Uma Bhatt
I majored in Mechanical Engineering as an undergraduate and was planning to attend graduate school in the area of alternate energy. After finishing my BS degree, I joined the U.S. Peace Corps and served as a high school math teacher in Kenya for two years (1983-85). The dramatic drought in East Africa during this time and the amazing atmospheric phenomena I experienced at our rural secondary school made me decide to pursue a graduate degree in Atmospheric Sciences.
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor Univ. Alaska Fairbanks in the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences & Geophysical Institute (2004 - present)
- Research Associate Professor Univ. Alaska Fairbanks at IARC-Frontier (2003)
- Research Assistant Professor Univ. Alaska Fairbanks at IARC-Frontier (1998 - 2003)
- Post Doctoral Researcher, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (1997 -1998)
- Research Scientist at Ross Computational Resources (1996 - 1997)
- US. Peace Corps Volunteer at Sochoi Secondary School, Kenya (1983 - 1985)
Present Research Interests:
- Role of Sea Ice, Oceans, & Land in Climate Variability and Change
- Multi-decadal Climate Variability
- Climate in Alaska
- Complex Systems Research
Selected Publications:
- V. Masson-Delmotte, D. Swingedouw, A. Landais, M. Seidenkrantz, E. Gauthier, V. Bichet, C. Massa, B. Perren, V. Jomelli , G. Adalgeisdottir, J. Hesselbjerg Christensen, J.Arneborg, U.S. Bhatt, D.A. Walker, B. Elbering, F. Gillette-Chaulet, C. Ritz, H. Gallée, M. van den Boreke, X. Fettweis, A. de Vernal, and B. Vinter, 2011: Greenland climate change: from the past to the future, submitted to WIREs Climate Change.
- Dammann, D. O, U.S. Bhatt, P.L. Langen, J. Krieger, X. Zhang, 2011: Impact of Daily Arctic Sea Ice Variability in CAM3.0 During Fall and Winter, submitted to J. Climate.
- Polyakov, I.V., U.S. Bhatt, J. E. Walsh, E. P. Abrahamsen, 2011: Recent oceanic changes in the Arctic in the context of longer term observations, submitted to Ecological Applications.
- Epstein, H. E., M. K. Raynolds, D. A. Walker, U. S. Bhatt, C. J. Tucker, and J. E. Pinzon, 2011: Dynamics of aboveground phytomass of the circumpolar arctic tundra during the past three decades, in revision for Environmental Research Letters.
- Bieniek, P. A., U.S. Bhatt, R.L. Thoman, H. Angeloff, J. Partain, J. Papineau, F. Fritsch, E. Holloway, J.E. Walsh, C. Daly, M. Shulski, G. Hufford, D.F. Hill, S. Calos, and R. Gens, 2011: Climate divisions for Alaska based on objective methods, in revision for J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
- Legatt, R., I.V. Polyakov, U.S. Bhatt, X. Zhang, 2011: North Atlantic Variability Driven by Atmospheric and Oceanic Stochastic Forcing in a Simple Box Model, in revision for Tellus A.
- Walker, D.A., H.E. Epstein, M.K. Raynolds, P. Kuss, M.A. Kopecky, G.V. Frost, F.J.A. Daniëls, M.O. Leibman, N.G. Moskalenko, G.V. Matyshak, O.V. Khitun, A.V. Khomutov, B.C. Forbes, U.S. Bhatt, A.N. Kade, C.M. Vonlanthen, 2011: Environment, vegetation and greenness (NDVI) along the North America and Eurasia Arctic transects, Environmental Research Letters, in press.
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GI Professor Emeritus Glenn Shaw pens autobiography
Glenn Shaw, GI Professor Emeritus of Physics and a fixture in these parts since 1971, has just written a memoir, Fingerprints on the Moon: My Life in Physics. It is available from the man himself or here.
