Shane D. Mayor
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- School: California State University Chico
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- Department: Geological Sciences
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Location:
400 West First Street
Chico, CA - 95929 - Dates at California State University Chico: January 2017 - May 2020
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Would take again: No
For Credit: Yes
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Mandatory
Poor
He's a poor teacher. He moves through the material quickly and will goes off on tangents. His test are hard. pay attention to fine details if you want to get a good grade.
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Would take again: Yes
For Credit: Yes
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Good
Professor Mayor is passionate about his field of study and makes the class interesting. He's very responsive and makes himself available to answer questions when needed. Always do the reading to prepare for weekly quizzes. Also, you get two points for each day you attend class, which is very helpful. I definitely recommend taking him for meteorology.
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Would take again: No
For Credit: Yes
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Professor Mayor is a nice person. However, he's a horrible lecturer. He zooms through slideshows and doesn't slow down to explain the topics. He often goes off topic and then we run out of time. The quizzes and exams were difficult as well. But, as long as you keep up with the homework and pay attention, then you'll pass.
Biography
California State University Chico - Geological Sciences
Associate Professor at California State University, Chico
Higher Education
Shane
Mayor
Chico, California
I develop and apply lidars to challenges in the atmospheric sciences. Since 2001, I have been focused on the development and application of the Raman-shifted Eye-safe Aerosol Lidar (REAL). Since 2008, my team at CSU Chico and I have been deriving vector flow fields from the horizontal image sequences and atmospheric boundary layer height from the vertical scans. We are also using the images produced by the REAL to study coherent flow structures in the micro- and meso- meteorological scales including vortices, fine-scale gravity waves, and density current fronts. Finally, we take every opportunity possible to improve the performance and reliability of the instrument in order to make these observations.
Experience
California State University, Chico
Associate Professor
I support curricula in Environmental Sciences at CSU Chico by teaching a wide variety of courses including meteorology at many levels, renewable energy, environmental fluid mechanics, Earth system science, computing in the geosciences, instrumentation, and boundary layer meteorology. I also strive to maintain research activity in the areas of atmospheric lidar and micrometeorology. My latest research involves internal gravity waves in stably stratified atmospheric boundary layers and the observation of two component wind fields from the application of motion estimation algorithms to scanning aerosol lidar imagery.
California State University, Chico
Lecturer and Research Professor
Principal investigator for NSF Grants 0924407, 1104342, and 1228464.
Maintain the Raman-shifted Eye-safe Aerosol Lidar (REAL).
Maintain a computer laboratory for data processing and analysis.
Involve students in research.
Teach undergraduate courses in atmospheric science.National Center for Atmospheric Research
Scientist
Vitalized atmospheric lidar laboratory.
Led development of the Raman-shifted Eye-safe Aerosol Lidar (REAL).
Supported National Science Foundation field campaigns and goals.
Conducted research in boundary layer meteorology.
Education
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
B.S.
Meteorology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D.
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Dissertation: Volume Imaging Lidar Observations and Large Eddy Simulations of Convective Internal Boundary Layers Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Edwin W. ElorantaSaint Louis University
M.S.
Meteorology
NCAR Cooperative Master's Thesis: Evaluation of the NCAR Doppler Lidar and Applications to Measuring Boundary Layer Structure Advisor : Dr. Donald H. Lenschow
Publications
Optimization of the Cross-Correlation Algorithm for Two-Component Wind Field Estimation from Single Aerosol Lidar Data and Comparison with Doppler Lidar
American Meteorological Society
Optimization of the Cross-Correlation Algorithm for Two-Component Wind Field Estimation from Single Aerosol Lidar Data and Comparison with Doppler Lidar
American Meteorological Society
Comparison of an analog direct detection and a micropulse aerosol lidar at 1.xn--5-m-yyc wavelength for wind field observations—with first results over the ocean
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
Optimization of the Cross-Correlation Algorithm for Two-Component Wind Field Estimation from Single Aerosol Lidar Data and Comparison with Doppler Lidar
American Meteorological Society
Comparison of an analog direct detection and a micropulse aerosol lidar at 1.xn--5-m-yyc wavelength for wind field observations—with first results over the ocean
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
Wavelet-based optical flow for two-component wind field estimation from single aerosol lidar data
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology/American Meteorological Society
Volume 32, pages 1759-1778.
Optimization of the Cross-Correlation Algorithm for Two-Component Wind Field Estimation from Single Aerosol Lidar Data and Comparison with Doppler Lidar
American Meteorological Society
Comparison of an analog direct detection and a micropulse aerosol lidar at 1.xn--5-m-yyc wavelength for wind field observations—with first results over the ocean
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
Wavelet-based optical flow for two-component wind field estimation from single aerosol lidar data
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology/American Meteorological Society
Volume 32, pages 1759-1778.
Observations of microscale internal gravity waves in very stable atmospheric boundary layers over an orchard canopy
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Optimization of the Cross-Correlation Algorithm for Two-Component Wind Field Estimation from Single Aerosol Lidar Data and Comparison with Doppler Lidar
American Meteorological Society
Comparison of an analog direct detection and a micropulse aerosol lidar at 1.xn--5-m-yyc wavelength for wind field observations—with first results over the ocean
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
Wavelet-based optical flow for two-component wind field estimation from single aerosol lidar data
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology/American Meteorological Society
Volume 32, pages 1759-1778.
Observations of microscale internal gravity waves in very stable atmospheric boundary layers over an orchard canopy
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Comparison of aerosol backscatter and wind field estimates from REAL and SAMPLE
SPIE
SPIE paper number 9612-16 presented in San Diego, CA, on 13 August 2015
Optimization of the Cross-Correlation Algorithm for Two-Component Wind Field Estimation from Single Aerosol Lidar Data and Comparison with Doppler Lidar
American Meteorological Society
Comparison of an analog direct detection and a micropulse aerosol lidar at 1.xn--5-m-yyc wavelength for wind field observations—with first results over the ocean
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
Wavelet-based optical flow for two-component wind field estimation from single aerosol lidar data
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology/American Meteorological Society
Volume 32, pages 1759-1778.
Observations of microscale internal gravity waves in very stable atmospheric boundary layers over an orchard canopy
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Comparison of aerosol backscatter and wind field estimates from REAL and SAMPLE
SPIE
SPIE paper number 9612-16 presented in San Diego, CA, on 13 August 2015
Two-component wind fields from single scanning aerosol lidar
SPIE
SPIE paper number 9612-13 presented in San Diego, CA, on 13 August 2015. This paper contains preliminary results of the NSF-funded deployment to the SAMPLE to the Eureka CA area in March, 2015.
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