Posts by Alex Gonzalez

Chelone Laws, presented her summer research entitled, “Increasing Vertical Resolution in CAM6: Improving Representation of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and Low Clouds” at the NSF SOARS Cohort 2024 – Annual Research Colloquium on Monday, July 29 and at the NSF NCAR|UCAR|UCP Summer Student Research Poster Symposium on Thursday, August 1. Chelone was mentored by…

On, July 12th, Alex and 20 other coauthors published the Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS) Equatorial Pacific Experiment (TEPEX) Science Plan: https://cpo.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TEPEX_SciencePlan_W4.pdf. For more information about TEPEX see: https://cpo.noaa.gov/scientists-released-plan-for-upcoming-tropical-pacific-modeling-and-field-studies/.

On May 8, Fouzia started a 3-month visit at the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory (MMM) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Fouzia was awarded a fellowship in January 2024 as a part of NSF NCAR’s Advanced Study Program’s Graduate Visitor Program. Fouzia is working with Dr. Falko Judt on her third project…

On July 1, Chengfei He started his WHOI Postdoctoral Scholar position under the guidance of Dr. Alex Gonzalez and Dr. Young-Oh Kwon. Chengfei will be investigating the relationship between equilibrium climate sensitivity, low clouds, and the ITCZ in climate model biases of global historical warming trends. Welcome, Chengfei! The WHOI Postdoctoral Scholar Program is a…

On June 24–28, Alex attended the American Meteorological Society (AMS) 24th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics in Burlington, VT. He had a poster presentation entitled, “Dynamical Importance of the Trade Wind Inversion in Suppressing the Southeast Pacific ITCZ.”  

On June 3–6, Alex and Fouzia attended the Cloud Feedbacks Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Meeting at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA. Alex and Fouzia both presented posters. Fouzia’s poster was entitled, “The Seasonal Evolution of Low Clouds and the Southern ITCZ over the East Pacific Ocean.” Alex’s poster was entitled, “Dynamical Importance of the…

On May 20, undergraduate student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chelone Laws, started her summer research project as a part of the NSF SOARS Program. Her summer project involves the influence of increasing vertical resolution on the representation of the ITCZ and low clouds. Welcome, Chelone!

On May 11, Alex was invited to serve a four-year term (through March 2028) on the U.S. CLIVAR Process Study and Model Improvement (PSMI) Panel: https://usclivar.org/panels/psmi. Congrats, Alex!

From May 6–10, Alex and Fouzia attended the American Meteorological Society (AMS) 36th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology in Long Beach, CA. Alex had a poster presentation entitled, “Daily ITCZ States over the East Pacific in Observations, Reanalyses, and CMIP6 Models” (https://ams.confex.com/ams/36Hurricanes/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/442632) and he co-chaired two sessions: Madden-Julian Oscillation and Intraseasonal Variability I (https://ams.confex.com/ams/36Hurricanes/meetingapp.cgi/Session/66506)…

From May 3–6, Alex and a team of WHOI scientists collected atmospheric data via soundings (also known as weather balloon launches) as a part of the Wind Forecast Improvement Project 3 (WFIP3, https://www2.whoi.edu/site/wfip3/). Atmospheric soundings took place every six hours from Woods Hole and from the R/V Endeavor, which transected south to the shelf break…