Email: tomjr@ucar.edu
Phone: 303-497-8210
Shipping Address: PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307

Professional Interests

My research interests cover a broad range of scales and phenomena in the area of synoptic-dynamic and mesoscale meteorology. I am currently a project scientist in the MMM division of NESL. In MMM, my research interests are in both real-time tropical cyclone forecasting and high-impact weather in regional climate simulations. I am also interested in improving the understanding of atmospheric processes that act on the interface between weather and climate. Prior to NCAR, I worked as a postdoc at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado during 2010-2011 after receiving my Ph.D. from the University at Albany in August 2010.

Recent Publications

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Papers in Review

• Hamill, T. M., G. T. Bates, J. S. Whitaker, D. R. Murray, M. Fiorino, T. J. Galarneau, Jr., Y. Zhu, and W. Lapenta, 2012: NOAA's second-generation global medium-range ensemble forecast data set. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., submitted.

Peer-Reviewed Papers

• Metz, N. D., H. M. Archambault, A. F. Srock, T. J. Galarneau, Jr., and L. F. Bosart, 2013: A comparison of South American and African preferential pathways for extreme cold events. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press.
• McTaggart-Cowan, R., T. J. Galarneau, Jr., L. F. Bosart, R. W. Moore, and O. Martius, 2012: A global climatology of baroclinically influenced tropical cyclogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press.
• Galarneau, T. J., Jr., and C. A. Davis, 2012: Diagnosing forecast errors in tropical cyclone motion. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press.
• Schumacher, R. S., and T. J. Galarneau, Jr., 2012: Moisture transport into midlatitudes ahead of recurving tropical cyclones and its relevance in two predecessor rain events. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 1810-1827.
• Galarneau, T. J., Jr., T. M. Hamill, R. M. Dole, and J. Perlwitz, 2012: A multi-scale analysis of the extreme weather events over western Russia and northern Pakistan during July 2010. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 1639-1664.
• Bosart, L. F., J. M. Cordeira, T. J. Galarneau, Jr., B. J. Moore, and H. M. Archambault, 2012: Analysis of multiple predecessor rain events ahead of tropical cyclones Ike and Lowell: 10-15 September 2008. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 1081-1107.
• Evans, C., H. M. Archambault, J. M. Cordeira, C. Fritz, T. J. Galarneau, Jr., S. Gjorgjievska, K. S. Griffin, A. Johnson, W. A. Komaromi, S. Monette, P. Muradyan, B. Murphy, M. Riemer, J. Sears, D. Stern, B. Tang, and S. Thompson, 2012: The PRE-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) field campaign: Perspectives of early career scientists. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 173-187.
• Evans, C., R. S. Schumacher, and T. J. Galarneau, Jr., 2011: Sensitivity in the overland reintensification of Tropical Cyclone Erin (2007) to near-surface soil moisture characteristics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 3848-3870.
• Schumacher, R. S., T. J. Galarneau, Jr., and L. F. Bosart, 2011: Distant effects of a recurving tropical cyclone on rainfall in a midlatitude convective system: A high-impact predecessor rain event. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 650-667.
• Abarca, S. F., K. L. Corbosiero, and T. J. Galarneau, Jr., 2010: An evaluation of the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) using the National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) as ground truth. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D18206.
• Galarneau, T. J., Jr., L. F. Bosart, and R. S. Schumacher, 2010: Predecessor rain events ahead of tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 3272-3297.
• McTaggart-Cowan, R., T. J. Galarneau, Jr., L. F. Bosart, and J. A. Milbrandt, 2010: Development and tropical transition of an Alpine lee cyclone. Part II: Orographic influences on development pathway. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 2308-2326.
• McTaggart-Cowan, R., T. J. Galarneau, Jr., L. F. Bosart, and J. A. Milbrandt, 2010: Development and tropical transition of an Alpine lee cyclone. Part I: Case analysis and evaluation of numerical guidance. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 2281-2307.
• Davis, C. A., and T. J. Galarneau, Jr., 2009: The vertical structure of mesoscale convective vortices. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 686-704.
• Galarneau, T. J., Jr., L. F. Bosart, C. A. Davis, and R. McTaggart-Cowan, 2009: Baroclinic transition of a long-lived mesoscale convective vortex. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 562-584.
• Galarneau, T. J., Jr., L. F. Bosart, and A. R. Aiyyer, 2008: Closed anticyclones of the subtropics and midlatitudes: A 54-yr climatology (1950-2003) and three case studies. Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology and Weather Analysis and Forecasting: A Tribute to Fred Sanders, Meteor. Monogr., No. 55, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 349-392.
• McTaggart-Cowan, R., G. D. Deane, L. F. Bosart, C. A. Davis, and T. J. Galarneau, Jr., 2008: Climatology of tropical cyclogenesis in the North Atlantic (1948-2004). Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1284-1304.
• LaPenta, K. D., L. F. Bosart, T. J. Galarneau, Jr., and M. J. Dickinson, 2005: A multiscale examination of the 31 May 1998 Mechanicville, New York, tornado. Wea. Forecasting, 20, 494-516.

