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Texas A&M University: College Station, US

2024-08-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Atmospheric Sciences)
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Kelly Núñez Ocasio

NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research: Boulder, US

2021 to 2024 | ASP Postdoctoral Fellow
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Education and qualifications (2)

Pennsylvania State University: State College, Pennsylvania, US

2016-08 to 2021-08 | Ph.D. in Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
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Kelly Núñez Ocasio

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, US

2011 to 2016 | B.S. in Theoretical Physics & Curricular Sequence in Atmospheric Science
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American Meteorological Society: Boston, Massachusetts, US

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Works (19)

Mesoscale Convective Systems in DYAMOND Models: A Feature Tracking Intercomparison.

2025-01-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Zhe Feng; Ruby Leung; Andreas Prein; Thomas Fiolleau; William Jones; Zachary Moon; Ben Maybee; Fengfei Song; Jinyan Song; Kelly Núñez Ocasio et al.
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The Effect of Pseudo‐Global Warming on the Weather‐Climate System of Africa in a Convection‐Permitting Model

Geophysical Research Letters
2024-12-28 | Journal article
Contributors: K. M. Núñez Ocasio; Erin M. Dougherty
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Dust, Convection, Winds and Waves: The 2022 NASA CPEX-CV Campaign

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2024-09-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0003-0007
Part of ISSN: 1520-0477
Contributors: Edward P. Nowottnick; Angela K. Rowe; Amin R. Nehrir; Jonathan A. Zawislak; Aaron J. Piña; Will McCarty; Rory A. Barton-Grimley; Kristopher M. Bedka; J. Ryan Bennett; Alan Brammer et al.
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TAMS: a tracking, classifying, and variable-assigning algorithm for mesoscale convective systems in simulated and satellite-derived datasets

Geoscientific Model Development
2024-08-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Kelly M. Núñez Ocasio; Zachary L. Moon
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Moisture Dependence of an African Easterly Wave Within the West African Monsoon System

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: K. M. Núñez Ocasio; C. A. Davis; Z. L. Moon; Q. A. Lawton
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Km‐Scale Simulations of Mesoscale Convective Systems Over South America—A Feature Tracker Intercomparison

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2024-04-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Andreas F. Prein; Zhe Feng; Thomas Fiolleau; Zachary L. Moon; Kelly M. Núñez Ocasio; Julia Kukulies; Rémy Roca; Adam C. Varble; Amanda Rehbein; Changhai Liu et al.
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The Effect of Pseudo-Global Warming on the Weather-Climate System of Africa in a Convection-Permitting Model

2024-03-15 | Preprint
Contributors: Kelly M Nunez Ocasio; Erin Dougherty
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TAMS: A Tracking, Classifying, and Variable-Assigning Algorithm for Mesoscale Convective Systems in Simulated and Satellite-Derived Datasets

2024-03-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Kelly M. Núñez Ocasio; Zachary L. Moon
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Advancing South American Water and Climate Science through Multidecadal Convection-Permitting Modeling

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2024-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0003-0007
Part of ISSN: 1520-0477
Contributors: Francina Dominguez; Roy Rasmussen; Changhai Liu; Kyoko Ikeda; Andreas Prein; Adam Varble; Paola A. Arias; Julio Bacmeister; Maria Laura Bettolli; Patrick Callaghan et al.
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Km-Scale Simulations of Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) Over South America - A Feature Tracker Intercomparison

2023-10-27 | Preprint
Contributors: Andreas Franz Prein; Zhe Feng; Thomas fiolleau; Zachary Moon; Kelly M Nunez Ocasio; Julia Kukulies; Remy Roca; Adam Varble; Amanda Rehbein; Changhai Liu et al.
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Tropical cyclogenesis: controlling factors and physical mechanisms

Tropical Cyclone Research and Review
2023-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2225-6032
Contributors: V.P.M. Rajasree; Xi Cao; Hamish Ramsay; Kelly M. Núñez Ocasio; Gerard Kilroy; George R. Alvey; Minhee Chang; Chaehyeon Chelsea Nam; Hironori Fudeyasu; Hsu-Feng Teng et al.
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Commitment to Active Allyship is Required to Address the Lack of Hispanic and Latinx Representation in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2023-05-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0003-0007
Part of ISSN: 1520-0477
Contributors: Annareli Morales; Maria J. Molina; Joseph E. Trujillo-Falcón; Kelly M. Nuñez Ocasio; Andrea L. Lang; Elisa M. Murillo; Carolina Bieri; Bradford S. Barrett; Lourdes B. Avilés; Suzana J. Camargo
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African Easterly Wave Evolution and Tropical Cyclogenesis in a Pre‐Helene (2006) Hindcast Using the Model for Prediction Across Scales‐Atmosphere (MPAS‐A)

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
2023-02 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1942-2466
Part of ISSN: 1942-2466
Contributors: Kelly Núñez Ocasio; Rosimar Rios-Berrios
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Favorable monsoon environment over eastern Africa for subsequent tropical cyclogenesis of African easterly waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
2021-06-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-4928
Part of ISSN: 1520-0469
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A wave-relative framework analysis of AEW-MCS interactions leading to tropical cyclogenesis

Monthly Weather Review
2020-09-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-0644
Part of ISSN: 1520-0493
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Topographic Influence on the African Easterly Jet and African Easterly Wave Energetics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2020-03-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2169-897X
Contributors: H.L. Hamilton; Kelly, M Nunez Ocasio; J.L. Evans; G.S. Young; J.D. Fuentes
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Tracking Mesoscale Convective Systems that are Potential Candidates for Tropical Cyclogenesis

Monthly Weather Review
2020-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-0644
Contributors: Kelly M. Núñez Ocasio; Jenni L. Evans; George S. Young
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An Extreme Event in the Eyewall of Hurricane Felix on 2 September 2007

Monthly Weather Review
2017-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-0644
Contributors: Sim D. Aberson; Jun A. Zhang; Kelly Nuñez Ocasio
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The relationship between the Guinea Highlands and the West African offshore rainfall maximum

Geophysical Research Letters
2017-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
Contributors: H. L. Hamilton; G. S. Young; J. L. Evans; J. D. Fuentes; K. M. Núñez Ocasio
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Peer review (12 reviews for 4 publications/grants)

Review activity for Geophysical research letters. (2)
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