- Michael M. Bell
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Research Associate
Department of Meteorology
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943
Email: mmbell (at) nps.edu
Web: www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/Meteorology
- EDUCATION:
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MS - Colorado State University, 2006
Atmospheric Science
BS - Metropolitan State College of Denver, 2001
Applied Mathematics, minor in Meteorology
BA - University of Florida, 1996
Religious Studies
NPS EXPERIENCE:
- 2007- Present: Research Associate, Department of Meteorology
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
- 2001 – Present: Associate Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- 2000 – 2001: Student Scientific Assistant, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- 2004 – 2005: Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University
TEACHING INTERESTS:
- Remote Sensing
- Tropical Meteorology
- Mesoscale Meteorology
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Tropical Cyclones & Tropical Meteorology
- Doppler Radar & Remote Sensing
- Tornadoes & Mesoscale Meteorology
AWARDS:
- 2006 Herbert Riehl Memorial Award, Colorado State University “in recognition of exemplary performance in the CSU Atmospheric Science graduate program”
BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:
- American Meteorological Society
- American Geophysical Union
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (View an extended list)
- Bell, M. M., and M. T. Montgomery, 2007: Observed structure, evolution, and potential intensity of category five Hurricane Isabel (2003) from 12 – 14 September. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press.
- Houze, R. A., S. S. Chen, B. F. Smull, W.-C. Lee, and M. M. Bell, 2007: Hurricane Intensity Change and Eyewall Replacement. Science, 315, 1235-1239
- Lee, W.-C., and M. M. Bell, 2007: Rapid intensification, eyewall contraction, and breakdown of Hurricane Charley (2004) near landfall. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L02802, doi:10.1029/2006GL027889.
- Tanamachi, R., H. Bluestein, W.-C. Lee, M. M. Bell, A. Pazmany, 2007: Ground-Based Velocity Track Display (GBVTD) Analysis of W-Band Doppler Radar Data in a Tornado near Stockton, Kansas on 15 May 1999. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 783-800.
- Montgomery, M. T., M. M. Bell, S. Aberson, M. Black, 2006: Superintense winds in Hurricane Isabel (2003). Part I: Mean Vortex Structure and Maximum Intensity Estimates. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 1335-1347
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