Previous Meteorology Paper Titles
Below are titles of papers and presentations from previous "Senior Seminar" courses and other meteorology courses. They may help students select titles in future years, but students must remember that course requirements and quidelines change over the years.
Paper titles are listed first and presentation titles are in parenthesis.
Only one title means it was used for both the paper and presentation.
Spring 2001
The Causes and Effects of lake-effect snow- Tony Petronio
Microbursts and Their Effects on Society and Aviation- James Midgley
Forecasting the Sea Breeze in Coastal Maine- Scott D. Vibert
Statistically modeling the Variability of Significant Tornado Climatology in the United States- Tracy Lynn McCormick
Acid Rain: An emerging international problem- Jason Dollard
Short Term Severe Thunderstorm Forecasting- Fred Samplatsky
A Review of Flooding- Nathaniel Rochedieu
An Overview of Research on the Greenland Ice Sheet- Jason B. Michaud
Hurricane Andrew: How it Rewrote the Books on Home Construction in South Florida- Keith Rivet
Urban Heat Islands: Do They Really Affect our Weather?- Dina R. Freedman
The Dynamics and Evolution of Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective Systems- Tim Trudel
Spring 2000
Volcanic Eruption's Global Climatic Effects- Kevin Forgione
Formation of African Easterly Waves- Andrew Toth
Forecasting Bow Echoes: Storm Systems Capable of Significant Wind Damage- Andrew Gagnon
Snowmelt - Streamflow Processes in the Central Sierra Nevada- Joe Coughlin
A Comparative Study of ASOS and Manual Observations at Blue Hill Observatory- Josh Nichols
Seasonal Affective Disorder and Lesser Known Biometeorological Phenomenon- Steve Chapron
Vally Winds Systems and Idaho's Snake River Valley- MacPherson
Volcanic Eruptions: Disturbances in our Atmosphere, as well as, Optical and Special Effects- Adam Stampfl
Detection and Forecasting Methods for Aircraft Icing- Tim Ulrich
ENSO/NAO and Its Effect on Snowfall at the Blue Hill Observatory- Jeremy Davis
The Formation, Effects, and Forecasting of La Nino- Jason Lachance
Effect of Sea-level Rise on the U.S. Coast- Brian Whitley
Forecasted and Actual Storm Surges During Hurricane Hugo- Trevor Bevens
The Detection of Serene Thunderstorms via the WSR-88D- Mike Ekster
Spring 1999
How Highway Departments Deal with Snow/Ice Removal in a Fast-paced, High-Tech
World-
Michael Abair
Evolution of a Storm: Precipitation to Devastation- Jamie Casto
The Effects of Climatological Fluctuation on New England Major Hurricane Frequency- Eric DeRoche
La Nina, Its Effects and Current Research- Jason Lachance
Internet in the Meteorolgy Classroom: Enhancing Meteorological Education Through
the Use of the World Wide Web-
Brenton MacAloney II
A Survey of Supercell Thunderstorms- David Manning
Avalanche ! The Basics Behind Forecasting the Deadly Slide- Todd Simcox
Spring 1998
500-mb Geopotential Height Errors in the Medium Range Forecast Models.
("Height Errors in Medium-Range Forecast Models")-
Susan Genett
Theories of Charge Separation Within Thunderstorms.
("Orchestrating Lightning: Charge Separation Theories")-
Wesley Olds
Mirages and Associated Atmospheric Conditions.
("Do you see what I see? Mirages and Associated Atmospheric Conditions")-
Patty Jean
DPW Crews and Meteorologists Take on Winter Using the Vaisala Ice Break Model and
Various Other Meteorological Data.
("Weatherizing the Roadways")-
Sean Hickey
Out, Damn Pollution! The Formation of Valley Winds and Their Effects on Pollution
Dispersion.
("Valley Winds and Their Effect on Pollution Dispersion")-
John Donnelly
Effects of Acidic Wet Deposition on High-Elevation Red Spruce Forests in the
Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada.
("Acidic Deposition in the Northeast")-
Larry Whitworth
("A Qualitative Analysis of El Nino and It’s Effects on the West Coast of North America")- Tony Devito
Tornado Forecasting: Where It’s Been; Where It’s Going.
