ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to thank the following people, without whom this thesis would not have been possible: my advisor; Steve Rutledge, for excellent guidance and support; my committee members, Jeff Collett and V. N. Bringi; the CSU-CHILL staff - Pat Kennedy, Dave Brunkow, Ken Pattison, and Bob Bowie - for help with operational and data analysis issues before, during, and after STERAO-A; James Dye of NCAR for guidance and insight; Larry Carey - for help with understanding and interpreting the radar and flat plate data, Jesse Ryan - for assistance with the operation and analysis of the flat plates during and after STERAO-A, Paul Hein - for maintaining the computers and analysis software, Kristy Rouault - for help with fiscal issues and office supplies, and other members of the CSU Radar Meteorology group, past and present - for support, company, discussions, ideas, and general assistance; Pierre Laroche and Eric Defer of ONERA for providing and helping analyze the interferometer data; Paul Krehbiel of New Mexico Tech for insight regarding short-duration discharges; Marshall Space Flight Center for providing the NLDN data; Bill Rison of New Mexico Tech for providing flat plate antennas for STERAO-A; Bill Skamarock of NCAR for providing the soundings; Earle Williams of MIT for help with understanding interferometer analysis issues; and Charlie Wilkins for outfitting the mobile flat plate van for operations during STERAO-A. Return to the main thesis page |