The study was conducted by Professor Sonia Lasher-Trapp, current graduate student Enoch Jo, and recent alumni Luke Allen and Bryan Engelsen. It identifies and quantifies various mechanisms of entrainment, and their diluting effects, in the developing and mature stages of a simulated supercell thunderstorm. The two stages, differentiated by the lack or presence of a rotating updraft, are shown to...
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Meet ATMS undergraduate Rebekka Delaney. She is a senior from Southern Illinois. What research project are you currently working on? What new skills have you gained from this research opportunity? I am currently working with Dr. Alicia Klees on my senior thesis. We...
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