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Michael French

@stonybrookram.bsky.social

The Radar And Mesoscale Observations Group at Stony Brook University | Severe Storms and Tornadoes | Weather Radar Applications | Led by Michael French

131 Followers  |  127 Following  |  12 Posts  |  Joined: 04.03.2025  |  1.6002

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Congratulations to @ecreightonwx.bsky.social for passing his Ph.D. proposal defense on observing the vertical alignment of supercell mesocyclones. One (big) step to go!

15.09.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And my talk on Immense ZDR columns for tornadogenesis prediction is in the next session starting at 4 PM! #AMS41Radar

28.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well deserved!

27.08.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For those of you at #AMS41Radar, check out poster 109 at 2:30 PM today led by @ecreightonwx.bsky.social who is looking at vertical alignment of mesocyclones in supercells. I promise exhilarating conversation!

26.08.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are happy to announce that the 51st NESC is coming back to Burlington VT!

Dates: March 13-15

More info coming soon!

23.06.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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To submit your abstract for the upcoming European Conference on Severe Storms, visit: ecss.eu

13.06.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Do not forget the Abstract submission deadline of the upcoming European Conference on Severe Storms β›ˆοΈπŸŒͺ️⚑next Friday 6 June!

We hope to welcome all researchers and forecasters with an interest in severe storms to Utrecht πŸ‡³πŸ‡± this November πŸ™‚!

Sponsored by @eumetsat.int @eumetsat-users.bsky.social.

31.05.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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23.05.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reply to β€œComments on β€˜Identifying Z DR Columns in Radar Data with the Hotspot Technique’” "Reply to β€œComments on β€˜Identifying Z DR Columns in Radar Data with the Hotspot Technique’”" published on 22 Apr 2025 by American Meteorological Society.

The authors' reply to our comment can be found here: doi.org/10.1175/WAF-...

23.04.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New group paper out about ZDR column detection, but really about the appropriate way to evaluate algorithms designed by others (run the actual algorithm πŸ˜€) and how that wasn't done in a recent paper. Also some commentary about the difficulty in evaluating column algorithms: doi.org/10.1175/WAF-...

23.04.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Regional conferences are a formative experience for many undergrads and I hope they continue to get the support they deserve. (I may have enjoyed the socializing aspect too.)

14.03.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy to fill in at #NESC25 this weekend under unfortunate (and ridiculous) circumstances. NESC was my first conference when I went as an undergraduate in 2002 & 2003, and it was the first time I realized research could be a career path for me. Prior to that, I had no idea what I wanted to do.

14.03.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
The Hold Steady - Positive Jam
YouTube video by SmokeyPotatoJoe The Hold Steady - Positive Jam

So, um, let’s start it off with a positive jam youtu.be/NjfgUZBPrXA?...

11.03.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was hardly ever on Twitter anymore and tweeted about a visit from a colleague at Albany and realized there was like nobody left to read it. So here we are. I expect great things out of all of you.

11.03.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

What a time to be alive and back on social media.

11.03.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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