Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies &
Natural Resources Graduate Coordinator - Soil, Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences
School of Natural Resources
Research at a glance
Area(s) of Expertise
Research Summary
The use of radar in the estimation and very short-period forecasting (nowcasting) of rainfall and drop-size distributions and their practical application. The representation of rainfall in models of runoff, soil detachment and stream flow and radar observation of storm and precipitation properties.
Educational background
- Post-graduate certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education 2001, University of Salford
- Ph.D. 1998, University of Salford, Atmospheric Science
- M.Phil. 1995, University of Reading, Meteorology
- B.Sc. 1988, University of Manchester, Physics
Courses taught
- ATMSC 2720: Weather Briefing
- ATMSC 4350: Mesoscale Meteorology and Dynamics
- ATMSC 4400: Micrometeorology
- ATMSC 4510: Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Science and Natural Resources
- ATMSC 4520: Environmental Biophysics
- ATMSC 4550: Physical Meteorology
- ATMSC 4590: Radar Meteorology
- ATMSC 8500: Radiation in the Atmosphere
- ATMSC 8550: Nowcasting
- ATMSC 9590: Advanced Radar Meteorology