("Forecasting the Mighty Tornado: A Historical Perspective")-
Scott Gebelein
("Flash Flood Forecasting: An Ingredients Based Approach")- Joseph Brodeur
("Southeastern United States Cold Surges")- Gerry Bielinski
The Role and Significance of Isentropic Potential Vorticity (IPV) and Tropopause
Folding in Explosive Cyclogenesis.
("Evaluating Explosive Cyclogenesis Using Isentropic Potential Vorticity (IPV)
and Tropopause Folding")-
Dave Kellenbenz
The Hurricane Surface Wind Field, with a Focus on the Landfall Period.
("The Hurricane Surface Wind Field, with a Focus on the Landfall Period
")-
Mike Dutter
Microbursts-Outbursts of Mother Nature Formation and Effects.
("Microbursts-Outbursts of Mother Nature")-
Glenn Gould
The Role of the Atmosphere in Anomalous Radio Wave Propagation.
("Hops, Skips, and Ducts: The Role of the Atmosphere in Anomalous Radio Wave
Propagation")-
Bill Vlahos
Oceanic and Coastal Wave Forecasting.
("Come Catch a Ride With Wave Forecasting")-
Darren Austin
("Coastal Flooding: The Human and Structural Effects")- Eric Medeiros
("Forecasting Heavy Snow in Rapidly Intensifying Northeastern Storms")- Steve Labrecque
Agricultural Meteorology: Weather and the Farmer.
("Agrometeorology")-
Jack Stanley
Spring 1997
The Planetary Boundary Layer’s Role in Free-Convection Cumuli.
("Hear Ye, Hear Ye---, Free Convection, Free Convection")-
Mike Cameron
The Role of Ageostrophic Motions Associated With Jet Streaks.
("Streaking Through the Atmosphere")-
Chris Champagne
The Mesoscale’s Role in Dynamic Forcing for Supercell Development.
("Mesoscales Environment in Supercell Development")-
Marcel Lamarre
Satellites and Then Function.
("The EYES in the SKY")-
Leo Hirsbrunner
Winter Cyclogenesis.
("Superstorm of March 12-14, 1993 Forecast and Development of Gulf of Mexico
Winter Cyclogenesis")-
Mark McDonough
Spring 1996 (presentation and paper titles same)
The Impact of Computers on Meteorology- Bob Schermerhorn
On the Advantages of Estimating Vorticity and Divergence of the Wind Field Using a Line Integral Scheme- Peter Banacos
Isentropic Analysis as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Tool- Dave Lew
Coastal Frontogenesis: A Mesoscale Analysis- Chris Turner
The Role of Latent Heat Release in Explosive Cyclogenesis- Shane Smith
Spring 1995
Applications of Fractals Dimension Analyses in Meteorology.
(‘Fractals in Meteorology")-
Bill Courtemanche
The Effects of Terrain in Generating Lee Cyclones & Lee Tornadoes- Marc Gasbarro
Aircraft Icing: A Pilot's Peril- Anne Mercer
Human Factors Engineering and Its Application to Meteorological Systems.
("Human Factors in Meteorology")-
Carol Neiderer
Coastal Upwelling off the California Coast and Fogs That are Enhanced to it.
("Coastal Upwelling and California Fog")-
Mike McConnell
The Use of Meteorology in Pre-College Education.
("Weather or Not to Teach Meteorology")-
Allison Penney
The Jupiter Impact.
("When Worlds Collide’)-
Kevin Skarupa
Microbursts and Aircrafts: Effects, Controls and Avoidance.
("Lift-I Need Lift; An Overview of Microbursts & Aircraft Crashes")-
Marc Richard
Site and Climate Analysis-Applications to House Design- Jay Dedominici
Solar Influences on Global Pressure Tendencies.
("Sunspot's Effect on Global Pressure and Its Effect on the Weather")-
Roy Moffitt
Advection Sea Fog in the Bay of Fundy.
("Advection Fog in the Bay of Fundy")-
Bob Robichaud
Human Biometeorology Including a Case Study: Atmospheric Pressure Tendencies and Pain.
("How the Weather Affects You")-
Cindy Fitzgibbon
A Kinematical and Dynamical Approach to Surface Frontogenesis Including Frontal
Circulations.
