BACKGROUND:

• Ph.D.: University of Maryland, College Park, MD (Meteorology, 2000)
• M.S.: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (Meteo & Physical Oceanography, 1992)
• B.S.: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Meteorology w/ Physics Minor, 1985)

COURSES TAUGHT:

ESCI 107 - The Atmosphere
ESCI 109 - The Atmosphere with Laboratory
ESCI 110 - Introduction to the Earth Sciences
ESCI 241 - Meteorology
ESCI 281 - GIS Applications for the Earth Sciences
ESCI 340 - Physical Meteorology
ESCI 341 - Atmospheric Thermodynamics
ESCI 342 - Atmospheric Dynamics I
ESCI 343 - Atmospheric Dynamics II
ESCI 344 - Tropical Meteorology
ESCI 386 - IDL Programming for Advanced Earth Sciences Applications
ESCI 445 - Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere and Oceans
ESCI 485 - Air-Sea Interaction

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RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Development of computer visualizations using IDL, Ruby, Tk, and other programming languages for classroom demonstrations.