Karen Kosiba | |
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 Kosiba in 2023 | |
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| Known for | Weather radar,tornado, andhurricane research; field research and inventions |
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| Fields | Atmospheric sciences |
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| Thesis | A Comparison of Radar Observations to Real Data Simulations of Axisymmetric Tornadoes (2009) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert J. Trapp |
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KarenKosiba is an American atmospheric scientist and researcher at theUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville Severe Weather Institute – Radar & Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) and managing director of the Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM Facility), a research team which manages theDoppler on Wheels mobile radar fleet used to gather data ontornadoes and other severe weather.
Kosiba received abachelor's degree in the field of physics fromLoyola University Chicago in 1999, and later received aMaster of Science andMaster of Arts in Teaching fromMiami University in 2002 and 2003. She completed herDoctor of Philosophy in atmospheric science fromPurdue University in 2009 under doctoral advisor Dr. Robert J. Trapp.[1][2]
She participated in thePERiLS Project, which aimed to study how tornadoes form withinsquall lines.[3][4] In July 2021, Kosiba was featured on theAmerican Meteorological Society's podcast,AMS on the Air.[5] On May 21, 2024, she operated aDoppler on Wheels mobile radar while observing theGreenfield, Iowa EF4 tornado.[6][7] In late 2024, she led the FARM project aside meteorologistJoshua Wurman.[8]
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