CURRICULUM VITAE
Heather M. Archambault
NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Meteorology
Naval Postgraduate School, 1 University Way, Monterey, CA 93943
http://www.met.nps.edu/~hmarcham
hmarcham@nps.edu - (831) 656-3430
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science,
2011
University at Albany/SUNY,
Albany, NY
Advisors: Lance F. Bosart and Daniel Keyser
Dissertation: The downstream flow response to recurving
tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific
M.S. in Atmospheric Science,
2005
University at Albany/SUNY,
Albany, NY
Advisors: Lance F. Bosart and Daniel Keyser
Thesis: Cool-season regime transition and its impact
on precipitation in the northeastern United States
B.S. in Meteorology, 2002
Minor, Global Business
Strategies in the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries
Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Sep 2011–present National Research Council Postdoctoral
Research Associate
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
Proposal: The role of diabatic processes in tropical cyclone–jet
stream interactions associated with extratropical transition
Lab hosts: Patrick Harr and Richard Moore
Apr–Jul 2010 Advanced Study Program Graduate Student
Visitor
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Collaborated with Chris Davis on potential vorticity diagnostics of tropical
cyclone–jet stream interactions during tropical cyclone recurvature.
2003–2011 Graduate Research Assistant
University at Albany/SUNY
Conducted research on extratropical transition, cold-air outbreaks,
planetary-scale regime transitions, Rossby wave trains, and heavy precipitation
events.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fall 2008 Instructor, Synoptic Laboratory I Spring 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Synoptic
Laboratory II 2003–2005, Spring Graduate Teaching Assistant, Weather
Analysis and Forecasting 2002–2004, Fall Graduate Teaching Assistant, Severe
and Hazardous Weather Analysis and Forecasting 2001–2002 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant,
Introductory Meteorology Jun–Aug 2002 Intern Meteorologist 2001–2002 Forecast Apprentice HONORS AND AWARDS Distinguished
Doctoral Dissertation Award Narayan R. Gokhale
Distinguished Research Scholarship Award WCRP Open
Science Conference, 24–28 October 2011, Denver, CO. Advanced Study Program Graduate
Student Visitor Award Joel N. and Peggy Myers
Scholarship for Excellence in Weather Forecasting PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND
HONOR SOCIETIES American Meteorological Society,
2002–present American Geophysical Union,
2011–present Chi Epsilon Pi National Honor
Society, 2001–present PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Website
developer,
http://www.met.nps.edu/~hmarcham/2012.html. Provide a
suite of model diagnostics for community-wide use. Panelist, 'Looking back on
recent TC field programs: Lessons learned, questions going forward', 15th
Cyclone Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA, Mar 2011. Lead forecaster, The
Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) field
campaign, National Science Foundation, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sep
2010. Forecaster, THORPEX
Pacific-Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,
CA, Aug 2008. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Metz, N. D., H. M. Archambault,
A. F. Srock, T. J. Galarneau,
Jr., and L. F. Bosart, 2013: A comparison of South American and African
preferential pathways for extreme cold events. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press. Archambault, H. M., D. Keyser,
and L. F. Bosart, 2010: Relationships between large-scale regime transitions
and major cool-season precipitation events in the northeastern United States. Mon.
Wea. Rev., 138, 3454–473. Archambault, H. M., L. F.
Bosart, D. Keyser, and A. Aiyyer, 2008: Influence of
large-scale flow regimes on cool-season precipitation in the northeastern
United States. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2945–2963. Evans, C., H. M. Archambault,
J. M. Cordeira, T. J. Galarneau, Jr., K. S. Griffin,
A. Johnson, W. Komaromi, S. Monette,
P. Muradyan, B. Murphy, M. Riemer, J. Sears, B. Tang,
and S. Thompson, 2012: The
Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) field
campaign: Perspectives of early career scientists. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 93,
173–187. Bosart, L. F., J. M. Cordeira,
T. J. Galarneau, Jr., B. J. Moore, and H. M.
Archambault, 2012: An analysis of multiple predecessor rain events ahead of
tropical cyclones Ike and Lowell (10–15 September 2008). Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 1081–1107. Archambault, H. M., L. F.
Bosart, D. Keyser, and J. M. Cordeira, 2013: A climatological analysis of the
extratropical flow response to recurving western North Pacific tropical
cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press. PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION Archambault, H. M., D. Keyser,
and L. F. Bosart, 2012: A synoptic–dynamic analysis of the extratropical flow
response to recurving western North Pacific tropical cyclones. Bosart, L. F., J. M. Cordeira,
and H. M. Archambault, 2012: Linked extreme weather events over the Americas in
October and November 2007.
University at Albany/SUNY
Taught a senior-level course covering fundamental topics in synoptic–dynamic
meteorology; assumed responsibility for all aspects of the course.
University at Albany/SUNY
Collaborated with the instructor in preparing map discussions and writing
homework assignments, quizzes, and exams, gave lectures, and held office hours
for a senior-level course in synoptic–dynamic meteorology.
University at Albany/SUNY
Led weekly map discussions, held office hours, and graded assignments, quizzes,
and exams for a sophomore-level forecasting course.
University at Albany/SUNY
Supervised student-led forecast discussions, held office hours, and graded
assignments, quizzes, and exams for a junior-level forecasting course.
Pennsylvania State University
Performed experiments, prepared and presented lectures, wrote and graded
quizzes, and assigned course grades for the laboratory section of a general
education meteorology course.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Aquila, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Constructed climatologies used to price weather derivatives.
Weather Communications Group, Pennsylvania State University
Wrote New York City, Boston, and Washington, D.C. forecasts and prepared
graphics for the New York Times weather page.
Best dissertation in any field in College of Arts & Sciences at University
at Albany, 2011–2012.
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany,
2011–2012.
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Award for
Outstanding Poster Presentation
National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2010.
Dept. of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, 2002.
Robert O. Cole Award
Dept. of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, 2002.
Working group member, 'New Research and Field Experiments in Extratropical
Transition', Seventh International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones, WMO/WWRP, La Reunion, FR, Nov 2010.