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Edward Luke

Senior Applications Engineer, Cloud Processes & Measurement Science, Environmental and Climate Sciences Department

Edward Luke

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Environmental and Climate Sciences Department
Bldg. 815, Room 2-34
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-3128
eluke@bnl.gov

Edward Luke has developed a range of novel remote sensing techniques for observing the microphysical and dynamical processes of warm and cold clouds and precipitation, particularly leveraging millimeter wavelength radars and their Doppler velocity spectra. His research interests include mixed-phase clouds, secondary ice production, and drizzle formation processes, for which he pioneered the use of radar Doppler spectrum skewness analysis. More recently, he spearheaded the inception of the Multisensor Agile Adaptive Sampling (MAAS) paradigm, demonstrating real-time collaborative remote sensing by a phased-array radar, scanning cloud radar, spaceborne imagers, and surface-based video cameras. He further applied MAAS to convective cell tracking in Houston, Texas, which coordinated the real-time collaboration of two C-band weather radars spaced 27 km apart during the joint DOE-NSF TRACER/ESCAPE field campaigns. Most recently, he has been investigating the potential meteorological applications of terahertz-frequency radars.

Prior to joining Brookhaven National Laboratory in 2004, he worked in both the defense and private sectors, notably developing operational radar software for the Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, a primary U.S. Navy airborne asset, and conducting research and development in high-speed automatic digital image analysis, funded in part by the U.S. Air Force, leading to patented machine vision technology (U.S. patent 5,483,603) for quality control of very high-density electronic circuit boards.

Expertise | Education | Publications

Expertise

  • Remote sensing of the atmosphere
  • Radar meteorology
  • Phased-array radar
  • Real-time computing and control systems
  • Digital image processing and analysis
  • Sensor fusion and visualization
  • Distributed computing
  • Embedded computing systems
  • Neural network applications
  • GPU computing

