Johnson Research Group

Richard (Rick) K. Taft

Senior Research Associate

Phone: 970-491-2347
Fax: 970-491-8449
Office: ATS 321
Email: taft [at] atmos.colostate.edu

Education:

1983	B.S.	Chemistry	Clarkson University
1987	M.S.	Mathematics	Colorado State University
1990	B.S.	Computer Science	Colorado State University

Research Interests:

I perform a variety of roles for the Johnson and Schubert Research Groups, including:

Researcher,
Computer/math/data consultant and troubleshooter,
Technical editor,
System administrator.

My primary interests are in the areas of numerical programming and scientific visualization.

Publications:

Williams, G. J., R. K. Taft, B. D. McNoldy, and W. H. Schubert, 2013: Shock-like structures in the tropical cyclone boundary layer. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 5, 338-353.
Musgrave, K. D., R. K. Taft, J. L. Vigh, B. D. McNoldy, and W. H. Schubert, 2012: Time evolution of the intensity and size of tropical cyclones. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 4, M08001.
Schubert, W. H., R. K. Taft, and L. G. Silvers, 2009: Shallow water quasi-geostrophic theory on the sphere. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 1, doi:10.3894/JAMES.2009.1.2.
Hendricks, E. A., W. H. Schubert, R. K. Taft, H. Wang, and J. P. Kossin, 2009: Life cycles of hurricane-like vorticity rings. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 705-722.
Johnson, R. H., P. E. Ciesielski, B. D. McNoldy, P. J. Rogers, and R. K. Taft, 2007: Multiscale variability of the flow during the North American Monsoon Experiment. J. Climate, 20, 1628-1648.
Schubert, W., E. Ruprecht, R. Hertenstein, R. Nieto Ferreira, R. Taft, C. Rozoff, P. Ciesielski, and H.-C. Kuo, 2004: English translations of twenty-one of Ertel's papers on geophysical fluid dynamics. Meteor. Zeit., 13, 527-576.
Schubert, W. H., M. T. Montgomery, R. K. Taft, T. A. Guinn, S. R. Fulton, J. P. Kossin, J. P. Edwards, 1999: Polygonal eyewalls, asymmetric eye contraction, and potential vorticity mixing in hurricanes. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 1197-1223.
Taft, R. K., W. H. Schubert, and G. D. Taylor, 1987: A Comparison of Two Multi-Grid Methods for Solving the Poison Problem. Atmospheric Science Report No. 415, Colorado State University, 36 pp.