Why I am a consultant!!

I am an environmental engineering/meteorology consultant who helps my clients by providing technical and public policy experience to solve complex environmental issues such as emissions modeling. This benefits them because they can rely on my expertise and care in order to receive information to make reasonable, cost effective and environmentally beneficial decisions. (Michele)

Consulting Firm Names

MeteoTech Corp. (Michele)
FogTown Weather Services (Agustin)
Virga Unlimited (Solving Problems Before They Reach the Ground) (Eric) (Registered--Anyone Stealing this Will Be Subjected to Medieval Torture)

Ultimate Job

Head Meteorologist for KNSD NBC in San Diego (Justin)
Chief Meteorologist, KGO-TV, (Linh)

Cheetham Cover Letter -- Most Cheeky

"...my hourly rate is $150 with a non-negotiable, non-refundable retainer of $1000..." (Chris)

Best Highest Degree

PhD, Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences, June 2008, Massachussetts Institute of Technology. Emphasis: Paleoclimatology and Climate Dynamics. (Kathryn)

Most Realistic Thesis Title: "Application of the WRF Model to Localized Rainfall Patterns Around Mt. Tamalpais, CA" Michele

Another Interesting One: "The mutual interaction between continental scale ice sheets and atmospheric stationary waves." (Kathryn)

Most Realistic Publication Title

Frieberg, E., Gose, E., Meherin, C., 2005: Gator Weather: Utilizing the skills of on air media to produce student run weather reports for the World Wide Web.

Another One:

Cross, A., and L. Truong, 2008: Changes in cloud nucleus concentration and droplet size distribution associated with pollution from Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, J. Appl. Meteor, 15, 30-50.

(Format...see handouts for Metr 302/356)