Recent Presentations (2011-present)

• 2013: The Life Cycle of Hurricane Sandy : AMS Town Hall Meeting: Hurricane and Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy: Predictions, Warnings, Societal Impacts and Response, Austin, TX, 7 January (Presented by Mel Shapiro.) [Recorded Presentation | PDF || PPTX || Animations] (The animations must be in the same relative location as the pptx file. The animations were generated by Alan Norton using the NCAR VAPOR visualization software.).
• 2013: Late Season Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Western Caribbean Sea: The Development of Tropical Cyclone Ida (2009): AMS Special Symposium on Advancing Weather and Climate Forecasts: Innovative Techniques and Applications, Austin, TX, 9 January (poster).
• 2013: NOAA's Second-Generation GFS Ensemble Reforecast Dataset: Description and Application to Tropical Cyclones: AMS Special Symposium on the Next Level of Predictions in Tropical Meteorology: Techniques, Usage, Support, and Impacts, Austin, TX, 8 January.
• 2013: Interannual Variability of African Easterly Waves in the NCAR Nested Regional Climate Model: AMS 25th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, Austin, TX, 9 January.
• 2012: Using the NCAR Nested Regional Climate Model the Examine North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Variability: Invited seminar at the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 15 November.
• 2012: Interannual Variability of African Easterly Waves in NRCM: NCAR-NOAA-CSU Tropical Cyclone Workshop, Boulder, CO, 16 August.
• 2012: Interannual Variability of African Easterly Waves in NRCM: 13th WRF Users' Workshop, Regional Climate Downscaling Tutorial, Boulder, CO, 29 June.
• 2012: Diagnosing Forecast Errors in Tropical Cyclone Motion: 13th WRF Users' Workshop, Boulder, CO, 28 June.
• 2012: Factors Contributing to Extreme Rainfall over Northern Pakistan in 2010: Invited presentation at the ASP Summer Colloquium, The Weather-Climate Intersection: Advances and Challenges, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 19 June.
• 2012: Diagnosing Forecast Errors in Tropical Cyclone Motion: AMS 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, 16 April.
• 2012: Climatology of Tropical Cyclogenesis Pathways in the NCAR Nested Regional Climate Model: AMS 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, 17 April (poster).
• 2011: Computing and Understanding Forecast Errors in Tropical Cyclone Motion: NCAR-CSU-ESRL TC Workshop, Fort Collins, CO, 16 November.
• 2011: Computing and Understanding Forecast Errors in Tropical Cyclone Motion: Invited seminar at the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, NY, 14 November.
• 2011: Large-Scale Circulation Patterns and High-Impact Weather During the Winter of 2010-2011: Earth Networks Sixth Annual Energy Trader Seminar-Winter Outlook 2011-2012, New York, NY, 6 October.
• 2011: Heavy Rains and Historic Flooding over Pakistan in Late July 2010: Synoptic Conditions and Physical Mechanisms: CIRES Science Rendezvous, Boulder, CO, 22 April (poster).
• 2011: Heavy Rains and Historic Flooding over Pakistan in Late July 2010: Synoptic Conditions and Physical Mechanisms: 15th Cyclone Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA, 31 March.
• 2011: Heavy Rains and Historic Flooding over Pakistan in Late July 2010: Synoptic Conditions and Physical Mechanisms: 36th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, Taunton, MA, 12 March.
• 2011: Heavy Rains and Historic Flooding over Pakistan in Late July 2010: Synoptic Conditions and Physical Mechanisms: AMS 24th Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Seattle, WA, 27 January (poster).
• 2011: Climatology of Upper- and Lower-Tropospheric Closed Thickness Highs and Lows: AMS 23rd Conf. on Climate Variability and Change, Seattle, WA, 26 January.