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Education     

University of Missouri-Columbia

Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, pending

Dissertation: A New Bayesian Nowcasting Scheme**

M.S. in Atmospheric Science

Thesis: Quantifying the effect of wind-drift on radar-derived surface rainfall estimations

The Pennsylvania State University

B.S. in Meteorology

Publications/Presentations

Akyüz, F. A., S. A. Lack, E. A. McCoy, 2003: Wind driven rain loss estimation for automated station networks. Presented at the Missouri Academy of Science, 19 April 2003.

Lack, S. A. and N. I. Fox, 2003: Correcting radar derived rainfall rates at the surface using Doppler velocities. Preprints: 31 st Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA.

Lack, S. A. and N. I. Fox, 2004: Errors in surface rainfall rates retrieved from radar due to wind drift.  Preprints: 6th International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar, Melbourne, Australia.

Lack, S. A. and N. I. Fox, 2004: Errors in surface rainfall rates retrieved from radar due to wind-drift.  Presented at the Missouri Academy of Science, 17 April 2004.

Akyüz, F. A., S. A. Lack, and M. Palecki, 2004: Variation of Peak Wind Speed with Averaging Time. Presented at the Missouri Academy of Science, 17 April 2004.

Lack, S.A. and N.I. Fox, 2005: Errors in surface rainfall rates retrieved from radar due to wind-drift. Atmos. Sci. Letters, 6, 71-77.

Lack, S.A., N.I. Fox, D.M. Jankowski, and G.L. Limpert, 2005: Intercomparisons of nowcasts using different systems. Preprints: WWRP Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting, Toulouse, France.

Limpert, G.L. and S.A. Lack, 2006:  Developing a web-based regional display system for short-term forecasting.  Presented at the 10th Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference, West Des Moines, IA.

Micheas, A., N.I. Fox, S.A. Lack, C. K. Wikle, 2006:  Cell identification and verification of QPF ensembles using shape analysis techniques.  Journal of Hydrology, in review.

Lack , S.A. , and N.I. Fox, 2007: An Examination of the Effect of Wind-drift on Radar-derived Surface Rainfall Estimations. Atmos. Research, 85, 217-229.

Song, Y., C. Wikle, C. Anderson, and S. Lack, 2007:  Bayesian Estimation of Stochastic Parameterizations in a Numerical Weather Forecasting Model.  Monthly Weather Review, in press.

Foltz, C.S., Lack, S.A., Fox, N.I., Lupo, A.R., Hasheider, R.J., 2007: The First Conference on Advancing Renewables in the Midwest . Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, in press. 

Lack , S.A. , A.C. Micheas, and N.I. Fox, 2007:  An Evaluation of a Procrustes Shape Analysis Verification Tool Using Idealized Cases.  Preprints:  22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Park City , UT.