Lawrence D. Carey, Ph.D. Professor & Department Chair, Atmospheric and Earth Science Contact 320 Sparkman DriveCramer Research HallRoom 4042Huntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.961.7518lawrence.carey@uah.edu Biography Dr. Carey studies the environmental, kinematic and microphysical processes that lead to cloud electrification and lightning using polarimetric radar and mesoscale meteorological observations. Curriculum Vitae Education Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, 1999 M.S., Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, 1994 B.S., Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1989 B.S., Electrical Engineering, Boston University, 1988 Expertise Radar Meteorology Lightning Meteorology Cloud Electrification Recent Publications Murphy, K. M., L. D. Carey, C. J. Schultz, N. Curtis, and K. M. Calhoun, 2024: Automated and objective thunderstorm identification and tracking using Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) data. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 63, 47-64. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-22-0143.1. Cummings K. A., K. E. Pickering, M. C. Barth, M. M. Bela, Y. Li, D. Allen, E. Bruning, D. R. MacGorman, C. L. Ziegler, M. I. Biggerstaff, B. Fuchs, T. Davis, L. Carey, R. M. Mecikalski, and D. L. Finney, 2024: Evaluation of lightning flash rate parameterizations in a cloud-resolved WRF-Chem simulation of the 29-30 May 2012 Oklahoma severe supercell system observed during DC3, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2023JD039492. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039492. Harkema, S. S., E. R. Mansell, A. O. Fierro, L. D. Carey, C. J. Schultz, T. Matsui, and E. B. Berndt, 2024: Explicitly resolving lightning and electrification processes from the 10-12 April 2019 thundersnow outbreak. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2023JD039987. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039987.
