CURRICULUM VITAE

 

EDWARD J. ZIPSER

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D.,   Florida State University,  Meteorology,  1965

M.S.,    Florida State University,  Meteorology,  1960

B.S.E., Princeton University, Aeronautical Engineering, 1958

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

     

      1999-Date               Professor, Dept. of Meteorology, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

                                    1999-2005         Chair, Dept. of Meteorology, Univ. of Utah

 

      1990-1999               Professor, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 

                                    1990-1995         Head, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ.

     

      1990-1998               Scientific Visitor, Mesoscale and Microscale Division, NCAR (2 months each summer)

     

      1976-1990               Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado

      1966-1976               Ph.D. Scientist, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado

                                    1971-1973               Chief Scientist, NCAR GARP1 Task Group

                                    1973-1977               Project Head, NCAR GATE2  Project

                                    1981-1984               Head, Mesoscale Interactions Section, NCAR            Convective Storms Division

                                    1984-1987               Director, NCAR Convective Storms Division/Cloud Systems Division

                                    1989  (Spring)          NCAR Affiliate Visiting Professor, Dept. of      Atmospheric Science, Univ. of Washington

      1Global Atmospheric Research Program

      2Global Atmospheric Research Program Atlantic Tropical Experiment

 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

 

           Weather events on the scale of actual storms; i.e., convective and mesoscale events such as thunderstorms, squall lines, flash floods, and hurricanes.  Improve understanding through quantitative description using data from coordinated field experiments using satellites, radars, and aircraft, and development of improved conceptual models of these events.

            Regional and global distribution of storms, using new observational capabilities from satellites such as NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission.  Understand why heavy rainfall is more frequent in the deep tropics while stronger storms are extremely rare in those same locations compared to the central United States and other mid-latitude regions.  Validate indications from remote sensing instruments on satellites by making measurements in the field.

            Help develop improved recognition and forecasting of severe storms by determining the differences between ordinary and truly exceptional events.

            Involve students in field programs to give them hands-on experience and deeper understanding.

 

ZIPSER GROUP'S TRMM WEB PAGES

 

      http://www.met.utah.edu/zipser/pub/projects/trmm/

 

COURSES TAUGHT (since 1999)

 

Global Climate Change (METEO 1020), Radar and Satellite Meteorology (METEO 5140/6140), Tropical Meteorology (METEO 6310), Severe and Unusual Weather (METEO 1010; with Robl)

 

SELECTED PROJECT AND FIELD PROGRAM INVOLVEMENT (1974-present)

 

       2006                            NAMMA (NASA- African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis) Experiment, Cape Verde Islands, Lead Scientist

       2006                      TWPICE (Tropical Warm Pool International  Cloud Experiment, Darwin Australia, Member Management Team

       2005                      TCSP (Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes) , Costa Rica, Mission Scientist

2003                        SALLJEX (South American Low-Level Jet Exp; radar sicentist on NOAA P-3

       2002                      CRYSTAL-FACE [Production of anvil cirrus by convection-Florida]

2001                             Mission Science Management Team for CAMEX-4 (NASA ER-2 and DC-8

                                    missions in hurricanes, based at Jacksonville NAS, Aug-Sept.)

      1997-2000               NASA, Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM): Team Leader for field campaigns in Texas, Florida, Brazil (with LBA), and Kwajalein.

      1992-1993              Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere, Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE): Lead Scientist for Convection, NASA Aircraft.

      1991                       Tropical Experiment in Mexico: Participant.

      1987                       Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment; Management Team, co-PI on F-27 and Electra.

      1987                       Taiwan Mesoscale Experiment: Planning Team and Participant.

      1987                       Convection Initiation and Downburst Experiment: Member Management Team.

      1985                       Oklahoma-Kansas PRE-STORM experiment: Chair, Management Team.

      1984                       Australian Cold Fronts Program: Lead Scientist on F-27.

      1974                       GATE: Coordinator, Aircraft Program; Airborne Mission Scientist, Mission Scientist, Mission Selection Team.

 

HONORS

•       Special Award, American Meteorological Society, for  “outstanding contributions to the editorial      

                          oversight of the Bulletin of the AMS”, 2007.

      •     Invited Lecturer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 2004.

      •     Editor’s Award, American Meteorological Society, 1999.

      •     University Space Research Association Visiting Fellowship, NASA Goddard                                               Space Flight Center, 1996-1997.

      •     Special Award, American Meteorological Society, for "Outstanding                                                            Contributions and Leadership in [GATE]", 1977.

      •     NOAA Award for Outstanding Contributions to [GATE], 1975.       

      •     Research Fellow of (U.K.) NERC, Imperial College, London, 1974-75.

