Curriculum Vita HAMPTON NELSON SHIRER Associate Dean for Education

Curriculum Vita
HAMPTON NELSON SHIRER
Associate Dean for Education
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Penn State University
Degrees
1972
B.A. (Mathematics) University of Kansas
1974
M.S. (Meteorology) The Pennsylvania State University
1978
Ph.D. (Meteorology) The Pennsylvania State University
Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Science Appointments
2012-date
Associate Dean for Education, engaged in overseeing the undergraduate academic programs in
the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
Penn State Department of Meteorology Appointments
2008-2011
Undergraduate Program Assessment Coordinator, engaged in the development and
implementation of assessment measures for the undergraduate meteorology program.
2007-2011
Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs, engaged in administering the undergraduate
programs in the department. Served as Acting Head in June and July, 2009.
1993-2007
Associate Head for Academic Affairs, engaged in administering the undergraduate and graduate
programs in the department.
1986-date
Associate Professor, engaged in full-time research and teaching.
1981-1986
Assistant Professor, engaged in full-time research and teaching.
1978-1981
Instructor, engaged in full-time research and teaching.
College of Earth and Mineral Science and University Awards
2004
25-Year Service Award
2003
EMS Faculty Mentoring Award
1987
Matthew J. and Anne C. Wilson Award for Excellence in Teaching in EMS
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Committee Work and Other Activities Related to University Teaching and Student
Learning
2011
Coordinator of addition of new required Climate Science course to BS degree requirements for all
Meteorology students.
2011
As the Departmental Undergraduate Program Assessment Coordinator, led effort to focus on
development of new computer programming course for improving student skills in applications of
computers to meteorological problems; the course is offered initially in the Spring 2012 semester.
2010-2011
Spearheaded creation of the new GN course, METEO 005, Severe and Unusual Weather, a
course that will be offered initially in the first summer session of 2012.
2009-2011
As the Departmental Undergraduate Program Assessment Coordinator, developed and
implemented an online exit survey of graduating seniors that allows assessment of the success of
the learning outcomes of the Meteorology BS program.
2009
Participant in learning assessment conference, “From Here to Implementation: Putting Your
Assessment to Work,” held at the Penn Stater Conference Center.
2008
As the Departmental Undergraduate Program Assessment Coordinator, drafted a set of
objectives and outcomes for the Meteorology BS program as well as a set of objectives and
outcomes for each Meteorology undergraduate course. These objectives and outcomes were
approved by the Meteorology faculty.
2008
Chair, Department Search Committee for new Associate Head for Graduate Programs.
2008
Developed and taught as METEO 297A the first version of the expansion of the sophomore-level
course METEO 300, Survey of Atmospheric Science, to four credits. This course is the
foundational course for the newly revised BS requirements; have taught METEO 300 annually
since then.
2007-2008
Led revision of requirements for BS degree in Meteorology that provide students greater flexibility
for completing their degrees.
2007
Chair, College Search Committee for new Associate Dean for Education in the College of Earth
and Mineral Sciences.
2006-date
Senator representing College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State Faculty Senate.
2006-2010
Member, Undergraduate Education Committee, Penn State Faculty Senate.
2006-2007
Member, University Search Committee for new Dean of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
2006-2007
Led the creation and implementation of the new Integrated Undergraduate/Graduate (IUG) fiveyear program in the Meteorology Department that leads to simultaneous BS and MS degrees.
2006
Led the addition of Meteorology to the existing dual-degree Astrobiology program for PhD
students.
2006
Led the revision and implementation of the atmospheric measurements requirement for the BS
degree in Meteorology and the creation of the newly required course METEO 440W, Principles of
Atmospheric Measurement, that was offered initially in Fall 2006.
2004-2011
Member and sometimes Chair, Academic Integrity Committee, College of Earth and Mineral
Sciences.
2004-2005
Chair, Departmental Search Committee for Fixed-Term Meteorology faculty member.
