John J. Cahir, Ph.D. Department of Meteorology 617 Walker Building University Park, PA 16802 Telephone (814) 863-8358 E-mail: jjc2@psu.edu (The Pennsylvania State University), Professor of Meteorology Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education Member of Graduate Faculty Click HERE for the Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education Home Page!

Teaching Interests: Synoptic meteorology and forecasting. 

Dr. Cahir investigates intermittent or local physical processes in the atmosphere that can have impacts on short-range weather forecasts. He is interested in precipitation modeling and forecasting. Dr. Cahir also studies climatological anomalies and their relation to medium-range forecasting.
 

Selected Publications:

Cahir, J.J., 1991: Atmospheric change. In Environmental Issues and Health Effects. Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 92-105. 

Gartner, W.J., J. Venuti, A.A. Person, and J.J. Cahir, 1993: Timing and quantitative forecasts of precipitation with the PSU/NCAR mesoscale model run in real time. Preprint Volume, 13th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, American Meteorological Society, Vienna, VA, August 1993.