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1 Curriculum Vitae SCOTT MICHAEL ROCHETTE, Ph.D. Permanent Address: Campus Address: 108 Laura Lane The College at Brockport, State University of New York Brockport, NY Department of the Earth Sciences (585) New Campus Drive Brockport, NY (585) Personal Data Education Born 2 September 1966, Hartford, CT United States Citizen Ph.D., Meteorology Saint Louis University, September 1998 Dissertation: A Numerical Simulation of a Heavy Rainfall Event Associated with Elevated Convection (Dr. James T. Moore, Advisor) M.S.(R)., Meteorology Saint Louis University, May 1994 Thesis: Evolution and Propagation of Heavy Rainfall-Producing Mesoscale Convective Systems (Dr. James T. Moore, Advisor) B.S., Meteorology Lyndon State College, May 1988 (Mathematics Minor) Employment History July present: Chair, Department of the Earth Sciences, The College at Brockport, State University of New York September present: Associate Professor of Meteorology, Department of the Earth Sciences, The College at Brockport, State University of New York May January 2013: Chair, Department of the Earth Sciences, The College at Brockport, State University of New York June present: Weather Calendar Director, Department of the Earth Sciences, The College at Brockport, State University of New York

2 Employment History (continued) September - December 2006: Acting Chair, Department of the Earth Sciences, The College at Brockport, State University of New York August August 2006: Assistant Professor of Meteorology, Department of the Earth Sciences, The College at Brockport, State University of New York August present: Weather Center Director, Department of the Earth Sciences, The College at Brockport, State University of New York August August 2000: Visiting Assistant Professor of Meteorology, Department of the Earth Sciences, The College at Brockport, State University of New York August August 1999: Visiting Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Research Associate, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN September - November 1991: Elementary Meteorology Instructor, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT February January 1992: Meteorologist, New England Weather Service, Hartford, CT Publications Before Tenure Market, P. S., and S. M. Rochette, 1996: On the use of cloud symbology in modern forecasting. National Weather Digest, 20(3), Rochette, S. M., and J. T. Moore, 1996: Initiation of an elevated mesoscale convective system associated with heavy rainfall. Weather and Forecasting, 11, Rochette, S. M., J. T. Moore, and P. S. Market, 1999: The importance of parcel choice in elevated CAPE computations. National Weather Digest, 23(4), Market, P. S., J. T. Moore, and S. M. Rochette, 2000: On calculating vertical motions in isentropic coordinates. National Weather Digest, 24(4),

3 Publications Before Tenure (continued) Moore, J. T., F. H. Glass, C. E. Graves, S. M. Rochette, and M. J. Singer, 2003: The environment of warm-season elevated thunderstorms associated with heavy rainfall over the central United States. Weather and Forecasting, 18, Rochette, S. M., 2005: Ice storms. Encyclopedia of New York State, P. Eisenstadt, Ed., Syracuse University Press, 762. Rochette, S. M., 2005: Lake effect snow. Encyclopedia of New York State, P. Eisenstadt, Ed., Syracuse University Press, 856. Market, P. S., R. W. Przybylinski, and S. M. Rochette, 2006: The role of sublimational cooling in a late-season Midwestern snow event. Weather and Forecasting, 21, Rochette, S. M., and P. S. Market, 2006: A primer on the ageostrophic wind. National Weather Digest, 30, Publications After Tenure Market, P. S., S. M. Rochette, and R. L. Ebert-Cripe, 2007: Case Studies in Meteorology. Kendall-Hunt, 60 pp. Market, P. S., S. M. Rochette, and R. L. Cripe, 2009: Case Studies in Meteorology, 2 nd Ed. Kendall-Hunt, 75 pp. Rochette, S. M., and P. S. Market, 2011: A case study of an anomalous cold-season easterly jet streak in the mid-latitudes. National Weather Association Electronic Journal of O p e r a t i o n a l M e t e o r o l o g y, E J 6. [ A v a i l a b l e o n l i n e a t Market, P. S., S. M. Rochette, and A. R. Lupo, 2013: A comparison of modern and historical methods for calculating Montgomery streamfunction. Atmosperic Science Letters, 14, 41-44, doi: /asl

