I am an atmospheric scientist with expertise in orographic gravity waves and flows, mountain meteorology, convection-generated gravity waves, in situ measurement of atmospheric state (winds, temperature, pressure) from research aircraft, and machine learning. I make heavy use of modeling (mesoscale and global) and observations to answer research questions often relating to atmospheric dynamics. An overall objective of my work is to improve general circulation models, particularly weather prediction models, via evaluation of resolved and parameterized fields against observations and, ultimately, improving understanding and representation.

Within RAF, I am responsible for the state parameter observations on our Gulfstream V and C-130 research aircraft. If you have any questions or issues, please reach out.

Kruse, C. G., Alexander, M. J., Bramberger, M., Chattopadhyay, A., Hassanzadeh, P., Green, B., et al. (2024). Recreating observed convection-generated gravity waves from weather radar observations via a neural network and a dynamical atmospheric model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16, e2023MS003624. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023MS003624

Kruse, C.G., Richter, J.H., Alexander, M.J., Bacmeister, J.T., Heale, C. and Wei, J. (2023). Gravity Wave Drag Parameterizations for Earth's Atmosphere. In Fast Processes in Large-Scale Atmospheric Models (eds Y. Liu and P. Kollias). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119529019.ch9

Kruse, C. G., and Coauthors, 2022: Observed and Modeled Mountain Waves from the Surface to the Mesosphere near the Drake Passage. J. Atmos. Sci., 79, 909–932, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0252.1.

Kruse, C. G., Bacmeister, J. T., Zarzycki, C. M., Larson, V. E., & Thayer-Calder, K. (2022). Do nudging tendencies depend on the nudging timescale chosen in atmospheric models? Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14, e2022MS003024. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022MS003024

Kruse, C. G., 2020: Regional to Global Evolution of Impacts of Parameterized Mountain-Wave Drag in the Lower Stratosphere. J. Climate, 33, 3093–3106, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0076.1.

Kruse, C. G., and R. B. Smith, 2018: Nondissipative and Dissipative Momentum Deposition by Mountain Wave Events in Sheared Environments. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 2721–2740, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0350.1.

Kruse, C. G., R. B. Smith, and S. D. Eckermann, 2016: The Midlatitude Lower-Stratospheric Mountain Wave “Valve Layer”. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 5081–5100, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0173.1.

Kruse, C. G., and R. B. Smith, 2015: Gravity Wave Diagnostics and Characteristics in Mesoscale Fields. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 4372–4392, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-15-0079.1.