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Moist convection in the atmosphere: Triggering and development of convection, particularly that which occurs in the tropics and semi-arid southwest U.S. and northern Mexico. Numerical modeling, theoretical studies and observational field studies.
Stereophotogrammetry applied to atmospheric observations: Stereo pairs of digital cameras along with digital image processing techniques are used to determine the three dimensional structure of clouds. These techniques may be applied to observations of other phenomena.
Urban Meteorology: Structure and evolution of the urban boundary layer, with an emphasis on processes related to cities in semi-arid regions. Studies of the urban heat island and precipitation processes.
Dynamics of large scale circulations in the tropics: Fundamental dynamics of processes “gulf-surges” associated with the North American Monsoon and planetary scale waves systems associated with west Pacific warm pool.
Tropical cyclone motion near topography: The influence of topography on the motion and structure of tropical cyclones. The emphasis is on terrain features that are large enough to modify the self-induced part of steering flow (the beta-gyres) that influence the motion.
Tropical cyclogenesis in the Eastern North Pacific: The Eastern North Pacific experiences a rate of cyclone formation that is nearly three times that in the Atlantic, but they do not affect the continental US as often, so they receive little attention. However, some of the extreme precipitation events in the desert southwest are associated with these storms. This work describes generation of these storms by circulations that are organized by the Sierra Madre Mountains.