4 Publications After Tenure (continued) Kastman, J. S., P. S. Market, S. M. Rochette, and A. R. Lupo, 2017: Assessing upper tropospheric jet streak proximity using the Rossby radius of deformation. Atmosphere, 8(2), doi: /atmos Market, P. S., S. M. Rochette, J. Shewchuk, R. Difani, J. S. Kastman, C. B. Henson, and N. I. Fox. 2017: Evaluating elevated convection with the downdraft convective inhibition. Atmospheric Science Letters, 18, 76-81, doi: /asl.727. McCoy, L. P., P. S. Market, C. M. Gravelle, C. E. Graves, N. I. Fox, S. M. Rochette, J. Kastman, and B. Svoma, 2017: Composites of heavy rain producing elevated thunderstorms in the central United States. Advances in Meteorology, 2017, doi: /2017/ Rochette, S. M., P. S. Market, C. M. Gravelle, and T. A. Niziol, 2017: A case study of anomalous snowfall with an Alberta clipper. Advances in Meteorology, 2017, doi: /2017/ Wood, J. D., E. J. Sadler, N. I. Fox, S. T. Greer, L. Gu, P. E. Guinan, A. R. Lupo, P. S. Market, S. M. Rochette, A. Speck, and L. D. White, 2019: Land-atmosphere responses to a total solar eclipse in three ecosystems with contrasting structure and physiology. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, , doi: /2018JD Papers and Presentations Before Tenure Moore, J. T., S. M. Rochette, D. L. Ferry, and F. H. Glass, 1993: Mesoscale convective systems associated with heavy rainfall in Missouri. Presented in oral session, National Weather Association 18 th Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC. Rochette, S. M., and J. T. Moore, 1994: Evolution and propagation of a heavy rainfallproducing mesoscale convective system. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Cape Girardeau, MO. Moore, J. T., S. M. Rochette, F. H. Glass, and D. L. Ferry, 1994: Environmental conditions favorable for the production of heavy convective rainfall during the warm season. Abstracts, 4 th National Heavy Precipitation Workshop, Scottsdale, AZ, National Weather Service, 8. 4

5 Papers and Presentations Before Tenure (continued) Glass, F. H., D. L. Ferry, J. T. Moore, and S. M. Rochette, 1994: The use of gridded model data in forecasting mesoscale convective systems which produce heavy rain. Abstracts, 4 th National Heavy Precipitation Workshop, Scottsdale, AZ, National Weather Service, 19. Moore, J. T., S. M. Rochette, F. H. Glass, D. L. Ferry, and S. M. Nolan, 1994: Characteristics of elevated thunderstorms associated with heavy rainfall. Presented in oral session, National Weather Association 19 th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Moore, J. T., S. M. Nolan, F. H. Glass, D. L. Ferry, and S. M. Rochette, 1995: Flash floodproducing high-precipitation supercells in Missouri. Preprints, 14 th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Dallas, TX, American Meteorological Society, (J4) 7-(J4) 12. Rochette, S. M., 1995: A case study of a heavy rainfall event associated with elevated convection. Abstracts, 20 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 18. Nolan, S. M., J. T. Moore, P. S. Market, and S. M. Rochette, 1995: A comprehensive analysis of two heavy snow events in Missouri. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Maryville, MO. Moore, J. T., P. S. Market, S. M. Rochette, and S. M. Nolan, 1995: An evaluation of precipitation efficiency factors for forecasting heavy rainfall. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Maryville, MO. Rochette, S. M., J. T. Moore, P. S. Market, and S. M. Nolan, 1995: Synoptic scale characteristics of cold season heavy rain events in Missouri. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Maryville, MO. Rochette, S. M., J. T. Moore, P. S. Market, F. H. Glass, and D. L. Ferry, 1995: Heavy rain events associated with elevated thunderstorms in the Midwest. Postprints, 4 th National Winter Weather Workshop. NOAA Tech. Memo. NWS CR-112, 25:1-12. Rochette, S. M., 1995: Composite studies of cool sector thunderstorms with heavy rain. Presented in oral session, COMET Cooperative Research Workshop, St. Louis, MO. 5

