Kevin W. Van Leer
Graduate Research Assistant
Department
of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
105 S. Gregory St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: kvanlee2@illinois.edu
Full CV: PDF
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Kevin Van Leer joined the Convective Modeling Group in Fall, 2011, and is pursuing his M.S. degree at Illinois.
Kevin's Master's research concerns the Joplin, MO tornado of 22 May 2011. His idealized and case-study simulations are being used to understand the roles of storm interaction in storm environment, tornado formation and intensity.
Link to Joplin Research.
EDUCATION
| M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, expected Summer, 2013 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, May 2011 | Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Van Leer, Kevin W., Brian F. Jewett and Robert B. Wilhelmson, 2012: Rapid Intensification, Storm Merging, and the Joplin Tornado. Conference notebook summary, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, in press (Feb. 2013).
Van Leer, Kevin W., Brian F. Jewett and Robert B. Wilhelmson, 2012: Rapid Intensification Mechanisms Including the Role of Storm Mergers in the 22 May 2011 Joplin, MO Tornadic Storm. 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms. American Meteorological Society. Nashville, TN; link.
Van Leer, Kevin W., Brian F. Jewett and Robert B. Wilhelmson, 2012: Investigating Rapid Storm Intensification Mechanisms Including the Role of Storm Mergers in the 22 May 2011 Joplin, MO Tornadic Storm (P.79). 13th WRF Users' Workshop. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Boulder, CO; link.
RESUME
Van Leer's full CV is available here.