FLASH Researchers and Collaborators
FLASH project development has been an active collaboration between members of the Stormscale Hydrometeorology and Hydromodeling Groups of the National Severe Storms Laboratory and the HyDROS Lab at the University of Oklahoma.
Scientists
Kenneth Howard
Project Co-Principal Investigator
Brian Kaney
Web Design & Product Delivery
Carrie Langston
IT Support
Ami Arthur
GIS Specialist
Current Graduate Students
Humberto Vergara
Research Topic: State estimation using Ensemble Kalman Filter for improving flash flood prediction Measuring hydrometeorological variables during flash flood events with a mobile field laboratory
Race Clark
Fellowship
Research Topic: Evaluation of Flash Flood Guidance and FLASH outputs over the US Development of Flash Flood Observation Database for Community Research
Zachary Flamig
Developer (Lead)
Fellowship
Research Topic: Hydrologic Evaluation of Remote-Sensing Rainfall Products using a Probabilistic Framework
Gina Hodges
Fellowship
Research Topic: Prototyping a Flash Flood Prediction System using Stormscale Rainfall Forecasts
Jill Hardy
Fellowship
Research Topic: Probabilistic Flash Flood Forecasting using Ensemble Stormscale Precipitation Forecasts
Jess Erlingis
Fellowship
Research Topic: Evaluation of Tools for Monitoring Flash Floods over the Arkansas-Red River Basins in the US; remote collection and analysis of witness reports on flash floods
Lilly Rose Lagadec
Research Topic: Collection and evaluation of flash flood observations from the public
Marusa Spitalar
Research Topic: Evaluation of flash flood reports in Storm Data
Alumni
Martin Calianno
Research Topic: Impact classification of flash flood reports and ability of US flash flood forecasting tools to predict these impacts
Current Affiliation: Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
Collaborators
Ed Clark
National Weather Service
Celine Lutoff
Universite de Grenoble, France
If you are interested in research collaboration, graduate research opportunities, or post-doc positions on a topic related to FLASH or stormscale hydrometeorology in general, please feel free to contact us. We welcome new investigators, especially those with unique insights and interdisciplinary research experience.