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Sarah D. Bang

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                                                                phone: 716.866.5676        email: sarah.bang@utah.edu

Education

The University of Utah
     Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, in progress
      Adviser: Edward J. Zipser

The University of Utah
     M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, August 2013
      Adviser: Edward J. Zipser
      Thesis: On the mutual interactions between convective storms and their enviornments during the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) field campaign in Oklahoma

The University of Chicago
     B.S. with honors, Geophysical Sciences, June 2010
     Undergraduate Thesis: An Examination of Cloud Top Temperature
Structures as a Proxy for Thunderstorm Intensity

Fieldwork

Olympic Mountain Experiment (OLYMPEX), Seattle, WA, November 2015
     Forecast.

Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx), Asheville, NC, May 2014
     Mission Science/Forecast Liaison.

Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems (OWLeS), Tug Hill Plateau, NY, December 2013
     Ground instrumentation

CHUVA - Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, November 2012
Cloud processes of tHe main precipitation systems in Brazil:A contribUtion to cloud resolVing modeling andto the GPM (GlobAl Precipitation Measurement)
     Forecast/translation

SCHUSS - Doppler on Wheels, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2011
     Forecast/Radar Operator

Mid-Latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment, May 2011
     Forecast

NOAA Research Cruise – Core Sampling, May 2008
     Research cruise, Lake Muskeegon

Publications

Bang, S. D. and Zipser, E. J. (in review). Characteristics of Tropical Oceanic Thunderstorms in the Pacific, Part I: Environment and Organization of Storms over Kwajalein. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Bang, S. D. and Zipser, E. J. (2016). Seeking reasons for the differences in size spectra of electrified storms over land and ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 121.

Bang, S. D. and Zipser, E. J. (2015). Differences in size spectra of electrified storms over land and ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 42 .

Experience and Awards

NASA Earth and Space Sciences Graduate Fellow, University of Utah, Sep. 2015 - Present

University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Researcher of the Year, 2016

TGLL Fellow, University of Utah and Salt Lake Center for Science Education (SLCSE), Aug. 2012 - Jul. 2013

Research Assistant, University of Utah, Aug. 2010 - Present

Lab Manager, Department of Geophysical Sciences, Jun. 2008 - Aug. 2010

Tutor, Strive Tutoring, Jan. 2007 – June 2008

Activities

American Meteorological Society
American Geophysical Union
Royal Family Kids' Camp and CLUB
Holladay Arts Council, Parable Players, Motley Wandering Minstrels (Actor)
Rinceoiri Don Spraoi Irish Dancers
Jubilate Chamber Choir
Salt Lake City Half Marathon (2014), Marathon (2015), Moab Half Maration (2016)

Skills

Proficient in French, Competent in Modern Greek
Basic Understanding of German and Portuguese
Proficient in IDL
Limited knowledge of: Python, Matlab, FORTRAN, HTML and TeX