("The Atmospheric Kinematics and Dynamics Leading to Surface Frontogenesis")-
Greg Bloch
Forecasting Interannual Tropical Cyclone Variability.
("Forecasting Interannual Hurricane Variability")-
Louis Lussier
Spring 1994
East Coast Cyclogenesis-The Synoptic Climatology & Classification of the Noreaster.
("Climatology & Classification of Noreasters")-
Stasu Bizzarro
Terraforming Mars Using the Earth as a Model.
("Changing Mars for Life")-
T.J. Del Santo
Extended-Range Forecasting: Historical Aspects & Techniques Used.
("How Long Range Forecasts Are Made")-
Robert Crapulli
El Nino: Its Proposed Teleconnections and Its Effects on the Climate of
West Burke, VT.
("El Nino & Its Influence on West Burke")-
Joanne Kraal
Ozone: Friend or Foe?- Glenn Perras
The Effects of Weather on Cranberry Yields in Southeastern Massachusetts.
("The Effects of Weather on Cranberries")-
Pete Cote
Lightning Detection- Cameron Moreland
Forecasting Lake-Effect Snows on the Great Lakes.
("How to Forecast Lake-Effect Snows")-
Mark Schnackenberg
Using Expert Systems to Predict Severe Thunderstorms.
("Forecasting Thunderstorms Using Expert Systems")-
Jim Laurie
Clear-Air Turbulence: A Comprehensive Look at This Small Scale Phenomena.
("Clear-Air Turbulence and the Challenger Disaster")-
Jim Wojcik
Large Scale East Coast Flooding Events: Causes, Prediction and Protection.
("Causes of Large-Scale Northeastern Floods")-
Bill Nelson
Climate Classification: A Background and Development.
("Climate Classification Development")-
Carolyn Mishou
The Rhea-CSU Orographic Model- Ken Knapp
The Theory and Development of the Use of Weather Radar for Precipitation Estimation.
("Precipitation Estimation by Radar")-
Peter McElroy
Fall 1993
Global Warming: Fact or Fiction- Howard Silverman
The Evolution and Structure of the Tornado- Paul Bernier
Modeling Snowmelt Runoff on the Passumpsic River Watershed- Tim Pellett
Spring 1993
Solar Cycle Influences on the Earth’s Atmosphere: Both Accepted and Apparent.
("The Solar Cycle and Its Influence on the Earth's Atmosphere")-
Tim Myers
Long Term Temperature Trends at Blue Hill Observatory- Rick Canepa
Hurricane Storm Surge Forecasting with the SLOSH Model- Michael Dion
Formation of the New England Coastal Front.
("A Weather Phenomenon Common to the New England Coast")-
Matt Luce
The Effect of the Urban Heat Island on Convective Precipitation.
("Major Cities' Effect on Precipitation")-
Jeremy Reiner
The Role of Convection in Extratropical Storms.
("The Effect of Thunderstorms on Mid-Latitude Storm Systems")-
David Riley
Non-Antropogenic Causes for Recent Changes in Temperature.
("Global Warming Caused by Natural Sources")-
Ashley Kells
Large Scale Isentropic Air Flow.
("Unveiling the Three Dimensional Nature of Atmospheric Flow")-
Joseph Iwuc
Spring 1992
Case Study: 22 June 1991 Severe Thunderstorm Norman, Oklahoma.
("Severe Thunderstorms: What do you Need for Their Foundation? A
Case Study from Oklahoma")-
Jennifer Winslow
Insights into Hurricane Genesis.-
The Processes Involved in the Formation & Maintenance of a 500 mb Blocking Pattern-
Orographic Modification of Precipitation from Synoptic Systems- Charles Maxwell
Air Stagnation in the Intramountain West and its Effect on Air Pollution- Scott Lajoie
Taku Winds of Juneau, Alaska.
("The Dangerous Taku Winds of Juneau, Alaska")-
Scott McNeil
The ENSO Event and its Effect on North American Flow Patterns- Peter Bouchard
Geometrical Foundation of the Rainbow and the Halo.
("Optical Consideration Associated with the Creation of the Rainbow and the
Halo)"-
Lisa Brule
Errors in the NGM: How Understanding Them can Make you a Better Forecaster- Peter Schmid
The Lifecycle of Mid-Latitude Mesoscale Convective Compexes.
