Rachael Auth

Biosketch

I was born in Phoenix but grew up in Oxford, Michigan. I studied meteorolgy at the University of Oklahoma and graduated with a B.S. in 2023. During my time at OU, my interest toward research began with an opporunity to work with Dr. Cameron Homeyer using ozonesondes studying the transport of trace gases across the tropopase during severe weather. In the summer of 2022, I also participated in NASA's DCOTSS field campaign on their trajectory and weather forcasting team. I joined the van den Heever group in fall of 2023. My master's thesis work will be supported by NASA's INCUS misison studying convective mass flux (CMF) and its evolution within deep tropical convection. Outside of work I enjoy gardening, cooking, traveling, and spending time with my family and friends.

Education

BS, Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 2023

Awards

Thomas Julian Lockhart Scholarship, 2022

Publications

Auth, R. M. and C. R. Homeyer, 2023: Targeted Balloon Observations of Stratosphere-To-Troposphere Transport From a Mesoscale Convective System, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 128, doi:10.1029/2023JD039139

Last Updated: 8/23