Projects

PI, “Implementation of Urbanized Weather Research and Forecasting Model (uWRF) for Bay Area Air Quality Forecast”, RSCA/SJSU, 2014-2015, $5K.

PI, “Acquisition of AWIPS II EDEX Server and CAVE Client in a Synoptic Weather and Analysis Classroom”, UCAR/Unidata, 2014-2015, $11K.

PI,” Improving High-Resolution Fire Weather Forecasting over Complex Terrain”, SJSU RSCA grant, 2012-2013, $5K

PI, “Evaluating HWRF Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Structure in the North Atlantic Basin”, UCAR/COMET, 2011-2013, $12K

PI, “Improving Severe Downslope Winds and Lee Wave Rotors Forecasts using GOES-R Proving Ground Products and High-Resolution Modeling”, UCAR/COMET, 2011-2013, $15K

PI, “Understanding Oceanic/Continental Transition of Mesoscale Convective Systems and Tropical cyclogenesis during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Experiment (AMMA)”, NSF, 2009-2013, $196K

PI, “Numerical Simulations of Stable Boundary Layer Evolution over the Owens Valley during the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX)”, DOD/ARO, 2009-2013, 221K

Co-PI, “Acquisition of a Computational Science and Engineering Parallel Cluster”, NSF, MRI, 2009-2012, $258K

PI, “Quantifying uncertainties of high-resolution WRF modeling on downslope wind forecasts in the Las Vegas valley”, UCAR/COMET, 2009-2010, $11.9K

PI, “Minimum Temperatures and Diurnal Temperature Ranges in the Melbourne Area”, Florida Tech, Professional Development Grant, 2009-2010, $2.5K

Co-PI, “A real-time coupled wave/atmospheric regional forecast and analysis system: CWARFS”, NOAA/CSTAR, 2007-2010, $360K

PI, “Mobile environmental and weather observing network in Central Florida”, Florida Tech, Professional Development Grant, 2007-2008, $2.5K

Co-PI, “A multidisciplinary computer lab for meteorological and oceanographic applications at the Florida Institute of Technology”, NCAR/Unidata Equipment Award, 2007-2008, $20K

PI, “Improving the meso-gamma scale prediction in Puerto Rico region: Observation analyses and numerical experiments of streamers”, UCAR/COMET, 2006-2007, $11.5K

Co-PI, “Evaluation of boundary layer parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model using in situ measurements”, ARMY/ARL, 2005-2006, $100K (with Howard University)