Elaine Godfrey
Adjunct Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
Expertise:
Extreme Precipitation, Severe Weather, Applied Climatology, Women in Science, Scientific Writing
Bio:
Dr. Godfrey’s expertise lies in applied climatology of severe weather events, especially tornadoes and extreme rainfall. She has extensive experience studying the retention of women and minorities in the geosciences and numerous interdisciplinary research projects bridging the social and atmospheric sciences and she excels in ideation.
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Christopher Godfrey
Professor and Chair of Atmospheric Sciences
Expertise:
Tornadoes, Severe Weather, Wind-Induced Tree Damage, Atmospheric Measurements, Road Weather, Numerical Modeling, Climatological Data, Societal Impacts, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Weather Forecasting, Meteorological Statistics, Atmospheric Optics
Bio:
Dr. Godfrey’s expertise derives from studies of tornadoes, especially debris and damage propagation, treefall damage patterns, and the interaction of tornadoes with terrain. He also maintains expertise in meteorological observations, transportation weather, societal impacts and weather communication, land-surface modeling, atmospheric optical phenomena, and climatological data. He built and maintains the university’s research-quality weather station on Lookout Mountain.
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