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Committee Work and Other Activities Related to University Teaching and Student
Learning (con’t)
2001-2011
Taught Undergraduate Research course, METEO 480W/M, and actively encouraged
undergraduate students to pursue research opportunities; began teaching the course twice per
academic year in Spring 2005.
2001-2004
Led the creation and implementation of options within the BS Meteorology degree.
2001
Led the creation and implementation of the new minor in Meteorology.
2000-2001
Led the recertification efforts for the Meteorology Department Natural Science courses, METEO
002 and METEO 003.
1999-2002
Supervised Lightning Location graduate seminar (METEO 597B) that led to an encyclopedia
article written by the seminar participants, “Lightning Locators,” that was published by John Wiley
and Sons in Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology.
1999
Implemented a major upgrade to the labs in METEO 473, Use of Computers in Meteorology.
1997-date
Actively involved in strategic planning for the undergraduate academic program in the
Meteorology Department.
1995
Developed new Meteorology courses, METEO 201 and METEO 300, that specifically targeted
Meteorology freshmen and first-semester sophomores. Prior to that time, students generally had
to wait until their fourth semester to take their first meteorology course.
1994-2011
Developed and implemented plan for course offerings and faculty teaching assignments each
academic year for Meteorology Department.
1994-2011
Member, Undergraduate Programs Advisory Council, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
1993-2011
Member, Undergraduate Academic Program Committee, Department of Meteorology.
1986-2007
Editor of Graduate Handbook, Department of Meteorology.
1984-1987
Supervised Nonlinear Dynamics graduate seminar (METEO 597B) that led to a book written by
the participants, Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Modeling: A Mathematical Introduction, that was
published by Springer-Verlag as Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 271.
1983-1994
With Carl Chelius, developed and taught the new course METEO 401, Introduction to Dynamic
and Synoptic Meteorology, which served as a foundational course for Meteorology majors.
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Supervised Independent Study/Research (Through F ’11)
24 Undergraduate Research Projects
68 Internships
1 Reading Course (METEO 496)
Graduate Degrees (Through F ’11)
36 Supervised Theses
58 Other Graduate Committees; 9 non-Meteorology
Lecture/ Seminar Courses Taught (F ’78 through F ’11)
Undergraduate
EGEE 497C (co-taught) (Introduction to Air Quality): 1 time
METEO 200A (Introduction to Weather Analysis I): 1 time
METEO 200B (Introduction to Weather Analysis II):1 time
METEO 201 (297A) (Introduction to Weather Analysis): 2 times
METEO 300/303 (Now METEO 003 GN) (Weather and Man): 4 times
METEO 300 (297A, 297B) (Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science): 10 times
METEO 401 (Introduction to Dynamic and Synoptic Meteorology): 11 times
METEO 411 (Synoptic Meteorology Laboratory): 1 time
METEO 421 (Atmospheric Dynamics I): 1 time
METEO 422 (Atmospheric Dynamics II): 3 times
METEO 473 (Application of Computers to Meteorology): 2 times
METEO 480W/M (Undergraduate Research): 19 times
Graduate
METEO 501 (Atmospheric Phenomena): 13 times
METEO 521 (Dynamic Meteorology and Applications): 2 times
METEO 527 (Atmospheric Wave Motion): 4 times
METEO 528 (Analytical Atmospheric Dynamics): 4 times
METEO 553 (Atmospheric Energetics): 1 time
METEO 570 (597, 597B) (Nonlinear Dynamics Seminar): 27 times
METEO 580 (Communication of Meteorological Research): 18 times
METEO 597B (Lightning Location Methods Seminar): 1 time
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PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
1.
Shirer, H.N. and R. Wells. Mathematical Structure of the Singularities at the Transitions between Steady
States in Hydrodynamic Systems. Volume 185 in the series Lecture Notes in Physics. SpringerVerlag, Heidelberg, 276 pp. (1983).
2.
Shirer, H.N. (ed.). Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Modeling: A Mathematical Introduction. Volume 271 in the
series Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 546 pp. (1987).