6 Papers and Presentations Before Tenure (continued) Moore, J. T., S. M. Nolan, and S. M. Rochette, 1995: Techniques for predicting cool sector versus warm sector heavy convective rainfall events in the Midwest. Presented in oral session, National Weather Association 20 th Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. Moore, J. T., S. M. Rochette, F. H. Glass, D. L. Ferry, and P. S. Market, 1996: Elevated thunderstorms associated with heavy rainfall in the Midwest. Preprints, 18 th Conference on Severe Local Storms, San Francisco, CA, American Meteorological Society, Rochette, S. M., 1996: Composite analyses of heavy rainfall-producing elevated thunderstorms in the Midwest. Abstracts, 21 st Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 24. Rochette, S. M., J. T. Moore, and P. S. Market, 1996: Surface composites of elevated heavy rainfall episodes in the Midwest. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Springfield, MO. Market, P. S., J. T. Moore, and S. M. Rochette, 1996: Morphology and evolution of an occluded cyclone determined from MAPS initializations. Preprints, 15th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Norfolk, VA, American Meteorological Society, Rochette, S. M., and J. T. Moore, 1996: Surface and upper-air composite analyses of heavy rainfall events associated with elevated convection. Presented in oral session, Workshop on COMET Cooperative Research, St. Louis, MO. Rochette, S. M., P. S. Market, and J. T. Moore, 1997: Conventional and isentropic analyses of a heavy rainfall episode associated with elevated convection. Presented in oral session, Third Annual University of Wisconsin Winter Weather Workshop, Madison, WI. Moore, J. T., S. M. Rochette, P. S. Market, and S. R. Considine, 1997: Analysis of precipitation efficiency factors in a heavy rainfall event. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Warrensburg, MO. 6

7 Papers and Presentations Before Tenure (continued) Moore, J. T., P. S. Market, S. R. Considine, S. M. Rochette, T. W. Funk, M. C. Trexler, R. E. Cox, L. J. Dattilo, and M. J. York, 1997: The synoptic and mesoscale features accompanying the 1-2 March 1997 Kentucky heavy rain event. Presented in oral session, National Weather Association 22 nd Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. Moore, J. T., T. W. Funk, P. S. Market, S. R. Considine, and S. M. Rochette, 1997: Overview of the 28 February - 2 March 1997 Kentucky heavy rainfall event. Presented in oral session, Conference on Flood Warning Systems, Technologies, and Preparedness, St. Louis, MO. Moore, J. T., S. R. Considine, S. M. Rochette, F. H. Glass, and T. M. Tworek, 1998: A comparison of cool and warm heavy rain events in the mid-mississippi River Valley. Preprints, 16 th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological Society, Market, P. S., J. T. Moore, S. R. Considine, T. W. Funk, and S. M. Rochette, 1998: A synoptic comparison of two heavy precipitation events in the Ohio River Valley. Preprints, 16 th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological Society, Market, P. S., J. T. Moore, S. A. Watson, and S. M. Rochette, 1998: An evaluation of factors affecting precipitation efficiency in warm-season heavy rainfall events. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, St. Joseph, MO. Rochette, S. M., J. T. Moore, and P. S. Market, 1998: A numerical investigation of an elevated convective event resulting in excessive rainfall. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, St. Joseph, MO. Market, P. S., J. T. Moore, and S. M. Rochette, 1999: On calculating vertical motions in isentropic coordinates. Presented in oral session, Second Conference on Isentropic Analysis and Forecasting, Millersville, PA. Rochette, S. M., P. S. Market, and J. T. Moore, 1999: An episode of heavy rainfall resulting from elevated convection: Conventional and isentropic perspectives. Presented in oral session, Second Conference on Isentropic Analysis and Forecasting, Millersville, PA. 7

