Stephanie E. Zick

• Dynamic Meteorology I and II (GEOG 3515/3516)
  
• Tropical Meteorology (GEOG 4514)
  
• Numerical Weather Prediction (GEOG 4534)

• Kayleigh Addington. 2023. M.S. The role of environmental moisture on tropical cyclone size and structure.
  Professor(s): Stephanie E. Zick
• Samrin Sumaiya Sauda. 2023. M.S. The evolution and distribution of precipitation during tropical cyclone landfalls using the GPM IMERG product.
  Professor(s): Stephanie E. Zick
• Shakira Stackhouse. 2022. M.S. Evaluating the Skillfulness of the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) Forecasts for Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using an Object-Based Methodology.
  Professor(s): Stephanie E. Zick
• Lindsey Morrison. 2020. M.S. Evaluating the Role of Atmospheric Stability in Generating Asymmetrical Precipitation During the Landfall of Hurricane Florence (2018).
  Professor(s): Stephanie E. Zick
• Aaron Updike. 2019. M.S. A Modeling Study of the Principal Rainband in Hurricane Matthew and the Influence of Remote Terrain on Hurricane Structure During its Intensification in the Southern Caribbean.
  Professor(s): Stephanie E. Zick
• Jessica Kirkland. 2018. M.S. Regional Differences in the Spatial Patterns of Precipitation Bands in Hurricanes Through Landfall along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coasts of the United States.
  Professor(s): Stephanie E. Zick

REU Supplement to “Collaborative Research: An Object-Oriented Approach to Assess the Rainfall Evolution of Tropical Cyclones in Varying Moisture Environments”.  AGS-2011981. 
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Investigator(s): S. Zick (PI), C. Ramseyer (Co-PI). Physical and Dynamical Meteorology (PDM) Program.
Amount: $19,778
2022-2023

Collaborative Research: An Object-Oriented Approach to Assess the Rainfall Evolution of Tropical Cyclones in Varying Moisture Environments. AGS-2011981.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Investigator(s): S. Zick (PI). Physical and Dynamical Meteorology (PDM) Program. 
Amount: $185,677
2020-2024

Skill Analysis of Contemporary Operational Model Forecasts of Mixed-Precipitation Events: Guidance for the National Weather Service in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Sponsor: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Investigator(s): A. Ellis (PI), S. Keighton (Co-PI), S. Zick (Co-PI). 
Amount: $14,825
2019-2020 

Pruitt Dissertation Fellowship: Geometric Analysis of Moisture Budgets and Precipitation Structures in U.S. Landfalling Hurricanes.
Sponsor: Society of Women Geographers
Investigator(s): C. Matyas (PI), S. Zick (Co-PI). 
Amount: $8,479
2015-2016

