About
Dr. Michael Murphy has extensive experience with numerical weather prediction (NWP) and remote sensing of the atmosphere, with a focus on heavy precipitation producing systems in both the tropics and the middle latitudes. He studied at the University of Hawaii and Monash University, after which he applied GNSS Radio Occultation (RO) to sampling and forecasting Atmospheric Rivers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD. He is currently working to advance the use of RO observations in NWP at NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office.Research interests
Numerical weather prediction (NWP)Remote sensing of the atmosphere
Atmospheric Rivers
Tropical Convection
Heavy precipitation producing systems in both the tropics and the middle latitudes
Education
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Ph D, Atmospheric Science
— Monash University (2016) Variability in the Trade Wind Regime and Wet Season of Northeastern Queensland
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MS, Meteorology
— University of Hawaii at Manoa (2009) Orographic Influences on an Oahu Flood
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BS, Meteorology
— University of Hawaii at Manoa (2005) Empirical estimation of South Shore surf heights