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G. Brant Foote

 

Director
Research Applications Laboratory

Directorate
303-497-8458
footeucar.edu

Job Duties

Overall responsibility for all aspects of the Research Applications Program, including interactions with other parts of NCAR, the larger research and development community, and the Program's sponsors.

Professional Interests (or Research Areas or Technical Expertise)

Cloud physics, hail research, mesoscale meteorology, radar meteorology, weather modification, aviation weather, short-term forecasting.

Education

B.S., University of Arizona, 1964, Mathematics
M.S., University of Arizona, 1967, Meteorology
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1971, Atmospheric Sciences .

Selected Publications

Foote, G. B., 1984: A study of hail growth utilizing observed storm conditions. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 23, 84--101.

Foote, G. B., 1985: Aspects of cumulonimbus classification relevant to the hail problem. J. Rech. Atmos., 19, 61--74.

Tuttle, J. D., and G. B. Foote, 1990: Determination of boundary layer airflow from a single Doppler radar. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 7, 218--232.

Miller, L. J., J. D. Tuttle, and G. B. Foote, 1990: Precipitation production in a large Montana hailstorm: airflow and particle growth trajectories. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1619--1646.

Wilson, J. W., G. B. Foote, N. A. Crook, J. C. Fankhauser, C. G. Wade, J. D. Tuttle, C. K. Mueller, 1992: The role of boundary layer convergence zones and horizontal rolls in the initiation of thunderstorms: a case study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 1785--1815.

Foote, G. B., and R. T. Bruintjes, 2000: Report of the WMO International Workshop on Hygroscopic Seeding: Experimental Results, Physical Processes, and Research Needs. WMP Report No. 34, WMO/TD No. 1006, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 60 pp.

 

 

 

 

 

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