Several staff members in MMM contributed to various activities associated with the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET) in FY 97. They included

• Jimy Dudhia, COMAP Course Lecturer (MM5 Modeling)
• James Dye (joint appointment with ATD), COMAP Course Lecturer (Atmospheric Electricity and Lightning)
• Daniel Hansen, COMAP Guest Instructor (Visualization Using VIZ5D for Model Output)
• Jordan Powers, COMAP Course Mentor
• Stanley Trier, COMAP Course Lecturer (Mesoscale Convective Systems)
• Morris Weisman, COMAP Course Mentor and Lecturer (Convective Storms and Mesoscale Convective Systems

Several staff members in MMM contributed to various activities associated with Project LEARN (Laboratory Experience in Atmospheric Research at NCAR) in FY 97. They included

• Mary Barth, Presentation at the University of Colorado ("Relationships between pressure and temperature and the formation of clouds"); Mentor for Internships
• Charles Knight, Mentor for Internships
• Margaret LeMone, Principal Investigator on Project LEARN
• Gregory McFarquhar, Presentation at the University of Colorado ("Precipitation and thunderstorms"); Mentor for Internships
• Jordan Powers, Mentor for Internships
• John Tuttle (joint appointment with RAP), Mentor for Internships
• Morris Weisman, Lecturer on tornadoes and thunderstorms

Mary Barth (joint appointment with ACD) and Wojciech Grabowski jointly sponsored SOARS (Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science) student Darnell Powers in his project on processes that influence chemistry in stratocumulus clouds.

In addition to those educational activities that are supported by NCAR and UCAR, several MMM staff members volunteered their time in FY 97 to non-technical and educational activities outside the organization. They included

• Daniel Breed (joint appointment with RAP), judge, Boulder Valley School District Science Fair; advisor to St. Anthony’s Hospital Lightning Data Center; presentations to classes at Mapleton and Coal Creek Elementary schools on weather, lightning, meteorological instruments, and clouds and rain
• N. Andrew Crook (joint appointment with RAP), Banquet Speech at Northeastern Louisiana University Sigma Xi Banquet
• James Dye, presentation to the National Lightning Safety Institute in Denver on lightning and atmospheric chemistry
• Charles Knight, presentations to schools in Montrose and Grand Junction, Colorado on clouds
• Margaret LeMone, presentations to science teachers in Denver, Sterling, Bayfield, and Del Norte, Colorado; presentation to a public forum sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences on "Clouds: The Stories They Tell"
• Simon Low-Nam, judge, District Science Fair held at Broomfield Middle School
• John Tuttle, judge, Science Fair held at Horizons Elementary School

In FY 97 several scientific staff of MMM served as graduate research advisors or members of thesis committees. They included

• James Dye, Colorado State University
• Andrew Heymsfield, University of Colorado
• Charles Knight, University of Oklahoma
• Margaret LeMone, University of Colorado; Colorado State University; Texas A&M University
• Donald Lenschow, University of Colorado; University of Wyoming
• Gregory McFarquhar, University of Toronto; University of Central Florida
• Chin-Hoh Moeng, Colorado State University; University of Colorado; University of California, Davis
• Chris Snyder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Morris Weisman, University of Munich

• Christopher Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology
• James Dye, Colorado State University
• Wojciech Grabowski, McGill University; University of Illinois
• Andrew Heymsfield; University of Colorado
• Charles Knight, University of Oklahoma; University of Wyoming
• Margaret LeMone, University of Colorado; Colorado State University
• Donald Lenschow, University of Colorado; University of Wyoming
• Chin-Hoh Moeng, University of Colorado; University of California, Davis
• Chris Snyder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Peter Sullivan, Colorado State University
• Morris Weisman, University of Oklahoma

The MMM Division hosted 22 post-doctoral and 36 graduate-level visitors during FY 97. These young scientists represented a number of U.S. and foreign universities and agencies. These included

• Colorado State University
• Florida State University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Howard University
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• National Centers for Environmental Prediction
• North Carolina State University
• Pennsylvania State University
• St. Louis University
• San Jose State University
• Texas A&M University
• Tulane University
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Georgia
• University of Hawaii
• University of Illinois
• University of Maryland
• University of Minnesota
• University of Nevada
• University of Oklahoma
• University of Texas
• University of Washington
• University of Wisconsin
• Yale University

• Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan
• CETIIS, France
• Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary
• HKUST, Hong Kong
• Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Germany
• Monash University, Australia
• Nanjing University, China
• Seoul National University, Japan
• University of Coahuila, Mexico
• University of Toronto, Canada
• Utrecht University, Netherlands

The MMM Division employs student assistants in support of its program. These individuals are given an opportunity to learn more about atmospheric and computer science at a national center in addition to being employed during their undergraduate or graduate schooling. MMM student assistants in FY 97 were James Besha, University of Colorado; Rick Graves, University of Colorado; Tina Martinez, Colorado School of Mines; Arthur Mizzi, University of Colorado; Alexi Rakow, Colorado State University; and Martin Venticinque, University of Colorado.

For a complete listing of the division’s visitors, please refer to the Visitors and Collaborators list.

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