Edward Luke

Advanced Applications Engineer

Experience

• Developed a range of novel techniques for observing the microphysics and dynamics of clouds and precipitation using millimeter wavelength radars, particularly their Doppler spectra, with an emphasis on improving our detailed observational capabilities of cloud-precipitation mixtures and the formation of precipitation within cloud, including drizzling stratocumulus and Arctic mixed-phase clouds.
• Created algorithms for the classification of cloud types and precipitation regimes based on analysis of texture features in satellite multichannel infrared images
• Developer of the ARM program's MicroARSCL microphysics oriented value added product
• Senior level developer of parallel real-time embedded signal processing software for the US Navy APS-147 airborne inverse synthetic aperture maritime surveillance radar
• Principal inventor of patented machine vision technology (US patent 5,483,603) licensed globally to electronics manufacturers for quality control of high density circuit boards

Selected Publications (since 2007)

Rémillard, J., P. Kollias, E. Luke, R. Wood, 2012: Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Observations in the Azores, J. Climate. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00610.1

Giangrande, S. E., E. P. Luke, P. Kollias, 2012: Characterization of Vertical Velocity and Drop Size Distribution Parameters in Widespread Precipitation at ARM Facilities. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 51, 380–391. doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-10-05000.1

Kollias, P., J. Rémillard, E. Luke, and W. Szyrmer, 2011: Cloud radar Doppler spectra in drizzling stratiform clouds: 1. Forward modeling and remote sensing applications, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D13201, doi:10.1029/2010JD015237.

Kollias, P., W. Szyrmer, J. Rémillard, and E. Luke, 2011: Cloud radar Doppler spectra in drizzling stratiform clouds: 2. Observations and microphysical modeling of drizzle evolution, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D13203, doi:10.1029/2010JD015238.

Luke, E. P., P. Kollias, and M. D. Shupe, 2010: Detection of supercooled liquid in mixed-phase clouds using radar Doppler spectra, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D19201, doi:10.1029/2009JD012884.

Giangrande, S. E., E. P. Luke, P. Kollias, 2010: Automated Retrievals of Precipitation Parameters Using Non-Rayleigh Scattering at 95 GHz. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 27, 1490–1503.
doi:10.1175/2010JTECHA1343.1

Zhang, G. J., A. M. Vogelmann, M. P. Jensen, W. D. Collins, E. P. Luke, 2010: Relating Satellite-Observed Cloud Properties from MODIS to Meteorological Conditions for Marine Boundary Layer Clouds. J. Climate, 23, 1374–1391. doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2897.1

Shupe, M. D., J. S. Daniel, G. de Boer, E. W. Eloranta, P. Kollias, E. P. Luke, C. N. Long, D. D. Turner, J. Verlinde, 2008: A Focus On Mixed-Phase Clouds. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 1549–1562. doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2378.1

Jensen, M. P., A. M. Vogelmann, W. D. Collins, G. J. Zhang, E. P. Luke, 2008: Investigation of Regional and Seasonal Variations in Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Properties from MODIS Observations. J. Climate, 21, 4955–4973. doi:10.1175/2008JCLI1974.1

Luke, E. P., P. Kollias, K. L. Johnson, E. E. Clothiaux, 2008: A Technique for the Automatic Detection of Insect Clutter in Cloud Radar Returns. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 25, 1498–1513. doi:10.1175/2007JTECHA953.1

Kollias, P., M. A. Miller, E. P. Luke, K. L. Johnson, E. E. Clothiaux, K. P. Moran, K. B. Widener, B. A. Albrecht, 2007: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Cloud Profiling Radars: Second-Generation Sampling Strategies, Processing, and Cloud Data Products. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 24, 1199–1214. doi:10.1175/JTECH2033.1