Education:
PhD and MA in physics from Case Western University
BS from The University of Texas at EL Paso
Research interests:
• Computational
Physics
and
graphics
using visualization
• microbursts
• flash
floods
Some work and publications:
• (Barnes
et al.) on
the necessity of filtering high resolution model
output
before doing
quasi-geostrophic (QG) computations.
•
(Caracena
and Marroquin) on the relation between areas of turbulence and
upper-atmospheric
frontal zones.
• ballon
management simulations using NCEP/NCAR reanalisis data for
the GAINS project.
• (Caracena, Barnes and
Marroquin) A Study of Gravity Waves Generated
by Convective Systems in ETA model Forecasts -
Meterolology and Atmospheric Physics, ca. October, 1998.
Foreign Travel:
• Spent one month in Europe the summer of
1960.
• In February 1998 I gave two Invited talks at
the
Asamblea
Hispano-Portugues de Geofisica y Geodisia. in Aguadulce, Almeria,
Spain
Languages besides English
• Spanish
• French
• Latin
• Smattering of German
Personal interests:
• Reading books;
• Classical music (Bach is at the top of
my list);
• Amateur
artist;
• Photography;
• Genealogy: researching
my
family
ancestry as part
of history. There is a town in
Soria, Old Castile, Spain from where my surname is derived.
I have an interesting
and
illustrious
family
background;
• Gardening;
• Hiking in the high country.
• Fly fishing;
E-mail: author@ghyzmo.com
Modified 3 December 2011