Leah S. Campbell, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Utah ------------- Phone: 802-989-9181 E-mail: leah.campbell@utah.edu Education 2017 Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah 2013 M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah 2007 B.A., International Studies, University of Utah Relevant Employment Oct. 2017 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego 2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Utah 2015 2017 Pathways Intern, Colorado Basin River Forecast Center 2011 2017 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Utah 2009 2011 Road Weather Instrumentation Technician, Utah Department of Transportation Peer-Reviewed Publications Campbell, L. S., and W. J. Steenburgh, 2017: The OWLeS IOP2b Lake-effect Snowstorm: Mechanisms contributing to the Tug Hill precipitation maximum. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 2461 2478. Steenburgh, W. J. and L. S. Campbell, 2017: The OWLeS IOP2b Lake-Effect Snowstorm: Shoreline geometry, airmass boundaries, and the mesoscale forcing of precipitation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 2421 2436. Bergmaier, P. T., B. Geerts, L. S. Campbell and W. J. Steenburgh, 2017: The OWLeS IOP2b Lake-effect Snowstorm: Dynamics of the secondary circulation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 2437 2459.
Welsh, D., B. Geerts, X. Jing, P. T. Bergmaier, J. R. Minder, W. J. Steenburgh, and L. S. Campbell, 2016: Understanding heavy lake-effect snowfall: the vertical structure of radar reflectivity in a deep snowband over and downwind of Lake Ontario. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 4221 4244. Campbell, L. S., W. J. Steenburgh, P. G. Veals, T. W. Letcher, and J. R. Minder, 2016: Lake-effect mode and precipitation enhancement over the Tug Hill Plateau during OWLeS IOP2b. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 1729 1748. Minder, J. R., T. W. Letcher, L. S. Campbell, P. G. Veals, and W. J. Steenburgh, 2015: The evolution of lake-effect convection during landfall and orographic uplift as observed by profiling radars. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 4422 4442. Campbell, L. S. and W. J. Steenburgh, 2014: Fine-scale orographic precipitation variability and gap-filling radar potential in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Wea. Forecasting, 29, 912 935. Manuscripts Submitted or in Preparation Zelasko, N., A. Wettlaufer, B. Borkhuu, M. Burkhart, L. S. Campbell, W. J. Steenburgh, and J. R. Snider: Hotplate precipitation gauge calibrations and field measurements. J. Atmos. Meas. Tech., in review. Campbell, L. S., W. J. Steenburgh, Y. Fujiyoshi, M. Kawashima, and Y. Yamada: Influences of orography and coastal geometry on a transverse-mode sea-effect snowband event over Hokkaido Island, Japan. In preparation for submittal to Mon. Wea. Rev. Veals, P. G., W. J. Steenburgh, and L. S. Campbell: Environmental control of lake-effect precipitation enhancement over the Tug Hill Plateau. In preparation for submittal to Mon. Wea. Rev. Awards and Recognition 2017 Edward J. Zipser Award for Excellence in Graduate Research, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah 2017 2 nd Place Oral Presentation, 17 th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, San Diego, CA 2017 1 st Place Poster Presentation, 28 th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
2016 Dr. Norihiko Fukuta Memorial Fund Award for Best Peer-Reviewed Publication, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah 2015 2 nd Place Oral Presentation, 33 rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria 2014 3 rd Place Poster Presentation, National Weather Association 39 th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT 2010 Whiteman Mountain Meteorology Scholarship, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah Fellowships & Grants 2016 Fulbright Fellowship The Chilean Orographic and Mesoscale Precipitation Study (ChOMPS) 2016 University of Utah Global Change and Sustainability Center Research Grant Mountain Effects on Precipitation in the Chilean Andes, Part II 2015 University of Utah Global Change and Sustainability Center Research Grant Mountain Effects on Precipitation in the Chilean Andes, Part I 2014 National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Fellowship Sea-effect Precipitation Processes and Orographic Enhancement over Hokkaido Island, Japan Other Funding Awards 2017 University of Utah Graduate Student Travel Assistance Award To attend the 97 th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 2015 University of Utah Graduate Student Travel Assistance Award To attend the 33 rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology 2015 Global Change and Sustainability Center Student Travel Award To attend the 33 rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology Invited Presentations 2017 Lake-Effect Snowstorms: Formation, Characteristics, and Terrain Interactions Utah Valley University, Provo, UT. 2016 Orographic effects on precipitating systems in the Chilean Andes Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
2013 Fine-scale orographic precipitation variability and gap-filling radar potential in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Annual Snow Safety Meeting, National Weather Service, Salt Lake City Weather Forecast Office. Other Selected Presentations 2017 Campbell, L. S., and W. J. Steenburgh: Mechanisms of lake-effect forcing and the Tug Hill precipitation maximum during OWLeS IOP2b. 17 th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, San Diego, CA. 2017 Campbell, L. S.: ChOMPS: The Chile Orographic and Mesoscale Precipitation Study. University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT. 2017 Campbell, L. S., W. J. Steenburgh, P. V. Veals, J. Minder, T. Letcher, P. Bergmaier, D. Welsh, and B. Geerts: The enhancement of lake-effect precipitation over the Tug Hill Plateau during the Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems (OWLeS) field program. 97 th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. 2015 Campbell, L. S., W. J. Steenburgh, P. Veals, T. Letcher, and J. Minder: Variations in orographic precipitation enhancement during lake-effect storms over the Tug Hill Plateau: Observations from OWLeS IOP2. 33 rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria. 2014 Campbell, L. S. and W. J. Steenburgh: Fine-scale radar observations of orographic precipitation during a Wasatch mountain winter storm. National Weather Association 39 th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. 2013 Campbell, L. S. and W. J. Steenburgh, 2013: Fine-scale radar observations of orographic precipitation during cold-frontal impingement on a complex three-dimensional barrier. AMS 15 th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Portland, OR. Field Work 2016 Chilean Orographic and Mesoscale Precipitation Study (ChOMPS), Chile Principal Investigator, Fulbright Fellowship 2015 Olympic Mountain Experiment (OLYMPEX), Seattle, WA Forecaster
2013-2014 Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems (OWLeS), Lake Ontario, NY Instrumentation Coordinator & Participant 2013 Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations (MATERHORN), Dugway Proving Ground, UT Participant Teaching Experience Snow Dynamics and Avalanche Mechanics Co-Instructor, Spring 2013-2015, 2017 Teaching Assistant, Spring 2007-2012 Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology II Teaching Assistant, Spring 2013 Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology I Teaching Assistant, Fall 2012 Service Reviewer for: Meteorological Applications Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Member of: American Meteorological Society Earth Science Women s Network Other Relevant Skills Computers and programming: WRF-ARW and WRF-Hydro Python, Matlab, C-Shell Some experience working with Fortran, NCL, HTML, IDL Foreign Languages: Spanish Campbell Scientific CR1000 Training, 2010