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Master’s Students
Dante Grasso
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Research: North American Monsoons, with interests in tropical cyclones and ENSO
Email: dgrasso@hawaii
Matthew Miller
(Matt)
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Research: Cut-off low dynamics
Email: mille285@hawaii
Frederike Monte
(Rike)
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Research: Weather-related aviation accidents over the Hawaiian Islands
Email: fmonte@hawaii
Hope Oberg
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Research: Atmospheric blocking
Email: heoberg@hawaii
Mya Sears
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Research: Extreme rainfall and flooding on Kaua’i, atmospheric disturbances near Hawai’i, and communicating scientific information.
Email: msears8@hawaii
Tong Tong
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Email: tongt@hawaii
PhD Students
Katherine Ackerman
(Katie)
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Research: Sea salt aerosol production along tropical coastlines and their role in tropical aerosol-cloud-precipitation processes.
Email: klackerm@hawaii
Po-Cheng Chen
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Research: Dynamics and socioeconomic impacts of climate change
Email: pocheng@hawaii
Terrence J. Corrigan
(TJ)
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Email: tjc21@hawaii
David Hitzl
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Email: hitzl@hawaii
Jiakun Liang
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Research: Satellite remote sensing of clouds and aerosol
Email: jiakun@hawaii
Bo-Yi Lu
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Research: Climate variability in Hawaii under ENSO
Email: luboyi@hawaii
Madeline K. McKenna
(Maddie)
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Research: ENSO impacts on atmospheric blocking
Email: mmck@hawaii
Zachary Menzo
(Zach)
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Research: Analyze ENSO flavors using a high-resolution global climate model (MPAS-A) under Contemporary and Paleoclimate conditions
Email: zmenzo@hawaii
Audrey Nash
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Research: Investigating relationships in shortwave radiation patterns across the Hawaiian Islands
Email: aanash@hawaii
Mingyue Tang
(Melody)
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Research: Cold pool dynamics, organization of convective clouds related to the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
Email: mingyue@hawaii
Manrui Xue
(Mary)
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Research: ENSO Impacts on Tropical Climate
Email: mxue@hawaii
Tianqi Zuo
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Research: Investigating mechanisms that control extreme rainfall around Taiwan, mountain meteorology
Email: tianqi@hawaii