      •     NCAR Publications Prize, for “The role of organized unsaturated convective                                                 downdrafts in the structure and rapid decay of an equatorial                                                                   disturbance”, J. Appl. Meteor., 1969.

     

HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

American Meteorological Society

     

      2001- date               Chair, Editorial Board, Bulletin of the AMS

      1999-2001               Member, Chair, Nominating Committee

      1993-1995               Member, Chair, Awards Committee

      1989-1990               Member, Chair, Committee on Fellows

      1983-1987               Member, Chair, Committee on Mesoscale Processes

      1982-Date               Fellow of the AMS         

      1978-1979               President, Denver Chapter

      1969-1973               Member, Committee on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

      1969-1970               Vice-President, Denver Chapter

     

American Geophysical Union

 

Society of the Sigma Xi

 

SELECTED COMMITTEES

 

      1997-1999               NAS/NRC/BASC Panel on Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX).

      1996-1999               U.S. Weather Research Program Prospectus Development Teams on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting, and Hydrologic Aspects of Weather Forecasting.

      1996                       UCAR Governance Examination Team.

      1993-1997               NAS/NRC/BASC Committee on Meteorology, Analysis, and Prediction (Chair).

      1992-1998               UCAR University Relations Committee (Chair).

      1990-Date               NASA TRMM Science Team.

      1987-1989               NAS/NRC Study Design Group for Science of Hydrology; NRC/WSTB Committee on Opportunities in Hydrology.

      1986-1990               NASA Science Steering Group for TRMM.

      1973-1974               Convection Subpanel of GATE Advisory Panel (Chair).

      1972-1976               GATE Advisory Panel to US GARP Committee.

      1970-1973               BOMAP Advisory Panel to US GARP Committee.

 

SELECTED REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (1969-present)

 

Liu, C., E.J.Zipser, G.G. Mace, and S. Benson, 2008:  Implications of the differences between daytime and nighttime CloudSat observations over the tropics.  J. Geophys. Res., 113, accepted.

 

Kerns, B., K.Greene, and E.J.Zipser, 2008:  Four years of tropical ERA-40 vorticity maxima tracks, Part I: Climatology and vertical vorticity structure.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, in press.

 

Kerns, B, and E.J.Zipser, 2008:  Four years of tropical ERA-40 vorticity maxima tracks, Part II: Differences between developing and non-developing disturbances. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, submitted.

 

Liu, C., E.J.Zipser, D.J.Cecil,S.W.Nesbitt, and S. Sherwood, 2008:  A cloud and precipitation feature database from 9 years of TRMM observations.  J. Appl. Meteor. Climate, 47, DOI:10.1175/2008JAMC1890.1, in press.

 

Li, Y., E.J.Zipser, S.K.Krueger, and M.A.Zulauf, 2008:  Cloud-resolving modeling of deep convection observed during KWAJEX, Part I: Comparison to TRMM satellite and ground-based radar observations.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, in press.

 

Jiang, H., J. B. Halverson, J. Simpson, and E. J. Zipser, 2008: Hurricane “rainfall potential” derived from satellite observations aids overland rainfall prediction. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 944–959.

 

Jiang, H., J. B. Halverson, J. Simpson, and E. J. Zipser, 2008: On the difference of storm wetness of Hurricane Isidore and Lili. Part II: Water budget. Wea. Forecasting, 23, 44-61.

 

Liu, C., and E.J.Zipser, 2008:  Diurnal cycles of precipitation, clouds, and lightning in the triopics from 9 years of TRMM observations.  Geophys. Res. Letters, 35, L04819, doi:10.1029/2007GL032437.

 

Liu, C., E.Zipser, T.Garrett, J.Jiang, and H.Su, 2007:  How do the water vapor and carbon monoxide “tape recorders” start near the tropical tropopause?  Geophys. Res. Letters., , 34, L09804, doi:10.1029/2006GL029234.

 

Liu, C., E,J,Zipser, and S.W.Nesbitt, 2007:  Global distribution of tropical deep convection:  Differences using infrared and radar as the primary data source.  J. Climate, 20, 489-503, DOI:10.1175/JCLI4023.1.

 

Halverson, J., M.Black, S. Braun, D.Cecil, M.Goodman, A.Heymsfield, G.Heymsfield, R.Hood, T.Krishnamurti, G.McFarquhar, J.Molinari, R.Rogers, J.Turk, C.Velden, D.-L.Zhang, E.Zipser, R.Kakar, 2007:  NASA’s Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) Experiment:  Investigating tropical cyclogenesis and intensity change. Bull, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,  88, 867-882.

