Dr. Kate Musgrave
Dr. Kate Musgrave

Tropical Cyclone Group Lead – Research Scientist/Scholar III

Kate.Musgrave@colostate.edu


Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Kate Musgrave
Colorado State University
1375 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1375

970-491-8382

CIRA Room 18

Dr. Musgrave is a Research Scientist and the Tropical Cyclone Group Lead at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University.  Her research focuses on tropical cyclone structure and evolution and the representation of tropical cyclones in dynamical, statistical, and machine learning models.  Dr. Musgrave earned Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Atmospheric Science from Colorado State University and B.S. degrees in Computer Engineering and Interdisciplinary Studies (Quantitative Sciences) from the University of Florida.

Teams:

Publications:

  • Tropical cyclone intensity prediction in the western North Pacific basin using SHIPS and JMA/GSM
  • Statistical Tropical Cyclone Wind Radii Prediction using Climatology and Persistence: Updates for the Western North Pacific
  • An Operational Rapid Intensification Prediction Aid for the Western North Pacific
  • Quantification and Exploration of Diurnal Oscillations in Tropical Cyclones
  • Is Tropical Cyclone Intensity Guidance Improving?