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Donna Tucker

Donna Tucker

Associate Professor

Office: 417 Lindley Hall
Phone: 785-864-4738
Email: dtucker@ku.edu

Office Hours: MW 1:30-3:00; TR 1:30-2:30 or by appt.

Ph.D., Colorado State Univ. (1987)

Research Interests and Current Projects

  • Mesoscale Precipitation
  • Numerical Modeling
  • Mountain Meteorology

Courses Taught and Teaching Awards

Awards

  • Teaching Excellence Award from the KU Center for Teaching Excellence, 2000

Publications During the Last 5 Years

Tucker, D.F., 2005: Precipitation, Encyclopedia of World Climates, J. Oliver, Ed., Springer, 574-576.

Tucker, D.F., 2005: Orographic Precipitation, Encyclopedia of World Climates, J. Oliver, Ed., Springer, 552-555.

Crook, N.A. and D.F.Tucker, 2005: Flow over heated terrain. Part I: Linear theory and idealized numerical simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 2552-2564.

Tucker, D.F. and N.A. Crook, 2005: Flow over heated terrain.Part II: Generation of convective precipitation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 2565-2582.

Other Significant Publications

Tucker, D.F. and N.A. Crook, 2005: Initiation of ConvectivePrecipitation in Complex Terrain Under Reduced Moisture Conditions. EOS Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,Abstract H53J-03

Tucker, D.F., 2004: Initiation of precipitating convection in mountainous regions. 18th Conference on Hydrology, 11-15 Jan. 2004, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society.

Tucker, D.F., 2002: Characteristics of severe hail events in eastern Australia. 21st Conference on Severe Local Storms, 12-16 August 2002, San Antonio, TX, American Meteorological Society. pp. 91-94.