data
• Reasor, Paul D.
  Adviser: Schubert/Montgomery
  Title: Circumpolar Vortex Studies Using MSU Temperature Data

1997 - Spring
• Enagonio, Janice
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Tropical Cyclogenesis Via Convectively Forced Vortex Rossby Waves in a Three-Dimensional Quasigeostrophic Model
• Saxen, Thomas R.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Surface Fluxes and Boundary Layer Recovery in TOGA COARE: Sensitivity to Convective Organization

1997 - Summer
• Cocks, Stephen B.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: The Outer Radius Tangential Winds of Tropical Cyclones
• Edwards, Daniel C.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Characteristics of 20th Century Drought in the United States at Multiple Time Scales
• Hall, Timothy J.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Diurnal Cycle of Tropical Deep Convection Examined using a High Space and Time Resolution Satellite Data Set
• Hand, Jennifer L.
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: New Methods for Inversions of Optical Particle Counter Measurements and Their Applications to Visibility Estimates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

1997 - Fall
• Lang, Timothy J.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Relationship Between Storm Structure and Lightning Activity in Colorado Convection Observed During STERAO-A
• Miller, Steven D.
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Multiple Scattering Effects in the Lidar Pulse Stretching Problem
• Yang, Zongjun
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Axisymmetric Spin-down Dynamics of Hurricanes

1998 - Spring
• Drummond, Charles J.
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: A Novel k-distribution Parameters Development System and its Application to MAS/SUCCESS Channels
• Golaz, Jean-Christophe
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Development of a Single-Column Model for Simulating Precipitating Stratocumulus Clouds
• Hoag, Katherine J.
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Heterogeneous Fog Chemistry and Aqueous S (IV) Oxidation in the San Joaquin Valley
• Partain, Philip T.
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Absorption of Solar Radiation by Heterogeneous Atmospheres: A New Approach to Monte Carlo Modeling
• Tulich, Stefan N.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Measured and Calculated Structures of a Multi-Layered Altocumulus Cloud
• Wood, Norman B
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Tracking Errors and Optical Scatter in a Solar Tracker with Linear Regression Error Correction
• Zajac, Bard A.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Climatological Characteristics of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity in the Contiguous United States

1998 - Summer
• Butler, Christine M.R.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Microphysical Characteristics of Ice Crystals and Snowflakes as Revealed by Polarimetric Radar Measurements
• Butler, Richard D.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: ASOS Heated Tipping Bucket Performance Assessment and Impact on Precipitation Climate Continuity
• Kankiewicz, Joseph Adam
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: The Fine-Scale Characteristics of the 7-8 May Squall Line as Revealed by Eldora
• Mitrescu, Cristian
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Cloud-Resolving Simulations of Tropical Cirrus Clouds
• Roberts, Rita D.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Integration of WSR-88D and GOES-8 Data for Detecting and Forecasting Storm Initiation

1999 - Spring
• Ahijevych, David
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Lifecycle Characteristics and Organization of Tropical Island Convection
• Calame, Lorraine
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Aerosol Black Carbon Measurements
• Davis, Janel
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: Large Particle Characteristics over the Southern Ocean During ACE 1
• Harris, Katherine
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: The Barotropic Response of the Global Atmosphere to Large-scale Tropical Convective Forcing
• Parker, Matthew
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: May 1996 and May 1997 Linear Mesoscale Convective Systems of the Central Plains: Synoptic Meteorology and a Reflectivity-Based Taxonomy
• Ryan, Jesse
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Relationship between Lightning Flash Rates and Radar Observations from Colorado
• Straub, Derek
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Numerical and Experimental Performance Evaluation of Two Multi-Stage Cloud Collectors
• Xu, Gang
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Chemical Heterogeneity Among Cloud Drop Populations and Its Influence on Aerosol Processing in Winter Clouds