8 Papers and Presentations Before Tenure (continued) Moore, J. T., P. S. Market, and S. M. Rochette, 1999: Comparing adiabatic and diabatic vertical motions in isentropic coordinates. Presented in oral session, National Weather Association 24 th Annual Meeting, Biloxi, MS. Rochette, S. M., 2000: An episode of elevated convective heavy rainfall: A numerical study. Abstracts, 25 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 25. Maliekal, J. A., S. M. Rochette, J. D. Caughel*, R. J. Ballentine, and A. J. Stamm, 2001: The Genesee Valley blizzard of 4 March 1999: An analysis of forcing mechanisms. Preprints, Symposium on Precipitation Prediction: Extreme Events and Mitigation, Albuquerque, NM, American Meteorological Society, [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Rochette, S. M., and J. A. Maliekal, 2001: An examination of the 4 March 1999 blizzard. Abstracts, 26 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 14. Pfendler, A. P.*, T. A. Niziol, and S. M. Rochette, 2002: Verification of day 4 through day 7 forecast for Buffalo and Rochester, NY. Abstracts, 27 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 32. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Blahyj, D. M.*, and S. M. Rochette, 2002: An analysis of the May 2001 Great Plains derecho. Abstracts, 27 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 39. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Rochette, S. M., and J. A. Zollweg, 2002: An analysis of the Cattaraugus Creek flash flood of 26 June Abstracts, 27 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 14. Market, P. S., and S. M. Rochette, 2002: Precipitation efficiency aspects of flash flood producing MCSs. Preprints, 21 st Conference on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX, American Meteorological Society,

9 Papers and Presentations Before Tenure (continued) Market, P. S., and S. M. Rochette, 2003: Flash-flood producing mesoscale convective systems: A statistical analysis of precipitation efficiency. Abstracts, 28 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 45. Roohr, P. B., P. S. Market, and S. M. Rochette, 2003: More submissions, please. Presented in oral session, National Weather Association 28 th Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL. Rochette, S. M., 2004: Conventional and isentropic analyses of a cold-season heavy rainfall episode associated with elevated convection. Abstracts, 29 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 77. Rochette, S. M., and T. A. Niziol, 2004: 11 inches of snow from an Alberta clipper?! Postanalysis of an unlikely heavy snow event. Presented in poster session, National Weather Association 29 th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. Rochette, S. M., T. A. Niziol, and C. M. Gravelle*, 2005: Examination of forcing mechanisms leading to a surprise heavy snow event. Abstracts, 30 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Burlington, VT, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 62. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Gravelle, C. M.*, S. M. Rochette, and T. A. Niziol, 2005: The role of coupled jet streaks in a Midwestern heavy snow event. Presented in poster session, National Weather Association 30 th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Rochette, S. M., C. M. Gravelle, and T. A. Niziol, 2006: The influence of jet streak interaction on the Northern Plains heavy snow event of 21 January Presented in poster session, 31 st Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society. 9

