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Vanna Chmielewski

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Job Title:Acting Branch Director

Affiliation:Federal

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Vanna is the Acting Branch Director for the Collaborative Observations, Research, and Engineering Branch at the NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory. Her research interests revolve around storm electrification, ranging from lightning predictability to improving lightning observations to the utility of lightning data in monitoring storm evolution.

Education
Degree (Ph.D, M.S, B.A, etc.) Major Subject University or College Name Year (YYYY) (optional)
Ph.D. Geoscience Texas Tech University 2017
M.S. Atmospheric Science Texas Tech University 2013
B.S. Meteorology University of South Alabama 2011
Research Interests
  • Lightning observations, utility and prediction
  • Severe convective storms
  • Cloud microphysics and electrification
Selected Publications

Chmielewski, V. C., J. Blair, D. Kennedy, D. MacGorman, K. Calhoun, 2022: A Comparison of Processing Methods for the Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array. Earth and Space Science, 9, 7, doi:10.1029/2021EA002081.

Boggs, L. D., D. Mach, E. Bruning, N. Liu, O. A. van der Velde, J. Montanya, S. Cummer, K. Palivec, V. Chmielewski, D. MacGorman, M. Peterson, 2022: Upward propagation of gigantic jets revealed by 3D radio and optical mapping. Science Advances, 8, 31, doi:10.1126/sciadv.abl8731.

Chmielewski, V. C., D. R. MacGorman, C. L. Ziegler, E. DiGangi, D. Betten, M. Biggerstaff, 2020: Microphysical and transportive contributions to normal and anomalous polarity subregions in the 29-30 May 2012 Kingfisher storm. Journal of Geophysical Research, 125, doi:10.1029/2020JD032384.

Goede, V., D. Schvartzman, D. Bodine, V. Chmielewski, T. Yu, E. Bruning, M. Tzeng, M. Stock, 2025: Rapid sampling and polarimetric statistics of lightning with a phased array radar. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, 2, doi:10.1029/2024GL112193.

Ringhausen, J., A. A. Alford, N. Brauer, K. Calhoun, V. Chmielewski, S. Waugh, 2025: Measurements from Inside Hurricane Ian using a Mobile Instrumentation Network. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, N/A, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0319.1.

Steiger, S. M., E. C. Bruning, V. C. Chmielewski, G. Stano, J. Trostel, K. M. Calhoun, K. R. Jesmonth, B. Lamsma, T. Lang, S. Laurinaitis, J. Losego, J. S. Ringhausen, M. Stock, Y. Wang, S. M. Waugh, S. A. Weiss, T. Weist, T. White, 2024: Winter Lightning to the Lee of Lake Ontario: The Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Field Campaign. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, N/A, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0176.1.

Taszarek, M., J. T. Allen, P. Groenemeijer, R. Edwards, H. E. Brooks, V. Chmielewski, S. E. Enno, 2020: Severe Convective Storms across Europe and the United States. Part I: Climatology of Lightning, Large Hail, Severe Wind, and Tornadoes. Journal of Climate, 33, 10239–10261, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0345.1.

Wang, Y., N. Yussouf, E. R. Mansell, B. C. Matilla, R. Kong, M. Xue, V. C. Chmielewski, 2021: Impact of Assimilating GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper Flash Extent Density Data on Severe Convection Forecasts in a Warn-on-Forecast System. Monthly Weather Review, 149, 10, 3217–3241, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-20-0406.1.