Convective
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Atmospheric Sciences Department & NCSA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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The research presented here is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Samantha L. Chiu

Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
105 S. Gregory St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: slchiu2@illinois.edu
Resume: PDF

Samantha Chiu joined the Convective Modeling Group in Fall, 2010, and is pursuing her M.S. degree at Illinois.

RESEARCH SUMMARY

Samantha's Master's research is using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to carry out case-study and idealized simulations of the 27 April 2011 Alabama/southeast U.S. tornado outbreak to understand how long-track tornadoes form and persist.

EDUCATION

M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, expected Summer, 2013 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Meteorology, May 2010 Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Chiu, Samantha, Brian F. Jewett and Robert B. Wilhelmson, 2012: Mesoscale and Stormscale Ingredients of Tornadic Supercells Producing Long- Track Tornadoes in the 2011 Alabama Super Outbreak. 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms. American Meteorological Society (AMS). Nashville, TN; link.

Chiu, Samantha, Brian F. Jewett and Robert B. Wilhelmson, 2011: The 2010 Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak – a Mesoscale and Stormscale Perspective. 14th Conference on Mesoscale Processes. AMS.  Los Angeles, CA; link.

Chiu, Samantha, Brian F. Jewett and Robert B. Wilhelmson, 2011: Numerical Simulations of a Tornadic Supercell – the Yazoo City Storm. 15th Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference.  Central Iowa National Weather Association.  Ankeny, IA; link.

Chiu, Samantha, Brian F. Jewett and Robert B. Wilhelmson, 2011: Numerical Simulations of a Tornadic Supercell – the Yazoo City Storm. Research Review, Univ. Illinois School of Earth, Society and the Environment; link.

Chiu, Samantha, Brian F. Jewett and Robert B. Wilhelmson, 2011: Evaluating WRF Simulations of the 24-25 April 2010 Tornadic Outbreak. 11th WRF Users Workshop.  NCAR.  Boulder, CO; link.

RESEARCH

More information on Chiu's current research can be found here.

RESUME

Chiu's full resume is available here.