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Scott M. Rochette, Ph.D

Professor and Chair

(585) 395-2603
srochett@brockport.edu
Office: Lennon Hall 321
Website

Bio

[ROCHETTE pronounced: roh-shet’]

Education

• PhD, Meteorology, Saint Louis University, September 1998
• M.S., Meteorology. Saint Louis University, May 1994
• B.S., Meteorology, Lyndon State College, May 1988

Courses Taught

• ESC 311 Synoptic Meteorology I
• ESC 312 Synoptic Meteorology II
• ESC 390 Intermediate Weather Lab
• ESC 417 Dynamic Meteorology
• ESC 452 Mesoscale Meteorology
• ESC 490 Advanced Weather Lab

Research Interests

• Coupled Upper-level Jet Streaks in the Northeastern U.S.
• Diagnosis and Prediction of Local/Regional Severe Weather Events
• Warm- and Cold-Season Excessive Precipitation
• Elevated Convection
• Mesoscale Modelling Applications

• Recent Publications
  • Rochette, S.M., P.S. Market, C. M. Gravelle, and T. A. Niziol, 2017: A case study of anomalous snowfall with an Alberta clipper. Advances in Meteorology, 2017, doi: 10.1155/2017/8406379.
  • McCoy, L.P., P.S. Market, C.M. Gravelle, C.E. Graves, N.I. Fox, S.M. Rochette, J. Kastman, and B. Svoma, 2017: Composites of heavy rain producing elevated thunderstorms in the central United States. Advances in Meteorology, 2017, doi: 10.1155/2017/6932798.
  • Market, P.S., S.M. Rochette, J. Shewchuk, R. Difani, J.S. Kastman, C.B. Henson, and N. I. Fox. 2017: Evaluating elevated convection with the downdraft convective inhibition. Atmospheric Science Letters, 18, 76-81, doi: 10.1002/asl.727.
  • Kastman, J.S., P.S. Market, S.M. Rochette, and A.R. Lupo, 2017: Assessing upper tropospheric jet streak proximity using the Rossby radius of deformation. Atmosphere, 8(2), doi:10.3390/atmos8010002.
  • Market, P.S., S.M. Rochette, and A R. Lupo, 2013: A comparison of modern and historical methods for calculating Montgomery streamfunction. Atmospheric Science Letters, 14, 41-44, doi: 10.1002/asl.414.
  • Rochette, S.M., and P.S. Market, 2011: A case study of an anomalous cold-season easterly jet streak in the mid-latitudes. National Weather Association Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology, 2011 -EJ 6.