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Jannetta Richardson
B.S. Florida Institute of Technology
Jannetta's research seeks to understand how radiative interactions with cloud hydrometeors,
known as cloud radiative forcing (CRF), influences the early-stage development of
tropical cyclones experiencing moderate vertical wind shear.
She has run idealized Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) simulations to investigate the physical mechanisms
through which CRF modulates the timing of intensification and tropical cyclone structure,
including the size of the wind field and the structure of the stratiform region.
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Nathalie Rivera-Torres
B.S. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Nathalie's research seeks to explore ingredients and mechanisms governing the downshear reformation
of tropical cyclones, where a tropical cyclone center reforms in convection displaced from the center.
She has analyzed storm-scale and environmental ingredients that favor downshear reformation
(Rivera-Torres et al. 2023) and has run
high-resolution ensemble simulations to analyze mesoscale factors that lead to downshear reformation.
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Nicholas Johnson
B.S. University of Alabama in Huntsville
Nicholas's research seeks to understand processes that affect tropical cyclone intensity,
such as ventilation: the injection of cool, dry environmental air into sheared storms.
A combination of observations from aerial reconnaissance and satellites, along with simulations
from operational models, are used to examine these processes. Nicholas participated in
NASA's Convective Processes Experiment - Cabo Verde field project and the Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program.
He is also a Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology fellow.
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Rachel Eldridge
B.S. Texas A&M
Rachel's research focuses on evaluating and understanding High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model biases in severe convective environments and regions of complex terrain,
such as the Mohawk and Hudson valleys in upstate New York. She has compared HRRR forecasts with surface and flux observations from the New York State Mesonet (NYSM)
network for severe weather events in 2019 and 2020. Rachel was also a primary participant in the Investigation of Convective Environments in the Capital Region
with Expanded Atmospheric Measurements (ICECREAM) field project in 2023.
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Emily Lucy
B.S. University at Albany
Emily plans to focus her research on small-scale vortices in the eyewall of tropical cyclones, through a combination of observations and numerical modeling.
In the past, Emily has done research on terrain influences on convective storms in central Argentina.
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Luis Hernandez
B.S. Florida International University
Luis is interested in research in tropical cyclone dynamics. Luis is a fellow of the NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology.
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