Addison Alford
Precipitation & Advanced Radar Studies (PARS)
Job Title:Research Physical Scientist
Affiliation:Federal
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Addison is a Research Physical Scientist and a member of the Precipitation & Advanced Radar Studies (PARS) Team. His research interests primarily revolve around leveraging phased array and conventional radar observations to understand meso- and storm-scale processes in severe weather. Addison also leads the collection of meteorological data with the NSSL Advanced Technology Demonstrator (ATD) Phased Array Radar (PAR).
| Degree (Ph.D, M.S, B.A, etc.) | Major Subject | University or College Name | Year (YYYY) (optional) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Meteorology | University of Oklahoma | 2021 |
| M.S. | Meteorology | University of Oklahoma | 2016 |
| B.S. | Meteorology | University of Oklahoma | 2014 |
- Radar Meteorology
- Phased Array Radar
- Mesoscale Dynamics
- Cloud Microphysics
- Tropical Cyclone Hazards and Landfall
- Cloud Electrification
- Academic Affiliate Researcher, OU CIWRO
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Univ. of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
- Member, AMS STAC Committee on Radar Meteorology
| Award Name | Year |
|---|---|
| Peter Lamb Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2021-2022 |
| NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship | 2016-2019 |
Ringhausen, J., Alford, A. A., V. Chmielewski, K. Calhoun, S. Waugh, and N. Brauer, 2025: Measurements from Inside Hurricane Ian using a Mobile Instrumentation Network. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0319.1, in press.
Alford, A. A. and Co-authors, 2024: 2023 Data collection with the NSSL Advanced Technology Demonstrator. NOAA/NSSL Technical Memo, 48 pp., https://doi.org/10.25923/4v1r-yq31.
Alford, A. A., B. Schenkel, S. Hernandez, J. A. Zhang, M. I. Biggerstaff, E. Blumenauer, T. N. Sandmæl, and S. M. Waugh, 2024: Examining Outer Band Supercell Environments in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones using Ground-Based Radar Analyses. Mon. Wea. Rev., 152, 2265–2285, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0287.1.
Alford, A. A., A. Messersmith, B. Pollock, Q. Thomas, T. N. Sandmael, and B. A. Schenkel, 2023: Tropical cyclone supercell response to the coast using a climatology of radar-derived azimuthal shear. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL105977, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105977.
Alford, A. A., M. I. Biggerstaff, and G. D. Carrie: Using Ground-Based Radar Observations to Evaluate Asymmetric Convection and Eyewall Dynamics During the Landfall of Hurricane Harvey (2017). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 80, 1867–1889, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-22-0053.1.
Alford, A. A., M. I. Biggerstaff, C. L. Ziegler, D. P. Jorgensen, and G. D. Carrie, 2022: A method for correcting staggered pulse repetition time and dual repetition frequency processor errors in research radar datasets. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39, 1763-1780, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0176.1.
Alford, A. A., J. A. Zhang, M. I. Biggerstaff, F. D. Marks, P. Dodge, and D. J. Bodine, 2020: Transition of the hurricane boundary layer during the landfall of Hurricane Irene (2011). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77, 3509-3531, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0290.1.
Alford, A. A., M. I. Biggerstaff, G. D. Carrie, J. L. Schroeder, B. D. Hirth, and S. M. Waugh, 2019: Near-surface maximum winds during the landfall of Hurricane Harvey. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 973-982, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080013.