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 and Chair, Dept. of Meteorology, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, 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 NASA¹s 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.

 

 

SELECTED PROJECT AND FIELD PROGRAM INVOLVEMENT (1974-present)

 

      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

        

         €       Editor¹s 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 ³The role of organized unsaturated convective                                                          downdrafts in the structure and rapid decay of an equatorial                                                                                               disturbance², J. Appl. Meteor., 1969.

        

HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

American Meteorological Society

        

         2001-                                Chair, Editorial Board, Bulletin of the AMS

         1999-date                      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)

 

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., in press.

 

Zipser, E.J., 2002:  Some views on ³hot towers² after 50 years of tropical field programs and two years of TRMM data.  Meteorological Monographs, in press.

 

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.

 

Kummerow, C., 23 coauthors, and E. J. Zipser, 2000:  The status of the Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM) after 2 years in orbit.  J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 1965-1982.

 

Nesbitt, S.W., E. J. Zipser, and D.J. Cecil, 2000:  A census of precipitation features in the tropics using TRMM:  Radar, ice scattering, and lightning observations.  J. Climate, 13 (23), 4087-4106.

 

Droegemeier, K.K., 16 co-authors, and E. J. Zipser, 2000:  Hydrological Aspects of Weather Prediction and Flood Warnings: Report of the Ninth Prospectus Development Team of the U.S. Weather Research Program.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81 (11), 2665-2680.

 

Lucas, C., and E.J. Zipser, 2000:  Environmental variability during TOGA COARE.  J. Atmos. Sci., 57 (15), 2333-2350.

 

Lucas, C., E.J. Zipser, and B.S. Ferrier, 2000:  Sensitivity of tropical oceanic squall lines to tropospheric wind and moisture profiles.  J. Atmos. Sci., 57 (15), 2351-2373.

 

Zolman, J., E.J. Zipser, and K.I. Mohr, 2000:  A comparison of tropical mesoscale convective systems in El Nino and La Nina.  J. Climate, 13 (18), 3314--3326.

 

Mohr, K.I., J.S. Famiglietti, and E.J. Zipser, 1999:  The contribution to tropical rainfall with respect to convective system type, size, and intensity estimated from the ice scattering signature.  J. Appl. Meteor., 38, 596-606.

 

Cecil. D.J., and E.J. Zipser, 1999:  Relationships between tropical cyclone intensity and satellite based indicators of inner core convection:  85 GHz ice scattering signature and lightning.  Mon Wea. Rev., 127, 103-123.

 

LeMone, M.A., E.J. Zipser, and S.B. Trier, 1998:  The role of environmental shear and CAPE in determining the structure and evolution of mesoscale convective systems during TOGA COARE.  J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3493-3518.

 

Fritsch, J.M., R.A. Houze, Jr., R. Adler, H. Bluestein, L. Bosart, J. Brown, F. Carr, C. Davis, R.H. Johnson, N. Junker, Y-H. Kuo., S. Rutledge, J. Smith, Z. Toth, J.W. Wilson, E. Zipser, and D. Zrnic, 1998:  Quantitative precipitation forecasting:  Report of the Eighth Prospectus Development Team, U.S. Weather Research Program.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79., 285-299.

 

Liu, C., M.W. Moncrieff, and E.J. Zipser, 1997:  Dynamical influence of microphysics in tropical squall lines:  A numerical study.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 2193-2210.

 

Orville, R.E., E.J. Zipser, M. Brook, C. Weidman, G. Aulich, E.P. Krider, H. Christian, S. Goodman, R. Blakeslee, and K. Cummins, 1997:  Lightning in the region of the TOGA COARE.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 1055-1067.

 

Lucas, C., M. A. LeMone, and E. J. Zipser, 1996:  Reply to Michaud, L.M., Comment on    "Convective available potential energy in the environment of oceanic and    continental clouds".   J. Atmos, Sci., 53, 1212-1214.

McGaughey, G., E.J. Zipser, R.W. Spencer, and R.E. Hood, 1996:  High resolution passive microwave observations of convective systems over the tropical Pacific Ocean.       J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 1921-1947.

 

McGaughey, G., and E.J. Zipser, 1996:  Passive microwave observations of  the stratiform regions of two tropical oceanic mesoscale convective systems.  J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 1949-1962.

 

Mohr, K.I., E.R. Toracinta, E.J. Zipser, and R.E. Orville, 1996:  A comparison of WSR-88D    reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures, and lightning for mesoscale    convective systems in Texas.  Part 2: SSM/I brightness temperatures and    lightning.  J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 919-931.

 

Mohr, K.I., and E.J. Zipser, 1996a:  Defining mesoscale convective systems by their ice    scattering signature.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 1179-1189.

