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Sean Heuser

M.S. Student
Jordan 4129
Department of Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences
North Carolina State University

Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences
North Carolina State University

Education Background

8/2005-Present: North Carolina State University
- M.S. in Atmospheric Science(expected 12/2008)
8/2001-5/2005: UNC-Asheville
- B.S. in Atmospheric Science(Graduated with departmental honors)
- Minor in Mathematics

Research Background

I am currently studying whether or not a change in vegetation can be linked to an acceleration of the melting icecap atop Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa. Using WRF in climate mode, I hope to achieve reasoning for what a change of vegetation will do for the region. Most of this work will be done during the long rains (March-May) and dry season (June-August) with alterations in albedo, roughness length, and evapotranspiration.

Relevant Work Experience

10/2007-Present: State Climate Office of North Carolina

Currently working on a project where we try to explain the variability of the global models in the IPCC AR4 report in terms of temperature and precipitation for the southeastern United States. Using Statistical analyses in R and GrADS, we try to validate why the variability is high in the models for both temperature and precipitation. We believe that the variance in geopotential height (Bermuda High) leads to high variance in precipitation.

Teaching Background

Spring 2006 - MEA 135: Intro to Weather and Climate Lab.
Fall 2006 - MEA 135: Intro to Weather and Climate Lab.
Spring 2007 - MEA 135: Intro to Weather and Climate Lab.
Spring 2008 - MEA 214L: Fundamentals of Meteorology II Lab.

Coursework at NC State

Fall 2005
- MEA 700: Environmental Fluid Mechanics
- MEA 705: Atmospheric Dynamics
- MEA 707: Planetary Boundary Layer
Spring 2006
- MEA 593G: Global Climate Issues and Analysis
- MEA 713: Mesoscale Wave Dynamics
- ST 511: Statistics for Biological Sciences I
Fall 2006
- ST 512: Statistics for Biological Sciences II
- NR 531: Introduction to GIS
Spring 2007
- MEA 719: Climate Modeling
Fall 2007
- MEA 601: Seminar