森焦立中

Precipitation Prediction Products

森焦立中 experienced more than 300 rainy days each year while growing up in Keelung, Taiwan, 一个 of the wettest and gloomiest cities in the world, which likely led to his interest in studying the weather.

“I wanted to learn more about rain and its impacts,” says Chiao, director of 菠菜网lol正规平台’s Center of Applied Atmospheric 研究和 教育, which is funded by a Minority University 研究和 教育 Project grant from NASA.

Chiao’s research addresses weather, climate risk, and preparedness, with the goal of better understanding Earth’s water cycles as well as how climate will impact local 风暴. To that end, Chiao and his students have been developing precipitation prediction “products,” which are hourly precipitation forecasts, in several different formats for the Santa Clara Valley Water District. The forecasts are developed using raw data collected from 46 rain gauge sites in the Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz mountains, raster data from watersheds, and images from the web. 水区使用 forecasts for early weather warnings and for their own research.

“Our goal is to build a reliable modeling framework that is refreshed four times per day to account for changing weather during a storm, particularly if that storm could 导致洪水.” Chiao hopes to expand the distribution of these prediction capabilities to additional water districts.

道尔顿百灵达, ’19 MS Meteorology, prepares a ceilometer (a device for measuring and recording the height of clouds) to be installed on the roof of Duncan Hall. 道尔顿 将启动他的Ph值.D. in Atmospheric 科学 in fall 2019 at the University of Wyoming.

Meteorology and Climate 科学, College of 科学
Sponsor: Santa Clara Valley Water District

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