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Stephen R Guimond

Stephen R Guimond

Associate Research Professor

Physics
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology

Physics

Education

Ph D Florida State University 2010

MS Florida State University 2007

BS Iowa State University 2004

Research Interests

Remote sensing with a focus on airborne Doppler radar including designing algorithms for computing geophysical variables such as winds, latent heat and precipitation. Geophysical fluid dynamics with a focus on hurricanes, convection, turbulence and computational methods.

Teaching Interests

Atmospheric Dynamics, Computational Physics, Numerical Weather Prediction, Radar Remote Sensing

Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Guimond, Stephen (Principal). “Understanding Hurricane Inner-Core Asymmetries and their Relationship to Convective Bursts and Storm Intensification using a Suite of NASA Data,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NASA. (Mar 1, 2017 – Feb 29, 2020).

Guimond, Stephen (Co-Principal). “Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS),” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NASA. (Oct 1, 2019 – Oct 31, 2023).

Guimond, Stephen (Co-Principal). “Real-time Observations of the Three-Dimensional Hurricane Boundary Layer Winds and Ocean Surface Vector Winds with an Imaging Airborne Profiler,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NOAA. (Oct 1, 2019 – Oct 31, 2021).

Guimond, Stephen (Principal). “The Dynamics of Turbulent Buoyant Plumes,” Contract (Funded). Sponsored By: DOE/LANL. (Mar 1, 2020 – Mar 31, 2022).

Guimond, Stephen (Principal), Marras, Simone (Co-Principal). “Understanding the Turbulent Dynamics of Convective Bursts and Tropical Cyclone Intensification Using Large Eddy Simulations and High-Order Numerics,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NSF. (Aug 1, 2021 – Jul 31, 2024).

Guimond, Stephen (Principal). “Understanding the Structure and Role of the Turbulent Boundary Layer in Hurricane Intensity Change,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: ONR. (Jan 3, 2022 – Jan 3, 2025).

Engel, Donald (Supporting), Stephen, Guimond (Co-Principal). “GEOS Visualization And Lagrangian dynamics Immersive eXtended Reality Tool (VALIXR) for Scientific Discovery,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NASA. (Aug 1, 2022 – Jul 31, 2024).

Intellectual Contributions

Tissaoui, Yassine, Marras, Simone, Guimond, Stephen, Giraldo, Frank, Kelly, Jim. (2023). A study of tropical cyclone intensification mechanisms using large eddy simulation and adaptive mesh refinement. Bergen, Norway: SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences.

Guimond, Stephen, Reisner, Jon, Dubey, Manvendra. (2023). . 4. 15 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.

Guimond, Stephen. (2023). . Huntsville, AL: NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC.

Hasan, Badrul, Guimond, Stephen, Yu, Meilin, Reddy, Sohail, Giraldo, Frank. (2022). . 8. 14 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.

D'Angelo, Gennaro, Guimond, Stephen, Reisner, Jon, Peterson, Da, Dubey, Manvendra. (2022). . 10. 127 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Sroka, Sydney, Guimond, Stephen. (2021). . A21. 924 Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

Helms, Charles, McLinden, Matthew, Heymsfield, Gerald, Guimond, Stephen. (2020). . 37 2251–2266 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.

Guimond, Stephen, Reasor, Paul, Heymsfield, Gerald, McLinden, Matthew. (2020). . 7. 77 2349–2374 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

Ren, Yifang, Zhang, Jun, Guimond, Stephen, Wang, Xiang. (2019). . 339. 10 Atmosphere.

Didlake, Anthony, Heymsfield, Gerald, Reasor, Paul, Guimond, Stephen. (2017). . 145 729 - 749 Monthly Weather Review.

Guimond, Stephen, Sroka, Sydney. A Large Eddy Simulation of Hurricane Intensification. 17 pp. 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc...

Guimond, Stephen, Zhang, Jun, Sapp, Joe, Frasier, Stephen. . 75 3071-3093 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

Protzko, Devin, Guimond, Stephen, Jackson, Chris, Sapp, Joe, Jelenak, Zorana, Chang, Paul. Documenting coherent turbulent structures in the boundary layer of intense hurricanes through wavelet analysis on IWRAP and SAR data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

Presentations

Guimond, Stephen (Author & Presenter). AGU Fall Meeting. Oral Presentation. "THE PHYSICS OF BANDED STRUCTURES IN EXTRA-TROPICAL SYSTEMS: A COMBINED REMOTE SENSING AND MODELING PERSPECTIVE FROM NASA IMPACTS 2020," AGU. (Dec 1, 2021).

Protzko, Devin (Author & Presenter), Guimond, Stephen (Author). AGU Fall Meeting. Poster. "Connecting Turbulent Eddies in Mature Hurricanes Through Wavelet Analysis on SAR and IWRAP Data," AGU. (Dec 11, 2020).

Dubey, Manvendra (Author & Presenter), Guimond, Stephen (Author). AGU Fall Meeting. Poster. "Evaluating Aerosol Solar Reflection Climate Models by Post Stratospheric Mass Injection Response Observations," AGU. (Dec 9, 2020).

Guimond, Stephen. NASA Ocean Vector Winds Science Team Meeting. Oral Presentation. "Coherent Turbulence in the Boundary Layer of Intense Hurricanes," NASA. (May 30, 2019).

Guimond, Stephen (Author & Presenter). AGU Fall Meeting. Oral Presentation. "The Asymmetric Dynamics of Hurricane Matthew (2016) During An Eyewall Replacement Cycle," AGU. (Dec 1, 2018).

Protzko, Devin (Author & Presenter), Guimond, Stephen (Author), Sparling, Lynn (Author). AGU Fall Meeting. Poster. "Coherent Turbulent Structures & Wavelet Analyses of Hurricane Isabel via Observational (IWRAP) & Model (LES) Data," AGU. (Dec 1, 2018).

Guimond, Stephen (Author & Presenter). 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. Oral Presentation. "The Formation and Evolution of Convective Bursts in Hurricanes: An Observational Study," American Meteorological Society. (Apr 1, 2018).

Guimond, Stephen (Author & Presenter). Seminar. "Understanding the Physics of Hurricane Intensification: Measurement, Theory and Modeling," UMBC Department of Physics. (Sep 27, 2017).

Guimond, Stephen (Author & Presenter). 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology. Oral Presentation. "Novel radar observations of turbulent eddies in the lower levels of intense Hurricane Rita (2005)," American Meteorological Society. (Aug 29, 2017).

Guimond, Stephen (Author & Presenter). 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology. Poster. "A Multi-Radar, Multi-Platform Investigation of the Inner Core of Hurricane Matthew (2016)," American Meteorological Society. (Aug 28, 2017).