Dr. Jason Milbrandt
Current research and/or projects
Research on the parameterization of cloud microphysical processes in high-resolution (cloud-resolving) and mesoscale atmospheric prediction models
- Research on parameterization techniques for bulk microphysics schemes
- Research on high-resolution (deterministic) numerical weather prediction
- Research on the improvement of the GEM-LAM model to forecast severe thunderstorms in Alberta
Professional activities / interests
Developing a detailed cloud microphysics parameterization for the high-resolution GEM-LAM model
Member of the development team of RPN-A for the high-resolution NWP for the 2010 Winter Olympics
Co-principal investigator of the Understanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE) project
Education and awards
Ph.D. (2004), Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC
M.Sc. (1998), Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC
Diploma in Meteorology (1995), Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Key publications
Milbrandt, J. A., M. K. Yau, J. Mailhot and S. Bélair. 2008. Simulation of an orographic precipitation event during IMPROVE-2. Part I: Evaluation of the triple-moment control run. Mon. Wea. Rev. 136(10): 3873-3893.
Milbrandt, J. A. and M. K. Yau. 2006. A multimoment bulk microphysics parameterization. Part IV: Sensitivity experiments. J. Atmos. Sci. 63:3137-3159.
Milbrandt, J. A. and M. K. Yau. 2006. A multimoment bulk microphysics parameterization. Part III: Control simulation of a hailstorm. J. Atmos. Sci. 63:3114-3136.
Milbrandt, J. A. and M.K. Yau. 2005. A multimoment bulk microphysics parameterization. Part II: A proposed three-moment closure and scheme description. J. Atmos. Sci. 62:3065-3081.
Milbrandt, J. A. and M.K. Yau. 2005. A multimoment bulk microphysics parameterization. Part I: Analysis of the role of the spectral shape parameter. J. Atmos. Sci. 62:3051-3064.
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Affiliations
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
American Meteorological Society