Local Studies

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Research Conducted by NWS Charleston Staff

• An Investigation of the Significant Tornado Outbreak in Southern South Carolina and North Coastal Georgia on March 15, 2008
  by Frank Alsheimer, Robert Bright, Jonathon Jelsema, Wendy Moen, John Quagliariello and Doug Berry
  
  

• An Examination of the Mesoscale Environment of the James Island Memorial Day Tornado
  by Steven Taylor
  
  

• An Examination of the Mesoscale and Synoptic Environments Involved in Tornado Outbreaks from Hurricane Frances (2004) and Hurriance Jeanne (2004) Over Northeast Coastal Georgia and Southern South Carolina
  by Paul Yura, Frank Alsheimer and Joseph Calderone
  
  

• Characteristics of a Tornado Outbreak Associated with the Remnants of Tropical Storm Bill
  by Paul Yura and Dan St. Jean
  
  

• Complex Convective Interactions in Southern South Carolina on June 22, 2000
  by Richard V. Thacker and James Brotherton
  
  

• Isolated Severe Thunderstorm Event in Southeast Georgia on September 29, 1999
  by Richard V. Thacker
  
  

• 1998 Mother's Day Tornado Event
  by Richard V. Thacker
  
  

• The Role of the Modernized National Weather Service in the Development of a Coastal Ocean Prediction System
  by Stephen T. Rich
  (Published in the August 1990 edition of "National Weather Digest")
  
  

• Integrating Wind Profiler Data into Forecast and Warning Operations at NWS Field Offices
  by Stephen T. Rich
  (Published in March 1992 in the "NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-141")
  
  

• A Severe Weather Climatology for the Charleston, South Carolina County Warning Area
  by Stephen Brueske, Lauren Plourd and Matthew Volkmer

Research Conducted by NWS Charleston Staff While Outside of the NWS

• A Statistical and Synoptic Investigation of Tropical Cyclone Intensity Changes Over the Gulf Stream Along the Southeast Coast of the United States
  by Robert Bright
  (Master's Thesis at North Carolina State University)





• An Analysis of the Physical Processes and Model Representation of Cold Air Damming Erosion
  by Wendy Stanton (Moen)
  (Master's Thesis at North Carolina State University)

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