Patrick Marsh

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Oklahoma / National Severe Storms Laboratory
Norman, Oklahoma, United States

Research field: Earth Sciences - Meteorology
Improving forecasts and nowcasts of high-impact weather.

Improving visualization of complex datasets in operational environments.

Data mining of observations and model output.

Comparison of convective environments of past, current, and future climates.

Publications

Journal Article (3)
- H.E. Brooks, P.T. Marsh, A.M. Kowaleski et al. (2011) Evaluation of European Storm Forecast Experiment (ESTOFEX) forecasts, 538-546. In Atmospheric Research 100 (4).
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- Marsh, Patrick T., Harold E. Brooks, David J. Karoly (2009) Preliminary investigation into the severe thunderstorm environment of Europe simulated by the Community Climate System Model 3, 607-618. In Atmospheric Research 93 (1-3).
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- Patrick T. Marsh, Harold E. Brooks, David J. Karoly (2007) Assessment of the severe weather environment in North America simulated by a global climate model, 100–106. In Atmospheric Science Letters 8 (4).
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Biographical Information

I am a Ph.D. student in the School of Meteorology (SoM) at the University of Oklahoma (OU). I came to OU in the fall of 2005 after earning a Bachelors of Science in Physics (H) and Mathematics from the University of Arkansas. In 2007 I completed my Masters of Science in Meteorology, here at OU.

In addition to being a student, I also serve as the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT).

My current affiliations include the SoM, the Cooperative Institute of Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), and the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). In addition to being a graduate student, I also have responsibilities in the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT), primarily related to the Experimental Forecast Program (EFP) – a joint forecast experiment held annually by NSSL and the Storm Prediction Center (SPC). My current responsibilities include:

Support of the HWT real-time data flow during Experimental Activities (EAs) (including any model data coming from external partners, and transmission of experimental data to other partners);

creation and management of EA data archives;

collaborations related to development and maintenance of EA web pages;

active participation in EA daily exercises;
development, testing, and execution of code, software, and systems for the display and interrogation of experimental forecast products;

creation of software to display relevant experimental analysis and forecast datasets and products in workstations used in SPC operations;

and management of requests by external scientists for experimental datasets.

For more information about what I do and have done, please check out my CV on my website!

CV

Professional Experience

2010 - Present

Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed at National Severe Storms Laboratory / Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
Norman, Oklahoma, United States

2005 - Present

Graduate Research Assistant at University of Oklahoma / National Severe Storms Laboratory
Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Classes taught:
Synoptic
Introduction to Meteorology I Laboratory
Introduction to Meteorology II
Introduction to Meteorology II Laboratory
Severe and Unusual Weather
Differential Equations
Mathematical Modeling

Education

2008 - Present

University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, United States
Doctorate of Meteorology (in progress)

Aug 2005 - Dec 2007

University of Oklahoma
Masters of Science in Meteorology

Aug 2001 - Aug 2005

Univeristy of Arkansas
Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Physics

Consulting Services

4-day Heavy Precipitation short-course for the Korean Meteorological Agency