Kristen L. Corbosiero

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

University of California, Los Angeles

7149 Math Sciences Building

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Phone: (310) 825-1751

E-mail: kristen@atmos.ucla.edu, klc@ucla.edu

Web: http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/~kristen

 

Education

Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, University at Albany, State University of New York, May 2005. (Advisor: Dr. John Molinari)

 

M.S., Atmospheric Science, University at Albany, State University of New York, August 2000. (Advisors: Dr. John Molinari and Dr. Vince Idone)

 

B.S. with Distinction, Atmospheric Science, Cornell University, May 1997.

 

Professional Experience

Assistant professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007-present.

 

Post doctoral research associate, Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2005-2007.

 

Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2000-2005.

 

Teaching Assistant, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1997-2000.

 

Teaching Assistant, Department of Soil, Crop, and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 1996-1997.

 

Refereed Publications

Corbosiero, K. L., and J. Molinari, 2002: The effect of vertical wind shear on the distribution of convection in tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 2110-2123.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., and J. Molinari, 2003: The relationship between storm motion, vertical wind shear and convective asymmetries in tropical cyclones. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 366-376.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., J. Molinari, and M. L. Black, 2005: The structure and evolution of Hurricane Elena (1985). Part I: Symmetric intensification. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 2905-2921.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., J. Molinari, A. R. Aiyyer, and M. L. Black, 2006: The structure and evolution of Hurricane Elena (1985). Part II: Convective asymmetries and evidence for vortex Rossby waves. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 3073-3091.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., M. J. Dickinson, and L. F. Bosart, 2009: The contribution of eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones to the warm season rainfall climatology of the southwest United States. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 2415-2435.

 

Molinari, J., D. Vollaro, and K. L. Corbosiero, 2004: Tropical cyclone formation in a sheared environment: A case study. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 2493-2509.

 

Molinari, J., P. Dodge, D. Vollaro, K. L. Corbosiero, and F. D. Marks, Jr., 2006: Mesoscale aspects of the downshear reformation of a tropical cyclone. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 341-354.


Davis, C., W. Wang, S. S. Chen, Y. Chen, K. Corbosiero, M. DeMaria, J. Dudhia, G. Holland, J. Klemp, J. Michalakes, H. Reeves, R. Rotunno, C. Snyder, and Q. Xiao, 2008: Prediction of landfalling hurricanes with the Advanced Hurricane WRF Model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1990-2005.


Fovell, R. G., K. L. Corbosiero, and H
.-C. Kuo, 2009: Cloud microphysics impact on hurricane track as revealed in idealized experiments. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 1764-1778.


Abarca, S. F., K. L. Corbosiero, and T. J. Galarneau, Jr., 2009: An evaluation of the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) using the National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) as ground truth. J. Geophys. Res..


Other Publications

Corbosiero, K. L., 1999: Lightning in hurricanes. Preprints of the Twenty-third Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 10-15 January, Dallas, Texas, American Meteorological Society, 66-67.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., 2000: Convective asymmetries in tropical cyclones. Preprints of the Twenty-fourth Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 May-2 June, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, American Meteorological Society, 410-411.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., J. Molinari, and L. Bosart, 2001: The distribution of convective precipitation in tropical cyclones after landfall. Preprints of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Symposium on Precipitation Extremes: Prediction, Impacts and Responses, 14-18 January, Albuquerque, New Mexico, American Meteorological Society, 350-351.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., 2002: The relationship between storm motion, vertical wind shear and convective asymmetries in tropical cyclones.  Preprints of the Twenty-fifth Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May, San Diego, California, American Meteorological Society, 321-322.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., 2004: The structure and evolution of a hurricane in vertical wind shear: Hurricane Elena (1985).  Preprints of the Twenty-sixth Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 3-7 May, Miami Beach, Florida, American Meteorological Society, 90-91.

 

Conference, Workshop and Symposia Presentations

Corbosiero, K. L., and J. Molinari, 2001: The distribution of rainfall in landfalling tropical cyclones. Twenty-sixth Northeast Storm Conference, 9-11 March, Saratoga Springs, New York, American Meteorological Society/National Weather Association.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., 2002: Can the environment of maritime tropical cyclones support supercell thunderstorms?  Twenty-seventh Northeast Storm Conference, 8-10 March, Saratoga Springs, New York, American Meteorological Society/National Weather Association.


Corbosiero, K. L., L. Bosart, M. J. Dickinson, S. Hopsch, K. Lombardo, M. Novak, B. Smith, and A. Wasula, 2003: Eastern Pacific tropical cyclones and the North American summer monsoon. Twenty-eighth Northeast Storm Conference, 7-9 March, Saratoga Springs, New York, American Meteorological Society/National Weather Association.


Corbosiero, K. L., and J. Molinari, 2003: The structure and evolution of a hurricane in vertical wind shear: Hurricane Elena (1985). First Northeast Tropical Cyclone Workshop, 2-3 June, Rhinebeck, New York.


