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Dan Stechman

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Observations & Processes Team (OPT)

Job Title:Research Scientist

Affiliation:CIWRO

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Dan is a Research Scientist and serves as the CIWRO lead for the Observations and Processes Team. He specializes in the collection, processing, and analysis of airborne and ground-based radar observations of storm-scale to mesoscale convective phenomena.

Education
Degree (Ph.D, M.S, B.A, etc.) Major Subject University or College Name Year (YYYY) (optional)
B.S. Meteorology University of Northern Colorado 2013
M.S. Atmospheric Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2015
Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2018
Research Interests
  • Airborne In Situ and Remote Observations
  • Mesoscale Meteorology
  • Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics
  • Severe Convective Storms
  • Multi-Doppler Analysis
Selected Publications

Stechman, D. M., G. M. McFarquhar, R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, R. A. Black, 2020: Composite In Situ Microphysical Analysis of All Spiral Vertical Profiles Executed within BAMEX and PECAN Mesoscale Convective Systems. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77, 2541–2565, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-19-0317.1.

Stechman, D. M., G. M. McFarquhar, R. M. Rauber, M. M. Bell, B. F. Jewett, J. Martinez, 2020: Spatiotemporal Evolution of the Microphysical and Thermodynamic Characteristics of the 20 June 2015 PECAN MCS. Monthly Weather Review, 148, 1363–1388, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-19-0293.1.

Stechman, D. M., R. M. Dauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, D. P. Jorgensen, 2016: Interaction of an Upper-Tropospheric Jet with a Squall Line Originating Along a Cold Frontal Boundary. Monthly Weather Review, 114, 4197–4219, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0044.1.

McFarquhar, G. M., J. A. Finlon, D. M. Stechman, Wei Wu, Robert C. Jackson, Matt Freer. University Of Illinois/Oklahoma Optical Array Probe (OAP) Processing Software. 2018 June. Available from: https://zenodo.org/record/1285969 doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.1285969.

Zaremba, T. J., R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, M. Hayman, J. A. Finlon, and D. M. Stechman, 2020: Phase characterization of cold sector Southern Ocean Cloud tops: Results from SOCRATES. J. Geophys. Res., 125, D033673. doi: 10.1029/2020JD033673.

Wang, Y., G. M. McFarquhar, R. M. Rauber, C. Zhao, W. Wu, J. A. Finlon, D. M. Stechman, et al., 2020: Microphysical properties of generating cells over the Southern Ocean: Results from SOCRATES. J. Geophys. Res., 125, D032237. doi: 10.1029/2019JD032237.