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Conference Presentations

  1. Ventrice, M. J., and C. D. Thorncroft, 2009: The Madden Julian Oscillation over tropical African and its Influence on Downstream Tropical Cyclogenesis, Northeast Regional Tropical Storm Conference
  2. Ventrice, M. J., 2010: The Role of Guinea Highlands Convection on Tropical Cyclogenesis, 29th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Web) *Max A. Eaton Prize Winner*
  3. Ventrice, M. J., and C. D. Thorncroft, 2011: The role of convectively-coupled Kelvin waves on tropical cyclogenesis over the tropical Atlantic, Northeast Regional Tropical Storm Conference
  4. Ventrice, M. J., Brammer, A., and C. D. Thorncroft, 2011: The role of convectively-coupled Kelvin waves during the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) Meeting (PDF)
  5. Ventrice, M. J., and C. D. Thorncroft, 2012: A convectively coupled atmospheric Kelvin wave's impact on African easterly wave activity, 30th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Web)
  6. Ventrice, M. J., and C. D. Thorncroft, 2012:  Kelvin waves and tropical cyclones, NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Meeting.   
  7. Ventrice, M. J., and C. D. Thorncroft, 2012: Analysis of Kelvin waves during the GRIP field campaign, GRIP Meeting
  8. Ventrice, M. J.  2014: The Madden Julian Oscillation: Identification, 2014: AMS Annual Meeting (Web)
  9. Ventrice, M. J.  2014: The 2013-2014 Winter in Review, 2014: Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA) Conference
  10. Ventrice, M. J.  2014: Kelvin Waves and Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 2014: Guest Speaker at the National Hurricane Center
  11. Ventrice, M. J.  2015: Conversation with the Professionals: AMS 2015 Annual Meeting.
  12. Ventrice, M. J.  2015: How do we know when the Madden Julian Oscillation is actually impacting mid-latitude circulation?  AMS 2015 Annual Meeting (Web).
  13. E. S. Blake and M. J. Ventrice, 2015: Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Convectively-Coupled Kelvin Waves on tropical cyclone cyclogenesis over the eastern north Pacific and Atlantic Ocean basins  AMS 2015 Annual Meeting (Web).
  14. Ventrice, M.J., 2016: WSI’s New Sub-Seasonal Forecasting Process. AMS 2016 Annual Meeting.Ventrice, M.J., 2016: The Role of Pacific Variability on the Previous Two, and Current Winter. Invited Speaker at the Weather and Climate Summit, Breckenridge, CO.
  15. Ventrice, M.J., 2016: Weeks 3-5, sub-monthly volatility, skillful, automated subseasonal guidance that can be used as a platform for all forms of business. Invited Speaker at the S2S Extremes Workshop, Washington D.C.
  16. Shultz J., M., Ventrice M., Fritz A., Johnson N.F., Escarfuller S., Westbrook D., Rechkemmer A., 2017. Disaster Complexity: South Pacific Origins of the Blizzard of 2016. Presented at: WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine. Lessons from the Field/Natural Disasters. Toronto, Canada. 26 April 2017.
  17. ​Ventrice, M.J. 2018: Student Breakout Session: Private Sector, Invited Speaker. AMS 2018.
  18. Ventrice, M.J., 2019: Student Breakout Session: Private Sector, Invited Speaker. AMS 2019.
  19. Ventrice, M.J., 2019: Europe’s, “Beast from the East” (February 2018): Predictability at Subseasonal Leads. AMS 2019.
  20. Ventrice, M.J., 2019: Seasonal Forecasts: A Shift Towards Probabilistic at the Weather Company, an IBM Business. NCEP Users Workshop, 2019.

Conference Poster Presentations

  1. Ventrice, M. J., and C. D. Thorncroft, 2010: The Madden Julian Oscillation’s influence over tropical Africa and its impact on downstream tropical cyclogenesis, 29th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
  2. Ventrice, M. J., and C. D. Thorncroft, 2011: A relationship between convectively-coupled atmospheric Kelvin waves and Atlantic tropical cyclogenesis, Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) Meeting
  3. Griffin, K.S., L. F. Bosart, and M. J. Ventrice, 2012: Large Scale Influences on the Genesis of Hurricane Karl. T.N. Krishnamurti Symposium, Student AMS Conference
  4. Ventrice, M.J. 2018: New ENSO Identification: Applications for Seasonal Prediction. AMS 2018.

Refereed Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Ventrice, M. J., 2013: Convectively-coupled Kelvin waves over the tropical Atlantic and African regions and their influence on Atlantic tropical cyclogenesis. Ph.D. Dissertation, University at Albany, Albany, New York (PDF)
  2. Ventrice, M. J., C. D. Thorncroft, and P. E. Roundy, 2011: The Madden Julian Oscillation’s influence on African easterly waves and downstream tropical cyclogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 2704-2722 (PDF)
  3. Ventrice, M. J., C. D. Thorncroft, and M. A. Janiga, 2012a: Atlantic tropical cyclogenesis: A three-way interaction between an African easterly wave, diurnally varying convection, and a convectively-coupled atmospheric Kelvin wave. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 1108-1124 (PDF)
  4. Ventrice, M. J., C. D. Thorncroft, and C. J. Schreck III, 2012b: Impacts of convectively coupled Kelvin waves on environmental conditions for Atlantic tropical cyclogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 2198-2214 (PDF)
  5. Ventrice, M. J., and C. D. Thorncroft, 2013: A convectively coupled equatorial Kelvin wave’s impact on African easterly wave activity. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 1910-1924 (PDF)
  6. Ventrice, M. J., M. C. Wheeler, H. H. Hendon, C. J. Schreck III, C. D. Thorncroft, and G. N. Kiladis, 2013: A modified multivariate Madden Julian Oscillation index using velocity potential. (PDF)
  7. Kiladis, G.N., J. Dias, K. H. Straub, M. C. Wheeler, S. N. Tulich, K. Kikuchi, K. M. Weickmann, M. J. Ventrice, 2014: A Comparison of OLR and Circulation-Based Indices for Tacking the MJO, Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 1697-1715 (PDF)
  8. C. J. Schreck III, S. Bennett, J. M. Cordeira, J. Crouch, J. Dissen, A. L. Lang, D. Margolin, A. O'Shay, J. Rennie, and M. J. Ventrice, 2015: Natural Gas Prices and the Extreme Winters of 2011/12 and 2013/14: Causes, Indicators, and Interactions, Bull. Am. Met. Soc., (PDF)
  9. Ventrice, M. J. and W. C. Alston, 2017: Introducing and Preparing Students for Private-Sector Roles through Mentorship, Bull. Am. Met. Soc., Mar 2017, 609-610. (PDF)
  10. S.J. Camargo, J. Camp, R.L. Elsberry, P.A. Gregory, P.J. Klotzbach, C.J. Schreck, A.H. Sobel, M.J. Ventrice, F. Vitart, Z. Wang, M.C. Wheeler, M. Yamaguchi, and R. Zhan, 2019. Tropical cyclone prediction on subseasonal time-scales. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 8(3), 150-165, doi: 10.6057/2019TCRR03.04.