Salio, P., M.Nicolini, and E.J.Zipser, 2007:  Mesoscale convective systems over Southeastern South America and their relationship with the South American Low Level Jet.  Mon. Wea. Rev. 135, 1290-1309.

 

Zipser, E.J., D.J.Cecil, C.Liu, S.W.Nesbitt. and D.P.Yorty, 2006:  Where are the most intense thunderstorms on earth?  Bull, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,  87, 1057-1071.

 

Jiang, H., and E. J. Zipser,2005: Retrieval of hydrometeor profiles in tropical cyclones and convection from combined radar and radiometer observations, J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 45,  i1096-1115.

Mace, G.G., M. Deng, B. Soden, and E.J.Zipser, 2006:  On the association of tropical cirrus in the 10-15 km layer with deep convective source regions; an observational study  combining millimeter radar data and satellite-derived trajectories.  J. Atmos. Sci., 63 (2), 480-503.

 

Vera, C., J.Baez, M.Douglas, C.B.Emmanuel, J.Marengo, J.Meitin, M.Nicolini, J.Nogues-Paegle, J.Paegle, O.Penalba, P.Salio, C.Saulo, M.A.Silva Dias, P.Silva Dias, and E.J.Zipser, 2006:  The South American Low-Level Jet Experiment.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 63-77

Liu, C. and E.J. Zipser, 2005:  Global distribution of convection penetrating the tropicaL tropopause.  J.Geophys. Res.-Atm, 110, in review.

 

Yuter, S.E., R.A. Houze Jr., E.A. Smith, T.T. Wilheit, and E.J.. Zipser, 2005:  Physical characterization of tropical oceanic convection observed in KWAJEX.  J. Appl. Meteor., 44, in press.

 

Jiang, H., P. G. Black, E. J. Zipser, and F. D. Marks, 2005: Validation of rain rate estimation in hurricanes from the Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer: algorithm correction and error analysis. J. Atmos. Sci.  61, (CAMEX special issue), in press.

 

Hood, R.E., D.J.Cecil, F.J.LaFontaine, R.Blakeslee, D.Mach, G.Heymsfield, F.Marks Jr., and E.J.Zipser, 2006:  Tropical cyclone precipitation types and electric field information observed by high altitude aircraft instrumentation. J. Atmos. Sci.  61, (CAMEX special issue), in press.

 

Cecil, D.J., S.J.Goodman, D.J.Boccippio, E.J.ZIpser, and S.W.Nesbitt, 2005:  Three years of TRMM precipitation features.  Part 1: Radar, radiometric, and lightning characteristics.  Mon Wea. Rev., 133, 543-566.

 

Nesbitt, S.W., E.J. Zipser, and C.D. Kummerow, 2004:  An examination of Version-5 rainfall estimates from the TRMM Microwave Imager, Precipitation Radar, and rain gauges on global, regional, and storm scales.  J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 1016-1036.

 

Zipser, E.J., 2003:  Tropical precipitating systems.  Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water:  Dynamics, Climate, Physical Weather Systems, and Measurements, T. Potter and B. Colman, Ed.  John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chapter 31.

 

Zipser, E.J., 2003:  Some views on “hot towers” after 50 years of tropical field programs and two years of TRMM data.  Meteorological Monographs, 29 (51), 50-59.

 

Nesbitt, S.W., and E.J.Zipser, 2003:  The diurnal cycle of rainfall and convective intensity according to three years of TRMM measurements.  J. Climate, 16 (10), 1456-1475.

 

Silva Dias, M., 17 co-authors, and E.J. Zipser, 2002:  Clouds and rain processes in a biosphere atmosphere interaction context in the Amazon region.  J. Geophys. Res. – Atmos., 107 (D20), 8072, doi:10.1029/2001JD000335.

 

 

Cecil, D.J., E.J. Zipser, and S.W.Nesbitt, 2002:  Reflectivity, ice scattering, and lightning characteristics of hurricane eyewalls and rainbands. Part I: Quantitative description. Mon Wea. Rev.,130, 769-784.

 

Cecil, D.J., E.J. Zipser, and S.W.Nesbitt, 2002:  Reflectivity, ice scattering, and lightning characteristics of hurricane eyewalls and rainbands.  Part II:  Intercomparison of observations.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 785-801.

 

Toracinta, E.R.,  E.J. Zipser, D.J. Cecil, and S.W.Nesbitt, 2002:  Radar, passive microwave, and lightning characteristics of precipitating systems in the tropics.  Mon Wea. Rev., 130, 802-824.

 

Toracinta, E.R., and E. J. Zipser, 2001:  Lightning and SSM/I ice scattering MCSs in the global tropics.  J. Appl. Meteor., 40, 983-1002.