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Julia Shates

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4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

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Atmospheric Physics And Weather

Biography

I am an atmospheric scientist interested in cloud and precipitation observations. A primary focus of my PhD research was understanding the variability of clouds, precipitation, and phase transitions at mid-and high-latitude sites to improve detection and quantification of snow and rain. I leverage observations from different sources, including ground-based multi-instrument suites and satellite radars, to examine micro-and macro-physical characteristics of clouds and precipitation.

Education

  • PhD Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023
  • MS Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
  • BS Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, 2015
  • BA Spanish, University of California, Irvine, 2015

Professional Experience

  • Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2017-2023)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2019-2020)

Research Interests

Cloud and precipitation processes, remote sensing, radar meteorology

Selected Awards

  • Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST 2020)

Selected Publications

  1. Shates, J. A., Pettersen, C., L’Ecuyer T. S., Kulie, M. S., KAZR-CloudSat analysis of snowing profiles at the North Slope of Alaska: implications of the satellite radar blind zone, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, (submitted)
  2. Fraser, K., Pettersen, C., Dolan, B., Shates, J., Posselt, D., Primary Modes of Northern Hemisphere Snowfall Particle Size Distributions, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, (in-review)
  3. Xie, Y., Pettersen, C., Flanner, M., Shates, J.A., Ground-Observed Snow Albedo Changes During Rain-On-Snow Events in Northern Alaska., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, 10.1029/2024JD040975
  4. Ochwat, N. E., Scambos, T. A., Banwell, A. F., Anderson, R. S., Maclennan, M. L., Picard, G., Shates, J.A. Marinsek, S., Margonari, L., Truffer, M., and Pettit, E. C., (2024). Triggers of the 2022 Larsen B multi-year landfast sea ice breakout and initial glacier response, The Cryosphere, 18, 1709–1731, 10.5194/tc-18-1709-2024
  5. Shates, J. A., Pettersen, C., L’Ecuyer T. S., Kulie, M. S., (2023). Multi-year analysisof rain-snow levels at Marquette, Michigan. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, 10.1029/2022JD037132
  6. Cooper, S. J., L’Ecuyer, T. S., Wolff, M. A., Kuhn, T., Pettersen, C., Wood, N. B., Eliasson, S., Schirle, C. E., Shates, J., Hellmuth, F., Engdahl, B. J. K., V.squez-Martin, S., Ilmo, T., & Nygárd, K. (2022). Exploring Snowfall Variability through the High-Latitude Measurement of Snowfall (HiLaMS) Field Campaign, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(8), E1762-E1780. 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0007.1
  7. Shates, J. A., Pettersen, C., L’Ecuyer T. S., Cooper, S. J., Kulie, M. S., Wood., N. B., (2021). High-latitude precipitation: Snowfall regimes at two distinct sites in Scandinavia. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 60, 1127-1148. 10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0248.1
  8. Pettersen, C., Bliven, L. F., Kulie, M. S., Wood, N. B., Shates, J. A., Anderson, J., Mateling, M.E., Petersen, W.A., von Lerber, A. and Wolff, D.B., (2021). The Precipitation Imaging Package: Phase Partitioning Capabilities. Remote Sensing, 13(11), 2183. 10.3390/rs13112183