education and training
- Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States) 2003
- M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States) 2000
- B.A. in Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia - (Charlottesville, Virginia, United States) 1994
selected publications
Academic Articles80
- Huaman, L., Schumacher, C., & Sobel, A. H. (2022). Assessing the Vertical Velocity of the East Pacific ITCZ. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS. 49(1),
- Tang, S., Xie, S., Guo, Z., Hong, S., Khouider, B., Klocke, D., ... Zeng, X. (2022). Long-term single-column model intercomparison of diurnal cycle of precipitation over midlatitude and tropical land. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. 148(743), 641-669.
- Sullivan, R. M., van Hengstum, P. J., Donnelly, J. P., Tamalavage, A. E., Winkler, T. S., Little, S. N., ... Korty, R. (2022). Northeast Yucatan hurricane activity during the Maya Classic and Postclassic periods.. Sci Rep. 12(1), 20107.
- Bai, H., & Schumacher, C. (2022). Topographic Influences on Diurnally Driven MJO Rainfall Over the Maritime Continent. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. 127(6),
- Maupin, C. R., Roark, E. B., Thirumalai, K., Shen, C., Schumacher, C., Van Kampen-Lewis, S., ... Partin, J. W. (2021). Abrupt Southern Great Plains thunderstorm shifts linked to glacial climate variability. NATURE GEOSCIENCE. 14(6), 396-+.
Repository Documents / Preprints4
- de S, S. S., Palm, B. B., Campuzano-Jost, P., Day, D. A., Hu, W., Isaacman-VanWertz, G., ... Martin, S. T. (2018). Urban influence on the concentration and composition of submicron particulate matter in central Amazonia.
- Giangrande, S. E., Feng, Z., Jensen, M. P., Comstock, J., Johnson, K. L., Toto, T., ... Martin, S. T. (2017). Cloud Characteristics, Thermodynamic Controls and Radiative Impacts During the Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5) Experiment.
- Machado, L., Calheiros, A., Biscaro, T., Giangrande, S., Dias, M., Cecchini, M. A., ... Wendisch, M. (2017). Overview: Precipitation Characteristics and Sensitivities to the Environmental Conditions during GoAmazon2014/5 and ACRIDICON-CHUVA.
- Tang, S., Xie, S., Zhang, Y., Zhang, M., Schumacher, C., Upton, H., ... Thieman, M. (2016). Large-Scale Vertical Velocity, Diabatic Heating and Drying Profiles Associated with Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Convective Systems Observed in the GoAmazon2014/5 Experiment.
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Principal Investigator12
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- ATMO201 Weather & Climate Instructor
- ATMO291 Research Instructor
- ATMO441 Satellite Met Rem Sens Instructor
- ATMO443 Radar Meteorology Instructor
- ATMO459 Tropical Meteorology Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Dupuis, Christopher M (2016-05). A Theoretically Lossless Method for Deriving Empirical Orthogonal Functions from Unevenly Sampled Data. (Master's Thesis)
- White, Keith (2015-12). Assessing the Accuracy of Vertical Profiles of Heating and Vertical Motion in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. (Master's Thesis)
- Funk, Aaron (2013-12). Analysis of TRMM Precipitation Radar Algorithms and Rain over the Tropics and Southeast Texas. (Master's Thesis)
- DePasquale, Amanda Michele (2013-08). Radar Observations of MJO and Kelvin Wave Interactions During DYNAMO/AMIE/CINDY2011. (Master's Thesis)
- Stachnik, Justin Paul (2013-05). Observed Characteristics of Clouds and Precipitating Systems Associated with the Tropical Circulation in Global Models and Reanalyses. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
cschu@tamu.edu
First Name
Courtney
Last Name
Schumacher
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Meteorology; 3150 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3150
USA