10 Papers and Presentations After Tenure Rochette, S. M., C. M. Gravelle, and T. A. Niziol, 2006: Cold-season coupled upper-level jet streaks in the Northeastern U. S. Part I: Weak dynamic cases. Presented in poster session, National Weather Association 31 st Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH. Rochette, S. M., C. M. Gravelle, and T. A. Niziol, 2006: Cold-season coupled upper-level jet streaks in the Northeastern U. S. Part II: Strong dynamic cases. Presented in poster session, National Weather Association 31 st Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH. Graves, C. E., and S. M. Rochette, 2007: Jim Moore remembered with 2007 Russell DeSouza award. Daily BAMS, 5, 2. Rochette, S. M., C. M. Gravelle, and T. A. Niziol, 2007: Composite analyses of coupled upper-level jet streaks in the Northeastern U. S. Part I: Weak dynamic cases. Presented in poster session, 32 nd Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Springfield, MA, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 68. Rochette, S. M., C. M. Gravelle, and T. A. Niziol, 2007: Composite analyses of coupled upper-level jet streaks in the Northeastern U. S. Part II: Strong dynamic cases. Presented in poster session, 32 nd Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Springfield, MA, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 69. Gravelle, C. M., C. E. Graves, and S. M. Rochette, 2007: A process-oriented observational study of snowfall potential in the Central United States. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, St. Joseph, MO. Gravelle, C. M., S. M.. Rochette, T. A. Niziol, and C. E. Graves, 2007: Composite analyses of coupled upper-level jet streaks east of the Rocky Mountains: Weak dynamic cases. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, St. Joseph, MO. Gravelle, C. M., C. E. Graves, and S. M. Rochette, 2007: A climatology and statistical classification of Midwestern snow bands: A process-oriented approach. Abstracts, National Weather Association 32 nd Annual Meeting, Reno, NV,

11 Papers and Presentations After Tenure (continued) Snavely, E. E., S. M. Rochette, and C. E. Graves, 2007: A diagnostic analysis of significant cold-season elevated thunderstorms. Abstracts, National Weather Association 32 nd Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, 48. Rochette, S. M., S. J. Earle*, and C. M. Gravelle, 2007: An analysis of forcing mechanisms responsible for the February 2006 NYC snowstorm. Abstracts, National Weather Association 32 nd Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, 85. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Rochette, S. M., C. M. Gravelle, and S. J. Earle*, 2008: The February 2006 NYC Snowstorm: A remote-sensing perspective of forcing mechanisms. Presented in poster session, 33 rd Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Springfield, MA, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 69. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Rochette, S. M., C. M. Gravelle, and P. S. Market, 2008: Decomposition of the ageostrophic wind in cold-season coupled upper-level jet streaks. Abstracts, National Weather Association 33 rd Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, 79. Rochette, S. M., C. M. Gravelle, and P. S. Market, 2009: Contribution of ageostrophic wind components in coupled upper-level jet streaks. Presented in poster session, 34 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Springfield, MA, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 73. Giannandrea, A.*, S. M. Rochette, and P. S. Market, 2009: A 15-year climatology of flash flooding and elevated convection for central Missouri. Presented in poster session, National Weather Association 34 th Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA, 49. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Rochette, S. M., and C. M. Gravelle, 2009: Examination of an overachieving snowfall event: December Presented in poster session, National Weather Association 34th Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA,

12 Papers and Presentations After Tenure (continued) Rochette, S. M., and C. M. Gravelle, 2010: The little snowstorm that could: Analysis of the December 2008 snowfall event. Presented in poster session, 35 th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society, 74. Market, P. S., S. M. Rochette, and A. Giannandrea*, 2010: A brief 10-year climatology of flash flooding and elevated convection for central Missouri. Presented in oral session, Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Springfield, MO. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Miller, S., P. S. Market, and S. M. Rochette, 2010: The application of the four-quadrant model to real-world jet streaks. Presented in poster session, National Weather Association 35 th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 39. Geasey, J.*, and S. M. Rochette, 2011: An analysis of lake-effect rain events associated with Lake Ontario. Presented in oral session, 2 nd Annual Great Lakes Atmospheric Science Symposium, Oswego, NY. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Market, P. S., and S. M. Rochette, 2011: A comparison of methods for calculating Montgomery streamfunction using modern data. Presented in poster session, National Weather Association 36 th Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, 83. Wehner, B. M.*, and S. M. Rochette, 2012: Differences between Northeast and Midwest United States environments that lead to tornadic thunderstorms. Presented in oral session, 3 rd Annual Great Lakes Atmospheric Science Symposium, Oswego, NY. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Gagan, J. P., P. S. Market, C. M. Gravelle, and S. M. Rochette, 2014: NWA winter weather workshop Presented in oral session, NWA Broadcasters Meeting, National Weather Association 39 th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Market, P. S., S. M. Rochette, M. Bodner, N. I. Fox, and J. Kastman, 2015: Stability tendency during elevated convection events with heavy rainfall. Presented in poster session, National Weather Association 40 th Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK. 12