1999 - Summer
• Eastin, Matthew D.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Instrument Wetting Errors in Hurricanes and a Re-Examination of Inner-Core Thermodynamics
• Gauthier, Michael L.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Multiparameter Investigation of Significant Lightning Producing Storms in Northeast Colorado
• Hidalgo, J. Marcus
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: A Semi-Spectral Numerical Method for Modeling the Vorticity Dynamics of the Near-Core Region of Hurricane-Like Vortices
• Schaefer, Kevin M.
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: A Comparison of Methods for Modeling Aerosol, Condensation and Gravitational Settling

1999 - Fall
• Camp, J. Parks
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Hurricane Maximum Intensity: Past and Present
• Carpenter, Kelly M.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Multi-Platform Exploration of the Inner-Core Intensity Change for Hurricane Marilyn (1995)
• Garcia, Matthew
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Simulated Tropical Convection
• Greene, Ethan M.
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Simulation of Alpine Snow Distributions in the Northern Colorado Rocky Mountains using a Numerical Snow-Transport Model
• Snell, Holly D.
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Axisymmetric Spin-Down Dynamics of Hurricane-like Vortices

2000 - Spring
• Castro, Christopher L.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: The Relationship of the North American Monsoon to Tropical and North Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures as Revealed by Observational Analyses
• Davey, Christopher A.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Satellite Moisture Profiling of Eastern Pacific Moisture Plumes
• Moore, Richard W.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Interannual Variations in Northern Hemisphere Winter Energy Transport Related to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation Phenomenon

2000 - Summer
• Cooper, Steven J.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Estimation of Cloud Particle Effective Radius from Multiple Field of View Radiometer Measurements
• Griffith, Brian D.
  Adviser: McKee
  Title: Rooftop and Ground Standard Temperatures: A Comparison of Physical Differences
• LeeJoice, Robert N.
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Hurricane Inner-Core Structure as Revealed by GPS Dropwindsondes

2000 - Fall
• Belcher, Larry
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Classification of Tropical Precipitation Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Disdrometer, Profiler, and Multiparameter Radar Measurements
• Cram, Thomas A.
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Evolution and Organization of Vertical Vorticity in an Idealized Numerically-Simulated Convective Line
• Reilly, Jill E.
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Application of a Tracer Technique to Study Sulfur Dioxide in Cloud Drops as a Function of Drop Size
• Ruston, Benjamin C.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Temporal and Spectral Differences of Water Vapor Radiances
• Volz, Karl P.
  Adviser: Cox
  Title: Suitability of the 2FOV Radiometer for Determining Cloud Particle Effective Radius

2001 - Spring
• Ashby, Travis
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Impact of Soil Moisture Initialization on a Simulated Flash Flood
• Darby, Lisa
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: The Sea Breeze at Monterey Bay: Comparisons between Lidar Measurements and RAMS
• Loechl, Erica
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Intraseasonal Oscillations and the Southeast Asian Monsoon Onset

2001 - Summer
• Barlow, Stephen
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Detecting Low-Clouds (<10,000 ft) using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission 85.5 GHz Channel in the U.S. Southwest
• Cabosky, Steven
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: A Statistical Frequency Analysis of Lightning Producing Storms During STEPS 2000
• Corbin, Katherine
  Adviser: Kreidenweis/Vonder Haar
  Title: Comparison of Aerosol Properties Derived from Sun Photometer Vonder HaarData and Ground-Based Chemical Measurements
• Emert, Scott
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Design, Construction and Evaluation of the CSU Optical Fog Detector
• Fulton, John
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Insights into the Hurricane Vortex using a High Resolution Numerical Simulation of Hurricane Bob (1991)
• Kolb, Ila
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Laser Transmission Through Simulated Cirrus Clouds
• McLeod, Raymond
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Analysis of the 1998 Southeast Asian Monsoon and the Diurnal Cycle in the South China Sea
• McNoldy, Brian
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Distribution of Water Vapor Using Satellite Sounding Methods with New Aircraft Data Validation
• Vilpors, Steven
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Variability of Tropical Cyclone Wind-Pressure Relationships
• Wolff, Cory
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Observations of the Environment, Structure, and Evolution of Five Derecho Events

