Overview

Stephen J. Colucci is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. His research and teaching are in the general area of atmospheric science, with the goal of learning more and informing students about weather systems and processes.

Research Focus

My research concerns the dynamics of large scale midlatitude weather systems such as cyclonic storm systems and anticyclonic fair weather systems. Lately I have been interested in the role of the stratosphere in the lifecycles of these systems.

Instruction Focus

I teach advanced undergraduates and graduate students interested in atmospheric science, particularly in the processes that determine the weather. In my courses I use simple mathematical models to explain the observed structure and behavior of the atmosphere, illustrated with analyses of actual weather systems and with computational diagnoses of weather data.

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Honors, Awards and Appointments

• Co-Chair of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - 2004-2007
• Director of Undergraduate Studies in Atmospheric Science - 2001-2004
• Associate Editor of the Monthly Weather Review (AMS) - 2001-2003
• Program Co-Chair, 17th AMS Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting - 1999
• Director of Graduate Studies in Atmospheric Science - 1998-2001
• Member, AMS Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, (Chair, 1995-96) - 1993-1996
• Member, University Relations Committee of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research - 1990-1993
• Coordinator, NCAR Summer Colloquium on Synoptic Meteorology - 1988
• Member, AMS Committee of Judges for Undergraduate Awards, (Chair, 1989) - 1987-1989
• Father James Macelwane Award from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) - 1976

Selected Publications

• Dong, L., and S. J. Colucci, 2007: Interpreting the opposition between two block-onset forcing mechanisms. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 2091 -2104.
• Dong, L., and S. J. Colucci, 2005: The role of deformation and potential vorticity in Southern Hemisphere blocking onsets. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 4043-4056.
• Saez de Adana, F. J., and S. J. Colucci, 2005: Southern Hemisphere blocking onsets associated with upper-tropospheric divergence anomalies. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 1614- 1625.
• Saez de Adana, F. J., and S. J. Colucci, 2005: Southern Hemisphere blocking onsets associated with upper-tropospheric divergence anomalies. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 1614-1625.
• Dong, L., and S. J. Colucci, 2005: The role of deformation and potential vorticity in Southern Hemisphere blocking onsets. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 4043-4056.
• Chan, A.C., S. J. Colucci and A. T. DeGaetano, 2003: Predicting east coast winter storm frequencies from midtropospheric geopotential height patterns.Weather and Forecasting, 18, 1177-1191.
• Chan, A.C., S. J. Colucci and A. T. DeGaetano, 2003: Predicting East Coast winter storm frequencies from midtropospheric geopotential height patterns. Weather and Forecasting, 18, 1177-1191.
• Colucci, S. J., 2003: Anticyclones. In: Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Ed. J. R. Holton, Academic Press, p. 142- 146.
• Watson, J. S., and S. J. Colucci, 2002: Evaluation of ensemble predictions of blocking in the NCEP Global Spectral Model. Monthly Weather Review, 130, 3008-3021.

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