Christopher M. Fuhrmann
Ph.D.
Student
University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research
Climatologist
Southeast
Regional Climate Center
Office
Bank
of
Telephone
(
Telephone
(Geography main office): 919.962.8901
Fax
(Geography main office): 919.962.1537
Email:
fuhrman1@email.unc.edu
Education
M.S.,
Geography,
University of Georgia
B.A.,
Geography with highest honors, UNC-Chapel Hill
Research
Themes and Interests
v
Synoptic climatology
v
Applied climatology
(emphasis on health and climate change in the Southeast)
v
Trajectory analysis
(emphasis on airstreams and moisture transport)
v
Winter weather (emphasis
on freezing rain and ice storms)
v
Atmospheric dynamics
(emphasis on cyclone-induced windstorms and clear-air turbulence)
v
Cloud-to-ground
lightning and severe weather relationships
Recent
Publications
Fuhrmann, C.M., and C.E. Konrad II, 2008:
Synoptic-scale airstream and moisture trajectories
associated with freezing rain events in central
Durkee,
J.D., C.M. Fuhrmann, J.A. Knox, J.D.
Frye, S.A. Dillingham, A.E. Stewart, and M.C. Lacke,
2008: A diagnostic study of non-convective winds during the 12-13 November 2003
Great Lakes cyclone. Quarterly Journal of
the Royal Meteorological Society (in preparation for submission)
Fuhrmann, C.M., C.E. Konrad, and L.E.
Band, 2008: Climatological perspectives on the
rainfall characteristics associated with landslides in western
Lacke,
M.C., J.A. Knox, J.D. Frye, A.E. Stewart, J.D. Durkee,
C.M. Fuhrmann, and S.A. Dillingham,
2007: A climatology of
cold-season non-convective wind events in the
Durkee,
J.D., J.D. Frye, C.M. Fuhrmann, M.C.
Lacke, H.G. Jeong, and T.L. Mote, 2007: Effects of the North
Atlantic Oscillation on precipitation type frequency and distribution in the
eastern
Selected
Conference Presentations
Fuhrmann,
C.M., L.E. Band, C.E. Konrad II, and M.W. Doyle. Climatologoical
perspectives on the rainfall characteristics associated with landslides in
western
Fuhrmann,
C.M., C.E. Konrad
II, A.J. Grundstein, and M.P. Cuviello. A closer look
at ice storm severity in the Southeast USA using an ingredients-based
methodology. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern
Snow Conference,
Fuhrmann, C.M., J.D. Durkee, J.A. Knox,
J.D. Frye, S.A. Dillingham, S. Urban, A.E. Stewart, and M.C Lacke.
Insights into
the relationships between high winds and mid-latitude cyclones: A case study of
the 12-13 November 2003 Great Lakes cyclone windstorm.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Fuhrmann,
C.M., and W.S. Ashley. Cloud-to-ground
lightning characteristics of derecho-producing
convective systems in the central and southern Great Plains.
Presented at the AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms,
*Awarded the Best Student
Poster Presentation from the American Meteorological Society*
Fuhrmann,
C.M., T.L. Mote, and J.A. Stallins. On the convective organization of warm-season severe windstorms in
Fuhrmann,
C.M., and C.E. Konrad
II. Does
Links
A
Winter Weather Climatology for the Southeast United States (in collaboration with Chip
Konrad and the State Climate Office of North
Carolina)
Gravity
wave event in North Carolina (from early December 2007; images courtesy of the
SERCC and CIMSS)
Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association (AOPA)