Samantha Iles

Samantha Iles

M.S. Student

Numerical modeling, global wildland fire, climate change

Climate Science Lab, working with Dr. Oliver Frauenfeld

  samlesmerises@tamu.edu

  Eller O&M 814-1

Research

Conference proceedings submitted 06/2022 to the International Journal for Wildland Fire. Awaiting review.
   
Oral presentation (in-person) at the 2022 Fire & Climate Conference hosted by the International Association for Wildland Fire.
   
Poster presentation (virtual) at Student Conference of the 2022 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.

Selected Publications

Anton Kliewer, A. Back, H. Wang, R. Ahmadov, E. P. James, R. Li, G. Ge, M. Pagowski, B. Huang, S. Weygandt, C. R. Alexander, and S. Lesmerises, 2022: Assimilation of VIIRS AOD within the HRRR-Smoke Model to Improve Wildfire Numerical Weather Prediction. 31st Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF) / 27th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP), Houston, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/388700.
   
S. Lesmerises, A. Back, R. Ahmadov, E. P. James, G. Grell, G. Pereira, S. Freitas, I. A. Csiszar, and M. Tsidulko, 2022: Using PM2.5 Observations to Verify HRRR-Smoke Forecasts for the 2020 Western US Fire Season. 21st Annual Student Conference, Houston, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/400224.
   
S. Lesmerises, A. Back, R. Ahmadov, E. P. James, G. Grell, G. Pereira, S. Freitas, I. A. Csiszar, and M. Tsidulko, 2022: Using PM2.5 Observations to Verify HRRR-Smoke Forecasts During the 2020 Western US Fire Season. 31st Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF) / 27th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP), Houston, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/399738.

Education

MS Geography; Texas A&M University, Aug. 2022 – Present
   
BS Climate Change Science and BS Environmental Science; Northern Vermont University–Lyndon, Aug. 2017 – May 2021

Awards

2022 Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF) / Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Student Presentation Award winner; AMS Annual Meeting.

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