Dr. Courtney Schumacher
| Title | Assistant Professor |
| Research Interests | Tropical meteorology. Radar meteorology. Mesoscale-climate interactions. |
| Education | Ph.D., University of Washington |
| Office Location | Room 1007B, O&M Bldg |
| Office Phone | 979-845-5522 |
| Fax | 979-862-4466 |
| courtney@ariel.met.tamu.edu | |
| Mailing Address |
Department of Atmospheric Sciences Texas A&M University 3150 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3150 |
Research Interests
Tropical Meteorology
My research focuses on a wide range of atmospheric convective processes in the tropics, from small cumulus to large mesoscale convective systems. I am interested in the environmental factors that affect precipitation production and convective organization.
Radar Meteorology
Radar is a key tool in my work because of its ability to observe precipitation and storm structure over large time and space scales. I've used both ground-based and space-borne radars to create climatologies useful in understanding tropical convective processes and subtropical precipitating systems.
Mesoscale-climate interactions
This component of my research pairs observations of precipitation and storm structure with mesoscale and global circulation models to better understand the interaction between mesoscale systems and the large-scale circulation.
Recent Publications
Hopper, Larry J., and Courtney Schumacher, 2008: Baroclinicity influences on storm divergence and stratiform rain: Subtropical upper-level disturbances. Mon. Wea. Rev., submitted. [PDF]
Jakob, Christian, and Courtney Schumacher, 2008: Precipitation and latent heating characteristics of the major Tropical Western Pacific cloud regimes. J. Climate, accepted. [PDF]
Schumacher, Courtney, Paul E. Ciesielski, and Minghua H. Zhang, 2008: Tropical cloud heating profiles: Analysis from KWAJEX. Mon. Wea. Rev., accepted. [PDF]
Frederick, Kaycee, and Courtney Schumacher, 2008: Anvil characteristics as seen by C-POL during the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE). Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 206-222. [PDF]
Casey, Sean, Andy Dessler, and Courtney Schumacher, 2007: Frequency of tropical precipitating clouds as observed by the TRMM PR and ICESat/GLAS. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D14215, doi:10.1029/2007JD008468. [PDF]
Schumacher, Courtney, Minghua H. Zhang, and Paul E. Ciesielski , 2007: Heating structures of the TRMM field campaigns. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 2593-2610 . [PDF]
Schumacher, Courtney, and Robert A. Houze Jr., 2006: Stratiform precipitation production over sub-Saharan Africa and the tropical East Atlantic as observed by TRMM. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 132, 2235-2255. [PDF]
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