Gerd Wendler
- 1959 Abitur, Hansa Gymnasium, Hamburg, Germany
- 1964 Ph.D, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy
- Leopold Franzens Universität zu Innsbruck, Austria
Positions Held:
- 2000 Professor Emeritus
- 1998 Director, Alaska Climate Research Center
- 1981 Professor of Geophysics
- 1971 Associate Professor of Geophysics
- 1967 Assistant Professor of Geophysics
- 1966 Assistant Geophysicist, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska
- 1964 Research Associate, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck, Austria
Present Research Interests:
- Climatology
- Micro-meteorology
- Glacio-meteorology
- Climate-sea ice interactions
Selected Publications:
- Wendler, G., J. Conner, B. Moore, M. Shulski and M. Stuefer 2011: Climatology of Alaskan wildfires with special emphasis on the extreme year of 2004. Theor. Appl. Clim DOI 10.1007/s00704
- Wendler, G., M. Shulski and B. Moore 2010: Changes in the climate of the Alaskan North Slope and the ice concentration in the adjacent Beaufort Sea. Theor. Appl. Clim 99: 67-74
- Wendler, G and M. Shulski 2009. A Century of Climate Change for Fairbanks, Alaska: Arctic, 62 (3), 295-300
- Weller, G., M. Nolan, G. Wendler, C. Benson, K. Echelmeyer and N. Untersteiner 2007: Fifty years of McCall Glacier Research: From the International Geophysical Year to the International Polar Year 2007-2008. Artic, 60(1), 1001-1011
- Shulski, M. and G. Wendler, 2007. The Climate of Alaska. University of Alaska Press, 216pp.
- Wendler, G., 2006. Book Review of The Arctic Climate System by Serreze and Barry, Polar Rec., 42(223), 370-372.
- Wendler, G., 2006. Climate of the Polar Realms. Chapter 5 In: The Global Climate System by H. Bridgman and J. Oliver, Cambridge University Press, 131-169.
- Stuefer, M. and G. Wendler 2005: MM5 Contrail forecasting in Alaska. Mon. Wea. Rev., 3517-3526
- Hartmann, B. and G. Wendler 2005: On the significance of the 1976 Pacific climate shift in the climatology of Alaska. : J. Clim.18,4824-4839
- Wendler, G., M. Shulski and B. Hartmann 2004: Potential climatic effects of cirrus contrails for the subarctic setting of Fairbanks, Alaska, Theor. Appl. Clim. 81, 149-159
- Nakanishi, S., J. Curtis and G. Wendler 2001: The influence of increased jet airline traffic on the amount of high cloudiness in Alaska. Theor. Appl. Clim., 68, 197-205
- Stafford, J., G. Wendler and J. Curtis 2000: Temperature and precipitation of Alaska: 50 year trend analyses. Theor. Appl. Clim., 67, 33-44
- Magee, N., J. Curtis and G. Wendler 1999: The urban heat island effect at Fairbanks, Alaska. Theor. Appl. Clim., 64, 39-47
- Dissing, D., and G. Wendler 1998: Solar radiation climatology of Alaska. Theor. Appl. Clim., 61, 161-175.
- Curtis, J., G. Wendler, R. Stone and E. Dutton 1998: Precipitation decrease in the Western Arctic, with special emphasis on Barrow and Barter Island, Alaska. Intl. J. Clim., 18, 1687-1707
John Walsh
Present Research Interests:
- Climate change and meteorology of Polar Regions
- Arctic sea ice
- Extreme weather events and impacts
William R. Simpson
Professional Memberships and Awards:
Awards
- Terris and Katrina Moore Prize, Outstanding researcher for the year from the Geophysical
- Institute 2008
- NSF CAREER Grant Award 2001-2006
- Research Innovation Award for cavity ring-down spectroscopy, Research Corporation 1999
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for study at Stanford University 1989-1992
- American Chemical Society Annual Award for Scholastic Achievement,
- Swarthmore College 1988
- Stanley Adamson Prize in Chemistry, Given to the outstanding junior in the
- Chemistry Department, Swarthmore College 1987
Honorary Professional Societies
- Phi Beta Kappa honorary society
- Sigma Xi scientific honor society (Swarthmore Chapter)
- Phi Lambda Upsilon Chemistry honor society
- American Chemical Society, American
- Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Physical Society
- American Geophysical Union
Positions Held:
- (July 2008 - Present) PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, University of Alaska Fairbanks Chemistry and Biochemistry Department and Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK. Investigating high latitude oxidation chemistry. Developing novel instrumentation for detection of reactive radicals. Investigating snowpack photochemistry at high latitudes.
