Thomas J. Galarneau, Jr.
Ph.D. student, Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany/SUNY
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
Office: Earth Science 314
Email: tomjr"at"atmos.albany.edu

Last updated 27 Oct 2009

SSEC UW-Madison Current GOES-12 water vapor image

Welcome to my home page!

I am currently a Ph.D. candidate working under the advisement of Dr. Lance Bosart in the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University at Albany/SUNY. My research interests cover a broad range of scales - planetary, synoptic, and meso - and phenomena. Up to this point, I have worked on research problems involving continental mesoscale convective systems and supercells, tropical cyclones, heat waves, subtropical and midlatitude anticyclones, upper-tropospheric troughs, polar lows, cold surges, and winter storms. Current research problems include observational and modeling studies diagnosing environmental influences on tropical cyclone genesis pathway, operational utility of mesoscale diagnostics calculated with the nondivergent wind, observational studies of predecessor rain events, modeling studies of polar lows in the lee of the Alps over the Mediterranean Sea, and assessing the relevant physical and dynamical processes important in (1) the development of a surface cyclonic circulation beneath mid-tropospheric continental MCVs and (2) the reintensification of tropical disturbances over land.

Items on this page:

Curriculum Vitae [PDF]: Basic Data || Publications || Presentations || Employment History || Teaching Experience || Academic Lineage

Weather Links: Tom's Real-Time QG Diagnostics || Observations || PV Animations || Model Forecasts || NCEP Pages || Tropical Cyclone Items || Data Archives

Research Links: 2004-2008 North Atlantic TC Synoptic Charts || 2007 North Atlantic Hurricane Season Loops || BAMEX Research || Conference Abstract Links || Winter 1985-2007 Northeast US Surface Maps || Ron's Hurricane Simulation (early Sept. 2008) || WRF-ARW TC Simulations

Other Links: Storm Chase Summaries || Bowling Stats

Recent News:
Presented seminar at Stony Brook University on 18 November 2009
Presented seminar at NOAA-ESRL on 7 October 2009
Submitted manuscript to MWR for review on 5 October 2009
Presented at the 13th Conf. on Mesoscale Processes in Salt Lake City, UT, on 19 August 2009
Presented seminar at McGill University on 22 July 2009