Defenses for Fall 2013
![Moist Static Energy and the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Understanding Initiation, Maintenance and Propagation Through the Application of Novel Diagnostics](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/images/default-video.png)
Dec 19, 2013
MS Defense
“Moist Static Energy and the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Understanding Initiation, Maintenance and Propagation Through the Application of Novel Diagnostics”
![Numerical Simulation Diagnostics of a Flash Flood Event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20131218-Samman.jpg)
Dec 18, 2013
MS Defense
“Numerical Simulation Diagnostics of a Flash Flood Event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia”
![On Modeled and Observed Warm Rainfall Occurrence and Its Relationships With Cloud Macrophysical Properties](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20131217-King.jpg)
Dec 17, 2013
MS Defense
“On Modeled and Observed Warm Rainfall Occurrence and Its Relationships With Cloud Macrophysical Properties”
![Ensemble-based Analysis of Front Range Severe Convection on 6-7 June 2012:
Forecast Uncertainty and Communication of Weather Information to Front Range Decision-Makers](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20131217-Vincente.jpg)
Dec 17, 2013
MS Defense
“Ensemble-based Analysis of Front Range Severe Convection on 6-7 June 2012:
Forecast Uncertainty and Communication of Weather Information to Front Range Decision-Makers
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![Comparison of Convective Clouds Observed by Spaceborne W-Band Radar and Simulated by Cloud-Resolving Atmospheric Models](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20131115-Dodson.jpg)
Nov 15, 2013
PhD Defense
“Comparison of Convective Clouds Observed by Spaceborne W-Band Radar and Simulated by Cloud-Resolving Atmospheric Models”
![Characteristics, Sources, and Formation of Organic Aerosol in the Central Rocky Mountains](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20131107-Schurman.jpg)
Nov 07, 2013
PhD Defense
“Characteristics, Sources, and Formation of Organic Aerosol in the Central Rocky Mountains”
![The Climatology of Lightning Producing Large Impulse Charge Moment Changes with an Emphasis on Mesoscale Convective Systems](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20131030-Beavis.jpg)
Oct 30, 2013
MS Defense
“The Climatology of Lightning Producing Large Impulse Charge Moment Changes with an Emphasis on Mesoscale Convective Systems”
![Transport of Pollutants from Eastern Colorado into the Rocky Mountains via Upslope Winds](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20131008-Pina.jpg)
Oct 08, 2013
MS Defense
“Transport of Pollutants from Eastern Colorado into the Rocky Mountains via Upslope Winds”
![Deep and Shallow Overturning Circulations in the Tropical Atmosphere](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20130927-Mora-Rojas.jpg)
Sep 27, 2013
PhD Defense
“Deep and Shallow Overturning Circulations in the Tropical Atmosphere”
![Combined Multispectral/Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosols for Quantification of Their Direct Radiative Effect](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/images/default-video.png)
Aug 27, 2013
PhD Defense
“Combined Multispectral/Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosols for Quantification of Their Direct Radiative Effect”
![Diabatic and frictional forcing effects on the structure and intensity of tropical cyclones](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/images/default-video.png)
Aug 12, 2013
MS Defense
“Diabatic and frictional forcing effects on the structure and intensity of tropical cyclones”