Investigators and Participants

The 2008 UNSTABLE field team

From left to right: Andrew Giles, David Sills, Julian Brimelow, Shannon Moodie, Jay Anderson, John Hanesiak, Neil Taylor, Susan Skone, Joe Misfeldt, Craig Smith, Pat King, Terry Krauss, Erin Thompson, Geoff Strong, Danny Brown, Bruce Cole.

Principal Investigators

Neil Taylor, Science Question 1 Co-Lead and Project Manager
Hydrometeorology and Arctic Lab, Environment Canada
Research Interests: CI with respect to ABL water vapour distribution / evolution, the dryline and other convergence boundaries on the Canadian Prairies. Operationally-oriented techniques for forecast high-impact weather.

David Sills, Science Question 1 Co-Lead
Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section / Nowcasting and Remote Sensing Lab, Environment Canada
Research Interests: CI and severe thunderstorm evolution with respect to the dryline and other convergence boundaries on the Canadian Prairies

John Hanesiak, Science Question 2 Lead
Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba
Research Interests: CI with respect to ABL thermodynamic structure / evolution, associations with wet/dry surface boundaries and background flow modification of the boundaries / mesoscale circulations.

Jason Milbrandt, Science Question 3 Lead
Recherche en Prévision Numérique (RPN) [Numerical Weather Prediction Research Section], Environment Canada
Research Interests: CI with respect to ABL thermodynamic structure / evolution, associations with wet/dry surface boundaries and background flow modification of the boundaries / mesoscale circulations.

Craig Smith, Upper-Air Program Lead
Climate Research Division, Environment Canada
Research Interests: The influence of topography on precipitation in the Alberta foothills. Atmospheric moisture dynamics, including boundary layer evolution, and their impact on precipitation and CI.

Geoff Strong
University of Alberta (Adjunct)
Research Interests: Alberta thunderstorms: large-scale and boundary layer initiation and maintenance mechanisms, and their role in the prairie water balance climate.

Susan Skone
Dept. of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary
Research Interests: Water vapour estimation for GPS meteorology.

Pat McCarthy
Prairie and Arctic Storm Prediction Centre, Environment Canada
Research Interests: Science gaps impacting operational forecasting of high-impact weather, evapotranspiration and its impact on the boundary layer, the application of weather radar and lightning detection for storm-scale analysis, the psychology of weather prediction, and the psychology of human response to weather forecasts and warnings.


Collaborators and Participants

Dr. Terry Krauss, Weather Modification Inc.
Julian Brimelow, Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba
Dr. Gerhard Reuter, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
Danny Brown, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
Dr. Shawn Marshall, Dept. of Geography, University of Calgary
Dr. Peter Taylor, Dept. of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University
Hydrometeorology and Arctic Lab, Environment Canada
Prairie and Arctic Storm Prediction Centre, Environment Canada
Alberta Environment
Alberta Agriculture and Food
Jeff Sowiak, Technical Services, Environment Canada
Andrew Sheppard, Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments (CARE), Environment Canada