Prospectus

UNR – University of Reno, Nevada

DRI – Desert Research Institute

Dr. Michael Kaplan

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Content

Biography Advisor’s biography My present work Plans for the future Steps Need-to-dos

Biography Changchun, China

Biography

Parents: Dad (Electrician)

Mom (Physics Journal Translator)

Moved to U.S. by age 14, December 1999

Biography

Arcadia High School Regular English Classes in sophomore year Marching Band

Pasadena Rose Parade in 2003

Chinese Club President

Biography Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Prescott/AZ Aeronautical Science Major (year and half)

CESSNA SKYHAWK C-172S

Biography

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Applied Meteorology Major (two and half years) First Graduating Meteorology Class

Internship with University of Oklahoma/National Weather Service African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses 2006 cases study

V.P. weather club / Teaching Assi. / Tutoring Theta Xi

Biography UNR/DRI

Interesting place

More meteorological people

Broader perspective

Advisor

Dr. Michael Kaplan Over 40 years experience in most areas of meteorology Rutgers University Meteorology B.A. 1967 Rutgers University Meteorology M.S. 1968 State University of New York, AlbanyAtmospheric

Sciences Ph.D. 1972 More than 40 publications Held positions in Public, Private, and Military sector. Over 40 mentored students

Monsoon Research

TopicMid-latitude and tropical interactions with the

North American Monsoon

National Science Foundation Climate Program

Monsoon Research

History:Johnson, et. al. 2006:

Multistage Variability of the Flow during the North American Monsoon Experiment

J. Climate, 20, 1628-1648 Moisture surge relates to tropical disturbances Extra-tropical and tropical interactions near the Gulf of Mexico Upstream interactions leading to moisture surges in the

Southwest

Monsoon Research

Importance Initiation sequences of individual moisture surge events in

the southwest during the monsoon season

Mid-latitude interaction process/Rossby Wave Breaking events

What roll do mid-latitude processes, over the Gulf of Mexico, play in the surge sequences?

Notably Rossby Wave Breaking and Trough Thinning Processes

Monsoon Research

San-Jose State University John T. Abatzoglou (Co-PI)

Simulations

Monsoon Research

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Plans for the future

NASA The Lunar Surface Systems

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center “WASHINGTON -- NASA and the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce Space Enterprise Council will hold a workshop on lunar surface system concepts to support human and robotic exploration on the moon by 2020.”

Steps

Books Books Books

Need-to-do

Astronomy Classes Space Atmosphere Classes Laboratory Experience