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Keenan Eure

Keenan Eure

Keenan is a research scientist in the Assimilation, Verification, and Innovation Division of Global Systems Laboratory (GSL) through the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA). His primary area of work is assimilating satellite observations from the Joint Polar Satellite System and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite within the Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS). Prior to GSL, Keenan was graduate student at Penn State,working on simultaneous radar and satellite data assimilation to improve ensemble forecasts of severe weather. Outside of work, Keenan enjoys track and field, skiing, basketball, hiking, and football.

Research Interests

  • Ensemble data assimilation
  • Dual-polarization radar observations
  • All-sky satellite radiance assimilation
  • Planetary boundary layer
  • Ensemble Kalman filter
  • Model verification of severe convection hazards

Education

  • Ph.D. Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Pennsylvania State University, 2024
  • M.S. Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Pennsylvania State University, 2021
  • B.S. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science with High Honors, University of Maryland, 2018

Experience

May 2018 – Aug 2018: Significant Opportunities in AtmosphericResearch and Science (SOARS), National Center for AtmosphericResearch, Boulder, CO, “Physical mechanisms of tropical cycloneintensification in environments with temporally varying vertical windshear”

Nov 2016 – Aug 2018: Department of Atmospheric and OceanicScience, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, “Can ensemblespread be used to forecast regime instabilities in a chaotic system?”

May 2017 – Aug 2017: Significant Opportunities in AtmosphericResearch and Science (SOARS), National Center for AtmosphericResearch, Boulder, CO, “The influence of ENSO on the North PacificOcean on a Daily Time Scale”

May 2016 – Aug 2016: Department of Atmospheric Science,Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, “Factors that influencethe growth of supercells into MCSs after sunset.”

Aug 2015 – May 2016: Earth System Science InterdisciplinaryCenter, College Park, MD, “Using WDSS-II to understand thecorrelation between lightning jumps and severe weather.”

May 2015 – Aug 2015: Department of Physics, North Carolina A&TState University, Greensboro, NC, “Environmental factors leading tothe storm surge of Hurricane Lili and Hurricane Ike.”

Social

https://www.linkedin.com/in/keenan-eure-6b59a7b9

Membership and service on professional, technical, or scientific societies and journals

  • AMS Weather Enterprise Working Group (NWP Development); Feb 2024 – Present
  • AMS Weather Analysis and Forecasting Committee; Oct 2020 – Present
  • AMS Glossary Subcommittee; Award for Exceptional Specific
  • Prediction Subcommittee; Weather Analysis and Forecasting
  • Symposium Subcommittee

Honors and Awards

  • Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Student Persistence Scholarship, Penn State; May 2024
  • 1st Place Student Oral Presentation Award from the 104th AMS Annual Meeting; AMS; Feb 2024
  • Chi Epsilon Pi Honor National Meteorology Honor Society; Penn State; Apr 2022 – Present
  • Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science Technology Fellow; NASA; Jun 2020 – Dec 2023
  • Dean’s Distinguished Graduate Fellow; Penn State; Aug 2018 – May 2023
  • National Science Foundation GRFP Honorable Mention Apr 2020
  • Henry E. Fleming Scholarship Award; University of Maryland; May 2018
  • Louis Allen Scholarship Award; University of Maryland; May 2017
  • American Meteorological Society – Larry R. Johnson Scholarship; AMS; May 2017
  • Marc Korman Delegate Scholarship; Marc Korman; Aug 2015, 2016, 2017
  • J.P. Baltimore Memorial Scholarship; The People’s Community Baptist Church; Aug 2015, 2016, 2017
  • National Society of Collegiate Scholars; Mar 2015 – May 2018
  • College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Dean’s List; University of Maryland; Spring 2015 – Spring 2018
  • College Park Scholars Outstanding Achievement Award; University of Maryland; Oct 2016
  • NOAA Hollings Scholar Finalist; NOAA; Apr 2016

Memberships and service to Cooperative Institutes and Universities

University of Maryland Atmospheric and Oceanic Science AlumniCommittee; Sep 2020 – Present

Publications

Mykolajtchuk, P., K. Eure, D. Stensrud, Y. Zhang, S. Greybush, and M. Kumjian, 2023:Diagnosing factors leading to an incorrect supercell thunderstorm forecast. Wea.Forecasting, 38, 1935-1951, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-23-0010.1.

Eure, K., P. Mykolajtchuk, Y. Zhang, D. Stensrud, F. Zhang, S. Greybush, and M. Kumjian,2023: Simultaneous assimilation of planetary boundary layer observations from radar and all-skysatellite observations to improve forecasts of convection initiation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 151,795-813, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0188.1.

Our Mission

Lead research and directed development through the transition of environmental data, models, products, tools, and services to support commerce, protect life and property, and promote a scientifically literate public.

Research Areas

Organizational Excellence, Earth System Prediction, Advanced Technologies, and Decision Support are the foundation to achieving the GSL Grand Challenge: Deliver actionable global storm-scale prediction and environmental information through advanced technologies to serve society.

Global Systems Laboratory