Paul W. Miller Department of Geography University of Georgia 210 Field St, Room 304 Athens, GA 30602 540 642 2463 paul.miller@uga.edu www.paulmillergeo.com Education Doctorate of Philosophy, Geography University of Georgia Dissertation: Anticipating thunderstorm severity in weakly sheared environments Dissertation committee: Thomas Mote (adviser), Marshall Shepherd, John Knox, and Lynne Seymour Master of Science, Geography Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) Thesis: The utility of total lightning in diagnosing pulse-type thunderstorm severity in the Central Appalachian Mountains region Thesis committee: Andrew Ellis (adviser), David Carroll, and Stephen Keighton Bachelor of Science, Meteorology Bachelor of Arts, Geography Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) Concentration: Geospatial and environmental analysis Minors: Mathematics and Physics May 2017 Athens, GA 2014 Blacksburg, VA 2012 2012 Blacksburg, VA Research and Teaching Interests Mesoscale climate processes; hydroclimatology; Disorganized (including pulse) convection; Landscape-thunderstorm interactions; GIS applications in climate science; Severe thunderstorm impacts; high-frequency, low-impact events Academic Appointments Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia Instructor of Record, Weather Analysis (GEOG 3120) Graduate School Presidential Fellow, University of Georgia 2016 Present Fall 2016 2014 Present Paul Miller, 10/15/2016 1
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech Instructor of Record, Dynamic Meteorology II (GEOG 3516) Instructor of Record, Dynamic Meteorology I (GEOG 3515) Driver and Forecaster, Great Plains Storm Chase (GEOG SS2984) Grader and Course Support, Applied Climatology (GEOG 4984) Grader and Course Support, World Regions (GEOG 1014) Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Tech, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) GOES-R Partners Project 2012 2014 Spring 2014 Fall 2013 Summer 2013 Spring 2013 Fall 2012 Summer 2013 Journal Publications In press or published Miller, P. W., and T. L. Mote, 2016: Standardizing the definition of a pulse thunderstorm. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. In press. Miller, P. W., A. W. Black, C. A. Williams, and J. A. Knox, 2016: Quantitative assessment of human wind speed overestimation. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55, 1009 1020. Ellis, A. W., and P. W. Miller, 2016: The emergence of lightning in severe thunderstorm prediction and the possible contributions from spatial science. Geography Compass. 10, 192 206. Miller, P. W., A. W. Black, C. A. Williams, and J. A. Knox, 2016: Maximum wind gusts associated with human-reported nonconvective wind events and a comparison to current warning issuance criteria. Weather and Forecasting, 31, 451 465. Miller, P. W., A. W. Ellis, and S. Keighton, 2015: The utility of total lightning trends in diagnosing single-cell thunderstorm severity: examples from the central Appalachians region Journal of Operational Meteorology, 3, 82 98. Miller, P. W., A. W. Ellis, and S. Keighton, 2015: Spatial distribution of lightning associated with low-shear thunderstorm environments in the central Appalachians region. Physical Geography, 36, 127 141. Miller, P. W., A. W. Ellis, and S. Keighton, 2015: A preliminary assessment of using spatiotemporal lightning patterns for a binary classification of thunderstorm mode. Weather and Forecasting, 30, 38 56. Paul Miller, 10/15/2016 2
Under review or in preparation Mattingly, K. S., P. L. Seymour, and P. W. Miller, 2016. Estimates of extreme rainfall frequency in urban areas derived from spatially dense rain gauge observations. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Revise and resubmit. Debbage, N., P. W. Miller, S. E. Poore, K. Morano, T. L. Mote, and J. M. Shepherd, 2016. A climatology of atmospheric river interactions with the Southeastern United States coastline. International Journal of Climatology. Revise and resubmit. Williams, C. A., P. W. Miller, A. W. Black, and J. A. Knox, 2016: Throwing caution to the wind: National Weather Service wind products as perceived by a weather-savvy sample. Journal of Operational Meteorology. Revise and resubmit. Miller, P. W., and T. L. Mote, 2016: A climatology of weakly forced and pulse thunderstorms in the Southeast United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. In preparation. Mote, T. L., Ramseyer, C. A., and P. W. Miller, 2016: On the Role of the Saharan Air Layer in the 2015 Puerto Rico Drought. Environmental Research Letters. In preparation. Conference Proceedings Miller, P. W., and T. L. Mote, 2017: A climatology of pulse thunderstorms in the southeastern U.S. and their associated storm environments. 