Margie Kieper

Professional Interests

Margie Kieper's primary research interests are in the area of tropical meteorology: tropical cyclone intensification and life cycle structure of rainfall and convection, including current intensification estimates. These research studies utilize 37 GHz microwave satellite data and TRMM PR vertical radar profiles.

Education

SB Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979)
PhD Florida International University (2012 Presidential Fellow, Graduation: 2016)

Funded Research Proposals

• 2011-2013: NOAA Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT): Enhancement of SHIPS Rapid Intensification (RI) Index Using Satellite 37 GHz Microwave Ring Pattern. (Haiyan Jiang Principal Investigator)

Publications

2012:

• Kieper, M., and H. Jiang, 2012: Predicting tropical cyclone rapid intensification using the 37 GHz ring pattern identified from passive microwave measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett.,39, L13804,doi:10.1029/2012GL052115.

Conference Proceedings

April 2014: 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

• Kieper, M., C. Landsea, and H. Jiang, 2014: The Internal Structure of 1969 Hurricane Camille for the Atlantic Hurricane Database Reanalysis Project. AMS 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology Session 5C.7, San Diego, California, March 30- April 4, 2014.

March 2013: 67th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference

• Haiyan Jiang (Florida Intl Univ.), Margie Kieper and Tie Yuan (FIU), Edward J. Zipser (Univ. of Utah), and John Kaplan (HRD), 2013: Enhancement of SHIPS-RI Index using Satellite 37 GH Microwave Ring Pattern, 67th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, College Park, MD, Mar 5-7, 2013.

December 2012: American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting

• Poster Presentation: Kieper*, M. and H. Jiang, and J. Zagrodnik, 2012: Using the 37 Color Composite PMW for Rapid Intensification Forecasts of Tropical Cyclones, AGU Fall Meeting Session A13L, San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012.

April 2012: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

• Kieper, M., and H. Jiang, 2012: The 37 GHz Cyan Ring and Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification: What Does the Cyan Color Truly Represent? AMS 30th Conference on Hurricane and Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, April 15-20, 2012.

March 2012: 66th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference

• Haiyan Jiang (Florida Intl Univ.), Margie Kieper and Tie Yuan (FIU), Edward J. Zipser (Univ. of Utah), and John Kaplan (HRD), Enhancement of SHIPS Rapid Intensification Index Using the 37 GHz Ring Pattern, 66th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, Charleston, SC, Mar 5-8, 2012.

March 2011: 65th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference

• Christopher M. Rozoff (UW-CIMSS), J. Kossin, C. Velden, A. Wimmers, M. Kieper, J. Kaplan, J. Knaff, and M. DeMaria, Improvements in the Statistical Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification, 65th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, Miami, FL, Feb 28-Mar 3, 2011.
  
  
• Haiyan Jiang (FIU), M. Kieper, T. Yuan, E. Zipser, and J. Kaplan, Improving SHIPS Rapid Intensification (RI) Index Using 37 GHz Microwave Ring Pattern around the Center of Tropical Cyclones, 65th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, Miami, FL, Feb 28-Mar 3, 2011.
  
  
• Tie Yuan (FIU), H. Jiang, and M. Kieper, Forecasting Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific Using TRMM/TMI 37 GHz Microwave Signal, 65th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, Miami, FL, Feb 28-Mar 3, 2011.

April 2010: 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

• Kieper, M., 2010: Tropical Cyclone Morphology and Phenomenology as Depicted in Passive Microwave Imagery. Oral, AMS 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa Tucson, AZ, 10–14 May
  
  
• Velden, C., Rozoff, C., Wimmers, A., Sitkowski, M., Kieper, M., Kossin, J., Hawkins, J., and Knaff J., An objective method to predict near real time rapid intensification of tropical cyclones using satellite passive microwave Observations. Poster, AMS 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa Tucson, AZ, 10–14 May

April 2008: 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

• Kieper, M., 2008: A Technique for Anticipating Initial Rapid Increases in Intensity in Tropical Cyclones, Using 37 gHz Microwave Imagery. Poster, AMS 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Wyndham Orlando Resort, Orlando, FL, 28 April – 2 May

FIU Presentations

Earth & Environment Graduate Symposium

• 1969 Category 5 Hurricane Camille: What a Modern-Day Understanding of Hurricane Structure Reveals, Feb 2013

Earth & Environment Graduate Seminar

• Predicting Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Using 37 GHz Passive Microwave Imagery, April 2013

Honors and Awards

2012 FIU Presidential Fellow