Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center

Taylor Norton

Position title: Researcher

Taylor on a hill

Taylor Norton works as a Researcher for the group at the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work in the AMRDC includes quality control of the Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), data organization, creating data displays, and other research projects.

She received her M.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in May 2024, studying the waviness of the Southern Hemisphere wintertime subtropical and polar jet streams. In her undergraduate studies, she majored in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Environmental Studies. She used to be a student hourly Antarctic Atmospheric Research Assistant in the group as well. Taylor deployed to Antarctica for the 2019-2020 field season to help service our AWS and earned an Antarctic medal. She deployed again as team lead for the first part of the 2022-2023 field season. Before that, she worked as a student hourly at Madison Area Technical College with Dr. Matthew Lazzara on a MRI NSF grant from 2017-2018.

In her free time, Taylor enjoys reading, watching movies, baking and being with friends and family.

Publications:

Martin, J. E., Norton, T., 2023: Waviness of the Southern Hemisphere wintertime polar and subtropical jets, Weather and Climate Dynamics, 4, 875-886, https:/doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-875-2023

Clem, K.,  and coauthors, 2023: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, Bulletin of the Meteorological Society, 104, S322-S365, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0077.1

Tomanek, A. J., Lazzara, M. A., Mikolajczyk, D. E., Norton, T. P., and coauthors, 2023: The 17th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate and 7th Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere Meeting. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 40, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-023-3049-y

Clem, K.,  and coauthors, 2022: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, Bulletin of the Meteorological Society, 103, S307-S340, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0078.1

Lazzara, M. A., Orendorf, S. A., Norton, T. P., and Coauthors, 2020: The 13th and 14th Workshops on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 37, 423-430, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-019-9215-6.

Presentations:

Norton, T. P., Welhouse, L., Montgomery, A., Mikolajczyk, D., Lazzara, M. A., 2023: 2022-2023 Field Season Overview. 18th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate, University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Norton, T. P., Orendorf, S. A., Tate, W., and Lazzara, M. A., 2022: Meteorological factor impacting the 25 August 2018 medical evacuation flight at Phoenix Airfield, Ross Island, Antarctica. 17th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate, University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Norton, T. P., Orendorf, S. A. Lazzara, M. A., 2019: U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Data Flow Diagram. 14th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate, Naval Information Warfare Center.

Norton, T. P., Lazzara, M. A., 2018: Antarctic Extremes: Support for the Next Generation Polar Climate and Weather Station. 13th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate, University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Norton, T. P., Lazzara, M. A., 2018: Antarctic Extremes: Support for the Next Generation Polar Climate and Weather Station. 43rd Northeastern Storm Conference, Northern Vermont University – Lyndon.

Norton, T. P., Lazzara, M. A., 2017: Antarctic Extremes: Support for the Next Generation Polar Climate and Weather Station. Honor’s Competition, Madison College.