Rate My Professor Todd Lane

Lane is renowned internationally for his work on tropical thunderstorms, atmospheric gravity waves, and turbulence. His research encompasses mesoscale meteorology, dynamics of convective clouds, and the application of high-resolution atmospheric models to investigate weather-climate interactions and extreme events, including bushfire meteorology, heavy rainfall, and fire weather. Notable publications include "Numerical modeling of gravity wave generation by deep tropical convection" (Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2001), "An investigation of turbulence generation mechanisms above deep convection" (Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2003), "Sources and dynamics of turbulence in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: A review" (Geophysical Research Letters, 2012), "Recent advances in the understanding of near-cloud turbulence" (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2012), and the edited volume "Aviation Turbulence: Processes, Detection, Prediction" (Springer, 2016). Lane has received prestigious awards from the American Meteorological Society, the Australian Academy of Science, and NASA. He is a Fellow of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society and has served as its President (2014-2015), Chair of the American Meteorological Society's Committee on Mesoscale Processes (2012-2015), and Editor for Monthly Weather Review (2016-2018).