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Edgar L Andreas
Senior Research Scientist
NorthWest Research Associates, Inc.
(Seattle Division)
Lebanon, New Hampshire

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Ed Andreas has four primary research interests, all tied together by his fundamental interest in turbulent transfer processes in the atmospheric boundary layer. These four areas are 1) air-sea interaction and the effects of sea spray on air-sea heat, moisture, and momentum transfer in high winds; 2) polar meteorology and air-sea-ice interaction; 3) scintillation and electro-optical propagation in the atmospheric boundary layer; and 4) fundamental turbulence issues such as Monin-Obukhov similarity theory, fluid dynamics, time series and spectral analysis, and measurement physics. Ed has done theoretical work and modeling in all four areas; his experimental work has concentrated on the second, third, and fourth areas.

Areas of Expertise:

Air-sea-ice interaction
Air-sea interaction
The role of sea spray in air-sea exchange in high winds
Atmospheric boundary layer
Leads and polynyas
Electromagnetic wave propagation and scintillation
Atmospheric turbulence
Micrometeorology
Similarity theory
Time series analysis
Measurement physics
Technical writing

Current Projects:

Analyzing atmospheric surface flux measurements from SHEBA, the experiment to study the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean, to develop a bulk turbulent flux algorithm for sea ice and to use this algorithm for estimating surface fluxes over sea ice from satellites (see http://www.weather.nps.navy.mil/~psguest/sheba/ and http://www.atd.ucar.edu/rtf/projects/sheba/). (Sponsored by NSF and NASA.)
Theoretical and modeling studies on the role of sea spray in heat, moisture, and momentum transfer at the ocean-atmosphere interface, especially in hurricane-strength winds. (Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.)

Notable Contributions and Highlights from Past Projects:

Member of the 1981 Weddell Polynya Expedition that made the first deep penetration into the Antarctic ice pack
Participated in deploying the first manned research station on Antarctic sea ice, Ice Station Weddell (ISW) in 1992, and was in charge of the American meteorological program on ISW (This drifting ice camp paralleled the track of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance.)
Between September 1997 and October 1998, spent 17 weeks in the field participating in SHEBA and leading SHEBA's Atmospheric Surface Flux Group

Education:

B.A., 1969, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, Physics
M.S., 1971, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Physics
Ph.D., 1977, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Physical Oceanography

Other Professional Information:

Memberships in Professional Organizations:

American Geophysical Union, Life Member
American Meteorological Society
International Glaciological Society
Royal Meteorological Society, FRMetS
Society for Technical Communication, Senior Member

International Experience:

Chaired the American Meteorological Society's Committee on Boundary Layers and Turbulence and was the program chairperson for the 11th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence (Charlotte, North Carolina, March 1995)
Chair of the AMS's Committee on Air-Sea Interaction, 2009-present
Co-chaired the AMS's 15th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction (Portland, Oregon, August 2007)
Co-chaired the AMS's 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction (Phoenix, Arizona, January 2009)
Member of the World Climate Research Programme's Working Group on Surface Fluxes, 2004-2007
Member of two Ph.D. thesis advisory committees for students at the Swiss Federal Technical Institute (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Have made presentations at scientific meetings and institutions in Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Russia, and Switzerland
Have co-authored papers with scientists from Canada, China, England, Finland, Germany, Republic of South Africa, Russia, and Switzerland

Awards:

1986-1987, National Research Council Associateship at NOAA's Wave Propagation Laboratory (now NOAA/ESRL)
1990, CRREL Research and Development Achievement Award
1992, Army Research and Development Achievement Award
1992, 1995, 2000, awards for technical writing from the Boston and Northern New England Chapters of the Society for Technical Communication (STC)
1993, award for technical writing in the STC's International Technical Publications Competition
1993, Antarctica Service Medal
2007, designated a distinguished alumnus of Sterling High School, Sterling, Illinois

Additional: Lead author of 70 papers published in refereed journals

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