Journal Articles
1.
Shirer, H.N. and J.A. Dutton. The Branching Hierarchy of Multiple Solutions in a Model of Moist
Convection. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 36:1705-1721 (1979).
2.
Shirer, H.N. Bifurcation and Stability in a Model of Moist Convection in a Shearing Environment. Journal
of the Atmospheric Sciences 37:1586-1602 (1980).
3.
Yost, D.A. and H.N. Shirer. Bifurcation and Stability of Low-Order Steady Flows in Horizontally and
Vertically Forced Convection. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 39:114-125 (1982).
4.
Shirer, H.N. and R. Wells. Improving Spectral Models by Unfolding Their Singularities. Journal of the
Atmospheric Sciences 39:610-621 (1982).
5.
Chang, H-R and H.N. Shirer. Transitions in Shallow Convection: An Explanation for Lateral Cell
Expansion. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 41:2334-2346 (1984).
6.
Chang, H-R and H.N. Shirer. Compact Spatial Differencing Techniques in Numerical Modeling. Monthly
Weather Review 113:409-423 (1985).
7.
Gelaro, R. and H.N. Shirer. A Parameterization Technique for Nonlinear Spectral Models. Journal of the
Atmospheric Sciences 43:671-687 (1986).
8.
Shirer, H.N. On Cloud Street Development in Three Dimensions: Parallel and Rayleigh Instabilities.
Contributions to Atmospheric Physics 59:126-149 (1986).
9.
Shirer, H.N. and B. Brümmer. Cloud Streets During KonTur: A Comparison of Parallel/Thermal Instability
Modes with Observations. Contributions to Atmospheric Physics 59:150-161 (1986).
10.
Stensrud, D.J. and H.N. Shirer. Development of Boundary Layer Rolls from Dynamic Instabilities. Journal
of the Atmospheric Sciences 45: 1007-1019 (1988).
11.
Laufersweiler, M.J. and H.N. Shirer. A Simple Dynamical Model of a Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary
Layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 46:1133-1153 (1989).
12.
Higgins, R.W. and H.N. Shirer. Transitions from Hadley to Rossby Flows in Internally Forced Rotating
Spherical Systems. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 47:1041-1055 (1990).
13.
Sousounis, P.J. and H.N. Shirer. Lake Aggregate Mesoscale Disturbances. Part I: Linear Analysis.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 49:80-96 (1992).
14.
Haack, T. and H.N. Shirer. Mixed Convective/Dynamic Roll Vortices and Their Effects on Initial Wind and
Temperature Profiles. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 49:1181-1201 (1992).
15.
Laufersweiler, M.J. and H.N. Shirer. A Theoretical Model of Multiregime Convection in a StratocumulusTopped Boundary Layer. Boundary Layer Meteorology 73:373-409 (1995).
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Journal Articles (con’t)
16.
Shirer, H.N., C.J. Fosmire, R. Wells and L. Suciu. Estimating the Correlation Dimension of Atmospheric
Time Series. Journal of the Atmospheric Science 54:211-229 (1997).
17.
Sikora, T.D., G.S. Young, H.N. Shirer and R.D. Chapman. Estimating Convective Atmospheric Boundary
Layer Depth from Microwave Radar Imagery of the Sea Surface. Journal of Applied Meteorology
36:833-845 (1997).
18.
Ivanova, K., E.E. Clothiaux, H.N. Shirer, T.P. Ackerman, J.C. Liljegren and M. Ausloos. Evaluating the
Quality of Ground-Based Microwave Radiometer Measurements and Retrievals Using Detrended
Fluctuation and Spectral Analysis Methods. Journal of Applied Meteorology 41:56-68 (2002).
19.
Mason, R.A., H.N. Shirer, R. Wells and G.S. Young. Vertical Transports by Plumes within the Moderately
Convective Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 59: 1337-1355
(2002).
20.
