Jami Boettcher

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Jami Boettcher

Research Assistant

Jboettcher@ou.edu
jami.b.boettcher@noaa.gov
National Weather Center 4442

Education

MS, Applied Math, University of Tulsa
BS, Meteorology, University of Oklahoma

Affiliated CIWRO Team

Precipitation and Advance Radar Studies

About

Jami came to CIWRO after a career with the National Weather Service, mainly as an Instructor for the WSR-88D and warning decision making. She brings this background to her work with the NSSL Phased Array Radar research activities, with an emphasis on radar base data quality and its role in warning decision making and messaging.

Research Focus

Phased Array Radar base data quality
Representation of the operational community

CIWRO Research Themes

Weather Radar and Observations

Publications

Boettcher, J., E. Bentley, 2022: WSR-88D Sidelobe Contamination: From a Conceptual Model to Diagnostic Strategies for Improving NWS Warning Performance. Weather and Forecasting, 37, 853–869, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-21-0155.1.
Boettcher, J., S. Torres, F. Nai, C. Curtis, D. Schvartzman, 2022: A Multidisciplinary Method to Support the Evolution of NWS Weather Radar Technology. Weather and Forecasting, 37, 4, 429–444, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-21-0159.1.
Nai, F., J. Boettcher, C. Curtis, D. Schvartzman, S. Torres, 2020: The Impact of Elevation Sidelobe Contamination on Radar Data Quality for Operational Interpretation. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59, 707–724, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0092.1.

Professional organizations

American Meteorological Society
National Weather Association