Research Interests:
Observational and diagnostic studies of turbulence and mesoscale weather
systems, forecast technique development and implementation.
Teaching Interests:
Turbulence, mesoscale and synoptic-scale weather
systems, and weather forecasting.
Dr.
Young participates in field programs in the areas of boundary layer turbulence
and mesoscale weather systems. The interactions of these two scales of
atmospheric motion are a particular interest. Field projects include investigation
of mesoscale convective systems as part of the AMEX, EMEX, and TOGA-COARE
experiments, study of marine stratocumulus capped boundary layers as part
of the FIRE, ASTEX and LAKE-ICE experiments, and analysis of coherent
structures within boundary layer turbulence. Dr. Young's secondary focus
is on the application of statistics and artificial intelligence to data
analysis and forecasting in meteorology and related disciplines.
Selected Publications:
Young, G.S., and J.M. Fritsch, 1989: A proposal for general conventions
in analysis of mesoscale boundaries. Bulletin of the American Meteorology
Society, 70, 1412-1421.
Young,
G.S., D.V. Ledvina, and C.W. Fairall, 1992: Influence of precipitating
convection on the surface energy budget observed during a TOGA pilot cruise
in the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans,
97, 9595-9603.
Young,
G.S., J.A. Harlan, and T.M. Georges, 1997: Application of over-the-horizon
radar observations to synoptic and mesoanalysis over the Atlantic. Weather
and Forecasting, 12, 45-55.
Young,
G.S., B.K. Cameron, E.E. Hebble, 2000: Observations of the entrainment
zone in a rapidly entraining boundary layer. Journal of Atmospheric
Science, 57, 3145-3160.
Young, G.S., T.D.
Sikora, N.S. Winstead, 2000: Inferring marine atmospheric boundary
layer properties from spectral characteristics of satellite-borne SAR
imagery. Monthly Weather Review, 128, 1506-1520.
Young, G.S., And T.D.
Sikora, 2003: Mesoscale stratocumulus bands caused by Gulf Stream meanders.
Monthly Weather Review, 131, 2177-2191.
Young, G.S., T.D.
Sikora, NS Winstead, 2005: Use of synthetic aperture radar in fine-scale
surface analysis of synoptic-scale fronts at sea. Weather and Forecasting,
20, 311-32.
George
S. Young, Ph.D.
Department of Meteorology
620 Walker Building
University Park, PA 16802
Telephone: (814) 863-4228
E-mail:
young@meteo.psu.edu
- (Colorado State University), Professor
- Joint Appointment with the GeoEnvironmental Engineering Program
- Member of Graduate Faculty
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