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NWRA Welcomes Alanna Cavins, Summer Student (Boulder)

June 2019

Alanna is working in the Boulder office. She is sponsored by REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates). Alanna is from Morehead State University in Kentucky and is collaborating with Graham Barnes and KD Leka.

They are studying pathways to coronal magnetic energy storage and release, in particular to understand why some active regions produce only small solar flares while others produce large flares. 

Welcome Alanna!

Graham Barnes KD Leka

NWRA Welcomes Colby Brabec, Student Intern (Boulder)

June 2019

Colby is working in the Boulder office as an undergraduate student in the Atmospheric Sciences at CU. She is collaborating with Laura Holt and Joan Alexander.  

They are studying spectral analysis of gravity waves with satellite data to understand why climate models have insufficient gravity wave forcing in the Southern Hemisphere.  

Welcome Colby!

Colby Brabec Joan Alexander Laura Holt