Thomas Schlatter
Ph.D. in Meteorology,
St. Louis University, 1972
Chief Scientist, Forecast Systems
Laboratory, NOAA Research
E-mail: tom.schlatter@noaa.gov
Office: David Skaggs Research Center 3B128
Phone: 303-497-6938
Research Interests:
Assimilation of surface and atmospheric observations into numerical weather prediction models; mesoscale weather phenomena.
Current pursuits:
Planning and coordination
for the U.S. Weather Research Program; Helping to plan improvements to
global and regional observing systems with the World Meteorological
Organization and the U.S. National Weather Service; Assisting the
Temperature and Air Quality Project in New England; Developing and
enhancing model-based products for the FAA's Aviation Weather Research
Program; Assisting in development of the Weather Research and Forecasting
(WRF) model
Awards:
- Councilor of the American Meteorological Society, 2000-2003
- Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, 2002
- Department of Commerce Bronze Award, 1999, for shared role in development of the Rapid Update Cycle, an hourly data assimilation and short-term prediction system operational at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Sidelight:
Written "Weather Queries"
column for Weatherwise Magazine since 1980