- (July 2010 - Present) Serving as Elected Department Chair
- (July 2002 - 2008) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, University of Alaska Fairbanks Chemistry and Biochemistry Department and Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK. Investigating high latitude oxidation chemistry. Developing novel instrumentation for detection of reactive radicals. Investigating snowpack photochemistry at high latitudes.
- (Sept 1997 - July 2002) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, University of Alaska Fairbanks Chemistry and Biochemistry Department and Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK.
- (Sept 1996-Sept 1997) POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE: Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK. Investigated nitrogen oxide chemistry in the group of Professor Daniel Jaffe. Constructed a chemiluminescence detector for NO and optimized performance of this detector. Assisted in balloon based ozone measurements.
- (August 1995-May 1996)POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Investigated protein dynamics in the group of Professor Thomas G. Spiro through resonance Raman spectroscopy. Developed instrumentation for time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy.
- (September 1989-July 1995) RESEARCH ASSISTANT: Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Performed Ph.D. research in physical chemistry in the group of Professor Richard N. Zare. Gained experience in gas-phase reaction dynamics and high-resolution nanosecond laser spectroscopy, including direct experience with LIF, REMPI, IR generation with an OPO, optoacoustic, stimulated Raman and CARS spectroscopy. Designed and built fluorescence and ion collection systems including a TOF mass spectrometer.
- (May 1987-May 1988) RESEARCH ASSISTANT: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. Wrote an undergraduate thesis on original research in laser chemistry performed in the group of Professor Thomas Stephenson. Duties included writing data analysis programs, and building, maintaining, and repairing electronic and mechanical parts of the laser spectrometer.
- (Summers 1982-1986) RESEARCH ASSISTANT: National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. Studied bacterial genetics in the group of Dr. Sankar Adhya. Duties included design of original techniques, molecular cloning, participation in laboratory group discussions, and scheduling of work times.
Selected Publications:
- Huff, D. M., P. L. Joyce, G. J. Fochesatto, W. R. Simpson, "Deposition of dinitrogen pentoxide, N2O5, to the snowpack at high latitudes", Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 4929–4938, 2011, doi:10.5194/acp-11-4929-2011.
- R. J. Salawitch, T. Canty, T. Kurosu, K. Chance, Q. Liang, A. da Silva, S. Pawson, J. E. Nielsen, J. M. Rodriguez, P. K. Bhartia, X. Liu, L. G. Huey, J. Liao, 4 R. E. Stickel, D. J Tanner, J. E. Dibb, W. R. Simpson, D. Donohoue, A. Weinheimer, F. Flocke, D. Knapp, D. Montzka, J. A. Neuman, J. B. Nowak, T. B. Ryerson, S. Oltmans, D. R. Blake, E. L. Atlas, D. E. Kinnison, S. Tilmes, L. L. Pan, F. Hendrick, M. Van Roozendael, K. Kreher, P. V. Johnston, R. S. Gao, B. Johnson, T. P. Bui, G. Chen, R. B. Pierce, J. H. Crawford, and D. J. Jacob, A new interpretation of total column BrO during Arctic spring, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L21805, 2010, doi: 10.1029/2010GL043798.
- Domine, F., Houdier, S., Taillandier, A.-S., and Simpson, W. R.: Acetaldehyde in the Alaskan subarctic snowpack, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 919-929, doi:10.5194/acp-10-919-2010, 2010.
- Carlson, D., Donohoue, D., Platt, U., and Simpson, W. R.: A low power automated MAXDOAS instrument for the Arctic and other remote unmanned locations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 429-439, doi:10.5194/amt-3-429-2010, 2010.
