Angela Rowe

Department of Atmospheric Science

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371

(970) 491-8368

arowe@atmos.colostate.edu

Education

Ph.D. candidate, Atmospheric Science (November 2007 - Present)

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Advisor: Dr. Steven Rutledge
 

M.S., Atmospheric Science (October 2007)

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

A. K. Rowe, S. A. Rutledge, T. J. Lang, P. E. Ciesielski, and S. M. Saleeby, 2007: Elevation-dependent trends in precipitation observed by the NAME radar network. Master's Thesis, 84 pp. [PDF]

Advisor: Dr. Steven Rutledge

 

B.S., Meteorology, Cum Laude (May 2005)

Millersville University, Millersville, PA

Minor: Mathematics

Advisor: Dr. Sepideh Yalda

 

Experience

Graduate Research Assistant (August 2005 - Present)

Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University

-        Radar Meteorology group

-        Research interests include monsoon precipitation, polarimetric radar, and more specifically, application of radar for investigation of precipitation processes

Student Volunteer (January - June 2008)

National Weather Service, Cheyenne, WY

-        Spent 4 hours a week at the National Weather Service for 6 months

-        Job shadowed forecasters during their regular shift duties and became familiar with tools used in the NWS (e.g., AWIPS, GFE)

-        Used the Weather Event Simulator (WES) with the assistance of the SOO to practice issuing warnings for severe and winter weather scenarios

-        Presented a talk about dual-polarization radar

Participant in Terrain-induced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (May - June 2008)

TiMREX, Taiwan

-        Rotated shifts at the S-Pol radar site in southern Taiwan

-        Took detailed logs of observed weather and radar scanning strategies

-        Learned how to choose and change radar scans

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University

-        AT620 Thermodynamics and Cloud Physics  (Fall 2007)

-        AT350 Introduction to Weather and Climate  (Spring 2007)

-        Graded assignments and exams, held regular office hours, lectured when instructor absent

 

Laboratory Instructor (Spring 2007)

Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University

-        AT351 Introduction to Weather and Climate Lab

-        Developed lecture material, homework assignments, and grading system

 

Teaching Assistant (Spring 2005)

Millersville University, Millersville, PA

-        ESCI109 The Atmosphere with Laboratory

-        Graded lab assignments, answered students' questions during class

 

National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates (May - July 2005)

Norman, OK

-        Conducted a 10-week research project under the supervision of two mentors from the Radar Research and Development Division of the National Severe Storms Laboratory

-         Prepared a paper and conference-style presentation

-         Topic: Estimating hail size using polarimetric radar [PDF]

-         Mentors: Dr. Pamela Heinselman and Dr. Terry Schuur

 

Research Assistant (December 2003 - May 2004)

Millersville University, Millersville, PA

-         Topic: Wintertime study of airborne particles in the boundary layer using the Millersville University Tethered Atmospheric Sounding System in support of MANE-VU

-         Assisted in the deployment of meteorological instruments using two tethered balloons under the supervision of Dr. Richard Clark

-        Data analysis following the field work, including quality assurance of the data

 

Community Internship Program (February - March 2001)

WHAG NBC25, Hagerstown, MD

-         Gained experience creating forecasts for television by working with the morning-shift meteorologist

 

Affiliations/Activities

·        Student member of the American Meteorological Society (2001 - Present) 

·        Student member of the National Weather Association (2008 -  Present)

·        Local member of the American Meteorological Society (2001 - 2005)

Millersville University chapter

Vice President (2004 - 2005)

·        Graduate Student Representative (2006 - 2007)

Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University

·        Campus Weather Service forecaster (2002 - 2005)

Millersville University

Lead forecaster (2004 - 2005)

·        Participant in forecasting competitions

National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest (2003 - 2005)

WxChallenge Forecasting Competition (2006 - Present)

·        Guest speaker (April 2007, May 2008)

Loveland High School

Presented information regarding severe weather and safety to 9^th grade science classes

 

Awards

Undergraduate:

·        Paul Nichols Award (2005)

·        Search for Excellence Scholarship (2001 - 2005)

·        Delegate Scholarship (2001 - 2005)

·        Senatorial Out-of-State Scholarship (2001 - 2005)

·        Deans List (2001 - 2005)

 

Graduate:

·        Herbert Riehl Memorial Award (2008)

·        Department of Atmospheric Science Scholarship (2005)

 

Publications

 

Rowe, A. K., S. A. Rutledge, T. J. Lang, P. E. Ciesielski, and S. M. Saleeby, 2008: Elevation-dependent trends in precipitation observed during NAME. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press. [PDF]

Rowe, A. K., S. A. Rutledge, T. J. Lang, 2008: Radar-based studies of convection in NAME. CLIVAR Exchanges, 13, 12-14. [PDF]

 

Conference Posters/Presentations

Rowe, A. K., S. A. Rutledge, and T. J. Lang, 2008: Elevation-dependent trends in precipitation observed during NAME. First US-China Symposium on Meteorology: Mesoscale Meteorology and Data Assimilation, Norman, OK. [PPT]

Cifelli, R., T. J. Lang, A. K. Rowe, and S. A. Rutledge, 2007: Characteristics of convection related to topography in NAME 2004. Conference on Mesoscale Meteorology and Typhoon in East Asia, Taipei, Taiwan.

Rowe, A. K., S. A. Rutledge, and T. J. Lang, 2007: Elevation-dependent trends in precipitation observed during NAME. Poster Session, 4^th Symposium on Southwest Hydrometeorology, Tucson, AZ. [PPT]

Lang, T. J., R. Cifelli, S. A. Rutledge, A. K. Rowe, and L. Nelson, 2004: Statistical analysis of S-Pol polarimetric radar data from NAME 2004. 33^rd International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Cairns, Australia.

Rowe, A. K., P. L. Heinselman, and T.J., Schurr, 2005: Estimating hail size using polarimetric radar. Undergraduate Research Poster Display, Fourth AMS Student Conference, San Diego, CA.

Howett, K. L., A. K. Rowe, C. L. Hanna, and D. T. Brewer, 2005: Millersville University Local Chapter. Fourth AMS Student Conference, San Diego, CA.

Yorks, J. E., M. T. Mauri, K. L. Howett, and A. K. Rowe, 2005: A field study of particulate matter concentrations in a wintertime boundary layer. Undergraduate Research Poster Display, Fourth AMS Student Conference, San Diego, CA.

Clark, R. D., D. T. Brewer, E. M. Lowery, D. Rabatin, J. E. Yorks, K. L. Howett, A. K. Rowe, C. L. Hanna, and M. T. Maiuri, 2005: Surface and aloft measurements of aerosol concentrations in a wintertime boundary layer at a mid-atlantic site. Proceeding of the 7^th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, San Diego, CA.

Clark, R. D., D. M. O'Donnell, A. K. Rowe, and K. L. Howett, 2004: A detailed characterization of the

wintertime boundary layer using tethered balloons. Proceeding of the AMS Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Portland, ME.