Research Associate Professor
Department of Atmospheric
Sciences
University of Washington
Synoptic and mesoscale meteorology, atmospheric dynamics, mid-latitude cyclone structure and evolution, mesoscale numerical modeling, parameterization of cloud and precipitation microphysics in numerical models.
"Whither the study of midlatitude fronts and cyclones?". Given at the 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, August 2007, Waterville Valley, NH.*
"Prediction of degree of riming within a bulk microphysical scheme". Given at the 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, June 2007, Park City, UT.**
"A study of crystal habit and other properties of falling and accumulating snow within Pacific Northwest orographic winter storms". Given at the Pacific Northwest Weather Workshop, March 2007, Seattle, WA.**
"A study of the effect of horizontal contrasts in static stability on frontal behavior". Given at the 13th Cyclone Workshop, October 2006, Pacific Grove, CA.*
"Verification and calibration of simulated reflectivity products during DWFE". Given at the 2006 Developmental Testbed Center Visitor Reunion, August 2006, Boulder, CO.
"Microphysics of winter orographic clouds and precipitation". Given at the MSC/COMET Mountain Weather Course, March 2006, Boulder, CO.***
"The Use of Profilers and VAD to Study the Structure and Dynamics of Split Cold Fronts and Cold Fronts Aloft". Given at the AMS Educational Forum "A Primer on Radar Analysis Techniques Used in Mesoscale Meteorology", October 2005, Albuquerque, NM.*
"Observations and numerical simulations of narrow cold-frontal rainbands". Given at the AMS 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, October 2005, Albuquerque, NM.*
*Describes research supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 0509079.
**Describes research supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 0634999.
***Describes research supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers 0242592 and 0634999.
M. T. Stoelinga, J. D. Locatelli, and C. P. Woods, 2007: The occurrence of "irregular" ice particles in stratiform clouds. J. Atmos. Sci. , in press.
C. P. Woods, M. T. Stoelinga, and J. D. Locatelli, 2007: The IMPROVE-1 storm of 1–2 February 2001. Part III: Sensitivity of a mesoscale model simulation to the representation of snow particle types and testing of a bulk microphysical scheme with snow habit prediction. J. Atmos. Sci. , in press.
C. P. Woods, M. T. Stoelinga, and J. D. Locatelli, 2007: Size spectra of snow particles measured in wintertime precipitation in the Pacific Northwest. J. Atmos. Sci. , in press.
C. P. Woods, J. D. Locatelli, and M. T. Stoelinga, 2007: The IMPROVE-1 storm of 1–2 February 2001. Part IV: Precipitation enhancement across the melting layer. J. Atmos. Sci. , conditionally accepted.
This is the main web site for the NSF-sponsored IMPROVE Project carried out in the Pacific Northwest in 2001, including a descriptions of the field studies, available data, and publications resulting from the project.
Download the latest version of Read/Interpolate/Plot (RIP), a program for visualization of mesoscale model output, from the WRF Model Download Page .
Description of the Simulated Equivalent Reflectivity Factor Calculation in RIPVisit the CFA Conceptual Model Homepage! This site is dedicated to the understanding of this conceptual model, and includes a tutorial and bibliography and CFAs and related topics. We encourage the use of this site for teaching purposes and by operational forecasters.
Email address: stoeling AT washington DOT edu (replace capitalized words with indicated symbols)