- Knepp, T. N., Bottenheim, J., Carlsen, M., Carlson, D., Donohoue, D., Friederich, G., Matrai, P. A., Netcheva, S., Perovich, D. K., Santini, R., Shepson, P. B., Simpson, W., Valentic, T.,Williams, C., and Wyss, P. J.: Development of an autonomous sea ice tethered buoy for the study of ocean-atmosphere-sea ice-snow pack interactions: the O-buoy, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 249-261, doi:10.5194/amt-3-249-2010, 2010.
- Laura Alvarez-Aviles, William R. Simpson, Thomas A. Douglas, Matthew Sturm, Donald Perovich, Florent Dominé, Frost flower chemical composition during growth and its implications for aerosol production and bromine activation, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D21304, doi:10.1029/2008JD010277.
- Apodaca, R. L., Huff, D. M., and Simpson, W. R.: The role of ice in N2O5 heterogeneous hydrolysis at high latitudes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 7451-7463, 2008.
Glenn Shaw
Professional Memberships and Awards:
- Fellow, Royal Meteological Society
- Member, American Geophysical Union
- Member, Royal Institution
- Member, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi
- Meritorious teaching award, University of Alaska
- Recipient of the Terris and Katrina Moore Prize
Positions Held:
- Professor of Physics, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska
- Sabbaticals at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, World Radiation Center, Davos, Switzerland and University of Vienna
- Institutional Trustee, University Corporation for Atmosperic Research
- Member Representative, UCAR, 1985-present
- Member U.S. Polar Research Board, U.S. Academy of Sciences
Present Research Interests:
Research interests are in atmospheric physics and atmospheric chemistry predominantly in areas of physical chemistry and optics of atmospheric aerosols, and in global climate and climate feedback.
Extended Publication List:
Kenneth Sassen
Positions Held:
- Professor, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks (May 2002 - present)
- Chair of the Atmospheric Science Program (2002 – 2005)
- Adjunct Professor of Meteorology, U. of Utah (April 2002 to present)
- Research Professor of Meteorology, U. of Utah (July 1988 – April 2002)
- Research Associate Professor of Meteorology, U. of Utah (July 1980 - June 1988)
- Research Assistant Professor of Meteorology, U. of Utah (July 1977 - June 1980)
- Research Instructor, University of Utah (November 1976 - June 1977)
Selected Publications:
- Sassen, K., and Z. Wang, 2008: Classifying clouds around the globe with the CloudSat radar: 1-year of results. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04805, doi:10.1029/2007GL032591.
- Campbell, J. R., K. Sassen, and E. J. Welton, 2008: Elevated cloud and aerosol layer retrievals from micropulse lidar signal profiles. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., (in press).
- Webley, P. W., D. Atkinson, R. L. Collins, K. Dean, J. Fochesatto, K. Sassen, C. F. Cahill, A. Prata, C. J. Flynn, and K. Mizutani, 2008: Predicting and validating the tracking of a volcanic ash cloud during the 2006 eruption of Mt. Augustine volcano, Alaska, USA. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, (in press).
- Wang, L., and K. Sassen, 2008: Wavelet analysis of cirrus multiscale structures from lidar backscattering: A cirrus uncinus complex case study. J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., (submitted).
- Campbell, J. R., and K. Sassen, 2008: Polar stratospheric clouds at the South Pole from five years of continuous lidar data: Macrophysial and thermodynamic properties. J. Geophys. Res. (submitted).
- Sassen, K., and V. I. Khvorostyanov, 2008: Indirect cloud effects from boreal forest fire smoke: Evidence for ice nucleation from polarization lidar data and cloud model simulations. Environ. Res. Lett., (submitted).
- Sassen, K., Z. Wang, and D. Liu. 2008: The global distribution of cirrus clouds from CloudSat/CALIPSO measurements. J. Geophys. Res., (submitted).
- Sassen, K., and V. I. Khvorostyanov, 2007: Microphysical and radiative properties of mixed phase altocumulus: A model evaluation of glaciation effects. Atmos. Res., 84, 390-398.
- Sassen, K., J. Zhu, P. Webley, K. Dean, and P. Cobb, 2007: Volcanic ash plume identification using polarization lidar: Augustine Eruption, Alaska. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08803, doi:10.1029/2006GL027237.