("The Synoptic Scale Setting During the Life Cycle of Mesoscale Convective
Complexes")-
Jason Nicholls
A New Analysis Tool for Severe Weather-
Satellite Assistance in Monitoring Cyclogenesis.
("Help from Above: Satellite Assistance in Monitoring Cyclogenesis")-
Thomas Hultquist
Ice Fog: Analysis, Impact, Prediction, and Reduction.
("Ice Fog: Impact, Prediction, and Reduction")-
Christopher Jarzynka
1990-91
Operational Forecasting of Severe Thunderstorms in New England- Andrew Cox
The Formation, Structure, and Intensification of Tropical Cyclones with Emphasis on the Inner Core Region- Randy Kuhnel
Designing an Interactive Meteorological Workstation- Steve Green
Chaos and Atmospheric Predictability- Matthew Lazzara
An Operational Perspective on Atmospheric Frontogenesis- Nicholas Morganelli
The Climate Controls of the Urban Heat Island- Stephen Adams
Ocean-Atmosphere Thermal Interaction- Christopher Plonka
Weather on Jupiter: A Comprehensive Survey of the Jovian Atmosphere- Gary Sadowsky
East Coast Cyclogenesis: Development and Maintenance of "The Bomb"- Francis Giannasca
Tornadogenesis in the Supercell Thunderstorm- Kevin Woodworth
The Climate of Connecticut- Michael Parsons
Problems and Considerations in Numerical Weather Prediction- Mike Schramm
Convective Mesoscale Systems and Their Significance in Short-Range Forecasting- Eric Sinsabaugh
In the Fog- Guy Nubar
1989-90
Climate Data for Crown Point, and Piarco, Trinidad- Judy Moses
Oceanic Influence on Global Climate.
("The Ocean's Role as a Climatic Control")-
Arthur Doggett
A Synopsis of the Problems and Techniques of Forecasting and Flying Low Altitude
Wind Shear.
("Forecasting & Flying Low-Altitude Wind Shear")-
James Brewster
A Qualitative Look at the Atmospheric Effects of Explosive Volcanic Eruptions.
("Volcanic Eruptions and Their Impact on Climate")-
Robert Trayers
Lightning: Its Production and Your Protection- Julia Gray Stabley
Investigation of the Indian Summer Monsoon- Anthony Petrolito
The Role of Atmospheric Teleconnections in Northern Hemispheric Forecasting During
the Winter Months.
("The Role of Atmospheric Teleconnections in Forecasting")-
Todd Patstone
The Transport and Dispersion of Air Pollution- Michael O'Brien
A Qualitative Discussion of Jet Stream Influence on Convective Weather in the
Midwestern United States.
("A Qualitative Discussion of Jet Stream Influence on Convective Weather")-
Thomas Warner
Hail and Hailstorms of the United States.
("A Look Inside Hailstorms of the United States")-
Theodore Frank Jamba
A Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology of the Martian Atmosphere.
("Weather on Mars")-
Timothy Nobis
New England Snowfall Normals: 1951-1980- Shawn Deary
1988-89
The Effects of Ozone on the Atmosphere, Human Welfare and Nature and the Meteorological Factors Affecting Ozone Pollution; With an Example from Burlington, VT -Michael Ratte
Future Consequences from the Atmospheric Effect- Ryan Sandler
Human Biometeorology- David Santoro
The Evolution of the Lightning Discharge and the Earth's Electrical Environment- Robert Fenner
East Coast Cyclogenesis from a Synoptic Point of View- Kevin Cadima
Ozone Pollution and Meteorology- Michael Ratte
Drought and the Southeast United States Drought of 1986- Allan Baldassano
On the Nature of the Ocean-Atmospheric System, Waves and Beaches- Antonio Mastrostefano
Fire Weather- Michael York
Mesoscale Convective Complexes, A Qualitative Approach- Roger Cloutier
The El Nino-Southern Oscillation Phenomena and Its Effects on Tropical Cyclones of
the Western North Atlantic Basin.