2001 - Fall
• Brown, Steven
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Characterization of Carbonaceous Aerosol During the Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Observational Study
• Demuth, Julie
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Objectively Estimating Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Wind Structure Using the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• Hanamean, J.R.
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Vegetation Impacts on Maximum and Minimum Temperatures in Northeast Colorado
• Pettet, Crystalyne
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Airflow and Precipitation Structure of Two Leading Stratiform Mesoscale Convective Systems
• Schuster, Douglas
  Adviser: Cotton/Vonder Haar
  Title: Prototype Real-time Boundary Layer Prediction in Support of the Vonder HaarCASES-99 Nocturnal Boundary Layer Experiment
• Strack, John
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Sensitivity of Model-Generated Daytime Surface Heat Fluxes over Snow to Land Cover Changes

2002 - Spring
• Blake, Eric
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Prediction of August Atlantic Basin Hurricane Activity
• Haynes, John
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Microphysical Properties of Dynamically Forced Cirrus Associated with Strong Jet Streams and their Relation to the Synoptic Scale Flow
• Lindsey, Daniel
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: Analysis of Convective Downdrafts Using Simple Model Results and Doppler Radar Data
• Williams, Andrea
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Kinematic, Microphysical and Latent Heating Aspects of Two Mesoscale Convective Systems Observed During TRMM-LBA

2002 - Summer
• Christi, Matthew
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: On Retrieving Profiles of CO2 in the Lower Atmosphere using Spectroscopy in the Near and Far Infrared: A Preliminary Study
• Jirak, Israel
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Radar Survey of Mesoscale Convective System Development
• Klotzbach, Phillip
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Forecasting September Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone Activity at Zero and One Month Lead Times
• Koyama, Tomoko
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Modis Thermal Emissive Band Error Estimation using Structure Function Analysis
• Lee, Taehyoung
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: The Ionic Composition of Aerosol in Big Bend National Park
• Poyner, Philip
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: Beam-filling Correction Variability in Emission-based Passive Microwave Rainfall Retrievals
• Rogers, Matthew
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Radar and Optical Depth Retrieval of Marine Stratocumulus Cloud Properties Using LES Modelling
• Rozoff, Christopher
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Simulation of St. Louis, MO Land-use Impacts on Thunderstorms
• Zhang, Ni
  Adviser: Denning
  Title: Observations and Simulations of the Planetary Boundary Layer at a Tall Tower in Northern Wisconsin

2002 - Fall
• Hendricks, Eric
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: On the Role of Hot Towers in the Formation of Hurricane Diana (1984): Insights using High Resolution Numerical Experiments
• Worsham, Anthony
  Adviser: Thompson
  Title: On the Impact of the Stratosphere on the Circulation of the Troposphere

2003 - Spring
• Archuleta, Cassie
  Adviser: Kredenweis
  Title: Ice Nucleation by Surrogates for Atmospheric Mineral Dust and Mineral Dust/Sulfate Particles at Cirrus Temperatures
• Krebs, Teresa A.
  Adviser: Denning
  Title: Measuring and Modeling the Isotope Composition of Forest Air
• Pereira, Gustavo
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: A Radar Perspective on the Variability of Tropical Convection Characteristics over the Southwestern Amazon and Eastern Pacific Regions
• Terwey, Wesley
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Quasi-Linear Dynamics of Discrete Vortex Models
• Tessendorf, Sarah
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Kinematic and Microphysical Evolution of the 29 June Supercell Observed during STEPS
• Trenary, Laurie
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Characterization of Organic Matter in Fogwater during the California Regional Particulate Air Quality Study
• Zarovy, Elizabeth M.
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: Detection of Smoke Impact in Aerosol Samples in the Eastern and Southeastern United States during late Spring and Summer