 

Mohr, K.I., and E.J. Zipser, 1996b:  Mesoscale convective systems defined by their 85 GHz ice scattering signature:  Size and intensity comparison over tropical oceans and continents.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 2417-2437.

 

Toracinta, E.R., K.I. Mohr, E.J. Zipser, and R.E. Orville, 1996:  A comparison of WSR-88D reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures, and lightning for MCSs in Texas.  Part 1: Radar reflectivity and lightning.  J. Appl. Meteor.,, 35, 902-918.

 

Samsury, C.E., and E.J. Zipser, 1995:  Secondary wind maxima in hurricanes:  Airflow and relationship to rainbands.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 3502-3517.

 

Lucas, C., M. A. LeMone, and E. J. Zipser, 1994a:  Vertical velocity in oceanic convection off tropical Australia.  J. Atmos. Sci.,  51 (21), 3183-3193.

 

Lucas, C., M. A. LeMone, and E. J. Zipser, 1994b:  Convective available potential energy in the environment of oceanic and continental clouds:  Correction and comments.  J. Atmos, Sci., 51, (24),  3829-3830.

 

Zipser, E. J.,1994:  Deep cumulonimbus cloud systems in the tropics with and without    lightning.  Mon. Wea. Rev.,  122, 1837-1851.

 

Zipser, E.J., and K. Lutz, 1994:  The vertical profile of radar reflectivity of convective cells:  A strong indicator of storm intensity and lightning probability?  Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1751-1759.

 

Ryan, B. F., G. M. Barnes, and E. J. Zipser, 1992:  A wide rainband in a developing tropical cyclone.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 431-447.

 

Yoe, J. G., M. F. Larsen, and E. J. Zipser, 1992:  Analysis of PRE-STORM VHF wind profiler data from the June 10-11 1985 squall line passage.  J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 9, 713-727..

 

Zipser, E. J., A. Betts, F. Ruggiero, and B. Hinton, 1990:  Tropical Meteorology: Panel Report.  Chapter 25b, Radar in Meteorology.  David Atlas, Ed., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 426-432.

 

Augustine, J. A., and E. J. Zipser, 1987:  The use of wind profilers in a mesoscale experiment.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 68, 4-17.

 

Szoke, E. J., and E. J. Zipser, 1986:  A radar study of convective cells in mesoscale systems in GATE.  Part II:  Life cycles of convective cells.  J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 198-218.

 

Jorgensen, D. P., E. J. Zipser, and M. A. LeMone, 1985:  Vertical motions in intense hurricanes.  J. Atmos Sci., 42, 839-856. 

 

LeMone, M. A., G. M. Barnes, E. J. Szoke, and E. J. Zipser, 1984:  The tilt of the leading edge of mesoscale tropical convective lines.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 510-519.

 

LeMone, M. A., G. M. Barnes, and E. J. Zipser, 1984:  Momentum flux by lines of cumulonimbus in the tropics.  J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 1914-1932.

 

Barnes, G. M., E. J. Zipser, D. Jorgensen, and F. Marks, Jr., 1983:  Mesoscale and convective structure of a hurricane rainband.  J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 2125-2137.

 

Zipser, E. J., R. J. Meitin, and M. A. LeMone, 1981:  Mesoscale motion fields in association with a GATE convection band.  J Atmos. Sci., 38 , 1725-1750.

 

LeMone, M. A., and E. J. Zipser, 1980:  Cumulonimbus vertical velocity events in GATE.  Part I:  Diameter, intensity and mass flux.  J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 2444-2457.

 

Zipser, E. J., and M. A. LeMone, 1980:  Cumulonimbus vertical velocity events in GATE.  Part II: Synthesis and model core structure.  J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 2458-2469.

 

Zipser, E. J., and J. H. Golden, 1979:  A summertime tornado outbreak in Colorado:  Mesoscale environment and structural features.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 107, 1328-1342.

 

Zipser, E. J., and C. Gautier, 1978:  Mesoscale events within a GATE tropical depression. Mon. Wea. Rev., 106, 789-805.

 

Zipser, E. J., 1977:  Mesoscale and convective-scale downdrafts as distinct components of squall-line structure.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 105, 1568-1589.

 

Lilly, D. K., and E. J. Zipser, 1972:  The Front-Range windstorm of 11 January 1972; a meteorological narrative.  Weatherwise, 25, 56-63.

 

Madden, R. A., and E. J. Zipser, 1970:  Multi-layered structure of the winds over the equatorial Pacific during the Line Islands Experiment.  J. Atmos. Sci., 27, 336-342.

