CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:  Mark T. Stoelinga

Mailing Address and Contact Information:

University of Washington                                     Telephone:     (206) 543-6235

Atmospheric Sciences                                          Fax:               (206) 685-7160

Box 351640                                                        Email:            stoeling@atmos.washington.edu

Seattle, WA 98195

Education:

1993    Ph.D.   University of Washington (Atmospheric Sciences)

1987    B. S.    University of Illinois (Physics)

Professional Experience:

2008-present    Research Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,

University of Washington

2002-2008       Research Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,

University of Washington

2005                Visiting Scientist, Developmental Testbed Center, National Center

for Atmsopheric Research

1998                Marine Meteorology Instructor, Seattle Maritime Academy

1995-2002       Research Meteorologist, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,

University of Washington

1994-1995       Visiting Scientist, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division,

National Center for Atmospheric Research

1993-1994       Research Associate, Department of Meteorology, Penn State University

1991-1993       Graduate Fellow, Advanced Study Program,

National Center for Atmospheric Research

1987-1991       Graduate Research Assistant, University of Washington

Honors and Awards:

2006 American Meteorological Society Editor’s Award for Monthly Weather Review

Professional Activities:

2002-pres.    Lead, Post-processing Working Group for the Weather Research and Forecast Model (WRF)

1993-pres.    Member, American Meteorological Society

2005             Program Committee, AMS 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes

2003-2006    Associate Editor, Monthly Weather Review


Invited Lectures:

“Microphysics of winter orographic clouds and precipitation.”  Invited lecture at MSC/COMET Mountain Weather Course, Boulder, CO, March 2006; Boulder, CO, December 2007; and Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 2007.

“Whither the study of midlatitude fronts and cyclones?”  Invited talk at the 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Waterville Valley, NH, August, 2007.

“Verification and calibration of simulated reflectivity products.”  Invited lecture at the Developmental Testbed Center’s Visitor Reunion, Boulder, CO, August, 2006.

“Microphysics of winter orographic clouds and precipitation.”  Invited lecture at MSC/COMET Mountain Weather Course, Boulder, CO, March 2006.

“The use of profilers and VAD to study the structure and dynamics of split cold fronts and cold fronts aloft.”  Invited lecture at “A Primer on Radar Analysis Techniques Used in Mesoscale Meteorology”, an AMS Educational Forum, Albuquerque, NM, October 2005.

Field Project Experience:

IMPROVE-1 (2001); IMPROVE-2 (2001); Cascade Snow Study (2006-07, 2007-08)

Major technical projects:

Creation of the graphics application RIP (Read/Interpolate/Plot), a 20,000-line Fortran program, NCAR’s officially supported software package for analysis and visualization of output from the Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5) and the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF).

Refereed Publications:

Stoelinga, M. T., M. D. Albright, and C. F. Mass, 2009:  A new look at snowpack trends in the Cascade Mountains.  J. Climate, submitted.

Casola, J. H., L. Cuo, B. Livneh, D. P. Lettenmaier, M. T. Stoelinga, P. W. Mote , and J. M. Wallace, 2009: Assessing the impacts of global warming on snowpack in the Washington Cascades.  J. Climate, in press.

Woods, C. P., M. T. Stoelinga, and J. D. Locatelli, 2008: The IMPROVE-1 storm of 1-2 February 2001. Part IV: Precipitation enhancement across the melting layer.  J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 1087-1092.

Woods, C. P., M. T. Stoelinga, and J. D. Locatelli, 2008: Size spectra of snow particles measured in wintertime precipitation in the Pacific Northwest.  J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 189-205.

Woods, C. P., M. T. Stoelinga, and J. D. Locatelli, 2008: 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., 64, 3927–3948.

Stoelinga, M. T., J. D. Locatelli, and C. P. Woods, 2007: The occurrence of “irregular” ice particles in stratiform clouds.  J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 2740–2750.

