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Thomas Spengler
Postdoctorial Research Associate
Phone:
(+1) 609 452 5380
Fax:
(+1) 609 987 5063
Email:
thomas.spengler (at) noaa.gov
Research group:
Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics



Curriculum Vitae



Research Interests

  • Rossby Waves
  • Tropical-Extratropical Interactions
  • Teleconnections
  • Baroclinic Instability
  • Heat Lows
  • Alpine Valley Winds
  • Flow over and around Greenland

Publications

  • J.E. Kristjánsson, I. Barstad, T. Aspelien, I. Føre, Ø. Godøy, Ø. Hov, E. Irvine, T. Iversen, E. Kolstad, T.E. Nordeng, H. McInnes, R. Randriamampianina, J. Reuder, Ø. Saetra, M. Shapiro, T. Spengler, and H. Ólafsson, 2010: The Norwegian IPY-THORPEX: Polar Lows and Arctic Fronts during the 2008 Andøya campaign, BAMS, submitted
  • Reuder, J., M. Ablinger, H. Agustsson, P. Brisset, S. Brynjolfsson, M. Garhammer, T. Johannesson, M. O. Jonassen, R. Kühnel, S. Lämmlein, T. de Lange, C. Lindenberg, S. Malardel, S. Mayer, M. Müller, H. Olafsson, O. Rögnvaldsson, W. Schäper, T. Spengler, G. Zängl, and J. Egger, 2010: FLOHOF 2007: An overview of the mesoscale meteorological field campaign at Hofsjökull, Central Iceland. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., accepted
  • Smith, R. K. and T. Spengler, 2011: Dynamics of Heat Lows over elevated terrain. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 137, JAN A, 250-263
  • Spengler, T., J. Egger and S.T. Garner, 2011: How does rain affect surface pressure in a one-dimensional framework? J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 347-360
  • Moore, R.W., O. Martius and T. Spengler, 2010: The Modulation of the Subtropical and Extratropical Atmosphere in the Pacific Basin in Response to the Madden Julian Oscillation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 2761-2779
  • Våge, K., T. Spengler, H.C. Davies and R.S. Pickart, 2009: Multi-event analysis of the westerly Greenland tip jet based upon 45 winters in ERA-40. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 135, OCT B, 1999-2011
  • Spengler, T. and J. Egger, 2009: Comments on "Dry-Season Precipitation in Tropical West Africa and Its Relation to Forcing from the Extratropics". Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3149-3150
  • Spengler, T., M. Ablinger, J.H. Schween, G. Zängl and J. Egger, 2009: Thermally driven Flows at an asymmetric valley exit: Observations and Model Studies at the Lech Valley exit. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3437-3455
  • Spengler, T. and R.K. Smith, 2008: The dynamics of heat lows over flat terrain. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 134, Oct B, 2157-2172
  • Spengler, T., M.J. Reeder and R.K. Smith, 2005: The Dynamics of Heat Lows in Simple Background Flows. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 131, Oct B, 3147-3166
  • Jackson, G.E., R.K. Smith and T. Spengler, 2002: The Prediction of low-level convergence lines over northeastern Australia. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 51, 13-23.