User:Pstaten

Paul Staten

Graduate Student, Department of Meteorology, University of Utah

Interest
I am interested in the understanding, modeling, and prediction of atmospheric processes on all scales.

In particular, I am interested in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, although I also enjoy dabbling in Atmospheric Physics.

Proposal
As a student, I visit Wikipedia as a reference for terms encountered in my coursework. I propose improvement and creation of meteorological topics closely related to Fluid Dynamics. This will be both a review for me, and a resource for future students in my situation.

Possible Articles to Improve:
 * Geostrophic wind
 * Wind gradient
 * Wind Shear
 * Thermal wind
 * Entrainment

Possible Articles or Stubs to create:
 * Cyclostrophic Wind
 * Gradient Wind
 * Local Cartesian Coordinates
 * Natural Coordinates
 * Virtual Temperature

Note: Many of these topics deal with Synoptic Scale Dynamics. As I learn more about Mesoscale meteorology, I hope to improve this list.

Wikipedia Grading Scheme

 * Featured Articles have been reviewed thoroughly, and have been featured on Wikipedia's Main Page as a Featured Article. They are considered unbiased, complete, and examples of style.
 * A-Class Articles are often considered good candidates for featured articles. They have also been reviewed, although an expert on the subject would find minor editing helpful.
 * Good Articles have been reviewed, and may be candidates for A-Class, but may need further editing or additions. Some articles in this class are very good, but are too small to be considered for Featured Article nomination.
 * B-Class Articles exceed the criteria of a start, although serious gaps in the information may be present. Or they may simply be biased or have some other language issue.
 * Start-Class Articles must have a useful amount of information, links, etc., and at least an outline of what information could be added.
 * Stub-Class Articles are either short, or only have small amount of useful content. Any editing would be helpful.

In Wikipedia

 * Wikipedia Grading Scheme