Caroline Bain


	Caroline Bain Postdoctoral Scholar in Earth System Science School of Physical Sciences Mentor: Gudrun Magnusdottir Ph.D., University of Leeds, UK, 2008 B.Sc., University of Reading, UK, 2003
Email: cbain@uci.edu Phone/Fax: 949 824-8448 / 3874 University of California 2101-D Croul Hall, Irvine, CA 92697

Research Interests
My main interests lie in tropical dynamics, the variability and tracking of convection within the tropics and the interaction between weather events and the large-scale flow. My current work is in collaboration with the Department of Statistics and the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. We are using a statistical model with automated reasoning to determine the location of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in the Pacific, with the view to building a climatology of the feature from satellite records. The model is named LIMA: Labeling the ITCZ using MRF algorithm histograms Ongoing and past research also includes: - West African monsoon and nocturnal boundary layer - Dynamics of African Easterly Waves - Soil moisture interactions with mesoscale and synoptic scale For more information on these topics, please visit www.see.leeds.ac.uk/~lecclb