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Email: atmos@gi.alaska.edu

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Department graduates with links to thesis pdf and current status

2012

1. Peter Bieniek, Ph.D. (Bhatt/Atkinson)
   ‘Assessing River Ice Breakup Date, Coastal Tundra Vegetation and Climate Divisions in the Context of Alaska Climate Variability’, Bieniek_P_PhD2012Thesis.pdf.
   

2. Oceana Francis, Ph.D. (Bhatt/Atkinson)
   ‘Atmospheric Forcing of Wave States in the Southeast Chukchi Sea’, Francis_O_PhD_2012.pdf,
   Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii.
   

2011

1. John Mayfield, M.S. (Fochesatto)
   ‘The Micrometeorological Effects of Drainage Flow in the Winter Atmospheric Boundary Layer’, Mayfield_J_MS_2011.pdf
   

2. Paula Moreira, M.S. (Zhang) Mesoscale Modeling of a Polar Low in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas,  MoireraP_2011.pdf.
   

3. Jean K Talbot, M.S. (Bhatt)
   Use of Hurst and Renyi Analysis to Detect and Characterize Pacific Decadal Oscillation Impacts on Climate Variability in Alaska, Talbot_MS2011.pdf,
   UAF ATM Ph.D. program.
   

4. Dyre O. Dammann, M.S. (Bhatt)
   Role of Arctic Sea Ice Variability in Climate Models, pdf,
   UAF Ph.D. program.
   

5. Jiang Zhu, Ph.D. (Sassen)
   Investigation on Cirrus Clouds by the Cloud-Aerosol LIDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation Data, pdf,
   GINA, UAF, Fairbanks, AK.
   

2010

1. Austin Cross, M.S. (Atkinson)
   Synoptic drivers of storm surge In Kotzebue Sound, pdf,
   National Weather Service, Monterrey, CA.
   

2. Julie Malingowski, M.S. (Atkinson)
   An  Observational  study  of  the  surfaced-­-based  radiation  temperature  inversion   in  Fairbanks,  Alaska, pdf.
   National Weather Service, Fairbanks, AK.
   

3. Rebecca Legatt, M.S. (Polyakov)
   North Atlantic Air-Sea Interactions Driven by Atmospheric and Oceanic Stochastic Forcing in a Simple Box Model, pdf.
   NOAA Sea Ice Forecaster, Anchorage, Alaska.
   

2009

1. Debasish Pai Mazumder,Ph.D (Mölders), A concept to access the performance of a permafrost model run fully coupled with a climate model, pdf,
   NCAR, Boulder, CO.
   

2. Stacy E. Porter, M.S. (Mölders), Investigation of the impact of ship emissions on atmospheric composition and deposition in remote, coastal landscapes of southwest Alaska, pdf,
   Ph.D. student at Ohio State University.
   

3. Brentha Thurairajah, Ph.D. (Collins), Role of waves on the circulation of the arctic middle atmosphere: Rayleigh LIDAR measurements and analysis, pdf ,
   Post-doc position at Virginia Tech.
   

4. Michel dos Santos Mesquita, Ph.D.(Atkinson), Characteristics and variability of storm tracks in the North Pacific, Bering Sea and Alaska, pdf,
   Scientist at Bjerknes Center in Bergen Norway.
   

5. Agatha Light, M.S. (Collins), Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Resonance Fluorescence Lidar for Measurements of N+2 in the Auroral Atmosphere, pdf,
   Physics Dept. Lab Supervisor, UAF.
   

6. Jennifer March, M.S. (Atkinson), Synoptic Climatology of the Eastern Brooks Range, Alaska: A Data Legacy of the International Geophysical Year, March_J_MS_2009.pdf, Fairbanks, AK.
   

2008

1. Stefanie Bourne, M.S. (Bhatt), A Climate Perspective of Observed and Modeled Surface-based Temperature Inversions in Alaska, pdf ,
   Energy Analyst at DNV Global Energy Concepts, Inc Seattle, Washington.
   