- Comstock, J. M., R. d’Entrement, D. DeSlover, G. G. Mace, S. Y. Matrosov, S. A. McFarlane, P. Minis, D. Mitchell, K. Sassen, M. D. Shupe, D. D. Turner, and Z. Wang, 2007: An intercomparison of microphysical retrieval algorithms for upper tropospheric ice clouds. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 191-204.
- Verlinde, J., J. Y. Harrington, G. M. McFarquhar, V. T. Yannuzzi, A. Avramov, S. Greenberg, N. Johnson, G. Zhang, M. R. Poellot, J. H. Mather, D. D. Turner, E. W. Eloranta, B. D. Zak, A. J. Prenni, J. S. Daniel, G. L. Kok, D. C. Tobin, R. Holz, K. Sassen, D. Spangenberg, P. Minnis, T. P. Tooman, M. D. Ivey, C. P. Bahrmann, P. J. DeMott, A. J. Heymsfield, and R. Schofield, 2007: The Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 205-221.
- Sassen, K., L. Wang, D. O’C. Starr, J. M. Comstock, and M. Quante, 2007: A midlatitude cirrus cloud climatology from the Facility for Atmospheric Remote Sensing: V. Cloud structural properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 2483-2501.
- Mölders, N., H. Luijting, and K. Sassen, 2007: Use of Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program data from Barrow, Alaska, for evaluation and development of snow albedo parameterizations. Meteorol. Appl. Phys., doi: 10.1007/s00708-007-0271-6.
- Sassen, K., S. Matrosov, and J. Campbell, 2007: CloudSat spaceborne 94 GHz radar bright bands in the melting layer: An attenuation-driven upside-down lidar analog. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L16818, doi:10.1029/2007GL030291.
Nicole Mölders aka Carmen N. Moelders
Since 1988, I have been involved in numerical modeling of the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere. I have used mesoscale models to investigate human and natural (e.g. fire, volcanic eruptions, anthropogenic emissions, land-use changes) impacts on weather, air quality and climate. In close cooperation with hydrologists and geologists I coupled a hydrologic and meteorological model and developed an integrative hydrometeorological model.
Professional Memberships and Awards:
- 2011, College of Natural Science and Mathematics Teaching Award
- 2009, College of Natural Science and Mathematics Faculty Bonus
- 2009, Outstanding Graduate Student Mentoring and Advising Award, College of Natural Science and Mathematics
- 2009, Who is Who in America
- 2008-2009, Who is Who in Science and Engineering
- 2007, US Citizenship
- 2006, NSF travel award to attend OPP's Antarctic New Investigators Workshop
- 2003, Extraordinary Performance Award for excellence in soil moisture research, by Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- 1999, Heisenberg fellow by German Research Council (DFG)
- 1997-1998, Habilitanden scholarship by German Research Council (DFG)
- 1985-1986, Scholarship by Université Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand, France
- 1986, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) travel award
- 1985, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) travel award
Positions Held:
- Since 2/2008, Chair of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at UAF
- Since 2006, Professor of atmospheric science, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- 7/2005-2/2008, Chair of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at UAF
- 1/2005-6/2005, Acting chair of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at UAF
- 2001-2006, Associate professor of atmospheric science, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- 2000, Short-term visitor at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), MMM-Division
- 1999-2001, Heisenberg-professorship for physical hydrology (corresponds to a C2 professor in the German system)
- 1996, Habilitanden scholar of DFG (corresponds to a C1 professor in the German system)
- 1995-2001, Teaching at the University of Leipzig
- 1994-1997, University of Leipzig, post-doc of Dr. A. Raabe: Coupling of a meteorological model and a hydrologic model
- 1993, Fraunhofer-Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, post-doc of Prof. Dr. E. Schaller: Regional Climate Modeling
- 1988 – 1993, University of Cologne, research assistant of Prof. Dr. A. Ebel: EURAD European Acid Deposition Model
- 1989, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, NY, guest scientist, cooperation with Prof. Dr. C.J. Walcek: Comparison of the Cloud Moduls RSM, RADM and ADOM
- 1988, University of Cologne, scientific co-worker of Prof. Dr. E. Raschke: Radiation and Clouds
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