13 Papers and Presentations After Tenure (continued) Walker, B. N.*, J. P. Mulholland, and S. M. Rochette, 2016: The evolution of wintertime mesoscale vortices over the Great Lakes. Presented in poster session, 41 st Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Market, P. S., S. M. Rochette, J. Shewchuk, N. I. Fox, R. J. Stefani, J. S. Kastman, and C. B. Henson, 2017: Downdraft convective inhibition as a means to discriminate elevated convection. Presented in poster session, 28 th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/24 th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society. Bliss, M.*, S. M. Rochette, and S. Jessup, 2017: Influence of short wave troughs on the resulting snow-to-liquid ratios of lake effect snow bands. Presented in poster session, 42 nd Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, Lyndon State College Chapter, American Meteorological Society. [*College at Brockport undergraduate student.] Invited Presentations Rochette, S. M., and J. T. Moore, 1996: Elevated thunderstorms associated with heavy rainfall in the Midwest: Surface and upper-air composites. COMAP, Boulder, CO. Rochette, S. M., 2002: (Hydro)Meteorological aspects of the Cattaraugus Creek flash flood of 26 June Invited oral presentation, Department of Soil and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia. Rochette, S. M., 2003: Jet streak dynamics. Winter Weather Workshop, National Weather Service Forecast Office, Buffalo, NY. Rochette, S. M., 2005: Warm-season elevated thunderstorms with heavy rainfall: A composite study. Invited oral presentation, Spring Severe Weather Workshop, National Weather Service Forecast Office, Buffalo, NY. Rochette, S. M., 2011: Did we ever know what we were talking about? A brief history of weather forecasting. Morning with the Professors, The College at Brockport. 13

14 Invited Presentations (continued) Rochette, S. M., 2011: An overview of the 27 April 2011 tornado outbreak. Invited oral presentation, A. D. Oliver Middle School Science Fair, Brockport, NY. Rochette, S. M., 2012: Confessions of a reluctant stormchaser. Professors, The College at Brockport. Morning with the Rochette, S. M., 2016: Jet streak dynamics. Meteorological Services of Canada/Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training Winter Weather Course, Boulder, CO. (Presented a total of eight times from 2010 to 2016.) Market, P. S., and S. M. Rochette, 2017: Shadows over envelopes: How weather balloons shed light on eclipse science. Jefferson City Capital Eclipse Rotunda Series, Jefferson City, MO. Professional Activities and Affiliations Courses Taught (College at Brockport course numbers) Introduction to Meteorology (ESC 211) Introduction to Meteorology Lab (ESC 212) Synoptic Meteorology I (ESC 311) Synoptic Meteorology II (ESC 312) Intermediate Weather Lab (ESC 390) Writing in the Earth Sciences (ESC 391) Independent Study in Geology (GEL 399) Thermodynamics and the Boundary Layer (ESC 416/516) Dynamic Meteorology (ESC 417/517) Mesoscale Meteorology (ESC 452/552) Meteorological Internship (ESC 460) Environmental Internship (ESC 464) Advanced Weather Lab (ESC 490) Seminar in Earth Science Problems (ESC 493) Independent Study in Meteorology (ESC 499/599/699) 14