2. Morgan Brown, M.S. (Mölders), Impact of Local External Forcing of the 2006 Augustine Volcano Eruption on Regional Weather Conditions , pdf,
   University of Iowa, PhD Program.
   

3. Patrick Cobb, M.S. (Sassen), Assessing the Performance of Several MODIS Level-2 Cloud and Aerosol Products Against a Surface Based Polarization Cloud LIDAR at Fairbanks, AK, pdf.,
   Wind Energy Enterprise, Firefighter, New Mexico.
   

2007

1. Peter Bieniek, M.S. (Wendler), Climate and Predictibility of Alaska Wildfires, pdf, DAS UAF Ph.D. Program
   

2. Pavan Kankanala, M.S. (Sassen), Doppler Sodar Observations of the Winds and Structure in the Lower Atmosphere Over Fairbanks, Alaska , pdf,
   Wisconsin.
   

3. Zhao Li, Ph.D. (Mölders), Investigations on the Impacts of Land-Cover Changes and/or Increased CO2 Concentrations on Four Regional Water Cycles and Their Interactions with the Global Water Cycle, pdf,
   Scientist at NASA/GSFC.
   

2006

1. Rawshan Muna, M.S. (Alexeev), On the Origin of Monson: Conventional Theory vs New Findings, Project M.S., pdf,
   London, UK.
   

2. Colin Murray, M.S. (Walsh), A Model Composite Assessment of the Enhancement of Arctic Warming by Sea Ice Retreat, Project MS.
   Seattle.
   

3. Kara Sterling, M.S. (Bhatt), Multi-Decadal Variability of Atlantic Water Heat Transports as Seen in the Community Climate Systems Model Version 3.0, pdf,
   DAS UAF Ph.D. Program/NOAA Tsunami Warning Center, Palmer, Alaska.
   

4. Ramaswamy Tiruchirapalli, M.S. (Sassen), Micropulse Lidar Observations of Free Tropospheric Aerosols over the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement site at Barrow, Alaska, pdf,
   Scientist at NASA/GSFC.
   

5. James Campbell, Ph.D. (Sassen), Autonomous Full-Time Lidar Observations of Polar Stratospheric Clouds at South Pole, pdf,
   Scientist at Naval Postgraduate School.
   

2005

1. Mihailo Jankov, M.S. (Mölders), Analysis of Uncertainty in Simulated Exchange of heat and Moisture at the Land-Atmosphere Interface, pdf,
   University of Oslo-Physics Dept., Ph.D. Program.
   

2. Bala Narapusetty, M.S. (Mölders), Evaluation of a Hydro-thermodynamic Soil Vegetation Scheme on the Basis of
   Observations and a Galerkin type Finite Element Numerical Scheme, pdf,
   George Mason University/COLA, Ph.D. Program.
   

2004

1. Ipshita Majhi, M.S. (Mölders), Evaluation of a Hydro-thermodynamic Soil Vegetation Scheme by Observations in Alaska and the Baltic Region, Project MS, pdf,
   UAF, PhD Program.
   

2. Likun Wang, Ph.D. (Sassen), Mid-latitude Cirrus Cloud Structural Properties Analyzed From the Extended Facility for Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Wang_PhD_2004.pdf .
   Scientist at University of Maryland.
   

2001

1. Cecilé Hannay, M.S. (Bhatt), Single Column Model Simulations of Arctic Cloudiness and Surface Radiative Fluxes during the SHEBA Experiment, pdf,
   Associate Scientist at NCAR CGD, Boulder Colorado, Past positions: Scientist NOAA CIRES Boulder
   

2. Joseph Sheedy, M.S. (Cahill), On the Surface: Energy Budget of Antarctic Sea Ice, Project MS, SheedyJ_MSProj1999.pdf,
   Seattle, WA.
   

3. Adrienne Tivy, M.S. (Bhatt), Investigation of North Pacific Sea Ice Anomalies in the Context of Atmospheric and Oceanic Variability, pdf,
   Canadian Ice Service, Past positions: IARC Post-doc at UAF, PhD U. Calgary Edmonton.