Locatelli, J. D., M. T. Stoelinga, and P. V. Hobbs, 2005:  Re-examination of the split cold front in the British Isles cyclone of 17 July 1980.  Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 131, 3167-3181.

Bond, N. A., B. F. Smull, M. T. Stoelinga, C. P. Woods, and A. Haase, 2005: The evolution of a cold front over quasi-2D terrain: Coordinated aircraft observations of the cold front of 8-9 December 2001 from IMPROVE-2.  J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3559-3579.

Garvert, M. F., C. P. Woods, B. A. Colle, C. F. Mass, P. V. Hobbs, M. T. Stoelinga, and J. B. Wolfe, 2005:  The 13-14 December 2001 IMPROVE-2 event. Part II: Comparisons of MM5 model simulations of clouds and precipitation with observations.  J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3520-3534.

Evans, A. G., J. D. Locatelli, M. T. Stoelinga, and P. V. Hobbs, 2005:  The IMPROVE-1 storm of February 1-2, 2001. Part II: Cloud structures and the growth of precipitation,"  J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3456-3473.

Locatelli, J. D., M. T. Stoelinga, M. F. Garvert, and P. V. Hobbs, 2005:  The IMPROVE-1 storm of February 1-2, 2001. Part I: Development of a forward-tilted cold front and a warm occlusion.  J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3431-3455.

Woods, C. P., M. T. Stoelinga, J. D. Locatelli, and P. V. Hobbs, 2005:  Microphysical processes and synergistic interaction between frontal and orographic forcing of precipitation during the 13 December 2001 IMPROVE-2 event over the Oregon Cascades.  J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3493-3519.

Rose, S. F., P. V. Hobbs, J. D. Locatelli, and M. T. Stoelinga, 2003: A ten-year climatology relating the locations of reported tornadoes to the quadrants of upper-level jet streaks.  Wea. Forecasting, 19, 301–309.

Stoelinga, M. T., 2003: Comments on “The evolution and dynamical role of reduced upper-tropospheric potential vorticity in Intensive Observing Period One of FASTEX”.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 1944–1947.

Stoelinga, M. T., P. V. Hobbs, C. F. Mass, J. D. Locatelli, B. A. Colle, R. A. Houze, Jr., A. L. Rangno, N. A. Bond, B. F. Smull, R. M. Rasmussen, G. Thompson, and B. R. Colman, 2003: Improvement of Microphysical Parameterizations Through Observational Verification Experiments (IMPROVE).  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84, 1807–1826.

Rose, S. F., P. V. Hobbs, J. D. Locatelli, and M. T. Stoelinga, 2003: Reply to comments on “Use of a mesoscale model to forecast severe weather associated with a cold front aloft.”  Wea. Forecasting, 18, 389–391.

Stoelinga, M. T., J. D. Locatelli, R. D. Schwartz, and P. V. Hobbs, 2003: Is a cold pool necessary for the maintenance of a squall line produced by a cold front aloft?  Mon. Wea. Rev., 131,  95–115.

Rose, S. F., P. V. Hobbs, J. D. Locatelli, and M. T. Stoelinga, 2002: Use of a mesoscale model to forecast severe weather associated with a cold front aloft.  Wea. Forecasting, 17, 755–773.

Stoelinga, M. T., J. D. Locatelli, and P. V. Hobbs, 2002: Warm occlusions, cold occlusions, and forward-tilting cold fronts.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 709–721.

Locatelli, J. D., M. T. Stoelinga, and P. V. Hobbs, 2002: A new look at the Super Outbreak of tornadoes on 3-4 April 1974.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 1633–1651.

Locatelli, J. D., M. T. Stoelinga, and P. V. Hobbs, 2002: Organization and structure of clouds and precipitation on the Mid-Atlantic Coast of the Untied States.  Part VII: Diagnosis of a non-convective rainband associated with a cold front aloft.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 278–297.

