Daniel T. Lindsey
Research Meteorologist
NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/RAMM Branch
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Ft. Collins, CO

 970-491-8773 (voice)
970-491-8241 (Fax)
lindsey@cira.colostate.edu

Education

PhD, 2008, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science
M.S., 2002, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science
B.S., 1998, University of Georgia, Mathematics
Career Overview

Dan received an B.S. in Mathematics in 1998 at the University of Georgia. He then worked as a part-time meteorologist at The Weather Channel in Atlanta, Georgia until the summer of 1999, at which time he moved to Fort Collins, Colorado to attend Colorado State University. In 2002 he received an M.S. in Atmospheric Science at CSU, working under the direction of Dr. David Randall on modeling convective downdrafts. During the Spring of 2002, Dan taught three undergraduate meteorology courses at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley: Introduction to Meteorology, Mesoscale Meteorology, and Physical Meteorology (radiation and cloud physics).

Dan joined the Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology (RAMM) team at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) during the spring of 2002. His research interests focus on satellite detection of mesoscale phenomena, including severe storms. He also develops and delivers teletraining for the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT), a professional training program for the National Weather Service. Dan began working toward his PhD in the fall of 2004 under the direction of Dr. Richard Johnson at CSU, while continuing to work for the RAMM team at CIRA. In September 2004, he joined NOAA/NESDIS as a Research Meteorologist, and finished his PhD in 2008.

Publications

Zupanski, D., M. Zupanski, L. D. Grasso, R. Brummer, I. Jankov, D. Lindsey, M. Sengupta & M. DeMaria, 2011: Assimilating synthetic GOES-R radiances in cloudy conditions using an ensemble-based method. International Journal of Remote Sensing, DOI:10.1080/01431161.2011.572094.

Lindsey, D. T., B. McNoldy, Z. Finch, D. Henderson, D. Lerach, R. Seigel, J. Steinweg-Woods, E. Stuckmeyer, D. Van Cleave, G. Williams and M. Woloszyn, 2011: A high wind statistical prediction model for the northern Front Range of Colorado. Electr. J. Oper. Meteor., 2011-EJ03.

Fromm, M., D.T. Lindsey, R. Servranckx, G. Yue, T. Trickl, R. Sica, P. Doucet, S. Godin-Beekmann, 2010: The Untold Story of Pyrocumulonimbus. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91:9, 1193–1209. doi: 10.1175/2010BAMS3004.1

Lindsey, D.T, S.D. Miller, L.D. Grasso, 2010: The impacts of the 9 April 2009 dust and smoke on convection. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 91:8, 991-995.

Schumacher, R.S., D.T. Lindsey, A.B. Schumacher, J. Braun, S.D. Miller, and J.L. Demuth, 2010: Multidisciplinary analysis of an unusual tornado: meteorology, climatology, and the communication and interpretation of warnings. Wea. Forecasting, 25, 1412-1429.

Setvak, M., D. T. Lindsey, P. Novak, P. K. Wang, M. Radova, J. Kerkmann, L. Grasso, S. Su, R. M. Rabin, J. Stastka, and Z. Charvat, 2010: Satellite-observed cold-ring-shaped features atop deep convective clouds. Atmos. Research, 97, July 2010, p. 80-96, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.03.009.

Lindsey, D. T., and M. Fromm, 2008: Evidence of the cloud lifetime effect from wildfire-induced thunderstorms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L22809, doi:10.1029/2008GL035680. http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl0822/2008GL035680/

Setvak, M., D.T. Lindsey, R.M. Rabin, P.K. Wang, and A. Demeterova, 2008: Indication of water vapor transport into the lower stratosphere above midlatitude convective storms: Meteosat Second Generation satellite observations and radiative transfer model simulations. Atmospheric Research. 89/1-2, 170-180, DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.031.

Fromm, M., O. Torres, D. Diner, D.T. Lindsey, B. Vant Hull, R. Servranckx, E. P. Shettle, and Z. Li, 2008: Stratospheric impact of the Chisholm pyrocumulonimbus eruption: 1. Earth-viewing satellite perspective, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D08202, doi:10.1029/2007JD009153.   http://www.agu.org/journals/jd/jd0808/2007JD009153/

Lindsey, D.T., and L.D. Grasso, 2008:  An effective radius retrieval for thick ice clouds using GOES. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.  47, 1222-1231.

Rosenfeld, D., W.L. Woodley, A. Lerner, G. Kelman, and D.T. Lindsey: 2008: Satellite detection of severe convective storms by their retrieved vertical profiles of cloud particle effective radius and thermodynamic phase, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D04208, doi:10.1029/2007JD008600.

Lindsey, D.T., D. W. Hillger, L. Grasso, J. A. Knaff, and J. F. Dostalek, 2006: GOES Climatology and Analysis of Thunderstorms with Enhanced 3.9 mm Reflectivity. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 2342-2353. PDF

Lindsey, D.T., and M.J. Bunkers, 2005: Observations of a Severe, Left-Moving Supercell on 4 May 2003. Wea. Forecasting, 20, 15-22. PDF

Hodanish, S., R.L. Holle, and D.T. Lindsey, 2004: A Small Updraft Producing a Fatal Lightning Flash. Wea. Forecasting, 19, 627-632.

Weaver, J.F., and D.T. Lindsey, 2004: Some frequently overlooked visual severe thunderstorm characteristics observed on GOES imagery – a topic for future research. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1529-1533.

Weaver, J.F., D.T. Lindsey, D.E. Bikos, C.C. Schmidt, and E. Prins, 2004: Fire Detection using GOES-11 Rapid Scan Imagery. Wea. Forecasting, 19, 496-510.

Mostek, A., J.F. Weaver, D.E. Bikos, D.T Lindsey, B.A. Zajac, S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, B. Motta, B. Grant, J. LaDue, and J. Ferree, 2004: VISIT: Bringing Training to Weather Service Forecasters Using a New Distance-Learning Tool. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 823-829.

Other non-referred publications can be found here.