2003 - Summer
• Chibe, Russell J.
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: The Numerical Simulation of Fog with the RAMS@CSU Cloud-Resolving Mesoscale Forecast Model
• Jones, James C.
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Comparisons of Satellite-Derived Cloud Heights with Radar Measurements of Mid-Level, Mixed-Phase Clouds
• Miner, Sean J.
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: Sensitivities of Microwave Retrievals to Cloud Model Assumptions

2003 - Fall
• Al-harbi, Badr
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Transport of North African Dust to Big Bend, Texas, during the 1999 Big Bend Regional Aerosol and Visibility Student
• Depue, Tracy K.
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Ground Truth and Modeling Verification of the Hail Quadrature Parameter
• Pakula, Lyle A.
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Moisture Feedbacks in the Tropical Atmosphere
• Schumacher, Russ
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Climatological and Radar-Indicated Characteristics of United States Extreme Rain Events
• Seaman, Curtis
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Observed and Calculated Properties of Mid-Level, Mixed-Phase Clouds

2004 - Spring
• Ahlgrimm, Maike
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: Diagnosing Monthly Mean Boundary Layer Properties from Re-Analysis Data Using a Mixed-Layer Model
• Skidmore, Joanne
  Adviser: Denning
  Title: Using Continuous (CO2) Data in Inverse Models to Reduce Uncertainty in Global and Regional Estimates of Carbon Flux

2004 - Summer
• Ciasto, Laura
  Adviser: Thompson
  Title: North Atlantic Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction on Intraseasonal Time Scales
• Goering, Christian
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Retrievals of Column Ozone and Aerosol Properties from UV-MFRSR Solar Irradiance Measurements during MCMA-2003
• Long, David
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Evaluating the Use of Polarimetric Cloud Radars for Studying Winter Storms
• Meyer, Catherine
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Forecasting Rain Events in the Southern Great Plains using GPS Total Precipitable Water Amounts
• Rapp, Anita
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: Evaluation of the Adaptive Infrared Iris Using TRMM Satellite Measurements
• Saunders, Andrea
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: A Closer Look at Vortical Hot Towers in a Tropical Cyclogenesis Environment
• Seseske, Stacey
  Adviser: Gray
  Title: Forecasting Summer/Fall El Nino-Southern Oscillation Events at 6-11 Month Lead Times
• Vigh, Jonathan
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Forecasting of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones Using a Kilo-Member Ensemble

2004 - Fall
• Koehler, Kirsten
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: Water activity and activation diameters of inorganic and organic species from hygroscopicity data
• L.Heureux, Michelle
  Adviser: Thompson/Randall
  Title: Observed Relationships Between the El Ni+
• Liu, Jun
  Adviser: Denning
  Title: Investigation of Ecosystem Drought Stress and its Impacts on Carbon Exchange in Tropical Forests
• McMeeking, Gavin
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: Size distribution measurements of wildfire smoke-influenced aerosol at Yosemite National
• Straka, William
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Radar study of precipitation and anvil efficiencies for Florida thunderstorms during CYSTAL-FACE

2005 - Spring
• Benedict, James
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: The Birth and Death of the MJO: An Observational Study
• Dolan, Brenda
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: An integrated display and analysis tool for multi-variable radar data
• Ellis, Todd
  Adviser: Stephens/Schubert
  Title: Evaluation of International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) D2 Cloud Amount Changes and their Connections to Large-Scale Dynamics
• Mueller, Kimberly
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Objective Estimation of Tropical Cyclone Wind Structure From Infrared Satellite Data
• Yamaguchi, Tak
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: Analysis of PBL-TOP Entrainment Using LES