Locatelli, J. D., R. D. Schwartz, M. T. Stoelinga, and P. V. Hobbs, 2002: Norwegian-type and CFA-type cyclones east of the Rocky Mountains.  Wea. Forecasting, 17, 66–82.

Liu, X., D. A. Hegg, and M. T. Stoelinga, 2000: Numerical simulation of new particle formation over the northwest Atlantic using the MM5 mesoscale model coupled with sulfur chemistry.  J. Geophys. Res., 106, 9697-9715.

Stoelinga, M. T., J. D. Locatelli, and P. V. Hobbs, 2000: Structure and evolution of winter cyclones in the central United States and their effects on the distribution of precipitation. Part VI: A multi-scale numerical modeling study of the initiation of convective rainbands.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 3481-3500.

Powers, J. G., and M. T. Stoelinga, 2000: A coupled air-sea mesoscale model: experiments in atmospheric sensitivity to marine roughness.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 208-228.

Davis, C. A., and M. T. Stoelinga, 1999: The transition to topographic normal modes.  J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3321-3330.

Davis, C. A., and M. T. Stoelinga, 1999: Interpretation of the effect of mountains on synoptic-scale baroclinic waves.  J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3303-3320.

Stoelinga, M. T., and T. T. Warner, 1999: Nonhydrostatic, mesobeta-scale model simulations of cloud ceiling and visibility for an East Coast winter precipitation event.  J. Appl. Meteor., 38, 385-404.

Brown, M. J., J. D. Locatelli, M. T. Stoelinga, and P. V. Hobbs, 1999: Numerical modeling of precipitation cores on cold fronts.  J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 1175-1196.

Locatelli, J. D., M. T. Stoelinga, P. V. Hobbs, and J. Johnson, 1998: Structure and evolution of an undular bore on the High Plains and its effects on migrating birds.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 1043–1060.

Locatelli, J. D., M. T. Stoelinga, and P. V. Hobbs, 1998: Structure and evolution of winter cyclones in the central United States and their effects on the distribution of precipitation. Part V: Thermodynamic and dual-Doppler radar analysis of a squall line associated with a cold front aloft.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 860–875.

Powers, J. G., M. T. Stoelinga, and W. S. Boyd, 1997: Distributed numerical weather prediction via satellite.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 2755–2770.

Locatelli, J. D., M. T. Stoelinga, R. D. Schwartz, P. V. Hobbs, 1997: Surface convergence induced by cold fronts aloft and prefrontal surges.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 2808–2820.

Stoelinga, M. T., 1996: A potential vorticity-based study of the role of diabatic heating and friction in a numerically simulated baroclinic cyclone.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 849-874.

Davis, C. A., M. T. Stoelinga, and Y.-H. Kuo, 1993: The integrated effect of condensation in numerical simulations of extratropical cyclogenesis.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 2309-2330.

Reed, R. J., M. T. Stoelinga, and Y.-H. Kuo, 1992: A model-aided study of the origin and evolution of the anomalously high potential vorticity in the inner region of a rapidly deepening marine cyclone.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 893-913.

Other Publications:

Stoelinga, M. T., 2003: A users' guide to RIP Version 4: A program for visualizing mesoscale model output.  NCAR on-line document, http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/documents/ripug_v4.html.

Stoelinga, M. T., Peter V. Hobbs, John D. Locatelli, and Clifford F. Mass, 2001: Operations manual for IMPROVE-2: Oregon Cascades Orographic Study.  University of Washington Cloud and Aerosol Research Group Publication.

Stoelinga, M. T., John D. Locatelli, Peter V. Hobbs, and Clifford F. Mass, 2001: Operations manual for IMPROVE Phase I: Washington Offshore Frontal Study.  University of Washington Cloud and Aerosol Research Group Publication.

Stoelinga, M. T., 2000: A users' guide to RIP Version 3: A program for visualizing PSU/NCAR mesoscale modeling system output.  NCAR on-line document, http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/documents/ripug.html.

 

Updated December 15, 2008