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Paul A. Kucera
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| Paul A. Kucera received his Ph.D. from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Iowa in May 2002, a M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences in 1993, and a B.S. in Meteorological Studies from the University of North Dakota in 1991. Between his Masters and Ph.D., he spent 3 years working in support of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Until he joined NCAR in October 2006, he was a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of North Dakota. He has over 18 years of field research experience including participation in NDTP, WISP91, TOGA COARE, SCSMEX, TEFLUNB, TRMM-LBA, KWAJEX, KAMP, CRYSTAL FACE, NAMMA, and TC4 field campaigns. His recent research activities have focused on ground validation studies in support of TRMM; polarimetric radar analysis of precipitating systems in Florida, Northern Plains, West Africa, and Panama; assessment of weather modification programs in Saudi Arabia and West Africa; and assessment of FAA products such as National Ceiling and Visibility and Forecast Icing Products. Past research includes the development comprehensive radar software library (RSL) for reading, interpreting, and displaying radar data and the development of the TOGA COARE shipboard radar rainfall database. | |||
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