The Cooperative Institute for Applied
Meteorological Studies

CIAMS is affiliated with the Fort Worth based headquarters office of the Southern Region of the National Weather Service. The Institute employs research scientists and graduate students in a broad program of applied research and service to Texas and surrounding states, in agricultural meteorology, marine meteorology and air-sea interactions over the Gulf of Mexico, lightning and severe weather, and Doppler radar studies from the installations in the Texas A&M Department of Atmospheric Sciences and at the Houston Weather Forecast Office.

Affiliated Faculty:

Richard E. Orville
John W. Nielsen-Gammon
Larry Carey
Fuqing Zhang

Research Projects:

Houston Environmental Aerosol Thunderstorm Project (HEAT)
Houston Lightning Detection and Ranging Network (LDAR)
NOAA/NWS Regional Lightning Maps
STEPS-2000 Lightning Maps

Graduate Research Assistants:

Brandon Ely
Scott Steiger
Joe Jurecka
Chas Hodapp
Amber Reynolds
Veronica McNear
Nate Clements
Chris McKinney

Affiliated Research Groups:

Severe Storms Research Program (SSRP)
Mesoscale Research Group
Aerosol Research Group

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