TINA J. CARTWRIGHT

 

319 Hamblin Hall

Institute, WV  25112

(304) 766-3257

email:  cartwrtj@wvstateu.edu

 

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D.  Meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Fall 2004

Dissertation: Warm Season Mesoscale Superensemble Precipitation Forecasts.  Advisor:  T. N. Krishnamurti.

 

M.S.  Meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, May 1997

        Thesis:  Radar Derived Estimates of Latent Heating in the Subtropics.  Advisor:  Peter S. Ray.

 

B.A.  Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, May 1994

        Summa Cum Laude with minor in Physics.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AMS SUMMER POLICY COLLOQUIUM PARTICIPANT:  American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC.  June 5, 2005 – June 14, 2005. 

Obtained an overview of policy basics, and how decisions are made governing the course and future of atmospheric science.   Spoke with federal officials and Congressional staffers about current atmospheric policy issues.  Investigated multiple case studies of current issues in depth and detail.  Developed skills and experiences to understand and influence the atmospheric policy process.

 

APPLIED METEOROLOGY PROGRAM DIRECTOR: West Virginia State University/West Virginia   State Community and Technical College, Institute, WV.  September 2000 – present. 

Developed a bachelor and associate degree program in meteorology.  Conducted a needs analysis for a new academic program.  Created course curriculum.  Instructed meteorology courses including Weather and Climate, Physical Climatology, Severe Local Storms, Weather System Analysis and Elementary Meteorology.

 

ASSISTANT RESEARCH STAFF:  Lincoln Laboratory/Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Weather Sensing Group, Lexington, Massachusetts.  June 1998 - June 1999. 

Created an automated convective weather prediction tool used by air traffic controllers.  Developed C routines to identify decaying regions of storms and to predict future decay based on complex statistical probabilities.  Optimized filter size used for predicting future locations of convective weather.

 

RESEARCH ASSISTANT:  Florida State University, Department of Meteorology, Tallahassee, Florida.  August 1994 - March 1997. 

Simulated a tropical squall line to relate radar reflectivity and latent heating.  Developed FORTRAN routines to identify convective and stratiform precipitation and to isolate individual precipitation cells.  Utilized empirical orthogonal function analysis to develop statistical relationship between radar reflectivity and latent heating.

 

       RESEARCH INTERN:  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.  Summer 1994 and 1995.

Collaborated  with both the TRMM Ground-Truth Validation Team investigating surface radar reflectivity and Goddard Cumulus Ensemble Modelling Team investigating relationship between modeled reflectivity and cloud heating.            

 

PUBLICATIONS

Cartwright. T. J. and T.N. Krishnamurti, 2005:  Warm Season Mesoscale Superensemble Precipitation Forecasts.  Monthly Weather Review,, submitted for review.

 

Cartwright, T. J. and Peter S. Ray, 1998: Radar Derived Estimates of Latent Heating in the Subtropics.  Monthly Weather Review, 125, 726 - 742.

 

Krishnamurti, T. N., C. P. Wagner, Tina J. Cartwright, and Darlene Oosterhof, 1997: Wave Trains Excited by Cross-Equatorial Passage of the Monsoon Annual Cycle. Monthly Weather Review, 125, 2709 - 2715.

 

PRESENTATIONS

Cartwright, T. J. and T.N. Krishnamurti, 2004:  Warm Season Mesoscale Superensemble Precipitation Estimates.  2005 Joint Assembly of American Geophysical Union, 23 – 27 May 2005, New Orleans, Lousiana.

 

Cartwright, T. J. and Steven Fleegel, 2004:  AMS Online Weather Studies in a Two Year Program in Applied Meteorology.  14th Symposium on Education, 9 – 13 January, 2005, San Diego, California.

 

Cartwright, T. J. and T.N. Krishnamurti, 2004:  Warm Season Mesoscale Superensemble Precipitation Estimates.  8th International Precipitation Conference, 8 – 11 August 2004, Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Cartwright, T. J., M.M.Wolfson, B.E.Forman, R.G.Hallowell, M.P.Moore, and K.E.Theriault: The FAA Terminal Convective Weather Forecast Product: Scale Separation Filter Optimization.  29th International Conference On Radar Meteorology, 12 – 17 July 1999, Montreal, Quebec. 154 – 159.

 

Cartwright, T. J. and Peter S. Ray, 1998: Radar Derived Estimates of Latent Heating in the Subtropics, Ninth Symposium on Global Change Studies.  78th Annual AMS Conference, 11-16 January 1998, Phoenix, Arizona.  341 - 345.

 

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Principal Investigator:  Implementation of an Associate’s Degree Program in Applied Meteorology at West Virginia State University and West Virginia State CTC.  NOAA/NWS, 8/1/2003 – 7/31/2006, $300,000.

 

Principal Investigator:  Developing a Bachelor’s Degree Program in Meteorology at West Virginia State University.  NOAA/NWS, 8/1/2002 – 7/31/2003, $100,000.

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowship,  August 1994 – May 2001.

Barry M. Goldwater Undergraduate Research Scholarship,  August 1993 - May 1994.

AMS/Technology Undergraduate Scholarship,  August 1992 - May 1994.

Phi Beta Kappa, West Virginia University, 1994.

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, West Virginia University, 1993.          

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Faculty Advisor, AMS Student Chapter, West Virginia State University, October 2004 – present.

American Geophysical Union Member, 2005.

Board of Women and Minorities for American Meteorological Society, January 1998 – January 2000.

Chi Epsilon Pi, Meteorology Honor Society, inducted 1995, secretary August 1996 - May 1997.

American Meteorological Society Member, 1994.