Education

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S., Electrical Engineering

Selected Publications

  • Zhu Z, Yang F, Kollias P, Lamer K, Luke E, Mead JB, Sua YM, Vogelmann AM, McComiskey A (2024) Peering into Cloud Physics Using Ultra-Fine-Resolution Radar and Lidar Systems. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 105:E2010–E2025. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-23-0032.1
  • Oue M, Lamer K, Luke EP, et al (2024) Training the Next Generation of Researchers in Exploring Cloud Dynamics and Microphysics Using Millimeter-Wavelength Radars. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 105:E1514–E1520. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-24-0097.1
  • Zhu Z, Yang F, Luke E, et al (2024) THz Radar Observations of Hydrometeors in a Spray Chamber. Geophysical Research Letters 51:. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl109627
  • Kollias P, McFarquhar GM, Bruning E, et al (2024) Experiment of Sea Breeze Convection, Aerosols, Precipitation and Environment (ESCAPE). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-23-0014.1
  • Yang F, Kostinski AB, Zhu Z, Lamer K, Luke E, Kollias P, Sua YM, Hou P, Shaw RA, Vogelmann AM (2024) A single-photon lidar observes atmospheric clouds at decimeter scales: resolving droplet activation within cloud base. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 7:. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00644-y
  • Zhang D, Vogelmann AM, Yang F, et al (2023) Evaluation of four ground-based retrievals of cloud droplet number concentration in marine stratocumulus with aircraft in situ measurements. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 16:5827–5846. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5827-2023
  • Dolan B, Kollias P, van den Heever SC, Rasmussen KL, Oue M, Luke E, Lamer K, Treserras BP, Haddad Z, Stephens G, Chandrasekar V (2023) Time Resolved Reflectivity Measurements of Convective Clouds. Geophysical Research Letters 50:. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gl105723
  • Lamer K, Kollias P, Luke EP, et al (2023) Multisensor Agile Adaptive Sampling (MAAS): A Methodology to Collect Radar Observations of Convective Cell Life Cycle. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 40:1509–1522. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-23-0043.1
  • Zhu Z, Yang F, Kollias P, Luke E (2023) Observational Investigation of the Effect of Turbulence on Microphysics and Precipitation in Warm Marine Boundary Layer Clouds. Geophysical Research Letters 50:. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022gl102578
  • Mages Z, Kollias P, Zhu Z, Luke EP (2023) Surface-based observations of cold-air outbreak clouds during the COMBLE field campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 23:3561–3574. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-3561-2023
  • Yang F, Sua YM, Louridas A, Lamer K, Zhu Z, Luke E, Huang Y-P, Kollias P, Vogelmann AM, McComiskey A (2023) A Time-Gated, Time-Correlated Single-Photon-Counting Lidar to Observe Atmospheric Clouds at Submeter Resolution. Remote Sensing 15:1500. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061500
  • Lamer K, Luke EP, Mages Z, et al (2022) The impact of heat and inflow wind variations on vertical transport around a supertall building – The One Vanderbilt field experiment. Science of The Total Environment 851:157834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157834
  • Kollias P, Palmer R, Bodine D, et al (2022) Science Applications of Phased Array Radars. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 103:E2370–E2390. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-21-0173.1
  • Lamer K, Luke EP, Walsh B, et al (2022) Going Mobile to Address Emerging Climate Equity Needs in the Heterogeneous Urban Environment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 103:E2069–E2080. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-21-0336.1
  • Zhu Z, Kollias P, Luke E, Yang F (2022) New insights on the prevalence of drizzle in marine stratocumulus clouds based on a machine learning algorithm applied to radar Doppler spectra. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22:7405–7416. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7405-2022
  • Geerts B, Giangrande SE, McFarquhar GM, et al (2022) The COMBLE Campaign: A Study of Marine Boundary Layer Clouds in Arctic Cold-Air Outbreaks. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 103:E1371–E1389. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-21-0044.1
  • Kollias P, Luke EP, Tuftedal K, Dubois M, Knapp E (2022) Agile Weather Observations using a Dual-Polarization X-band Phased Array Radar. 2022 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf22) 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/radarconf2248738.2022.9764308
  • Wang J, Wood R, Jensen MP, et al (2022) Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 103:E619–E641. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-19-0220.1
  • Kalesse-Los H, Schimmel W, Luke E, Seifert P (2022) Evaluating cloud liquid detection against Cloudnet using cloud radar Doppler spectra in a pre-trained artificial neural network. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 15:279–295. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-279-2022
