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Prospectus
UNR – University of Reno, Nevada
DRI – Desert Research Institute
Dr. Michael Kaplan
Bo Tan
Biography
Parents: Dad (Electrician)
Mom (Physics Journal Translator)
Moved to U.S. by age 14, December 1999
Biography
Arcadia High School Regular English Classes in sophomore year Marching Band
Pasadena Rose Parade in 2003
Chinese Club President
Biography Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Prescott/AZ Aeronautical Science Major (year and half)
CESSNA SKYHAWK C-172S
Biography
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Applied Meteorology Major (two and half years) First Graduating Meteorology Class
Internship with University of Oklahoma/National Weather Service African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses 2006 cases study
V.P. weather club / Teaching Assi. / Tutoring Theta Xi
Advisor
Dr. Michael Kaplan Over 40 years experience in most areas of meteorology Rutgers University Meteorology B.A. 1967 Rutgers University Meteorology M.S. 1968 State University of New York, AlbanyAtmospheric
Sciences Ph.D. 1972 More than 40 publications Held positions in Public, Private, and Military sector. Over 40 mentored students
Monsoon Research
TopicMid-latitude and tropical interactions with the
North American Monsoon
National Science Foundation Climate Program
Monsoon Research
History:Johnson, et. al. 2006:
Multistage Variability of the Flow during the North American Monsoon Experiment
J. Climate, 20, 1628-1648 Moisture surge relates to tropical disturbances Extra-tropical and tropical interactions near the Gulf of Mexico Upstream interactions leading to moisture surges in the
Southwest
Monsoon Research
Importance Initiation sequences of individual moisture surge events in
the southwest during the monsoon season
Mid-latitude interaction process/Rossby Wave Breaking events
What roll do mid-latitude processes, over the Gulf of Mexico, play in the surge sequences?
Notably Rossby Wave Breaking and Trough Thinning Processes
Plans for the future
NASA The Lunar Surface Systems
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center “WASHINGTON -- NASA and the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce Space Enterprise Council will hold a workshop on lunar surface system concepts to support human and robotic exploration on the moon by 2020.”