Corbosiero, K. L., 2005: Evidence for vortex Rossby waves in Hurricane Elena (1985). Second Northeast Tropical Cyclone Workshop, 6-9 June, Rensselaerville, New York.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., J. Molinari, A. R. Aiyyer, and M. L. Black, 2006: Inner core asymmetries and vortex Rossby waves in Atlantic basin tropical cyclones. Twenty-seventh Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 24-28 April, Monterey, California, American Meteorological Society.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., M. J. Dickinson, and L. Bosart, 2006: The contribution of eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones to the warm season rainfall climatology of the southwestern United States. Second International Symposium on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting and Hydrology. 5-8 June, Boulder, Colorado, World Meteorological Organization.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., V. Cheruvu, J. Richter, C. Johnson and T. Eastburn, 2006: Climate and weather, the two go together: Girl Scouts at the National Center for Atmospheric Research program. Seventh International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanic Education, 3-7 July, Boulder, Colorado, American Meteorological Society.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., M. J. Dickinson, and L. Bosart, 2006: Recurving eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones. Thirteenth Cyclone Workshop, 23-26 October, Pacific Grove, California.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., 2007: The inner core structure and intensity change of Hurricane Elena(1985). Small Scales and Extreme Events: The Hurricane, 12-16 February, Los Angeles, California, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., W. Wang, Y. Chen, J. Dudhia, and C. Davis, 2007: Advanced research WRF high resolution simulations of the inner core structure of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma (2005). Eighth Annual WRF Users Workshop, 11-15 June, Boulder, Colorado.


Corbosiero, K. L., M. J. Dickinson, and L. Bosart, 2007: The contribution of eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones to the warm season rainfall climatology of the southwest United States.
Fourth Symposium on Southwest Hydrometeorology, 20-21 September, Tucson, Arizona.


Corbosiero, K. L., W. Wang, J. Done, J. Dudhia, and C. Davis, 2007: Inner core structures and intensity change simulated with the Advanced Hurricane WRF model. AGU Fall Meeting, 10-14 December, San Francisco, California.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., W. Wang, J. Done, J. Dudhia, and C. Davis, 2008: Inner core structures and intensity change simulated with the Advanced Hurricane WRF model. Twenty-eighth Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 28 April-2 May, Orlando, Florida, American Meteorological Society.

 

Fovell, R. G., K. L. Corbosiero, and H.-C. Kuo, 2008: Cloud microphysics impact on hurricane track as revealed in idealized experiments. Ninth Annual WRF Users Workshop, 23-27 June, Boulder, Colorado.


Corbosiero, K. L., M. J. Dickinson, and L. Bosart, 2008: Recurving eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones. Fourteenth Cyclone Workshop, 22-26 September, Sainte-Adele, Quebec, Canada.

Corbosiero, K. L., and T. J. Galarneau, Jr., 2009: Verification of a daily thunderstorm probability forecast contest using the National Lightning Detection Network. Twenty-third Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 1-5 June, Omaha, Nebraska, American Meteorological Society.

Invited Presentation
s
The influence of vertical wind shear on tropical cyclones.
Hurricane Research Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 9 July 2002.

 

The effects of vertical wind shear on tropical cyclones. CEP Meteorological Honor Society Induction Ceremony, Valparaiso University, 4 May 2003.

 

The structure and evolution of a hurricane in vertical wind shear: Hurricane Elena (1985). National Center for Atmospheric Research, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Seminar, 22 September 2005.

 

Investigating tropical cyclone structure and intensity change with the Advanced Hurricane WRF model. Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 19 February 2008.

 

The contribution of eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones to the warm season rainfall climatology of the southwest United States. Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar Series, California Institute of Technology, 20 May 2009.

 

Thesis

Corbosiero, K. L., 2000: The effects of vertical wind shear and storm motion on the distribution of lightning in tropical cyclones. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, 105 pp.

 

Corbosiero, K. L., 2005: The structure and evolution of a hurricane in vertical wind shear.  Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, 148 pp.

 

Honors / Awards

College Scholars Teaching Fellowship, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1997-2000.

 

Distinguished Dissertation Award, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2005.

 

Narayan R. Gokhale Distinguished Research Award, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2005.


Monthly Weather Review Editor's Award, "For providing thorough reviews of a large number of manuscripts and for special assistance to the editors in evaluating controversial manuscripts.", 2010.

 

Other Education

National Center for Atmospheric Research Advanced Study Program Summer Colloquium: The Tropical Atmosphere and Oceans, Boulder, Colorado, 9-20 July 2001.

 

Professional Affiliations

American Meteorological Society, 1994-present.

American Geophysical Union, 2006-present.

Professional Service
Representative to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research from the University of California, Los Angeles, 2007-present.

 

Associate Editor, Monthly Weather Review, 2008-present.

 

Chair, Max Eaton Award Committee, American Meteorological Society 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 2008.

 

Reviewer for the National Science Foundation, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Climate, Weather and Forecasting, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, and Nature Geosciences Review.

Member of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction external review panel for the Ocean Prediction Center and the National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center, 2009.

Member of the American Meteorological Society Science and Technological Activities Commission on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones, 2010-present.