  • Luke EP, Yang F, Kollias P, Vogelmann AM, Maahn M (2021) New insights into ice multiplication using remote-sensing observations of slightly supercooled mixed-phase clouds in the Arctic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118:e2021387118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2021387118
  • Zhu Z, Kollias P, Yang F, Luke E (2021) On the Estimation of In-Cloud Vertical Air Motion Using Radar Doppler Spectra. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2020gl090682
  • Siebert H, Szodry K-E, Egerer U, et al (2021) Observations of Aerosol, Cloud, Turbulence, and Radiation Properties at the Top of the Marine Boundary Layer over the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean: The ACORES Campaign. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 102:E123–E147. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-19-0191.1
  • Kollias P, Luke E, Oue M, Lamer K (2020) Agile Adaptive Radar Sampling of Fast-Evolving Atmospheric Phenomena Guided by Satellite Imagery and Surface Cameras. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2020gl088440
  • Yang F, McGraw R, Luke EP, Zhang D, Kollias P, Vogelmann AM (2019) A new approach to estimate supersaturation fluctuations in stratocumulus cloud using ground-based remote-sensing measurements. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12:5817–5828. doi: 10.5194/amt-12-5817-2019
  • Zhang D, Vogelmann A, Kollias P, Luke E, Yang F, Lubin D, Wang Z (2019) Comparison of Antarctic and Arctic Single-Layer Stratiform Mixed-Phase Cloud Properties Using Ground-Based Remote Sensing Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124:10186–10204. doi: 10.1029/2019jd030673
  • Maahn M, Hoffmann F, Shupe MD, de Boer G, Matrosov SY, Luke EP (2019) Can liquid cloud microphysical processes be used for vertically pointing cloud radar calibration? Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12:3151–3171. doi: 10.5194/amt-12-3151-2019
  • Kalesse H, Vogl T, Paduraru C, Luke E (2019) Development and validation of a supervised machine learning radar Doppler spectra peak-finding algorithm. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12:4591–4617. doi: 10.5194/amt-12-4591-2019
  • Kollias P, Bharadwaj N, Clothiaux EE, Lamer K, Oue M, Hardin J, Isom B, Lindenmaier I, Matthews A, Luke EP, Giangrande SE, Johnson K, Collis S, Comstock J, Mather JH (2020) The ARM Radar Network: At the Leading Edge of Cloud and Precipitation Observations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 101:E588–E607. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-18-0288.1
  • Kollias P, McLaughlin DJ, Frasier S, Oue M, Luke E, Sneddon A (2018) Advances and applications in low-power phased array X-band weather radars. 2018 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf18). doi: 10.1109/radar.2018.8378762
  • Borque P, Luke EP, Kollias P, Yang F (2018) Relationship between Turbulence and Drizzle in Continental and Marine Low Stratiform Clouds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 75:4139–4148. doi: 10.1175/jas-d-18-0060.1
  • Yang F, Luke EP, Kollias P, Kostinski AB, Vogelmann AM (2018) Scaling of Drizzle Virga Depth With Cloud Thickness for Marine Stratocumulus Clouds. Geophysical Research Letters 45:3746–3753. doi: 10.1029/2018gl077145
  • Oue M, Kollias P, Ryzhkov A, Luke EP (2018) Toward Exploring the Synergy Between Cloud Radar Polarimetry and Doppler Spectral Analysis in Deep Cold Precipitating Systems in the Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123:2797–2815. doi: 10.1002/2017jd027717
  • Mohrmann J, Wood R, McGibbon J, Eastman R, Luke E (2018) Drivers of Seasonal Variability in Marine Boundary Layer Aerosol Number Concentration Investigated Using a Steady State Approach. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123:1097–1112. doi: 10.1002/2017jd027443
  • Rémillard J, Fridlind AM, Ackerman AS, Tselioudis G, Kollias P, Mechem DB, Chandler HE, Luke E, Wood R, Witte MK, Chuang PY, Ayers JK (2017) Use of Cloud Radar Doppler Spectra to Evaluate Stratocumulus Drizzle Size Distributions in Large-Eddy Simulations with Size-Resolved Microphysics. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 56:3263–3283. doi: 10.1175/jamc-d-17-0100.1
  • Riihimaki LD, Comstock JM, Luke E, Thorsen TJ, Fu Q (2017) A case study of microphysical structures and hydrometeor phase in convection using radar Doppler spectra at Darwin, Australia. Geophysical Research Letters 44:7519–7527. doi: 10.1002/2017gl074187
  • Tridon F, Battaglia A, Luke E, Kollias P (2017) Rain retrieval from dual-frequency radar Doppler spectra: validation and potential for a midlatitude precipitating case-study. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 143:1364–1380. doi: 10.1002/qj.3010
  • Kalesse H, de Boer G, Solomon A, Oue M, Ahlgrimm M, Zhang D, Shupe MD, Luke E, Protat A (2016) Understanding Rapid Changes in Phase Partitioning between Cloud Liquid and Ice in Stratiform Mixed-Phase Clouds: An Arctic Case Study. Monthly Weather Review 144:4805–4826. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-16-0155.1
