Gabriel Williams
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, 2012
M.S. in Physics, University of Texas at Brownsville, 2008
B.S. in Mathematics and Physics, Morehouse College, 2006

Hanna 342
(318) 342-3143
(318) 342-1879 (fax)
gwilliams@ulm.edu

Curriculum Vita

Courses Taught:

• Basic Meteorology Lab I (ATMS 1003)
• Physical Meteorlogy (ATMS 3015)
• Human and Atmosphere Interaction (ATMS 3060)
• Mesoscale Meteorology (ATMS 4004)
• Tropical Meteorology (ATMS 4011)
• Micrometeorology (ATMS 4015)
• Oceanography (GEOL 2080)

Research Interests:

• Dynamics of the tropical cyclone (TC) boundary layer jets
• Shock-like structures in the TC boundary layer
• Role of the TC boundary layer in outer eyewall formation and eyewall replacement cycles
• Interaction of vertical shear and upper-tropospheric troughs on TC inner core structure and evolution
• Potential vorticity mixing and transport in the TC inner core
• Theory of convectively-coupled vortex Rossby Waves

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Williams, G. J., Jr., W. Schubert, R. Taft, and B. McNoldy, 2012: Shock-like Structures in the Tropical Cyclone Boundary layer. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., submitted.
• Williams, G. J., Jr., W. Schubert, and R. Taft, 2012: The Effects of Vortex Structure and Storm Translation on Shock-Like Behavior in the Tropical Cyclone Boundary Layer. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., submitted.