Jessica Mcdonald
NRC Postdoctoral Researcher at National Severe Storms Laboratory
Norman, Oklahoma, United States
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Top SchoolJessica Mcdonald is an NRC postdoctoral researcher at the National Severe Storms Laboratory with eight years of experience advancing rapid data assimilation for high-frequency phased array radar. She earned her MS and PhD from Texas Tech University studying cold pool dynamics in quasi-linear convective systems and their role in tornadogenesis, and has hands-on field experience as a mobile radar operator on campaigns like NRI, TORUS, and LIFT. At NSSL she focuses on improving Warn-on-Forecast–style ensembles to leverage sub-minute radar updates, blending observational expertise with synthetic data experiments. She also has a strong background in instrument deployment and quality control from maintaining TTU StickNets during major field projects, reflecting a rare combination of theoretical research, operational awareness, and practical instrumentation skills.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Master's degree, Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology at Texas Tech UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Meteorology, Bachelor’s Degree, Meteorology at St. Cloud State UniversityGithub contributions (4)
jessmcd/StickNet_Repo
Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:2 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
jessmcd/VSEAnalysisCode
Jun 2022 - Oct 2023
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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