Ivanova, K., H.N. Shirer, E.E. Clothiaux, N. Kitova, M.A. Mikhalev, T.P. Ackerman and M. Ausloos. A Case
Study of Stratus Cloud Base Height Multifractal Fluctuations. Physica A 308:518-532 (2002).
21.
Ivanova, K., H.N. Shirer, and E.E. Clothiaux. Internal variability and pattern identification in cirrus cloud
structure: The Fokker-Planck equation approach. Journal of Geophysical Research—Atmospheres
111: D07203, doi:10.1029/2005JD006364 (2006).
22.
Ivanova, K., H.N. Shirer, T.P. Ackerman, and E.E. Clothiaux. Dynamical Model and Nonextensive
Statistical Mechanics of Liquid Water Path Fluctuations in Stratus Clouds. Journal of Geophysical
Research—Atmospheres 112: D10211, doi:10.1029/2006JD007493 (2007).
Papers Submitted
1.
Swales, D. J., G. S. Young, T. D. Sikora, N. S. Winstead, and H. N. Shirer. Synthetic Aperture Radar
remote sensing of shear-driven atmospheric internal gravity waves in the vicinity of warm fronts.
Monthly Weather Review (2011)
Book Contributions
1.
Shirer, H.N. Toward a Unified Theory of Atmospheric Convective Instability. In Cloud Dynamics, pp. 163177. Edited by E.M. Agee and T. Asai. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht, Holland (1982).
2.
Shirer, H.N. On the Dynamics of Predictability. In Predictability of Fluid Motions, pp. 355-368. Edited by
G. Holloway and B. West. AIP Conference Proceedings, No. 106, American Institute of Physics, New
York (1984).
3.
Shirer, H.N. A Simple Nonlinear Model of Convection. Chapter Two in Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Modeling:
A Mathematical Introduction, pp. 22-46. Edited by H.N. Shirer, Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 271,
Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (1987).
4.
Shirer, H.N. On Computing the Branching Direction of Bifurcating Periodic Solutions. Chapter Thirteen in
Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Modeling: A Mathematical Introduction, pp. 325-354. Edited by H.N. Shirer,
Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 271, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (1987).
5.
Shirer, H.N., G.S. Young, R. Wells, A.N. Rogers, J.P. Rishel, R.A. Mason, L. Suciu, N.S. Winstead, H.W.
Henderson, D.K. Rinker, Jr., J.W. Rohrbach, J. Edson, C. Friehe, S. Wetzel, S. Miller and T. Hristov.
Identifying Coherent Structures in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer. In Air-Sea Exchange-Physics, Chemistry, and Dynamics, pp. 463-505. Edited by Gerald L. Geernaert, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht (1999).
6.
Shirer, H.N., W.P. Roeder, H.W. Shirer, D.L. D‟Arcangelo, J. Hilliker, J. Koval, N. Magee and D.W.
Mazeroski. Lightning Locators. In Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology. Volume 2, pp.
890-955. Edited by Joseph P. Hornak, John Wiley and Sons, New York (2002).
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Book Contributions (con’t)
7.
Ivanova, K., M. Ausloos, T.P. Ackerman, H.N. Shirer and E.E. Clothiaux. Some Statistical Physics
Approaches for Trends and Predictions in Meteorology. In New Directions in Statistical Physics—
Econophysics, Bioinformatics, and Pattern Recognition, pp. 313-330. Edited by L.T. Wille, SpringerVerlag, Berlin (2004).
University Publications
1.
Shirer, H.N. There Are Changes in the Wind. Earth and Mineral Sciences 52(3):25-32 (1983).
2.
Shirer, H.N. Department of Meteorology Curricula. Earth & Mineral Sciences 64(1):12-13 (1995).
Web Publications
1.
Shirer, H.W. and H.N. Shirer. Great Plains-1 Lightning Locator. Penn State University, University Park,
PA. http://bub2.met.psu.edu/default.htm (1998, 2001).
2.