2005 - Summer
• Ciolek, John
  Adviser: Pielke
  Title: Assessment of Atmospheric Plume Prediction, Modeling and Vulnerability Capabilities with Respect to Terrorists Events
• Corbin, Katherine
  Adviser: Denning
  Title: Evaluating Spatial, Temporal, and Clear-Sky Errors in Satellite CO2 Measurements
• Furtado, Jason
  Adviser: Thompson
  Title: On the Balanced Response of the Troposphere to Variability in the Extratropical Stratosphere
• Leesman, Kyle
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Development and Validation of A 3-Channel Optimal Estimation Cloud Top Effective Radius and Optical Thickness Retrieval
• Wang, Aaron
  Adviser: Denning
  Title: Observations and Simulations of Synoptic, Regional, and Local Variations in Atmospheric CO2

2005 - Fall
• Gorin, Courtney
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: The Temporal and Spatial Variability of Wood Smoke Concentration and its Contribution to Ambient Aerosol in Fresno During Winter 2003-2004
• Lebsock, Matthew
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Modeling Polarized Radiances Towards the Development of An Aerosol Retrieval Method
• Nielsen, Matthew
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Remote Sensing of Water Vapor Over Land Using the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• Pitter, Shanna
  Adviser: Stephens
  Plan B
• Rogers, Peter
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: An Observational Analysis of Two Gulf Surge Events During the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment
• Sample, Laura
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: A sensitivity analysis for the retrieval of aerosol optical properties from measured reflectances
• Stokowski, David
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: The Addition of the Direct Radiative Effect of Aerosols into the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS)
• Youngster, Sarah
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: The Processing of Aerosol Particles and Soluble Trace Gases by Radiation Fogs in Fresno, CA

2006 - Spring
• Finn, Sarah
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: Rainfall Classification Using Reflectivity Structure: Validation and Application
• Hawes, Amy
  Adviser: Thompson
  Title: Observed Relationships Between Large-Scale Patterns of Variability and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
• Taylor, Tommy
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: Error Analysis and Characterization of an Operational Retrieval Algorithm for Estimating Column Ozone an Aerosol Optical Properties from Ground Based Ultra-Violet Irradiance Measurements

2006 - Summer
• Aves, Steve
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: The Diurnal Cycle of Convection Over the Northern South China Sea During the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment
• Bell, Michael
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: Observed Structure, Evolution, and Potential Intensity of Category Five Hurricane Isabel (20063) From 12-14 September
• Elsaesser, Greg
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: A Parametric Optimal Estimation Retrieval of the Non-Precipitating Parameters Over the Global Oceans
• Johnson, Kelley
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: A Comparison of the Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System in the In-SITU Aerosol Analysis Measurements in the Continental U.S.: Transport vs. Local Production of Soil Dust Aerosol
• Musgrave, Kate
  Adviser: Montgomery
  Title: The Formation of Hurricane Gabrielle (2001): Examining The Influence of The Initial Vortex and Vertical Shear Using MM5
• Philpott, Andrew
  Adviser: Denning
  Title: Surface Fluxes of Water, Energy, and Carbon Dioxide as Simulated by the Simple Biosphere Model Version 3 in the Southern Great Plains of North America and Their Effect on Simulated Boundary Layer Hydrology
• Van Roekel, Luke
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: An Examination of the Influence of Sill Overflow on Overturning in a Fully Lagrangian Framework

2006 - Fall
• Lerach, David
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Vertical Structure and Kinematics of Tropical Monsoon Precipitation Observed From a 28-75-MHZ Profiler During NAME
• Maclay, Katherine
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: A Study of Tropical Cyclone Structural Evolution
• Quelet, Paul
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Observed Radar and Environmental Properties of United States Warm Season Bowing Convective Systems, 2003-2004
• Ward, Daniel
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Local Anthropoegenic Aerosol Sources Effect on Winter Clouds and Precipitation in the Colorado Park Range

