Teaching
Courses at the University of Maryland and lectures at data assimilation schools.
Courses
AOSC 470/600: Synoptic Meteorology
Topics: numerical modeling and observational analysis, data assimilation, governing equations of the atmosphere, quasi-geostrophic theory, frontogenesis, extratropical waves and cyclones, and weather map discussions
AOSC 472/602: Mesoscale Meteorology
Topics: mesoscale instabilities, semi-geostrophic approximations, the planetary boundary layer, mesoscale air-mass boundaries, convective initiation, convective organization, mesoscale convective systems, and tornadoes
METR 6313: Advanced Topics in Data Assimilation
Lecture topics: introduction to particle filters and the local particle filter
METEO 597B: Data Assimilation
Lecture topics: optimal interpolation, EnKF, 3DVar, 4DVar, adjoint sensitivity analysis, ensemble sensitivity analysis, observation impact, parameter estimation, and hybrid data assimilation
Additional tasks: helped develop the course curriculum, and designed and graded programming lab assignments
METEO 526: Numerical Weather Prediction
Lecture topics: ensemble Kalman filters and a Lorenz (1963) model tutorial
Summer schools and training workshops
Hands-on material from the CADRE training workshops, including the JEDI local particle filter tutorial, is available in the CADRE-JEDI-Edu repository. The Software page also has DAPyr, a Python package for Lorenz-model experiments that is suited to teaching.
- 2026A Bayesian Introduction to Data Assimilation, CADRE–EPIC Data Assimilation Training and Science Workshop, National Weather Center, Norman, OK
- 2026Particle Filters, CADRE–EPIC Data Assimilation Training and Science Workshop, National Weather Center, Norman, OK
- 2025Introduction to Bayes' Theorem and Connections to Modern Data Assimilation, CADRE–EPIC Data Assimilation Training Workshop, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
- 2025Nonlinear Data Assimilation Methods: Particle Filters and Particle Flow Filters, CADRE–EPIC Data Assimilation Training Workshop, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
- 2015A Localized Particle Filter for Data Assimilation in High-Dimensional Nonlinear Systems, STATMOS Summer School in Data Assimilation, Boulder, CO
- 2015Hybrid and Coupling of Ensemble and Variational Data Assimilation, 12th CAS-TWAS-WMO Forum: Data Assimilation Summer School, Beijing, China
- 2015Introduction to NCAR Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART), 12th CAS-TWAS-WMO Forum: Data Assimilation Summer School, Beijing, China