Texas Tech Atmospheric Science Group

Welcome to the home page of the Atmospheric Science Group at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. We are part of the Geosciences Department which is in the College of Arts and Sciences. We are physically located on the 12th floor of the College of Business Administration building. Our group maintains a strong commitment to both teaching and research in Atmospheric Science.

We offer a program of study leading to the Master of Science degree in Atmospheric Science and the Ph.D. degree in Geosciences. In addition, courses in Atmospheric Science are offered at the undergraduate level to meet the general education requirements at Texas Tech University. A minor in Atmospheric Science is offered for both B.S. and B.A. students

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The Norman-Hackerman Advanced Research Program has recently awarded a $129,000 grant to Dr. Lance Manuel (UT-Austin)and Dr. Sukanta Basu, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science at Tech, to study the impacts of atmospheric turbulence on wind turbine loads and reliability.

One of our IGERT students, Brandon Storm, recently completed the requirements for the Ph.D. in Wind Science and Engineering. His dissertation topic was Modeling of Low Level Jets over the Great Plains: Implications for Wind Energy. Dr. Sukanta Basu, Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Science was his advisor. Congratulations to Dr. Storm.

Congratulations to two of our graduate students who recently earned the M.S. degree in Atmospheric Science. Julie Phillipson successfully defended her thesis which was on Bursting Events in the Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Rachel Rogers-Van Nice also successfully defended her thesis which was on Forecast Verification: A Dispersion Modeling Perspective. Dr. Sukanta Basu was the advisor for both students.

Dr. Sukanta Basu, Assistant Professor, was recently awarded a five-year NSF-CAREER grant of $505,000. This grant will be used to conduct research in the areas of low-level jets, mesoscale modeling, and wind energy; to develop a new graduate course on wind power meteorology; to forge a collaboration with a local K-12 school; and to provide support for a post-doctoral associate and a PhD student.

Dr. John Schroeder, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, and graduate students Brian Hirth and Ian Giammanco will attend the American Meteorological Society's 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology from 28 April- 2 May in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Giammanco and Dr. Schroeder will present a poster on GPS Dropwindsonde Observations of Tropical Cyclone Low-Level Wind Maxima. Mr. Hirth and Dr. Schroeder will have a poster presentation on Examination of the Coastal Transition Zone of Hurricane Frances.

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