Brian Hirth, PhD
Bio
Brian Hirth has nearly a decade of meteorological field experience. A native of Columbia
Station, Ohio, Brian holds a BS in Meteorology from Valparaiso University, and an
MS and PhD in Atmospheric Science from Texas Tech. Brian was a principal investigator
and the field coordinator for Projects WIRL 2004 and 2005, which examined the thermodynamic
and kinematic structure of Rear Flank Downdrafts in tornadic and non-tornadic supercell
thunderstorms. His PhD research involved using mobile research radar data to study
the coastal transition zone in the hurricane boundary layer at landfall. He also developed
the data acquisition software used on the StickNet platforms. Brian is currently a
Research Professor within the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, focusing
on using the TTU Ka-band pulse compression Doppler radar systems to assess complex
boundary layer flows associated with wind turbine wakes. He also provides web and
operations support for the
West Texas Mesonet and developed the data acquisition software for the WISE 200-m instrumented tower.