Zac Flamig
National Weather Center (NWC)
120 David L. Boren Blvd, Rm. 4700
Norman OK 73072
zac.flamig@noaa.gov
Education
- Ph.D. Meteorology 2016, University of Oklahoma
- M.S. Meteorology 2012, University of Oklahoma
- B.S. Meteorology 2010, University of Oklahoma
Research Interests
- Flash Flooding
- Distributed Hydrologic Modeling
- Radar Meteorology & Radar QPEs
Projects
- Developer – Ensemble Framework for Flash Flood Forecasting (EF5) http://ef5.ou.edu
- Developer – Flooded Location and Simulated Hydrographs (FLASH) project http://flash.ou.edu
- Developer – Meteorological Phenomena Identification Near the Ground (mPING) http://mping.nssl.noaa.gov/
Awards
- 2013-2014 – Chateaubriand Fellowship, Awarded by the French Embassay in USA to conduct a 4 month internship in France. 40 total awards nationwide in 2013 cycle.
- 2012 – Tommy C. Craighead Award for Best Paper in Radar Meteorology
- 2010-2013 – NASA Earth & Space Sciences Fellowship
- 2009-2010 – Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Fellowship, Competitively awarded for having shown initiative, creativity, and excellence. 18 total awards nationwide in 2009-2010 cycle.
Refereed Publications
| ID | Topic | Citation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Radar precipitation | Lengfeld, K., P.-E. Kirstetter, H. J. Fowler, J. Yu, A. Becker, Z. Flamig, and J. Gourley, 2020: Use of radar data for extreme precipitation at fine scales and short durations. Environmental Research Letters, 15, 085003. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab98b4. | 2020 |
| 21 | Flash flood | Martinaitis, S. M., B. Albright, J. J. Gourley, S. Perfater, T. Meyer, Z. L. Flamig, R. A. Clark III, H. Vergara, and M. Klein, 2020: The 23 June 2016 West Virginia flash flood event as observed through two Hydrometeorology Testbed Experiments. Wea. Forecasting, 35, 2099-2126. doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-20-0016.1. | 2020 |
| 20 | Hydrologic modeling | Flamig, Z., H. Vergara, and J. J. Gourley, 2020: The Ensemble Framework For Flash Flood Forecasting (EF5) v1.2: description and case study.. Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 4943-4958. doi: 10.5194/gmd-13-4943-2020. | 2020 |
| 19 | Precipitation evaluation | Wen, Y., P. Kirstetter, J.J. Gourley, Y. Hong, A. Behrangi, and Z. Flamig, 2017: Evaluation of MRMS Snowfall Products over the Western United States. J. Hydrometeor., 18, 1707-1713. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-16-0266.1. | 2017 |
| 18 | Flood | Gourley, J., Z. Flamig, H. Vergara, P. Kirstetter, R. Clark, E. Argyle, A. Arthur, S. Martinaitis, G. Terti, J. Erlingis, Y. Hong, and K. Howard, 2016: The Flooded Locations And Simulated Hydrographs (FLASH) project: improving the tools for flash flood monitoring and prediction across the United States. . Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00247.1. | 2016 |
| 17 | Hydrological Modeling | Clark, R., Z. Flamig, H. Vergara, Y. Hong, J. Gourley, D. Mandl, S. Frye, M. Handy, and M. Patterson, 2016: Hydrological Modeling and Capacity Building in the Republic of Namibia. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00130.1. | 2016 |
| 16 | Satellite Precipitation | Sheng Chen, Jonathan J. Gourley, Yang Hong, Qing Cao, Nicholas Carr, Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Jian Zhang, and Zac Flamig, 2015: Using citizen science reports to evaluate estimates of surface precipitation type. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00247.1. | 2015 |
| 15 | Flood, Web GIS | Zhanming Wan, Yang Hong, Sadiq Khan, Jonathan Gourley,Zachary Flamig, Dalia Kirschbaum, Guoqiang Tang, 2014: A Cloud-based Global Flood Disaster Community Cyber-infrastructure: Development and Demonstration. Environmental Modeling & Software, 58, 86-94. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.04.007. PDF. | 2014 |
| 14 | Flash Flood Guidance | Clark III, R., J. Gourley, Z. Flamig, Y. Hong, and E. Clark, 2014: CONUS-wide Evaluation of National Weather Service Flash Flood Guidance Products. Weather and Forecasting, 29, 377-392. doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-12-00124.1. PDF. | 2014 |
| 13 | Natural Hazards, Flood | Gourley, J. J., Y. Hong, Z. L. Flamig, A. Arthur, R. A. Clark, M. Calianno, I. Ruin, T. Ortel, M. E. Wieczorek, E. Clark, P.-E. Kirstetter, and W. F. Krajewski, 2013: A Unified Flash Flood Database over the US. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94 (6), 799–805. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00198.1. PDF. | 2013 |
