Lawrence D. Carey, Ph.D.

Professor & Department Chair, Atmospheric and Earth Science

Contact

320 Sparkman Drive
Cramer Research Hall
Room 4042
Huntsville, AL 35899
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256.961.7518
lawrence.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.