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Donna Tucker
Professor
Office: 404 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.
Vita (pdf) |
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| Research Interests and Current Projects |
| Mesoscale Precipitation |
| Numerical Modeling |
| Mountain Meteorology |
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| Courses Taught and Teaching Awards |
| Atmo. 105: Introductory Meteorology |
| Atmo. 606: Forecasting Practicum-TVe |
| Atmo. 607: Forecasting Internship |
| Atmo. 650: Advanced Synoptic Meteorology |
| Atmo. 690: Special Problems in Meteorology |
| Atmo. 699: Undergraduate Research |
| Atmo. 697: Seminar for Seniors |
| Geog. 531: Topics in Physical Geography: Mountain Meteorology |
| Awards |
| Teaching Excellence Award from the KU Center for Teaching Excellence, 2000 |
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| 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. |
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Other Significant Publications |
Tucker, D.F. and N.A. Crook, 2005: Initiation of ConvectivePrecipitation in Complex Terrain Under Reduced MoistureConditions. 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. |
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