Posted: 6:43 PM GMT on March 22, 2008
We just had nine inches of wet snow in the Minneapolis suburb where I live, so it looks more like a Dr. Zhivago wonderland than anything else, but the temperatures are warm, so there's hope for spring, which came officially at the end of this week.
I'm working extreme hours now to complete some research which I will present at the AMS spring meeting on tropical meteorology. This is what I've been doing since leaving the blog, but since the first of the year it's been pretty much nonstop. Links to the talk and poster presentations are below.
Rescuing data from a black hole: Consolidation of tropical cyclone data sets into an information repository for improved data access
A Technique for Anticipating Initial Rapid Increases in Intensity in Tropical Cyclones, Using 37 gHz Microwave Imagery
So, aside from work, I am spending all my time at the computer. Right now I can hear the snowplows outside in a world of white from the window; at other times it's dark and quiet, and often I'm working in the wee hours of the morning, either because I stayed up past midnight, or got a little sleep and set the alarm for 5am. I'm used to getting emails from mets in places like Guam and Reunion asking if I ever sleep. :)
Time to get back to work. Lots of long dark hours ahead until spring really does come to Minnesota, and I am ready to head to what will likely seem like summertime weather in Orlando at the end of April. Afterwards I'll post some photos of myself and Jeff from the conference.
Squeak watching the plows today:
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I'm working extreme hours now to complete some research which I will present at the AMS spring meeting on tropical meteorology. This is what I've been doing since leaving the blog, but since the first of the year it's been pretty much nonstop. Links to the talk and poster presentations are below.
Rescuing data from a black hole: Consolidation of tropical cyclone data sets into an information repository for improved data access
A Technique for Anticipating Initial Rapid Increases in Intensity in Tropical Cyclones, Using 37 gHz Microwave Imagery
So, aside from work, I am spending all my time at the computer. Right now I can hear the snowplows outside in a world of white from the window; at other times it's dark and quiet, and often I'm working in the wee hours of the morning, either because I stayed up past midnight, or got a little sleep and set the alarm for 5am. I'm used to getting emails from mets in places like Guam and Reunion asking if I ever sleep. :)
Time to get back to work. Lots of long dark hours ahead until spring really does come to Minnesota, and I am ready to head to what will likely seem like summertime weather in Orlando at the end of April. Afterwards I'll post some photos of myself and Jeff from the conference.
Squeak watching the plows today:
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Jeff Masters co-founded the Weather Underground in 1995 while working on his Ph.D. at Michigan. He flew with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters from 1986-1990. |
