RAMM/CIRA Quarterly Report

M. DeMaria visited the Tropical Prediction Center in Miami to discuss several Joint Hurricane Testbed projects that RAMM Team and AOML are collaborating on.

Tomoko Koyama, a graduate student at CSU's Department of Atmospheric Science, passed the Master's Degree exam that included presenting a seminar to the department and CIRA personnel. Ms. Koyama's thesis "MODIS Thermal Emissive Band Error Estimation Using Structure Function Analysis" requires some additional work but will be completed soon. The work was accomplished under NOAA Grant funding. Ms. Koyama is employed in Tokyo at the Japanese Meteorological Agency.

J. Weaver continues his work with Nolan Doesken (Colorado Climate Center, CSU) on a short paper for the Journal of Climate utilizing mesoscale precipitation data collected by volunteers within the Climate Center's CoCo RAHS (Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Study) study area. There are more than 100 volunteers measuring daily precipitation in and around the Fort Collins area. The observers receive training and a 4" NWS style rain gauge to make their measurements.