Research Experience
Current Affiliation -- PhD Student at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
PhD Research: Atmospheric Waves and Hurricane Genesis
NOAA/NWS/NCEP Environmental Modeling Center
Downscaling Tropical Cyclones from Climate Models
Peer Reviewed Publications
Lawton, Q. A., R. L. Korty, and R. A. Zamora, 2021: Tropical cyclones downscaled from simulations of the Last Glacial Maximum. J. Climate, 34(2), 659-674, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0409.1.
Undergraduate Thesis
Lawton, Q. A., 2018: Downscaled Tropical Cyclones in Simulations of the Last Glacial Maximum. Thesis, Texas A&M University, 72 pp. Two-year embargo hold. Thesis document available upon request.
Conference Presentations
Lawton, Q. A., S. Abarca, B. Liu, A. Mehra, A.C. Didlake Jr., and R. Rogers, 2019: Investigating Hurricane Convection in HWRF. Tropical Cyclones and Extreme Monsoon Precipitation Poster Session at the 2019 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
Lawton, Q. A., S. Abarca, B. Liu, A. Mehra, A.C. Didlake Jr., and R. Rogers, 2018: Investigating Hurricane Convection in HWRF. Texas A&M Department of Atmospheric Sciences Seminar, College Station, TX.
Lawton, Q. A., S. Abarca, B. Liu, A. Mehra, A.C. Didlake Jr., and R. Rogers, 2018: Investigating Hurricane Convection in HWRF. Environmental Modeling Center HWRF Seminar, College Park, MD.
Lawton, Q. A., S. Abarca, B. Liu, A. Mehra, A.C. Didlake Jr., and R. Rogers, 2018: Investigating Hurricane Convection in HWRF. NCEP Student Presentation Workshop, College Park, MD.
Lawton, Q. A., and R. L. Korty, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX: Downscaled Tropical Cyclones in Paleoclimate Simulations: Intermodel Variability. 2017 Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Lawton, Q. A., and R. L. Korty, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX: Intermodel Variability in Tropical Cyclones Downscaled from Paleoclimate Simulations. 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra, FL.
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Lawton, Q. A., and R.L Korty, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX: Downscaled Tropical Cyclones in Paleoclimate Simulations: Intermodel Variability. 2018 American Meteorological Society Student Conference, Austin, TX.
Marquez, L., Q. A. Lawton, T. M. Fenske, K. L. Squires, and D. T. Conlee, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX: Potential Applications of Low Power Amateur Radio Digital Modes in Meteorology. 2018 American Meteorological Society Student Conference, Austin, TX.
Silva, A. M., Q. A. Lawton, J. E. Marble, E. A. Smith, E. T. Williams, and D. T. Conlee, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX: Methods of Heat Flux Measurement in a Modular Green Roof System. 2017 American Meteorological Society Student Conference, Seattle, WA.
Silva, A. M., Q. A. Lawton, J. E. Marble, E. A. Smith, E. T. Williams, and D. T. Conlee, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX: Methods of Heat Flux Measurement in a Modular Green Roof System. 2017 Texas Weather Conference, Austin, TX