Shirer, H.W. and H.N. Shirer. Lightning Cluster Mapper-2. Penn State University, University Park, PA
http://lcm.met.psu.edu/default.htm (2005).
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Invited Lectures
1.
"Nonlinear Models of Moist Convection, Part 1: Multiple Solutions." Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie,
Hamburg, West Germany (October 17, 1979).
2.
"Nonlinear Models of Moist Convection, Part 2: The Effects of Ambient Wind Shear." Max-Planck-Institut
für Meteorologie, Hamburg, West Germany (October 17, 1979).
3.
"Analysis and Applications of Models of Nonlinear Moist Convection." Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde,
Denmark (October 19, 1979).
4.
"The Unfolding Story of Singularities in Truncated Spectral Models." Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde,
Denmark (April 9, 1981).
5.
"The Unfolding Story of Singularities in Truncated Spectral Models." Meteorologisches Institut, Universität
Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, West Germany (April 28, 1981).
6.
"The Unfolding Story of Singularities in Truncated Spectral Models." Meteorologisches Institut, Universität
München, Munich, West Germany (May 4, 1981).
7.
"Analysis and Applications of Models of Nonlinear Moist Convection." Imperial College, London, England
(May 28, 1981).
8.
"The Unfolding Story of Singularities in Truncated Spectral Models." Meteorologisches Institut, Freie
Universität Berlin, West Berlin, West Germany (July 2, 1981).
9.
"On the Topological Hydrodynamics of Thermally Forced Flows." Meteorologisches Institut, Universität
München, Munich, West Germany (November 7, 1983).
10.
"On the Topological Hydrodynamics of Thermally Forced Flows." Meteorologisches Institut, Freie
Universität Berlin, West Berlin, West Germany (November 8, 1983).
11.
"Roll Development and Evolution in Three Dimensions." Imperial College, London, England (November
10, 1983).
12.
"The Unfolding Story of Singularities in Truncated Spectral Models." Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, SUNY, Buffalo, NY (October 4, 1984).
13.
"The Development and Evolution of Cloud Streets." Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University
of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 7, 1985).
14.
"Modeling the Transition to Turbulence." Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (January 27, 1988).
15.
"Analyzing Kilometer-Scale Sea-Surface Stress Patterns during HI-RES2 Using an ERS-1 SAR Image and
a Nonlinear Dynamical Model." Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD (May 3,
1995).
16.
“Locating Lightning: Favoring the Return.” With David W. Mazeroski. Penn State Chapter of the American
Meteorological Society. Penn State University, University Park, PA (September 8, 1999)
17.
“Locating Lightning: Using the Fabric of the Bolt.” Penn State Chapter of the American Meteorological
Society. Penn State University, University Park, PA (February 6, 2001).
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Conference Publications
1.
Chang, Hai-Ru and H.N. Shirer. Modeling Transitions in Shallow Convection. Proc. Sixth Conference on
Numerical Weather Prediction, pp. 385-392 (1983). Omaha, NB, American Meteorological Society.
2.
Shirer, H.N. and R. Wells. Steady States: Keys to Classifying the Routes to Chaos. Stability in
Convective Flows, pp. 11-16. Edited by W.S. Saric and A.A. Szewczyk (1985). 1985 Winter Annual
Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
3.
Wells, R. and H.N. Shirer. Bifurcation from Steady to Toral Solutions in Fluid Flow Models. Bifurcation
Phenomena in Thermal Processes and Convection, pp. 11-21. Edited by H.H. Bau, L.A. Bertram, and
S.A. Korplea (1987). 1987 Winter Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, American Society of Mechanical
Engineers.
4.
Sousounis, P.J., H.N. Shirer, and J.M. Fritsch. Mesoscale Disturbances Forced by the Great Lakes. Proc.
Twelfth Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, pp. 358-363 (1989). Monterey, CA,
American Meteorological Society.
5.
