Colin M. Zarzycki

Email:	zarzycki@umich.edu
Office:	SRB 2133

Current Status:	PhD Candidate (3rd Year)

Education:	B.S., Atmospheric Science, Magna Cum Laude, Cornell University, May 2008
	M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, August 2010
	M.S., Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan, May 2012
Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Tropical cyclones
Atmospheric modeling with variable-resolution general circulation models
Aerosols and climate forcing

Publications

(in prep) C. M. Zarzycki and C. Jablonowski (2012), Using Variable Resolution Meshes to Model Tropical Cyclones in NCAR's CAM General Circulation Model.
(Link) T. C. Bond, C. Zarzycki, M. G. Flanner, and D. M. Koch (2011), Quantifying immediate radiative forcing by black carbon and organic matter with the Specific Forcing Pulse, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 1505-1525, doi:10.5194/acp-11-1505-2011.
(Link) C. M. Zarzycki and T. C. Bond (2010), How much can the vertical distribution of black carbon affect its global direct radiative forcing?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L20807, doi:10.1029/2010GL044555.

Presentations

(Talk*, anim1, anim2, anim3) Zarzycki, C. M., C. Jablonowski, M. A. Taylor, (January 2013) "Assessing the Ability of Variable-Resolution Global Models to Forecast Tropical Cyclones," Special Symposium on Advancing Weather and Climate Forecasts: Innovative Techniques and Applications, 93rd Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, 1.4
(Talk*, anim1) Zarzycki, C. M., C. Jablonowski, M. A. Taylor (December 2012) "Using the Variable-Resolution General Circulation Model CAM-SE to Simulate Regional Tropical Cyclone Climatology," American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, A31L-05
(Talk*) Zarzycki, C. M., C. Jablonowski, M. A. Taylor (October 2012) "Evaluating Variable-Resolution CAM-SE with High-Resolution Forecast Simulations," Weather and Climate Prediction on Next Generation Supercomputers
(Talk*, Video, anim1, anim2, anim3) Zarzycki, C. M., C. Jablonowski, M. A. Taylor (September 2012) "Improving Tropical Cyclone Representation in General Circulation Models through the use of Variable Resolution," Solutions to Partial Differential Equations on the Sphere
(Poster) Zarzycki, C. M., C. Jablonowski, M. A. Taylor, M. N. Levy (June 2012) "Tropical Cyclone Modeling Using CAM-SE’s Variable Resolution Option," NCAR Community Earth System Model Workshop
(Talk*, extended abstract) Zarzycki, C. M., C. Jablonowski (April 2012) "Using Variable Resolution Meshes to Model Tropical Cyclones in NCAR's CAM General Circulation Model," AMS 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 6D.4
(Talk*, anim1, anim2, anim3) Zarzycki, C. M., C. Jablonowski, M. A. Taylor, M. N. Levy, (December 2011) "Modeling Tropical Cyclones in NCAR’s General Circulation Model with Variable-Resolution Meshes," American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, A32D-05
(Poster) Zarzycki, C., T.C. Bond, (November 2010) "How Much Can the Vertical Distribution of Black Carbon Affect its Global Direct Radiative Forcing?," University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium
(Talk*) Zarzycki, C., T.C. Bond, (April 2010) "The Contribution of Black Carbon Above Clouds to Global Average Forcing," University of Illinois Environmental Engineering and Science Symposium
(Poster) Zarzycki, C., T.C. Bond, (December 2009) "The Contribution of Black Carbon Above Clouds to Global Average Radiative Forcing," American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, A13A-0182
(Talk) Zarzycki, C., T.C. Bond, (April 2009) "A Multi-Model Assessment of Black Carbon Effects on High-Latitude Warming in the Arctic," University of Illinois Environmental Engineering and Science Symposium
(Talk) Zarzycki, C., G. Renninger and N. Laird, (October 2007) "Weather Conditions Associated with Rapid Variations in Lake Erie Ice Cover," Lake Effect Weather Conference

*Powerpoint presentation which contains custom animations. I use the macro here to deconstruct the presentation before saving as a .pdf. By starting at page/slide 1, zooming full screen/to fit, and stepping through the document in sequential order, you should be able to reproduce these transitions in a "flipbook" fashion which eliminates the need for presentation software.

Awards

College of Engineering Dean's Fellowship, University of Michigan
Ivan Racheff Fellowship, University of Illinois
Frank and Rosa Rhodes Scholarship, Cornell University

Professional Organizations

American Meteorological Society, Member, Fall 2006 - present
American Geophysical Union, Member, Spring 2009 - present
National Weather Association, Member, Fall 2010 - present

External Links

Latest update: December 7th, 2012