 

Zipser, E. J., 1970:  The Line Islands Experiment, its place in tropical meteorology and the rise of the fourth school of thought.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 51, 1136-1146.

 

Zipser, E. J., 1969:  The role of organized unsaturated convective downdrafts in the structure and rapid decay of an equatorial disturbance.  J. Appl. Meteor, 8 , 799-814.

 

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED

 

Caesar, K.A., 1995:  Cold domes over the warm pool:  A study of the properties of cold domes produced by mesoscale convective systems during TOGA COARE.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150,  May 1995, 84 pp.

 

Cecil, D.J., 1997:  Relationships between tropical cyclone intensity and satellite based indicators of inner core convection:  85 GHz ice scattering signature and        lightning. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Aug. 1997, 126 pp.

 

Cecil, D.J., 2000:  Reflectivity, ice scattering, and lightning characteristics of hurricane eyewalls and rainbands. .  Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 2000, 123 pp.

 

Devlin, K.I., 1995:  Application of the 85 GHz ice scattering signature to a global study of mesoscale convective systems.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Aug. 1995, 100 pp.  [Published under name Karen I. Mohr]

 

Griffith, J.M., 1992:  Properties of inflow and downdraft air of tropical mesoscale      convective systems and the effect of downdrafts on the surface fluxes.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150,                  Dec. 1992, 110 pp.

 

Liu, C., 1994:  Theoretical and numerical studies of organized convective lines.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, May 1994, 322 pp.

 

Lucas, C.,  1993:  Vertical velocity in oceanic convection off tropical Australia. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150,  May 1993, 119 pp.

 

Lucas, C., 1998:  Environmental variability during TOGA COARE and its effect on mesoscale convective systems:  Observations and modeling. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, May 1998, 185 pp.

 

Lutz, K.R., 1992:  Vertical profiles of radar reflectivity of convective cells in tropical and mid-latitude mesoscale convective systems.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of  Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 1992, 113 pp.

 

McGaughey, G.R., 1994:  High resolution passive microwave observations of convective systems over the tropical Pacific Ocean.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of  Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 1994, 84 pp.

 

Mota, G.V., 2002:  Rainfall estimates over South America.  M.S. Thesis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112-0110, May 2002, 65 pp.

 

Nesbitt, S. W., 1999:  A census of precipitation features in the tropics using TRMM:  Radar, ice scattering, and lightning observations. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Aug. 1999, 97 pp.

 

Restivo, M.E., 1995:  The convective structures associated with cloud to ground   lightning in TOGA COARE Mesoscale Convective Systems.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Aug. 1995, 98 pp.

 

Samsury, C.E., 1992:  The kinematic structure of hurricanes and their rainbands - implications for hurricane intensity change.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 1992, 123 pp.

 

Toracinta, E.R., 1995:  Radar, satellite, and lightning characteristics of select mesoscale convective systems in Texas.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 1995, 70 pp.

 

Toracinta, E.R., 2000:  Radar, passive microwave, and lightning characteristics of precipitating features in the tropics.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 2000, 138 pp.

 

Yorty, D.P., 2001:  Extreme convection observed by the tropical rainfall measuring mission.

                  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112-0110,

                  December 2001, 114 pp.

 

Zolman, J., 1999:  A comparison of tropical mesoscale convective systems in El Nino and La Nina. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, May 1999, 87 pp.

 

FUNDED RESEARCH PROPOSALS (PI or co-PI; 1990-present)

 

NASA:  Connecting the Properties of Anvil Cirrus to the Properties of the Convective Source

                  [CRYSTAL-FACE], 2002-2004.

 

NASA:  Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM):  Validation and Transferability of latent heating estimation methods,  2000-2002.

 

NASA:  Remote Sensing of Intensity and Organization of Convection in Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones Before and After Landfall, and Application to Quantitative Precipitation Estimation. 2001-2004

 

NASA;  U.S. Weather Research Program: Intensity and Organization of Convection in Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones Before and After Landfall, 1998-2001, co-PI Gerald M. Heymsfield, two co-Is.

 

NASA:  Global Distribution of Lightning from the Optical Transient Detector (OTD) and          its Relationship to the Global Distribution of Mesoscale Convective Systems, 1997-2000.

 

NASA,  Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM): Validation and Transferability of Tropical Rain Estimation Methods, 1997-2000, co-I Michael I. Biggerstaff.

 

NASA:  Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM): Validation and Transferability of Tropical Rain Estimation Methods,  1991-1997, co-PI Michael I. Biggerstaff.

 

NASA:  Intensive Boundary Layer Water Cycle Study in the Western Equatorial Pacific for TOGA COARE, 1992-1994, many co-PIs.