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People
(Summer 2008)
Dr. Christopher
C. Hennon
Assistant
Professor, UNCA Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Research Interests: Tropical cyclogenesis, Remote
Sensing, Statistical Methods
(828) 232-5159
Ms. Amy Harless (Spring 2006 - Summer 2008)
Graduate, UNCA Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Current: Graduate student, University of Oklahoma
Research Area:
Ensemble Forecasting, Improving Oceanic Wind Vector Retrievals in
High Wind Regimes
Papers:
Harless, A.R., 2006:
Tropical Cyclone Hyperactivity in the Eastern and Central Caribbean
Sea
During the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season,
Preprints, 20th National Conferences on
Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.
Laupattarakasem, P., W.L. Jones, C.C. Hennon, I.S. Adams, J.W.
Johnson, P.G. Black, J.R. Allard,
and A.R. Harless, 2008:
Improved Hurricane Wind Speed Retrievals using SeaWinds,
Submitted,
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
Laupattarakasem, P., W.L. Jones, C.C. Hennon, P. Black, J.R.
Allard, and A.R. Harless, 2008:
Q-Winds
satellite hurricane wind retrievals and H*Wind comparisons.
28th Conference on
Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Orlando, FL), American Meteorological
Society, Boston, MA.
Posters: Hennon, C.C., J.R. Allard, and A.R. Harless,
2007: Using Objective Analyses (H*Wind) in Tropical
Cyclone Wind Vector Verification. Ocean Vector Winds Science
Team Meeting (in conjunction
with EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite and 15th AMS Satellite
Meteorology and Oceanography
Conferences), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Presentations: UNCA Spring Research
Symposium (2007)
NCUR (2006)
Awards: NOAA Hollings Scholar (2007)
Goldwater Scholar (2007, Honorable Mention)
NASA Summer Institute (2007)
University Research Scholar
Mr. Chip Helms (Spring 2007 - )
Senior, UNCA Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Research Area:
Cloud Cluster Identification and Algorithm Development
Posters: Helms, C., C.C. Hennon, and K.
Knapp, 2008: An
Objective Algorithm for the Identification of Convective
Cloud Clusters in Geostationary Infrared Imagery. 28th Conf.
on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Orlando FL.
Presentations: UNCA Fall Research Symposium (2007)
UNCA Spring Research Symposium (2008)
Awards: Undergraduate Research
Program Advisory Council (URPAC)
Summer Research Grant ($1,500)
Ms. Leejah Ross (Spring 2008 - )
Junior, UNCA Department of Atmospheric
Sciences
Research Area: Improving Oceanic Wind Vector Retrievals in
High Wind Regimes;
Theoretical tropical cyclone wind profiles with application to GIS
Past Members
Mr. John Allard (Fall 2006 - Fall 2007)
Graduate, UNCA Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Research Area: Improving Oceanic Wind Vector Retrievals in
High Wind Regimes
Papers: Laupattarakasem, P., W.L. Jones, C.C. Hennon, I.S.
Adams, J.W. Johnson, P.G. Black, J.R. Allard,
and A.R. Harless, 2008: Improved
Hurricane Wind Speed Retrievals using SeaWinds, Submitted,
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
Laupattarakasem, P., W.L. Jones, C.C. Hennon, P. Black, J.R.
Allard, and A.R. Harless, 2008:
Q-Winds
satellite hurricane wind retrievals and H*Wind comparisons.
28th Conference on
Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Orlando, FL), American Meteorological
Society, Boston, MA.
Posters:
Hennon, C.C., J.R. Allard, and A.R. Harless, 2007:
Using
Objective Analyses (H*Wind) in Tropical
Cyclone Wind Vector Verification. Ocean Vector Winds Science
Team Meeting (in conjunction
with EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite and 15th AMS Satellite
Meteorology and Oceanography
Conferences), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Allard, J.R., 2007:
Using H*Wind to Improve Satellite Based Wind
Measurements
in Tropical Cyclones. UNCA Spring Research Symposium,
Asheville, NC.
Awards: University Research Scholar
Mr. Brandon Cromer (Spring 2006 - Spring 2007)
Graduate, UNCA Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Research Area:
Investigation of Rapidly Intensifying
Tropical Cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico
Presentations: UNCA Spring Research Symposium (2007)
Mr. Michael Erb (Spring 2006)
Graduate, UNCA Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Current: Graduate student (Rutgers University)
Research Area: Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones
Papers:
Erb, M., 2006:
A Case Study of Hurricane Katrina: Rapid Intensification in the Gulf
of Mexico.
Preprints, 20th National Conferences on Undergraduate Research,
Asheville, NC.
Presentations: NCUR 2006
Awards: University Research Scholar
Ms. Megan Stone (Spring 2007 - Spring 2008)
Graduate, UNCA Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Current: National Climatic Data Center
Research Area: Impacts of Power Plant Emission Reduction
on
Asheville Air Quality and Climate
Presentations:
UNCA Spring Research Symposium (2008)
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