Shirer, H.N. and T. Haack. Boundary Layer Roll Circulations During FIRE. FIRE Science Results 1988,
pp. 367-370. Edited by D.S. McDougal and H.S. Wagner (1990). NASA Conference Publication 3083.
6.
Laufersweiler, M.J. and H.N. Shirer. On the Dynamic and Thermodynamic Structures of Marine
Stratocumulus. FIRE Science Results 1989, pp. 113-117. Edited by D.S. McDougal (1990). NASA
Conference Publication 3079.
7.
Shirer, H.N. and T. Haack. Modification of the Background Flow by Roll Vortices. FIRE Science Results
1989, pp. 197-201. Edited by D.S. McDougal (1990). NASA Conference Publication 3079.
8.
Shirer, H.N. and T. Haack. The Effects of Roll Vortices on Background Wind Profiles. Proc. Fourth
Conference on Mesoscale Processes, pp. 230-231 (1990). Boulder, CO, American Meteorological
Society.
9.
Sousounis, P.J. and H.N. Shirer. The Mesoscale Responses of a Sheared Rotating Stratified Fluid to
Localized Heating. Proc. Fourth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, pp. 232-233 (1990). Boulder
CO, American Meteorological Society.
10.
Laufersweiler, M.J. and H.N. Shirer. Radiative Forcing of a Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer: A
Simple Dynamical Model. Proc. Seventh Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, pp. 43-46 (1990).
San Francisco, CA, American Meteorological Society.
11.
Shirer, H.N. and T. Haack. The Modification of Large-Scale Wind Profiles by Roll Circulations. Proc.
Seventh Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, pp. J113-J118 (1990). San Francisco, CA, American
Meteorological Society.
12.
Haack, T. and H.N. Shirer. Modification of the Ekman Wind Profile by Roll Circulations. Proc. Eighth
Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, pp. 107-110 (1991). Denver, CO,
American Meteorological Society.
13.
Laufersweiler, M.J. and H.N. Shirer. Multiple Regimes within the Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer.
Proc. Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, pp. 256-258 (1994). Nashville, TN, American
Meteorological Society.
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Conference Publications (cont'd)
14.
Fosmire, C.J., H.N. Shirer and R. Wells. The Chaotic Structure of Low Frequency Boundary Layer Time
Series. Proc. Eleventh Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, pp. 497-500 (1995).
Charlotte, NC, American Meteorological Society.
15.
Shirer, H.N., L.V. Zuccarello, P.J. Bromfield, B.A. Lambert and R. Wells. Sea Surface Stress Variability
Caused by Kilometer-Scale Boundary Layer Circulations. Proc. Eleventh Symposium on Boundary
Layers and Turbulence, pp. 76-79 (1995). Charlotte, NC, American Meteorological Society.
16.
Winstead, N., H.N. Shirer, H.W. Henderson and R. Wells. Diagnosing Chaotic Behavior in Time Series
Produced by Large-Eddy Simulation. Proc. Eleventh Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence,
pp. 383-386 (1995). Charlotte, NC, American Meteorological Society.
17.
Beal, R.C., D.R. Thompson, G.S. Young, H.N. Shirer and T.D. Sikora. Atmospheric Signatures in SAR
Imagery. Proc. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium „96, pp. 896-898 (1996).
Lincoln, NE, IEEE.
18.
Shirer, H.N., B.A. Lambert, L.V. Zuccarello, R. Wells and T.D. Sikora. Brightness Variability on Synthetic
Aperture Radar Imagery of the Sea Surface Caused by Kilometer-Scale Atmospheric Convective
Eddies. Proc. Oceans „96 MTS/IEEE Conference, pp. 1396-1399 (1996). Ft. Lauderdale, FL, IEEE.
19.
Shirer, H.N., D.J. Beberwyk, B.A. Lambert, L.V. Zuccarello, R. Wells and T.D. Sikora. Kilometer-Scale
Patterns on Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery of the Sea Surface Caused by Marine Atmospheric
Boundary Layer Convective Eddies. Proc. Twelfth Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence,
pp. 182-183 (1997). Vancouver, BC, American Meteorological Society.
