| EDUCATION:
Ph.D., State University of New York , Albany, Atmospheric Sciences
M.S., Rutgers University, Meteorology
B.A., Rutgers University, Meteorology and Geography
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS: Over thirty-five years of experience in synoptic and dynamical meteorology and mesoscale numerical weather prediction with emphasis on problems in mesoscale meteorology including: severe convective storms, mesoscale convective complex systems, terrain-induced windstorms, lake-effect snowstorms, sea-breeze convection, frontogenesis, and jet streak dynamics. RESEARCH AREAS: Mesoscale Modeling, Synoptic Meteorology, Dynamic Meteorology, Mesoscale Meteorology, Aviation Meteorology. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Huang, C., Y.-L. Lin, M. L. Kaplan and J. J. Charney, 2008:
- Synoptic-Scale and Mesoscale Environments Conducive to Forest Fires during the October 2003 Extreme Fire Event in Southern California. In press, J. Appl. Meteor. Clim.
- Kaplan, M.L., C. Huang, Y.-L. Lin, and J. J. Charney, 2008:
- The Development of Extremely Dry Surface Air Due to Vertical Exchanges Under the Exit Region of a Jet Streak. In press, Meteor. Atmos. Phys.
- Boybeyi, Z., E. Novakovskaia, R. MacCracken, D. P. Bacon, and M. L. Kaplan, 2007:
- Targeted GOES satellite observations to improve hurricane track forecast: A case study of Hurricane Floyd. Pure and Appl. Geophys., 164, 1-18.
- Kaplan, M. L., J. J. Charney, K. T. Waight III, K. M. Lux, J. D. Cetola, A. W. Huffman, S. D. Slusser, A. J. Riordan, and Y.-L. Lin, 2006:
- Characterizing the severe turbulence environments associated with commercial aviation accidents. A Real-Time Turbulence Model (RTTM) designed for the operational prediction of moderate-severe aviation turbulence environments. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 94, 235-270.
- Businger, S., T. M. Graziano, M. L. Kaplan, and R. A. Rozumalski, 2005:
- Cold-air cyclogenesis along the Gulf-stream front: Investigation of diabatic impacts on cyclone development, structure, and track. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 88, 65-90.
- Kaplan, M. L., and coauthors, 2005:
- Characterizing the severe turbulence environments associated with commercial aviation accidents. Part 1: A 44 case study synoptic observational analyses. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 88, 129-152.
- Kaplan, M. L., and coauthors, 2005:
- Characterizing the severe turbulence environments associated with commercial aviation accidents. Part 2: Hydrostatic mesoscale numerical simulations of supergradient wind flow and streamwise ageostrophic frontogenesis. Meteor. Atmos. Phys ., 88, 153-174.
- Koch, S. E., F. Zhang, M. L. Kaplan, and Y.-L. Lin, 2001:
- Numerical simulation of a mesoscale gravity wave event observed during CCOPE. Part III: Mountain-plains solenoids and unbalanced flow in the generation of wave episode II. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 909-933.
- Kaplan, M. L., Y.-L. Lin, J. J. Charney, K. D. Pfeiffer, D. B. Ensley, D. S. DeCroix, and R. P. Weglarz, 2000:
- A Terminal Area PBL Prediction System at Dallas-Fort Worth and its Application in simulating diurnal PBL jets. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81, 2179-2204.
- Kaplan, M. L., Y.-L. Lin, D. W. Hamilton, and R. A. Rozumalski, 1998:
- A numerical simulation of an unbalanced jetlet and its role in the Palm Sunday 1994 tornado outbreak in Alabama and Georgia. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2133-2165.
- Hamilton, D. W., Y.-L. Lin, R. P. Weglarz, and M. L. Kaplan, 1998:
- Antecedent Jetlet Formation Prior to the Palm Sunday 1994 Tornado Outbreak in Alabama and Georgia. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2061-2089.
- Kaplan, M. L., S. E. Koch, Y.-L. Lin, and R. P. Weglarz, 1997:
- Numerical simulations of a gravity wave event over CCOPE. Part I: The role of geostrophic adjustment in mesoscale jet streak formation and their role in the generation of the first wave episode. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 1185-1211.
- Bauman, W. H. III, M. L. Kaplan, and S. Businger, 1997:
- Nowcasting Convective Activity for Space Shuttle Landings During Easterly Flow Regimes. Wea. Forecasting, 12, 78-107.
- Karyampudi, V. M., M. L. Kaplan, S. E. Koch, and R. Zamora, 1995:
- The Influence of the Rocky Mountains in the 13-14 April 1986 Severe Weather Outbreak. Part I: Mesoscale Lee Cyclogenesis and Its Relationship to Severe Weather and Dust Storms. Mon.Wea. Rev., 123, 1394-1422.
- Karyampudi, V. M., Koch, S. E., C. Chen, J. W. Rottman, and M. L. Kaplan, 1995:
- The Influence of the Rocky Mountains in the 13-14 April 1986 Severe Weather Outbreak. Part II: Evolution of a Prefrontal Bore and Its Role in Triggering a Squall Line. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 1423-1446.
- Kaplan, M. L., and V. M. Karyampudi, 1992:
- Meso-Beta Scale Numerical Simulations of Terrain Drag-Induced Along-Stream Circulations. Part I: Midtropospheric Frontogenesis. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 49, 133-156.
- Kaplan, M. L., and V. M. Karyampudi, 1992:
- Meso-Beta Scale Numerical Simulations of Terrain Drag-Induced Along-Stream Circulations. Part II: Concentration of Potential Vorticity Within Dryline Bulges. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 49, 1040-1056.
- Kaplan, M. L., J. W. Zack, V. C. Wong, and J. J. Tuccillo, 1985:
- The interactive role of subsynoptic scale jet streak and planetary boundary layer adjustments in organizing an isolated convective complex. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 2212-2238.
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