Curriculum Vitae for Fiona Lo

Address: Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.
E-mail: f.lo@bom.gov.au
Phone: +61 (0)3 9669 4838
Internet: http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/clfor/cfstaff/fiona.htm

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Feb 2006 - Present Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
Research Scientist, Climate Forecasting Group.
2000 - 2004 National Snow and Ice Data Center , Cooperative Institude for Research in Enviornmental Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Associate Scientist III.
1997 - 1999 Climate Diagnostics Center , Cooperative Institude for Research in Enviornmental Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Associate Scientist II.
1993 - 1996 Department of Atmospheric Sciences , University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant.
Master's Thesis: Zonal Flow Vacillation: The Interaction between Eddies and Zonal Mean Flow.
1992 Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Pasadena, California, USA.
Research Analyst
1990 National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Student Research Summer Intern.
NCAR Internal Pbulication: A Case Study of a Non-Supercell Tornado.
1990 California Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering Air Pollution Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA.
Laboratory Technician

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Lo, F., M.C. Wheeler, H. Meinke, and A. Donald, 2007: Probabilistic forecasts of the Onset of the North Australian Wet Season. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 10, 3506-3520.
Serreze, M.C., A. Barrett and F. Lo, 2005: Northern high latitude precipitation as depicted by atmospheric reanalyses and satellite retrievals, Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 3407-3430.
F. Lo and M. P. Clark, 2002: Relationships between spring snow mass and summer precipitation in the Southwestern United States associated with the North American Monsoon System, J. Climate, 15, 1378-1385.
F. Lo and H.H. Hendon, 1999: Empirical extended-range prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 2528-2543.
D.L. Hartmann and F. Lo, 1998: Wave-driven zonal flow vacillation in the Southern Hemisphere, JAS, 55, 8, 1303-1315.
F. Lo, 1990: A Case Study of a Non-Supercell Tornado, NCAR internal publication.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

"SOI-based forecast of northern Australian wet season". 17th Australia New Zealand Climate Forum, Canberra, Australia, September 2006.
"Using Snow Water Equivalent to understand the Hydrology of the Arctic Drainage System". American Meteorological Society, San Francisco, USA, August 2002.
"Influence of Snow Mass in Modulating the North American Monsoon Precipitation". American Meteorological Society, 12th Sympostium on Global Chnage and Climate Variations, Alburqueque, USA, August 2001.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate atmospheric sciences and mathematics tutor, University of Colorado, 1999.
Teaching Assistant: Introductory Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, 1995.
Assistant Coach: Caltech Women's Tennis Team, California Institute of Technology, 1997.
Chinese Brush Painting Teacher, Bohua Chinese School, Aurora 7 Elementary School, Denver Art Museum workshop, private classes, Colorado, 2002-2003.
English Instructor Beijing Astronautic Technology United Co., Beijing, China, 1992-1993.

FIELD PROGRAM EXPERIENCE

Cold Land Processes Experiment; Colorado, USA; 2003-04.