| 12 | Hydrology | Dresback, K. M., J. G. Fleming, B. O. Blanton, C. Kaiser, J. J. Gourley, E. M. Tromble, R. A. Luettich Jr., R. L. Kolar, Y. Hong, S. Van Cooten, H. J. Vergara, Z. L. Flamig, H. M. Lander, K. E. Kelleher, K. L. Nemunaitis-Monroe, 2013: Skill assessment of a real-time forecast system utilizing a coupled hydrologic and coastal hydrodynamic model during Hurricane Irene (2011). Continental Shelf Research, 71, 78-94. doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.10.007. PDF. | 2013 |
| 11 | Remote Sensing, Radar | Chen, S., J. J. Gourley, Y. Hong, P. E. Kirstetter, J. Zhang, K. W. Howard, Z. L. Flamig, J. Hu, and Y. Qi, 2013: Evaluation and uncertainty estimation of NOAA/NSSL next generation national mosaic QPE (Q2) over the Continental United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14 (4), 1308–1322. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-0150.1. PDF. | 2013 |
| 10 | Natural Hazards, Flood | Gourley, J. J., Z. L. Flamig, Y. Hong, and K. W. Howard, 2012: On the accuracy of the past, present, and future tools for flash flood prediction in the USA. IAHS Publication, 351, 435-440. | 2012 |
| 9 | Hydrology |  Flamig, Z. L., E. N. Anagnostou, J. J. Gourley, and Y. Hong, 2012: Uncertainty estimation of deterministic river basin response simulations at gauged locations. IAHS Publication, 351, 556-561. Tommy C. Craighead Award for Best Paper in Radar Meteorology at OU. | 2012 |
| 8 | Remote Sensing, Hydrology | Khan, S. I., Y. Hong, H. J. Vergara, J. J. Gourley, G. R. Brakenridge, T. De Groeve, Z. L. Flamig, F. S. Policelli, and B. Yong , 2012: Microwave Satellite Data for Hydrologic Modeling in Ungauged Basins. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE, 9 (4), 663-667. doi: 10.1109/lgrs.2011.2177807. PDF. | 2012 |
| 7 | Remote Sensing, Precipitation | Kirstetter, P.-E., Y. Hong, J. J. Gourley, S. Chen, Z. L. Flamig, J. Zhang, M. Schwaller, W. Petersen, and E. Amitai, 2012: Toward a Framework for Systematic Error Modeling of Spaceborne Precipitation Radar with NOAA/NSSL Ground Radar-based National Mosaic QPE. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 13 (4), 1285-1300. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-0139.1. PDF. | 2012 |
| 6 | Remote Sensing, Radar, QPE | Wen, Y., Y. Hong, G. Zhang, T. J. Schuur, J. J. Gourley, Z. Flamig, K. R. Morris and Q. Cao, 2011: Cross Validation of Spaceborne Radar and Ground Polarimetric Radar Aided by Polarimetric Echo Classification of Hydrometeor Types. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50 (7), 1389-1402. doi: 10.1175/2011jamc2622.1. PDF. | 2011 |
| 5 | Storm surge | Van Cooten, S., K. E. Kelleher, K. Howard, J. Zhang, J. J. Gourley, J. S. Kain, K. Nemunaitis-Monroe, Z. Flamig, H. Moser, A. Arthur, C. Langston, R. Kolar, Y. Hong, K. Dresback, E. Tromble, H. Vergara, R. A. Luettich, B. Blanton, H. Lander, K. Galluppi, J. P. Losego, C. A. Blain, J. Thigpen, K. Mosher, D. Figurskey, M. Moneypenny, J. Blaes, J. Orrock, R. Bandy, C. Goodall, J. G. W. Kelley, J. Greenlaw, M. Wengren, D. Eslinger, J. Payne, G. Olmi, J. Feldt, J. Schmidt, T. Hamill, R. Bacon, R. Stickney and L. Spence, 2011: The CI-FLOW Project: A System for Total Water Level Prediction from the Summit to the Sea. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92 (11), 1427-1442. doi: 10.1175/2011bams3150.1. PDF. | 2011 |
| 4 | Remote Sensing, Hydrology | Gourley, J. J., Y. Hong, Z. L. Flamig, J. Wang, H. Vergara and E. N. Anagnostou, 2011: Hydrologic Evaluation of Rainfall Estimates from Radar, Satellite, Gauge, and Combinations on Ft. Cobb Basin, Oklahoma. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12 (5), 973-988. doi: 10.1175/2011jhm1287.1. PDF. | 2011 |
| 3 | Remote Sensing, Radar, QPE | Gourley, J. J., S. E. Giangrande, Y. Hong, Z. L. Flamig, T. Schuur and J. A. Vrugt, 2010: Impacts of Polarimetric Radar Observations on Hydrologic Simulation. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 11 (3), 781-796. doi: 10.1175/2010jhm1218.1. PDF. | 2010 |
| 2 | Precipitation | Gourley, J. J., Y. Hong, Z. L. Flamig, L. Li and J. Wang, 2010: Intercomparison of Rainfall Estimates from Radar, Satellite, Gauge, and Combinations for a Season of Record Rainfall. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49 (3), 437-452. doi: 10.1175/2009jamc2302.1. PDF. | 2010 |
| 1 | Hydrometeorology | Gourley, J.J., D.P. Jorgensen, S.Y. Matrosov, and Z.L. Flamig, 2009: Evaluation of incremental improvements to quantitative precipitation estimates in complex terrain. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 10, 1507-1520. doi: 10.1175/2009JHM1125.1. PDF. | 2009 |
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