Dr. Alan C. Czarnetzki Professor of Meteorology Office: Latham 102 Phone: 319-273-2152 (3-2152 on campus) E-mail: Alan.Czarnetzki@uni.edu

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Education

• Ph. D. Meteorology (1992), University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M. S. Meteorology (1986), University of Wisconsin-Madison
• B. S. Meteorology (1984), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests

• Middle latitude cyclones (dynamic and synoptic meteorology)
• Thunderstorm phenomena (mesoscale dynamics)
• Air quality
• Meteorological decision support systems that can be used by decision makers, planners, and emergency managers charged with protecting communities in the path of potentially adverse weather.

Publications

• Czarnetzki, A. C., 2002: Using AWIPS Emulation Software in an Undergraduate Forecasting Class. Proceedings of the Interactive Symposium on the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System, 13-17 January 2002, Orlando, Florida, American Meteorological Society, p. J8.7.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., 2001: Evaluation of a Forecast Strategy for Nocturnal Thunderstorms That Produce Heavy Rain. National Weather Digest, Vol. 25, No. 1 & 2, pp. 25-31.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., and J. R. Weber, 1999: Evaluation of the Pre-Convective Environment for Tornado-Producing Thunderstorms. The Compass, Vol. 75, pp. 1-7.
• Atxotegi, U., M. Z. Iqbal, and A. C. Czarnetzki, 1999: Field Methods to Enhance Degradation of Nitrate in Soils. Abstract, Annual Meeting of Geological Society of America, North Central Section, Champaign, Illinois, p. A-2.
• Moore, J. T., A. C. Czarnetzki, and P. S. Market, 1998: Heavy Precipitation Associated with Elevated Thunderstorms Formed in a Convectively Unstable Layer Aloft. Meteorological Applications, Vol. 5, pp. 373-384.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., 1998: Evaluation of a Forecast Strategy for Nocturnal Thunderstorms That Produce Heavy Rain. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Conference on Severe Local Storms, 14-18 September 1998, Minneapolis, Minnesota, American Meteorological Society, pp. 453-454.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., 1998: Weather and Resources. Natural Resources, Survey of Science Series, Salem Press, pp. 879-882.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., 1998: The Atmosphere. Natural Resources, Survey of Science Series, Salem Press, pp. 52-56.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., 1997: Regional Mountain Torque Estimates Over the Rocky Mountains in Lee Cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Volume 54, pp. 1986-1997.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., 1997: Using a School Based Observing Network to Analyze a Mesoscale Wave Disturbance. Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Education, 3-4 February 1997, Long Beach, California, American Meteorological Society, pp. 27-28.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., 1997: Use of Contrast-Enhanced Infrared Imagery to Track a Mesoscale Wave Disturbance. Iowa Technical Journal, Volume 5, No. 1, pp.6-10.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., 1996: The Nonlocal Approach to Determining Atmospheric Stability.Iowa Technical Journal, Volume 4, No. 3, pp. 27-32.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., and D. R. Johnson, 1996: The Role of Terrain and Pressure Stresses in Rocky Mountain Lee Cyclones. Monthly Weather Review, Volume 124, No. 4, pp. 553-570.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., and R. Jakob-Chien, 1996: The Impact of Warming-Induced Precipitation Changes on the Cedar River (Iowa) Watershed. Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on Global Change Studies, 28 January - 2 February 1996, Atlanta, Georgia, American Meteorological Society, pp. 192-193.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., 1995: Isentropic Analysis of Elevated Convection in a Heavy Snow Event. Proceedings of the First Conference on Isentropic Analysis and Forecasting, 31 March - 2 April 1995, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, American Meteorological Society, pp. 8-10.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., 1995: An Examination of a Heavy Snow Event Which Contributed to Spring 1993 Flooding in Eastern Iowa. Proceedings of the Fourteenth Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 15-20 January 1995, Dallas, Texas, American Meteorological Society, pp. 217-219.
• Brant, L. A., and A. C. Czarnetzki, 1994: The Northeast Iowa Flood of June 1991. Abstracts for Posters, 25th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, 24-25 September 1994, Binghamton, New York.
• Czarnetzki, A. C., and D. R. Johnson, 1993: The Role of Terrain and Pressure Asymmetries in the Intensification of Rocky Mountain Lee Cyclones. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 2-6 August 1993, Vienna, Virginia, American Meteorological Society, pp. 129-132.
• Naber, P., E. Hopkins, A. Czarnetzki, M. Alexander, and T. Fairgrieves, 1991: Madison Chapter of the American Meteorological Society Initiative to Enhance Weather Education in Area Schools. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 72, pp. 657-661.