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Professional Interests and Activities:
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Professor Atkins professional interests lie
in the area research of Mesoscale phenomena and more specifically in the
area of Severe Local Storms. Current research efforts are focused on
how bow echoes create surface wind damage. In particular, we are
looking at how mesovortices formed within bow echoes form and factors
governing their intensity. This work is being accomplished by
analyzing high-resolution simulations of bow echoes produced by the WRF
model. We are also looking at how low-level stable layers affect bow
echo surface wind damage potential. Professor Atkins is also
currently serving as an Editor for Monthly Weather Review.
Recent Publications of Interest:
Atkins, N.T., J.M. Arnott, R.W. Przybylinski,
R.A. Wolf, and B.D. Ketcham, 2004: Vortex structure and evolution within bow
echoes. Part I: Single-Doppler and damage analysis of the 29 June 1998
derecho. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 2224-2242.
Atkins, N.T., and B. Taber, 2004: Mesoscale analysis of the Cavendish, VT
bow-echo tornado on 21 July 2003. Preprints, 22nd Conf. On
Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA,
Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Atkins, N.T.,
C.S. Bouchard, R.W. Przybylinski, R.J.Trapp, and G. Schmocker, 2005:
Damaging surface wind mechanisms within the 10 June 2003 Saint Louis bow
echo during BAMEX. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 2275-2296.
Trapp, R.J.,
D.M. Wheatley, N.T. Atkins, R.W. Przybylinski, and R. Wolf, 2006: “Buyer
Beware: Some Words of Caution on the Use of Severe Wind Reports in Postevent
Assessment and Research.” Weather and Forecasting, 21,
408–415.
Wakimoto, R.M., H.V. Murphy, A. Nester, D.P.
Jorgensen, and N.T. Atkins, 2006: High winds generated by bow echoes. Part
I: Overview of the Omaha bow echo 5 July 2003 storm during BAMEX. Mon.
Wea. Rev., 134, 2793-2812.
Wakimoto, R.M., H.V. Murphy, C.A. Davis, and
N.T. Atkins, 2006: High winds generated by bow echoes. Part II: The
relationship between the mesovortices and damaging straight-line winds.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 2813-2829.
Wheatley, D.M., R.J. Trapp, and N.T. Atkins,
2006: Radar and damage analysis of severe bow echoes observed during BAMEX.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 791-806.
Cunningham,
J.J., and N.T. Atkins, 2006: The Influence of Low-Level Stable Layers on
Damaging Surface Winds within Bow Echoes. Preprints, 23rd
Conf. on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO, Amer. Meteor. Soc. |
