Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction
Ph.D. in Meteorology in progress University of Utah Fall 1998 - Present
M.S. Meteorology University of Utah Spring, 1995
Thesis: Sensitivity of the Utah Limited Area Model to Upper Boundary Conditions
B.S. Meterology ( Summa Cum Laude) University of Utah Spring 1992
Member of the Kenccott Society of Scholars
Recipient of the Kennecott Scholarship 1991, 1992
Member of Student Advisory Committee, University of Utah 1992
Recipient of Hazen H. Bedke Award, 1991, 1992
professional member of the American Association of Avalanche Professionals (AAA)
Research Associate, Univerity of Utah Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction 1996 - Present
Avalanche Professional, Utah Avalanche Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 1995 - Present
Research Assistant (M.S.), University of Utah Department of Meteorology 1992 - 1996
Meteorological Technician, National Weather Service Western Region Headquarters 1990 - 1991
Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Utah Department of Meteorology 1989 - 1990
Professional Ski Patrol/Avalanche Worker, Park West Ski Resort, Park CIty Utah 1984 - 1989
Trail Crew/ Fire Crew, U.S. Forest Service Wasatch-Cache National Foirest 1984 - 1988
Weather Forecaster for the Vertical Transport and Mixing Experiment (VTMX) Fall 2000
Weather Forecaster for the Intermountain Precipitation Experiment (IPEX) Winter 2000
Technical Support Peter Sinks Experiment (PSX) Fall 1999
2002 Winter Olympic Weather Support (near real time data analysis) Present
High resolution data assimilation over complex terrain Present
Lazarus, S. M., C. C. M. Ciliberti, and J. D. Horel: Near-real time applications of a mesoscale analysis system to complex terrain. Submitted to Weather and Forecasting.
Horel, J. D., C. M. CIliberti, and S. M. Lazarus, 2001: Data assimilation over the Westen United States. Preprints, 5th Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, Albuqurque, New Mexico, Amer. Met. Soc.,Jan 14-19.
Ciliberti, C. M., J. D. Horel, and S. M. Lazarus, 2000: Sensitivity experiments with a high resolution data assimilation scheme. Preprints, 9th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, Aspen Colorado, Amer. Met. Soc., 413-416.
S. M. Lazarus, C. M. Ciliberti, and J. D. Horel, 2000: Wind analysis in cmplex terrain. Preprints, 9th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, Aspen Colorado, Amer. Met. Soc., 282-283.
Ciliberti, C.M., J. D. Horel, and S. M. Lazarus, 1999: An analysis of a cold frontal passage over complex terrain in northwest Utah. Preprints, 8th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Boulder Colorado, Amer. Met. Soc.,459-462.
General Collaborators, University of Utah
J. D. Horel, Professor of Meteorology. Fellow, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction
W. J. Steenburgh, Associate Professor of Meteorology. Fellow, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Pre diction
D. J. Onton, Research Associate
L. Holland, Graduate Research Assistant
C. Clements, Graduate Research Assistant
Florida Institute of Technology:
S. M. Lazarus, Assistant Professor of Meteorology