Defenses for Fall 2023
![Application of an Interpretable Prototypical-Part Network for Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Climate Prediction over North America](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231213-Gordillo.jpg)
Dec 13, 2023
MS Defense
“Application of an Interpretable Prototypical-Part Network for Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Climate Prediction over North America”
![Effects of Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions Within Two Convective Storm Regimes](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231204-Ascher.jpg)
Dec 04, 2023
MS Defense
“Effects of Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions Within Two Convective Storm Regimes”
![Emissions, evolution, and transport of ammonia (NH3) from large animal feeding operations: a summertime study in northeastern Colorado](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231130-Calahorrano.jpg)
Nov 30, 2023
PhD Defense
“Emissions, evolution, and transport of ammonia (NH3) from large animal feeding operations: a summertime study in northeastern Colorado”
![The Influence of Western Boundary Currents on Tropospheric Climate Variability in Reanalyses and Climate Models](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231129-larson.jpg)
Nov 29, 2023
MS Defense
“The Influence of Western Boundary Currents on Tropospheric Climate Variability in Reanalyses and Climate Models”
![The abundance and sources of ice nucleating particles (INPs) within Alaskan ice fog](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231128-lill.jpg)
Nov 28, 2023
MS Defense
“The abundance and sources of ice nucleating particles (INPs) within Alaskan ice fog”
![Ice Nucleating Particles in the Arctic: Measurement and Source Tracking](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231106-barry.jpg)
Nov 06, 2023
PhD Defense
“Ice Nucleating Particles in the Arctic: Measurement and Source Tracking”
![Topographic and Diurnal Influences on Storms Associated with Heavy Rainfall in Northern Colorado](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231101-douglas.jpg)
Nov 01, 2023
MS Defense
“Topographic and Diurnal Influences on Storms Associated with Heavy Rainfall in Northern Colorado”
![Summertime ozone production at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico: influence of oil and natural gas development](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231019-marsavin.jpg)
Oct 19, 2023
MS Defense
“Summertime ozone production at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico: influence of oil and natural gas development”
![Marine ice nucleating particles: sources, composition, emissions, and model parameterizations](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231016-moore.jpg)
Oct 16, 2023
PhD Defense
“Marine ice nucleating particles: sources, composition, emissions, and model parameterizations”
![Comparing precipitation estimates, model forecasts, and random forest based predictions for excessive rainfall](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231013-james.jpg)
Oct 13, 2023
PhD Defense
“Comparing precipitation estimates, model forecasts, and random forest based predictions for excessive rainfall”
![Data-driven Models for Subseasonal Cyclogenesis Forecasts in the East Pacific and North Atlantic](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20231006-frontera.jpg)
Oct 06, 2023
MS Defense
“Data-driven Models for Subseasonal Cyclogenesis Forecasts in the East Pacific and North Atlantic”
![Using Laboratory and Airborne Measurements to Investigate the Role of Ice Nucleating Particles in Ice and Mixed-Phase Clouds](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20230925-patnaude.jpg)
Sep 25, 2023
PhD Defense
“Using Laboratory and Airborne Measurements to Investigate the Role of Ice Nucleating Particles in Ice and Mixed-Phase Clouds”
![The Effect of Projected Sea Surface Temperature Change on MJO Activity in a Warmer Climate](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20230922-bowden.jpg)
Sep 22, 2023
MS Defense
“The Effect of Projected Sea Surface Temperature Change on MJO Activity in a Warmer Climate”
![Diagnosing the Angular Momentum Fluxes that Drive the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20230912-hughes.jpg)
Sep 12, 2023
MS Defense
“Diagnosing the Angular Momentum Fluxes that Drive the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation”
![Cold Pool Train Dynamics and Transport](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20230908-neumaier.jpg)
Sep 08, 2023
MS Defense
“Cold Pool Train Dynamics and Transport”
![Inorganic Gas-Aerosol Partitioning in and around Animal Feeding Operation Plumes in Northeastern Colorado in Late Summer 2021](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20230905-li.jpg)
Sep 05, 2023
MS Defense
“Inorganic Gas-Aerosol Partitioning in and around Animal Feeding Operation Plumes in Northeastern Colorado in Late Summer 2021”
![Changes in the Snowpack of the Upper Colorado River Basin in a Warmer Future Climate](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20230823-sherman.jpg)
Aug 23, 2023
MS Defense
“Changes in the Snowpack of the Upper Colorado River Basin in a Warmer Future Climate”
![The influence of prescribed burning on springtime PM2.5 concentrations in eastern Kansas](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20230818-sablan.jpg)
Aug 18, 2023
MS Defense
“The influence of prescribed burning on springtime PM2.5 concentrations in eastern Kansas”
![When is the Unpredictable (slightly more) Predictable? An Assessment of Opportunities for Skillful Decadal Climate Prediction Using Explainable Neural Networks](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20230810-gordon.jpg)
Aug 10, 2023
PhD Defense
“When is the Unpredictable (slightly more) Predictable? An Assessment of Opportunities for Skillful Decadal Climate Prediction Using Explainable Neural Networks”
![GREMLIN: GOES Radar Estimation via Machine Learning to Inform NWP](http://videos.atmos.colostate.edu/thumbnails/20230802-hilburn.jpg)
Aug 02, 2023
PhD Defense
“GREMLIN: GOES Radar Estimation via Machine Learning to Inform NWP”