("The ENSO Phenomena & Its Effects on Tropical Cyclones of the Western North
Atlantic")-
David Vallee
Lake Effect Snowstorms: Their Causes and Prediction- Robert Carolan
On the Energetics of Cyclones- Robert Cox
Upper-Level Characteristics of East Coast Cyclogenesis- Kevin Cadima
1987-88
Energy Transfer in Perma Frost Regions.
("Permafrost - Energy, Environment, and Man")-
Joseph Goudsward
Boston Sea Breeze.
("A Look at the Boston Sea Breeze Through Analyzation of Three Other Worldwide
Sea Breezes")-
Larry Zameret
On the nature of tornadogenesis and a Worcester, Massachusetts tornado on 9 June 1953.
("Tornadogenesis and a Worcester, Massachusetts Tornado Case Study")-
Joe Sirard
The Sea Breeze Circulation With a Climatology of the Sea Breeze at Providence, R.I.
("A Look at a General Sea Breeze with a Specific Example")-
Charles McGill
Severe Thunderstorms: An Operational Viewpoint- Scott Rochette
Persistence Some Statistical Tool and an Application.
("Persistence, i.e., How Long Will It Last")-
John Sliney
Lake Effect Snows.
("Western New York's Lake Snow Events")-
Scott Whittier
Desert Animals and the Saguaro Cactus: How They Adapt to and Survive in the Extreme Climate of the Sonoran Desert- Heidi Ankeles
Mountain Induced Rain and Snow- Chris Gibson
The Destruction of our Earth's Ozone Layer- James Dame, Jr
Doppler Radar.
("An Introduction to Doppler Radar")-
Theodore Champney
Atmospheres of Other Worlds- Charles Harris
1986-87
Severe Convection in the Central United States.
A Comparative Study of Maximum Temperatures.
("Current Research Focusing Upon Maximum Temperature Variability Atop Blue Hill,
Massachusetts")-
Jeffrey Osiensky
How the Great New England Blizzard of '78 Came to be.
1985-86
History of Theories of Cyclone Development.
Summary and Critic of Air Pollution Dispersion Models.
Comparison and Analysis of Micro Climates of the Northeast Kingdom- Russ Murley
Dynamics of Lee-Ward Cyclone Development.
Previous Meteorology Papers
Spring 1978: Introduction to Elements of Weather.
("Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Global Temperature")-
Michael Shustak
Spring 1976: Meteorotrophism for Elementary School Science Study Effect of Weather
on Man.
("Meteorotrophism")-
Kathleen Ryan
Spring 1976: The Sea Breeze- Tony Mignone
Fall 1985: Revision of the Puceivich Barotropic Model- F. Weir Lundstedt, Scot Heckman
Spring 1981: Orographically Enhanced Snowfall Investigation at Burke Mtn, VT- R. Harris & M. Morano
Fall 1975: Winter Months at St. Johnsbury, VT (January 1895 to March 1975).
("Winter Months at St. Johnsbury, VT")-
Tony Mignone
Spring 1985: Snowpack Profile Analysis on Mt. Washington- Greg Carbin
Fall 1980: Photochemical Ozone- Craig Bergeron
Fall 1979: Electrical Charge Distribution in the Atmosphere- Robert E. Dow
Spring 1984: Cloud to Ground Lightning- Louie Grasso
Spring 1980: The Average Height of New England's Mountains 7 How they May Aid in the Forming of the Coastal Fronts- Steven Nogueira
Fall 1983: A study of Local Temperature Patterns as Influenced by The Urban Heat Island and Topography- Jeffrey DeBarba
Spring 1980: The Study of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and Its Relation with Meteorological Parameters- Craig Bergeron
Spring 1981: The Snow Shadow of Vermont and New Hampshire- William Bauman III
Spring 1982: An Analysis of Statistical Errors of NMO's Limited-Area Fine Mesh- Jeffrey Herbek, Kathy Perbeck, Sally Schmies
- - - - - - - - - The Qualitative Discussion of the Characteristics & Theory of Tropical Cyclone Genesis.
- - - - - - - - - The El Nino-southern oscillation phenoma- David Vallee
- - - - - - - - - Variations in tropical cyclone characteristics during ENSO events- David Vallee
- - - - - - - - - Some Meteorological Aspects of Acid Precipitation- Scott Hamilton
- - - - - - - - - Acid Precipitation and Some of its Meteorological Aspects- Kathy Perbeck