15 Grants External Maliekal, J. A., and S. M. Rochette, 2000: Upgrading the computer laboratory for interactive analysis and display of meteorological data. National Science Foundation (NSF), $13, (funded). Rochette, S. M., and T. A. Niziol, 2004: A climatological study of coupled upperlevel jet streaks in the northeastern United States. Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET), $3, (funded). Weinbeck, S. W., and S. M. Rochette, 2005: SUNY Brockport operational weather center for meteorological education. National Science Foundation (NSF), $67, (not funded). Weinbeck, S. W., and S. M. Rochette, 2005: UNIDATA community equipment grant. Unidata, $8, (not funded). Tuzun, R. E., M. Barbosu, S. A. Godleski, S. M. Rochette, and R. A. Sia, 2009: Increasing STEM Majors at The College at Brockport: Preparing Tomorrow s Workforce. National Science Foundation (NSF), $760, (not funded). Little, L. J., M. Barbosu, S. A. Godleski, S. M. Rochette, R. A. Sia, J. M. Haynes, K. B. Lakshmanan, and S. F. Radford, 2010: Increasing STEM Majors at The College at Brockport: Preparing Tomorrow s Workforce. National Science Foundation (NSF), $979, (not funded). Rochette, S. M., and S. M. Jessup, 2016: Conversion to AWIPS-II for Improved Instruction and Research. Unidata, $22, (not funded). Jessup, S. M., S. M. Rochette, and P. L. Richards, 2017: Conversion to Unidata AWIPS-II for Improved Instruction and Research. Unidata, $14, (not funded). 15

16 Grants (continued) Internal Rochette, S. M., 1999: Supplemental Travel Grant to Present at National Weather Association 24 th Annual Meeting, $ (funded). Rochette, S. M., 2000: UUP Individual Development Grant to Attend 18 th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, $ (funded). Rochette, S. M., 2001: Faculty/Staff Technology Support Initiative Grant to Purchase COMET Training Modules, $ (funded). Rochette, S. M., 2002: UUP Individual Development Grant to Attend 19 th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, $ (funded). Rochette, S. M., 2008: UUP Individual Development Grant to Attend Unidata Regional Workshop, $ (funded). National Weather Association Unidata Member, 1992-present Weather Analysis and Forecasting Committee, Technical Editor, Publications Committee, Annual Meeting Session Co-Chair, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2016 Councilor, Career Panelist, 35 th Annual Meeting, 2010 Broadcaster Seal Evaluation Board, 2010-present Awards Committee, 2019-present Users Committee, Equipment Awards Review Panel,

17 Reviewing Duties Reviews for National Science Foundation proposals and SMART Scholarship applications Manuscript reviews for Advances in Meteorology, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Monthly Weather Review, National Weather Digest, and Weather and Forecasting Promotion/tenure reviews for faculty from Central Michigan University, College of Charleston, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, SUNY Oswego, and University of Northern Colorado Content reviews for book chapters for the American Meteorological Society, Pearson, Prentice-Hall, and others American Meteorological Society Member, 1992-present M.S. Student Committees (*College at Brockport alumnus) Rebecca L. Ebert (2004, University of Missouri-Columbia): Case Study of an Anomalous, Long-Lived Convective Snowstorm Chad M. Gravelle* (2007, Saint Louis University): A Climatology and Statistical Classification of Midwestern Snow Bands: A Process-Oriented Approach Erin E. Snavely (2007, Saint Louis University): A Diagnostic Analysis of Significant Cold- Season Elevated Thunderstorms Joshua S. Kastman (2013, University of Missouri-Columbia): Neighboring Upper Level Jet Streaks, Their Proximity, and Their Synergistic Coupling of the Divergent Regions Laurel P. McCoy (2014; University of Missouri-Columbia): Analysis of Heavy-Rain- Producing Elevated Thunderstorms in the MO-KS-OK Region of the United States Micheal J. Simpson* (2014, University of Missouri-Columbia): A New Method of Calculating Vertical Motion in Isentropic Space 17

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