2007 - Spring
• Donofrio, Kevin
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: A 1DVAR Optimal Estimation Retrieval of Non-Precipitating Water Vapor Profiles Over the Global Oceans Using AMSU
• Ikeda, Kyoko
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Observations of Winter Storms with a Video Disrometer and Polarimetric Radar
• Masarik, Matthew
  Adviser: Schubert/Vonder Haar
  Title: A Look at the Energy and Potential Vorticity Aspects of the MJO Through Equatorial Wave Theory
• Mazur, Rebecca
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Observations of Inflow Feeder Clouds and Their Relation to Severe Thunderstorms
• Silvers, Levi
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: The Theory of Stratified, Quasi-Balanced Flows on the Sphere

2007 - Summer
• Kalb, Christina
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Polarity and Environmental Conditions over the Central United States
• Parazoo, Nicholas
  Adviser: Denning
  Title: Investigating Synoptic Variations in Atmospheric CO2 Using Continuous Observations and a Global Transport Model
• Rapp, Dustin
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Satellite-Based Passive Microwave Soil Moisture Measurement: An Analysis Using WindSat

2007 - Fall
• Grise, Kevin
  Adviser: Thompson
  Title: Dynamical Impacts of Antarctic Stratospheric Ozone Depletion on the Extratropical Circulation of the Southern Hemisphere
• Hammerschmidt, Brad
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: Combine Radar and Radiometer Analysis of Precipitation Over Land
• Martin, Elinor
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: An Observational and Modeling Study of Atmospheric Internal Bores During the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment
• Rowe, Angela
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Elevation-dependent trends in precipitation observed by the NAME radar network
• Smith, Michael
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Evaluation of Mesoscale Simulations of Dust Sources, Sinks and Transport over the Middle East

2008 - Spring
• Adams, Rebecca
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Investigation of Mesoscale Surface Pressure and Temperature Features Associated with Bow Echoes
• Dodson, Jason Brant
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Observations of Atmospheric Rivers with CloudSat CPR and Aqua AMSR-E

2008 - Summer
• Burt, Melissa
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: Paleo Feedbacks in the Hydrological and Energy Cycles in the Community Climate System Model 3
• Bytheway, Janice
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: Evaluation of the Adaptive Infrared Iris Using TRMM Satellite Measurements
• Corr, Chelsea
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: Retrieval of Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo at UV Wavelengths for Two Urban Field Campaigns
• McGrath-Spangler, Erica
  Adviser: Denning
  Title: Entrainment Effects of Overshooting Thermals on Land-Atmosphere Interactions
• Mora Rojas, Gabriela
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: Low Level Jets in the Tropical Americas
• Schwartz, Aaron
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Clouds, Energetics, and Climate in the Arctic from CloudSat

2008 - Fall
• Beem, Katerine
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park
• Harper, Anna
  Adviser: Denning
  Title: The Relationship Between Surface Biophysics and the Hydrologic Cycle in the Amazon Rainforest
• Holden, Amanda
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Estimating Contributions of Primary Biomass Combustion to Fine Particulate Matter at Sites in the Western United States
• Levin, Ezra
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: The role of Aerosols on Visibility Degredation During Two Field Campaigns
• Mack, Laura
  Adviser: Kreidenweis
  Title: The Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Properties from Biomass Burning During Flame2
• McCrary, Rachel
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: Great Plains Drought in Simulations of the Twentieth Century

2009 - Spring
• James, Eric
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: An Observational Climatology of Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective Vortices
• Sankovich, Victoria
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: A Comparison of ECMWF Global Cloudiness Forecasts with CloudSat Observations
• Stevens, Scott
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: A ground-based analysis of the transition from warm cloud to rain
• Stoner, Eric
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: Intercalibration of Four Microwave Radiometers Using Optimal Estimation Techniques.
• Storer, Rachel
  Adviser: Stephens, van den Heever
  Title: Modeling Aerosol Impacts on Convection Under Differing Storm Environments

2009 - Summer
• Patterson, Leigh
  Adviser: Collett
  Title: Development of Wildland Fire Smoke Marker Emissions Maps for the Conterminous United States
• Quantz, Heather
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Observations of the Double Intertropical Convergence Zone Using CloudSat
• Van Cleave, Darren
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Relating snowfall patterns over the central and eastern U.S. to infrared imagery of extratropical cyclone comma heads

