Amanda Sheffield

I am PhD candidate in the van den Heever research group and my research interests involve trying to understand the effects of aerosols on cloud physics and cloud dynamics. This includes the investigation of cloud dynamical and microphysical responses of tropical convection (especially congestus in my work) to aerosols, currently with the CSU RAMS model. I have special interests in cumulus congestus clouds, and hope to pursue these topics further through modeling and observational efforts. Outside of graduate work I enjoy spending time with my husband Jesse, cooking, crafting, and, playing in a weekly softball league.

B.S. in Synoptic Meteorology & Atmospheric Dynamics (with a minor in Physics), Purdue University, 2009

M.S. in Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, 2011

2010-2013 Dept. of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship

2009-2010 American Meteorological Society Graduate Fellowship Award

2008-2009 American Meteorological Society Howard T. Orville Scholarship in Meteorology

2007-2009 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest. F. Hollings Scholar

Sheffield, Amanda M., S. C. van den Heever, and S. M. Saleeby, 2013: Growth of cumulus congestus clouds as impacted by aerosols.(accepted pending revisions)

Sheffield, Amanda M., S. C. van den Heever, and S. M. Saleeby, Assessing the Impacts of Aerosol on the Growth of Cumulus Congestus Clouds. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Jan. 2013.

Hayden, Lindsey J., Amanda M. Sheffield, Susan C. van den Heever, and S. Lasher-Trapp, Observed Properties of Tropical Convection During the Ice in Clouds Experiment – Tropical (ICE-T) Field Campaign. 12th Annual Student American Meteorological Society Meeting, Austin, TX, Jan. 2013.

Sheffield, Amanda M., S. C. van den Heever, and S. M. Saleeby, Aerosol Impacts on the Growth of Cumulus Congestus Clouds.  American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2012.

Hayden, Lindsey J., Amanda M. Sheffield, Susan C. van den Heever, and S. Lasher-Trapp, Characteristics of Convective Clouds Observed During the Ice in Clouds Experiment – Tropical  (ICE-T) Field Campaign. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2012.

van den Heever, Susan C., S.M. Saleeby, S. Herbener, R. Storer, R. Seigel, A. Igel, A. Sheffield, C. McGee, M. Igel, L. Grant, M. Clavner, T. L’Ecuyer and W. Berg, Microphysical Contributions to the Latent Heating Structures of Midlatitude and Tropical Storms and Feedbacks to Storm Organization. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2012.

Sheffield, Amanda. M, S. C. van den Heever, and S. M. Saleeby, Aerosol Impacts on the Growth of Cumulus Congestus Clouds. Annual Research Meeting of the Dept. Of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellows, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, Aug. 2012.

Sheffield, Amanda. M, S. C. van den Heever, and S. M. Saleeby, Aerosol Impacts on the Growth of Cumulus Congestus Clouds. 8th WMO International Cloud Modeling Conference, Warsaw, Poland, July 2012.

Sheffield, Amanda M., and S. C. Van den Heever, Cloud Condensation Nuclei Impacts on Tropical Cumulus Congestus in Cloud Resolving Model Smulations.  Aerosols, Clouds, and Climate Poster Session, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Jan. 2011.

Sheffield, Amanda M., P. Bothwell, and J. Schaefer, 2009, Comparative Lightning Characteristics of a Tornadic and Non-Tornadic Oklahoma Thunderstorm on 24-25 April 2006. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 2009.
 
Sheffield, Amanda M., and S. Lasher-Trapp, An Investigation of Entrainment in Trade Wind Cumulus Clouds. 8th Annual Student American Meteorological Society Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 2009.

Sheffield, Amanda M., and S. Lasher-Trapp, A Statistical Analysis of Trade Wind Cumulus Properties Relevant to Warm Rain Formation. 7th Annual Student American Meteorological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2008.
 
Rodell, M., H. Kato, A. Sheffield, and B. Zaitchik, INVITED: Sensitivity of Land Surface Model Simulations to Atmospheric Forcing and Other Factors, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Jan. 2007.

ATS 350/351, Introduction to Weather and Climate/Lab, Spring 2013

Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP) Teaching Weather and Climate Summer Teacher's Course, July 2012

Graduate Student Member, American Meteorological Society Committee on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification, 2013-2014

Graduate Student Representative, Department of Atmospheric Science, 2012-2013

Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP) Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities, Research Mentor, June - August 2012

Planning Committee & Session Chair (Panel of Young Professionals), 9th & 10th Student Conference at the Annual American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2010 & 2011