EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE DIVISION

Staff Research Interests

Mark A. Miller, Division Head

R. Michael Reynolds, Deputy Division Head

MARK A. MILLER - Scientist

Air-sea interaction; Marine boundary layer meteorology; Surface-based and satellite remote sensing.

R. MICHAEL REYNOLDS - Scientist

Urban meteorology; Air-sea and air-ice-sea interaction; Marine boundary layer structure and dynamics; Oceanography and meteorology of the Persian Gulf; Instrumentation design and system integration; Telemetry techniques.

MARY JANE BARTHOLOMEW - Meteorology Associate II

Aerosol optical thickness measurements over the world’s oceans, satellite correction algorithms for aerosol optical thickness and aerosol climate.

WILLIAM J. BEHRENS - Applications Architect

Acquisition, telemetry, analysis and distribution of environmental data; Computer networking; Wireless communications; Oceanographic and atmospheric data management; Hydrography.

VICTOR A. CASSELLA - Meteorology Associate II

Central and Eastern Long Island Climatology.

ISTVAN DIOSZEGI- Assistant Physicist

Experimental nuclear physics; Applied nuclear physics; Nuclear resonance, practical applications; Monte Carlo simulation.

MAUREEN DUNN - Oceanographic Associate II

Detiding and spatial analysis of shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiling (ADCP) data. Biological-physical interactions in marine environments. Identification and growth of aquatic bacteria.

MICHAEL P. JENSEN -

RAYMOND J. EDWARDS - Principal Technician

Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering and Systems Design with Embedded Processors, PC Board Design and Manufacturing.

CHARLES N. FLAGG - Scientist

Dynamics and kinematics of the continental shelf and slope and the cross-shelf exchange of water and dissolved and suspended material. Bio-physical interactions on the shelf and open ocean. Shelf fronts, their formation and dynamics. The development of acoustic Doppler current profiler uses and data processing techniques. The investigation of meso-scale and seasonal current variability and its relation with the biological fields in the northern Arabian Sea.

KAREN LEE JOHNSON - Advanced Applications Engineer

Radar meteorology, particularly vertically pointing precipitation and cloud radars.

KEITH F. LEWIN - Research Engineer I

Effects of environmental pollutants on natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems; Development of micro-computer aided control and data collection systems; Management of field research sites.

SUDEEP MITRA - Associate Nuclear Physicist

Development of in vivo and in situ multi-element analysis procedures using neutron activation; Gamma spectrometry.

JOHN NAGY - Physicist

Monitoring and control in real-time experimental science systems; Environmental effects of the nuclear fuel cycle; Environmental effects of radionuclides; Rare and endangered species, habitats, and ecosystems; Ecological effects of renewable energy sources.

ALISTAIR ROGERS - Associate Biologist

Molecular, biochemical and physiological mechanisms underlying the response of plants to global change.

SCOTT SMITH - Environmental Associate III

Ocean meteorology; Island effects on cloud formations; Change levels of surface solar radiation; Remote sensing equipment.

DAVID T. TROYAN - Scientific Associate II

Radar meteorology; Truth testing of meso-scale meteorological models; Geostatistics; Geographic coordinate system transformation.

ANDREW VOGELMANN - Scientist

Climate and the Earth's energy balance; Cloud-radiative interactions, Aerosol-radiative interactions; Atmospheric radiative transfer; Remote sensing; Climate modeling; Climate change theory.

LUCIAN WIELOPOLSKI - Physicist

Applied nuclear spectroscopy; Monte Carlo simulation; Non-destructive monitoring and elemental analysis; Numerical analysis; Effects of CO₂ enrichment on soil content.

DIVISION SECRETARIES

CLAIRE LAMBERTI

SHARON ZUHOSKI

[Rev. 10/12/04]