Cynthia M. M. Noble
Currently, I'm a post-Postdoc. Trying to get a paper out the door.
My primary advisors were
Dr. Susan
Postawko and
Dr. William H.
Beasley. Dr. Postawko's areas of interest are planetary
atmospheres, the evolution of climate on terrestrial planets, and the
study of climate change here on earth. Dr. Beasley's main interest is
atmospheric electrodynamics, particularly the physics and
phenomenology of lightning.
My Ph.D. work used optical satellite data regarding Earth
lightning to better understand the global/seasonal
distribution of lightning here at home, and to gain insights into the
physical interpretation of optical lightning data obtained here on
Earth and at the planet Jupiter.
My Master's work involved the analysis of a rain band from Tropical Cyclone
(Hurricane) Oliver (1993). Check out my
abstract.
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I did my undergraduate work at
Caltech. I obtained my B.S. in Geophysics/Planetary Science in June of 1994.
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* Published under my maiden name.
2001-2002: Post Doctoral Researdh Fellow under the IGPP program.
1998-2001: Research Assistant (Ph.D.) at the OU School of Meteorology.
Spring 1998: Participated in the "ROTATE-98" field experiment to
study tornadoes with the Doppler On Wheels (DOW). The objective of this
field program was to gather high-resolution, dual-Dopplar data on
tornadoes.
1995-1998: Masters student at the OU School of Meteorology. Research
Assistant.
Summer of 1995: I worked as student manager and committee member for
the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the
Oklahoma Weather Center (The Weather Center includes the National
Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) and OU School of Meteorology). I was
involved in all aspects of the program, including selection of
participants, planning, student transportation, and coordination with
the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment
(VORTEX) for student participation in the field program. I also
served as a contact point for students during their stay in Norman.
Fall 1994 and Spring 1995: I worked as a teaching assistant for an
introductory meteorology class for non-majors. My duties included development
of some laboratory exercises, teaching lab sections, and grading.
During summer of 1993, I worked for Dr. Andrew Ingersoll at Caltech.
My job was to research image sites for the Mars Observer Narrow Angle
camera, with an emphasis on studying certain Martian weather
phenomena, and to look for places where sand dunes might exist on the
surface.
During summer of 1991, I worked on an experiment comparing
measurements of ground movements using a network of Global Positioning
Satellite (GPS) receivers to measurements of the same network made
using Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) under the Caltech's
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program. My advisor
for the project was Dr. Ken Hudnut.
Before college, I worked as private figure skating instructor, and as
an unpaid instructor for the United States Figure Skating Associations
(USFSA) basic skills program.
During summers for 1990, 1989, and 1988, I worked as a tour guide at the
Ralph Waldo Emerson House in Concord, Massachusetts.