  • Borque P, Luke E, Kollias P (2016) On the unified estimation of turbulence eddy dissipation rate using Doppler cloud radars and lidars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121:5972–5989. doi: 10.1002/2015jd024543
  • Kalesse H, Szyrmer W, Kneifel S, Kollias P, Luke E (2016) Fingerprints of a riming event on cloud radar Doppler spectra: observations and modeling. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 16:2997–3012. doi: 10.5194/acp-16-2997-2016
  • Riihimaki LD, Comstock JM, Anderson KK, Holmes A, Luke E (2016) A path towards uncertainty assignment in an operational cloud-phase algorithm from ARM vertically pointing active sensors. Advances in Statistical Climatology, Meteorology and Oceanography 2:49–62. doi: 10.5194/ascmo-2-49-2016
  • Wood R, Wyant M, Bretherton CS, Rémillard J, Kollias P, Fletcher J, Stemmler J, de Szoeke S, Yuter S, Miller M, Mechem D, Tselioudis G, Chiu JC, Mann JAL, O'Connor EJ, Hogan RJ, Dong X, Miller M, Ghate V, Jefferson A, Min Q, Minnis P, Palikonda R, Albrecht B, Luke E, Hannay C, Lin Y (2015) Clouds, Aerosols, and Precipitation in the Marine Boundary Layer: An Arm Mobile Facility Deployment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 96:419–440. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-13-00180.1
  • Luke EP, Kollias P (2013) Separating Cloud and Drizzle Radar Moments during Precipitation Onset Using Doppler Spectra. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 30:1656–1671. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-11-00195.1
  • Tridon F, Battaglia A, Kollias P, Luke E, Williams CR (2013) Signal Postprocessing and Reflectivity Calibration of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program 915-MHz Wind Profilers. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 30:1038–1054. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-12-00146.1
  • Van Weverberg K, Vogelmann AM, Lin W, Luke EP, Cialella A, Minnis P, Khaiyer M, Boer ER, Jensen MP (2013) The Role of Cloud Microphysics Parameterization in the Simulation of Mesoscale Convective System Clouds and Precipitation in the Tropical Western Pacific. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 70:1104–1128. doi: 10.1175/jas-d-12-0104.1
  • Rémillard J, Kollias P, Luke E, Wood R (2012) Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Observations in the Azores. Journal of Climate 25:7381–7398. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-11-00610.1
  • Giangrande SE, Luke EP, Kollias P (2012) Characterization of Vertical Velocity and Drop Size Distribution Parameters in Widespread Precipitation at ARM Facilities. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 51:380–391. doi: 10.1175/jamc-d-10-05000.1
  • Kollias P, Rémillard J, Luke E, Szyrmer W (2011) Cloud radar Doppler spectra in drizzling stratiform clouds: 1. Forward modeling and remote sensing applications. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi: 10.1029/2010jd015237
  • Kollias P, Szyrmer W, Rémillard J, Luke E (2011) Cloud radar Doppler spectra in drizzling stratiform clouds: 2. Observations and microphysical modeling of drizzle evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi: 10.1029/2010jd015238
  • Luke EP, Kollias P, Shupe MD (2010) Detection of supercooled liquid in mixed-phase clouds using radar Doppler spectra. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi: 10.1029/2009jd012884
  • Giangrande SE, Luke EP, Kollias P (2010) Automated Retrievals of Precipitation Parameters Using Non-Rayleigh Scattering at 95 GHz. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 27:1490–1503. doi: 10.1175/2010jtecha1343.1
  • Zhang GJ, Vogelmann AM, Jensen MP, Collins WD, Luke EP (2010) Relating Satellite-Observed Cloud Properties from MODIS to Meteorological Conditions for Marine Boundary Layer Clouds. Journal of Climate 23:1374–1391. doi: 10.1175/2009jcli2897.1
  • Shupe MD, Daniel JS, de Boer G, Eloranta EW, Kollias P, Long CN, Luke EP, Turner DD, Verlinde J (2008) A Focus On Mixed-Phase Clouds. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 89:1549–1562. doi: 10.1175/2008bams2378.1
  • Jensen MP, Vogelmann AM, Collins WD, Zhang GJ, Luke EP (2008) Investigation of Regional and Seasonal Variations in Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Properties from MODIS Observations. Journal of Climate 21:4955–4973. doi: 10.1175/2008jcli1974.1
  • Luke EP, Kollias P, Johnson KL, Clothiaux EE (2008) A Technique for the Automatic Detection of Insect Clutter in Cloud Radar Returns. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 25:1498–1513. doi: 10.1175/2007jtecha953.1
  • Kollias P, Miller MA, Luke EP, Johnson KL, Clothiaux EE, Moran KP, Widener KB, Albrecht BA (2007) The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Cloud Profiling Radars: Second-Generation Sampling Strategies, Processing, and Cloud Data Products. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 24:1199–1214. doi: 10.1175/jtech2033.1
Edward Luke

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Environmental and Climate Sciences Department
Bldg. 815, Room 2-34
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-3128
eluke@bnl.gov

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