2009 - Fall
• Argo, Kathryn
  Adviser: Thompson
  Title: A Documentation Study of Antarctic Cloudiness From CloudSat and Calypso Satellite Data
• Finch, Zach
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: An observational Study of Two Upper-Level Inverted Troughs During the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment
• Harrold, Michelle
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: The Corticity Structur of the 2-3 June 2003 MCS During Bamex
• Woloszyn, Mary
  Adviser: Ito
  Title: Analyzing Eddy Transport of Carbon Dioxide in the Southern Ocean using a High-Resolution Model

2010 - Spring
• Jones, Todd
  Adviser: Randall
  Title: Quantifying the Limits of Convective Paramterizations: A Statistical Characterization of Simulated Cumulus Convection
• McDonough, Francis
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Freezing Drizzle Production in Warm Frontal Overunning Cloud Layers: An Observational Study
• Seigel, Robert
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Simulating the Effects of Coated Ice Nuclei in the Formation of Thin Ice Clouds in the High Artic Using Rams

2010 - Summer
• Ram, Jessica
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Three Regional Climatologies of Marine Stratocumulus Characteristics Using the A-Three Regional Climatologies of Marine Train Satellite Data

2010 - Fall
• Alaka, Ghassan
  Adviser: Maloney
  Title: Intraseasonal Variability of the West African Monsoon and African Easterly Waves During Boreal Summer
• Guillot, Eric
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Evaluating Satellite-Based Cloud Persistence and Displacement NowCasting Techniques Over Evaluating Satellite-Based Cloud Persistence Complex Terrain
• Henderson, David
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: The Earth's Energy Balance Ingerred From A-Train Observations
• Howell, Kelly
  Adviser: Vonder Haar
  Title: Quasi-Global and Regional Water Vapor and Rainfall Rate Climatologies for a 35 Month Period
• Krall, Geoffrey
  Adviser: Cotton
  Title: Potential Indirect Effects of Aerosol on Tropical Cyclone Development
• Sjoberg, Jeremiah
  Adviser: Birner
  Title: Low Order Models of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
• Steinweg-Woods, Jesse
  Adviser: Johnson
  Title: Surface and Synoptic Features of Leading and Parallel Stratiform Mesoscale Convective Systems
• Tourville, Natalie
  Adviser: Stephens
  Title: CloudSat Tropical Cyclone Database

2011 - Spring
• Ford, Bonne
  Adviser: Heald
  Title: The Vertical Distribution of Pollutants during Export and Longi Range Transport: A Comparison of Model Simulations and A-Train Observations
• Holcomb, Stephen
  Adviser: Collett
  Plan B
• Stuckmeyer, Elizabeth
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: Boundary Layer Features Observed During Name 2004
• Takano, Yohei
  Adviser: Ito
  Title: What controls the variability of oxygen in the subpolar North Pacific?

2011 - Summer
• Anderson, Amanda
  Adviser: Rutledge
  Title: A Comparison of Positive an dNegative Cloud-To-Ground Lightning Dominant Storm in Three Comparison of Positive and Negative Cloud-Regions of the United States
• Petkovic, Veljko
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: A Spatio-Temporal Correlation Technique to Improve Satellite Rainfall Accumulation

2011 - Fall
• Boyd, Kathryn
  Adviser: Kummerow
  Title: REGIONAL AEROSOL EFFECTS ON PRECIPITATION: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
• Gonzalez, Alex
  Adviser: Schubert
  Title: STEADY-STATE CIRCULATIONS FORCED BY DIABATIC HEATING AND WIND STRESS IN THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE
• Sheffield, Amanda
  Adviser: van den Heever
  Title: ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI ON CUMULUS CONGESTUS CLOUDS USING A CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL

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