97 th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society. January 22 26, 2017, Seattle, WA. Abstract accepted. Miller, P. W., and T. L. Mote, 2016: The utility of the term pulse within the thunderstorm mode nomenclature. 112 th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. March 28 April 2, 2016, San Francisco, CA. Miller, P. W., and T. L. Mote, 2016: Applications of the term "pulse as a thunderstorm mode descriptor. 96 th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society. January 10 14, 2016, New Orleans, LA. Williams, C. A., P. W. Miller, A. W. Black, C. A. Williams, and J. A., Knox, 2016: Throwing caution to the wind: National Weather Service wind products as perceived by a weather-savvy public. 96 th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society. January 10 14, 2016, New Orleans, LA. Paul Miller, 10/15/2016 3
Miller, P. W., A. W. Black, C. A. Williams, and J. A., Knox, 2016: Estimating in "vane": A quantitative description of wind speed overestimation by human observers versus instrument measurements. 96 th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society. January 10 14, 2016, New Orleans, LA. Knox, J. A., A. W. Black, P. W. Miller, J. Rackley, L. Anderson, K. Harris, L. Seymour, and C. A. Williams, 2015: Case study of a deadly wake low-caused windthrow event in north Georgia. 40 th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association. October 17 22, 2015, Oklahoma City, OK. Miller, P. W., and T. L. Mote, 2014: Usage of the term pulse as a thunderstorm mode descriptor in Storm Prediction Center convective outlooks. 69 th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. November 23 25, 2014, Athens, GA. Ellis, A. W., P. W. Miller, and S. Keighton, 2014: Spatiotemporal analysis of total lightning data for assessing their utility in warning of ordinary thunderstorm severity. 110 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. April 8 12, 2014, Tampa, FL. Ellis, A. W., P. W. Miller, and S. Keighton, 2014: Spatiotemporal analysis of total lightning data for assessing their utility in warning of pulse-type thunderstorm severity. 94 th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society. February 2 6, 2014, Atlanta, GA. Miller, P. W., and A. W. Ellis, 2013: A meteorological application of cluster analysis: The identification of low-shear, high-instability environments using total lightning data. 68 th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. November 24 26, 2013, Roanoke, VA. Miller, P. W., 2012: Hitting the GIS jackpot: Analysis of the Virginia Lottery. 23 rd Annual Virginia GIS Conference. September 10, 2012, Charlottesville, VA. Grant Support Graduate student travel grant 2016 ($900) 2014 ($300) Student collaborator for UCAR GOES-R Partner Project 2013 ($15,000) Honors and Awards Presidential Fellow, UGA Graduate School 2014 Present Second place student paper, UGA Geography Graduate Research Symposium 2016 First place student paper, 11 th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, 2016 Research, and Practice, 96 th Meeting of the American Meteorological Society Paul Miller, 10/15/2016 4
First place student paper, UGA Geography Graduate Research Symposium 2015 VT College of Natural Resources and Environment Outstanding Graduate Student 2014 VT Department of Geography Outstanding Graduate Student 2014 VT Department of Geography Outstanding Teaching Assistant 2014 VT Department of Geography Outstanding Senior 2012 Professional Affiliations American Association of Geographers (AAG) Climate Specialty Group of the AAG Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) American Meteorological Society (AMS) Phi Beta Kappa 2013 Present 2013 Present 2012 Present Professional Service Community climate consultant for local agriculture interests Reviewer, Physical Geography 2016 Student group facilitator, Georgia Junior Science & Humanities Symposium 2015 Invited presenter, National Weather Service (NWS) Eastern Region Scientific 2014 Services Division (SSD) webinar available to all NWS offices nation-wide Conference volunteer, SEDAAG annual meeting 2013 Undergraduate research mentor, VT Department of Geography 2013 Field data collection volunteer, VT Department of Geography 2013 Paul Miller, 10/15/2016 5