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| Dr.
Carl E. Hane |
Research Meteorologist
Mesoscale Research and Applications Division
National Severe Storms Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Norman, OK
Carl Hane received
both a B.S. in Meteorology and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Kansas
in 1966. He then attended Florida State University where he earned his M.S. in
1968 and Ph.D in 1972, both in Meteorology.
His areas of research include the
structure and evolution of thunderstorm systems and the initiation of thunderstorms.
Dr. Hane worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research from 1972 to 1973, as a Research Meteorologist for the Atmospheric Sciences
Department at Battelle Northwest Laboratories from 1973 to 1976. He currently
is a Meteorologist for NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory and an Adjunct
Professor of the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Hane
has been a member of the American Meteorological Society since 1967. He is also
a member of the Chi Epsilon Pi Meteorological Honor Society, and the Phi Kappa
Phi Scholastic Honor Society.
Hane says, "A typical day involves sitting
at my Macintosh computer in my office working on one of several research projects.
These currently include the following: (1) a project that involves using the
Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) to investigate the sensitivity of
thunderstorm-scale model predictions to their initial conditions, (2) a case
study of initiation of thunderstorms along a dryline using data from a mesoscale
field program, (3) a project being done in collaboration with the National Weather
Service to better understand and predict thunderstorm systems that occur over
the Great Plains in summer during the late morning hours, and (4) a case study
of a phenomenon called a "wake low" that involves both observational
and numerical modeling components. Since all these projects involve collaboration
with other researchers, part of my job is to visit other offices, visit the OU
campus, or have conversations on the phone or by e-mail. Currently, the morning
thunderstorm project also involves going across the street once a day to the
National Weather Service Office to a graduate student who is doing thesis research.
I also have frequent conversations with a National Research Council post-doctoral
fellow whom I am advising at the laboratory. Other typical tasks include reading
about other researcher's work, writing papers on my own work, reviewing proposals
submitted for funding, and reviewing papers submitted by others for publication."
Carl's
hobbies outside of work include playing basketball, hiking in the Colorado
mountains, nature photography, singing in his church choir, working with stained
glass, and fixing things around the house. |
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