Rebecca Chan M. Sc Candidate Climate System Research Center Department of Geosciences 236 Hasbrouck Amherst, MA 01003 Phone: 413-545-0659 Fax: 413-545-1200 E-mail: chan@geo.umass.edu Education B.S. in Meteorology, Plymouth State University, 2003 Interests Holocene climate variability in the tropics; climate modeling (aerosols and clouds); climate dynamics; cloud physics; weather forecasting Research 2004 - Present      Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Modern and past climate variability (6ky and 21ky) in East Africa and Arabia Advisors: Mathias Vuille and Raymond Bradley 2004 Student Researcher, Climate and Global Dynamic Division (CGD), UCAR Synoptic analysis of 2001-2004 long rains season on Mt. Kilimanjaro Advisors: Mathias Vuille and Raymond Bradley Mentors: Caspar Ammann and Jeff Yin 2003 Senior research, Plymouth State University Northern hemispheric convective systems and its effect on water vapor distribution in the stratosphere Advisor: James Koermer Mentors: William Randel and Dr. Andrew Gettelman 2003 Student Researcher, Atmospheric Chemistry Division (ACD), UCAR Similarities and differences of northern hemispheric convective systems and outflows at the tropics and subtropics by examining the near-surface equivalent potential temperatures Mentors: William Randel and Andrew Gettelman Awards/Honors Research Assistant, Climate Variability in East African and Arabian region ALANA Minority Fellowship National Weather Association's David Sankey Minority Scholarship in Meteorology Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) NASA Space Grant President's Scholarship Publications Chan, R., 2004: Synoptic Analysis of 2001-2004 "Long Rains" on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. SOARS® Protege Research Papers Summer 2004, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. Chan, R., 2004: Synoptic Analysis of 2001-2004 "Long Rains" on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Earth, Wind, Sea, and Sky: Protege Abstracts Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. Chan, R., 2003: Using Radiosonde Data to Determine Statistical Properties of Convection. SOARS® Protege Research Papers Summer 2003, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. Chan, R., 2003: Using Radiosonde Data to Determine Statistical Properties of Convection. Earth, Wind, Sea, and Sky: Protege Abstracts Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. Scholarly Presentations "Synoptic Analysis of 2001-2004 "Long Rains" on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania," poster presentation at 4th Annual Student Conference sponsored by American Meteorological Society in California, 2005. "Synoptic Analysis of 2001-2004 "Long Rains" on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania," poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in California, 2004. Chan, R., 2004: Synoptic Analysis of 2001-2004 "Long Rains" on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. SOARS® Protege Colloquium, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. "Using Radiosonde Data to Determine Statistical Properties of Convection," poster presentation at 3rd Annual Student Conference sponsored by American Meteorological Society in Washington, 2004. "Using Radiosonde Data to Determine Statistical Properties of Convection," poster presentation at Universidad Metropolitana (UMET) XIV Undergraduate Research Symposium in Puerto Rico, 2003. "Using Radiosonde Data to Determine Statistical Properties of Convection," poster presentation at SACNAS National Conference in New Mexico, 2003. Chan, R., 2003: Using Radiosonde Data to Determine Statistical Properties of Convection. SOARS® Protege Colloquium, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. Membership in Professional Organzations American Geophysical Union (AGU) American Meteorological Society (AMS) National Weather Association (NWS) Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Climate System Research Center  |  Geosciences Home  |  University of Massachusetts