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Courses Taught

METR4603/5603: Advanced Observations for Lower Atmospheric Research

University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology Offered:

Course Prerequisites

  • METR4603: METR2213, METR2613, or instructor permission.
  • METR5603: METR5004 (concurrent enrollment accepted) or instructor permission.

Course Description

Building upon foundational lessons from METR2613 (or similar), this course examines the observation and operation principles behind various research-grade instruments. Students learn to analyze the data they provide through a mix of group instruction, guest lectures, instrument demonstrations, and data-focused projects. The focus is on modern, state-of-the-art instruments applied to current research problems, emphasizing lower-atmospheric observations. Students will use Python for processing, analysis, and visualization of real observed datasets. 🐍

Course Goals & Outcomes

Goals: Students will become familiar with several research-grade observation platforms and gain experience synthesizing observations to address research problems. They will also gain transferable skills in interrogating and quality-assuring observed datasets, preparing them for research or data analysis careers using modern meteorological observations.

Outcomes: Upon completion, students will be able to:

  • Describe the benefits and limitations of various observation platforms.
  • Interpret, quality-assure, and extract relevant information from observed data.
  • Develop and modify code (Python) to visualize observed data.
  • Analyze and interpret data to provide insight on atmospheric processes.
  • Write a journal-article-style research paper outlining a research question, methods, and results.

BUL Seminar Series 2019–2025

Led the Boundary Layer, Urban Meteorology, & Land-Surface Processes Seminar series, including scheduling, moderating, and instructing and evaluating enrolled students; implemented peer-review activities and providing additional development opportunities.

Research Hours and Independent Study

Elizabeth often serves as instructor/advisor for research hour courses and independent study. Previous independent study topics:

  • Field Programs
  • Remote Sensors
  • Intro to WRF

Guest Lecturing

Elizabeth periodically guest lectures. Previous lectures:

  • METR4922 Senior Capstone (2019): Potent Posters
  • METR4424 Synoptic (2023): Bjerknes History
  • METR2613 Instrumentation (2025): Remote Sensors

Teaching Assistant 2015–2018

During graduate study, Elizabeth instructed and helped develop the lab portion of Meteorological Measurement Systems, a junior-level, writing-intensive course. She taught observation techniques from calibration to characterization, developed new material to enhance scientific writing instruction, modernized lab experiments, and created Python coding assignments. She also offered coding/writing help sessions and guest lectured for the lecture component.