• *Stackhouse, S. D., S. E. Zick, C. J. Matyas, K. M. Wood, A. T. Hazelton, G. J Alaka. (2023) Evaluating the Skillfulness of Experimental High Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation using an Object-Based Methodology, Weather and Forecasting, 38, 10.
   https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0223.1.
• ​**Addington, K. and S. E. Zick (2023) The Effect of Coastline Concavity on Maximum Storm Surge Height along the US Gulf Coast, American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 20, 2,
   https://doi.org/10.33697/ajur.2023.084.
• *Walsh, S., M. Ferreira, D. Higdon, S. E. Zick. (2023) A Bayesian Hierarchical Model Framework to Quantify Uncertainty of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Forecasts, The Annals of Applied Statistics, 17, 3, 
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/22-AOAS1703.
• *Rosenthal, L., and S. E. Zick (2023) Evaluating the Role of Land Surface Moisture in Generating Asymmetrical Precipitation during the Landfall of Hurricane Florence (2018), Atmosphere, 14, 814, 
  https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14050814.
• *El Khouly, M., S. E. Zick, and M. Ferreira (2023) Long Term Temporal Trends in Synoptic-scale Weather Conditions Favoring Significant Tornado Occurrence over the Central United States, PLOS One, 18, 2,
  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281312.
• Zick, S. E. (2022) Anatomy of a Storm: A Review of Shape Analysis Research that Fuses Form and Function in Weather Forecasting and Analysis, Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 47, 1,
  https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333221133098.
• Zick, S. E., C. J. Matyas, G. M. Lackmann, J. Tang, and **B. Bennett. (2022) Illustration of an object-based approach to identify structural differences in tropical cyclone wind fields,Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148, 2587–2606,
  https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4326.
• Zick, S. E. (2020) Quantifying Extreme Precipitation Forecasting Skill in High-Resolution Models Using Spatial Patterns: A Case Study of the 2016 and 2018 Ellicott City Floods, Atmosphere, 11. 
  https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11020136
• Kirkland, J.*, and S. E. Zick (2019) Regional Differences in the Spatial Patterns of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Rainbands Through Landfall. Southeastern Geographer, 59, 294-320. https://doi.org/10.1353/sgo.2019.0023
• Matyas, C. J., S. E. Zick, and J. Tang (2018) Using an Object-Based Approach to Quantify the Spatial Structure of Reflectivity Regions in Hurricane Isabel (2003). Part I: Comparisons between Radar Observations and Model Simulations. Monthly Weather Review, 146, 1319–1340. 
  https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-17-0077.1
• Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas (2016) A Shape Metric Methodology for Studying the Evolving Geometries of Synoptic-Scale Precipitation in Tropical Cyclones, Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 
  https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2016.1206460
• Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas (2015) Tropical Cyclones in the North American Regional Reanalysis: The Impact of Satellite-derived Precipitation Over-Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120. 
  https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD023722
• Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas (2015) Tropical Cyclones in the North American Regional Reanalysis: An Assessment of Spatial Biases in Location, Intensity, and Structure. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120: 1651–1669. 
  https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022417

Student co-authors: *M.S./Ph.D. student  **Undergraduate student

• **Smith, E., S. E. Zick, A. Schumacher, M. Moulton, 2021: Bayesian modeling to generate maps of rainfall forecast uncertainty for tropical cyclones. Available online from NCAR/UCAR OpenSky: http://dx.doi.org/10.5065/h5ey-1h30​
• **Smith, E., S. E. Zick, A. Siems-Anderson, M. Moulton, 2020: Using Bayes' Theorem to Understand Uncertainty in the North American Mesoscale (NAM) Model: A Spatial Analysis of Rainfall Forecast Error for Hurricane Barry. Available online from NCAR/UCAR OpenSky: http://dx.doi.org/10.5065/1j0e-yg16​
• Zick, S. E., and C. J. Matyas, 2015. Evolving Geometries in the Moisture Budgets and Precipitation Structures of US Gulf Coast Landfalling Hurricanes. 96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2016. Available online from AMS.
• Matyas, C. J., J. Tang, I. Comstock, and S. E. Zick, 2015. A Spatial Analysis of Hurricane Katrina's Outer Rainbands prior to Landfall in Louisiana. 96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2016. Available online from AMS.
• Matyas, C. J., J. Tang, and S. E. Zick, 2015: Performing spatial analysis on tropical cyclone rainband structures after creating a 3D Mosaic of WSR-88D reflectivity data using a map-reduce framework and a Geographic Information System (GIS), American Meteorological Society's 37th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK.  Available online from AMS.
• Zick, S. E., and W. M. Frank, 2008: Effects of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the Cyclogeneses of Hurricane Fausto (2002) and Hurricane Emily (2005). American Meteorological Society's 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Orlando, FL. Available online from AMS.
• Zick, S. E., 2008: Effects of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the Cyclogenesis of Hurricanes Emily (2005) and Fausto (2002). Masters Thesis, Penn State University. University Park, PA, 103 pp. eTD Available Online from PSU
• Zick, S. E., 2005: Analysis of CO2-Induced Changes in Ice Sheet Mass Balance in a Global Climate Model. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ, 62 pp.

Student co-authors: *M.S./Ph.D. student  **Undergraduate student