20.
Rogers, A.N., H.N. Shirer, G.S. Young, L. Suciu, R. Wells, J.B. Edson, S.W. Wetzel, C. Friehe, T. Hristov
and S. Miller. Using the Chaotic Behavior of Time Series Observed on FLIP to Identify MABL
Coherent Structures. Proc. Twelfth Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, pp. 243-244
(1997). Vancouver, BC, American Meteorological Society.
21.
Winstead, N.S., G.S. Young, D.R. Thompson and H.N. Shirer. Observations and Analysis of Drainage
Flow Exit Jets over the Chesapeake Bay Using the ERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar. Proc. Twelfth
Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, pp. 366-367 (1997). Vancouver, BC, American
Meteorological Society.
22.
Mazeroski, D.W., H.N. Shirer and H.W. Shirer. A Signal Propagation Model for Determining the Range of
Lightning Return Strokes from a Single Station. 2000 International Lightning Detection Conference
Program, Paper 16 (2000). Tucson, AZ, Global Atmospherics, Inc.
http://www.lightningstorm.com/ls2/about/events/ildc/ildc2000/docs/16_Shirer_Efile.doc.pdf.
23.
Ivanova, K., N. Gospodinova, H.N. Shirer, T.P. Ackerman, M.A. Mikhalev and M. Ausloos. Multifractality of
Cloud Base Height Profiles. Proc. International Conference on Computational Physics CCP2001, 4
pages (2001). Aachen, Germany. http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0108395.
24.
Shirer, H.N., M.B. Fischer and H.W. Shirer. Using the Weibull Distribution for Cloud-Ground Lightning
th
Range Estimates from a Single Station. 17 International Lightning Detection Conference Program,
Paper P9 (2002). Tucson, AZ, Vaisala-GAI. Abstract at
http://www.lightningstorm.com/ls2/about/events/ildc/ildc2002/abstracts/Shirer1_p.jsp. Full 7-page
paper on conference print CD as file P9_Shirer.pdf.
25.
Ivanova, K., T.P. Ackerman, H.N. Shirer, and E.E. Clothiaux. Time Correlations in Backscattering Radar
th
Reflectivity Measurements from Cirrus Clouds. Proceedings 14 ARM Science Team Meeting, 6
pages (2004). Albuquerque, NM, Department of Energy.
26.
Ivanova, K., H.N. Shirer, E.E. Clothiaux. Internal Variability Dependence on Cirrus Cloud Structure.
th
Proceedings 15 ARM Science Team Meeting, 5 pages (2005). Daytona Beach, Florida, Department
of Energy.
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Conference Publications (cont'd)
27.
Ivanova, K., H.N. Shirer, E.E. Clothiaux, Internal variability and pattern identification in cirrus cloud
structure within the Fokker-Planck equation framework, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Atmospheric
Radiation Measurements (ARM) Science Team Meeting, D. Carrothers, (Ed.), 6 pages (2006).
Albuquerque, NM, Department of Energy.
28.
Walls, K.E., P.G. Knight, H.N. Shirer, and G.S. Young. Northern Hemispheric Flood Fingerprints.
Proceedings of the Joint Session Between the 7th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 23rd
Conference on Hydrology, 3 pages, Paper J7.4 (2009). Phoenix, Arizona, American Meteorological
Society. Abstract available at
http://ams.confex.com/ams/89annual/preliminaryprogram/abstract_148592.htm; paper available at
http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/148592.pdf .
Conference Papers
1.
Panofsky, H.A., R. Lipschutz, D. Larko and H.N. Shirer. A Model for Wind Spectra Over Uniform and
Complex Terrain. AIAA/SERI Wind Energy Conference, Boulder, Colorado (April 9-11, 1980).
2.
Shirer, H.N. Truncated Spectral Models of Moist Convection. Workshop on the ABL and Convection,
Hamburg, West Germany (November 24-25, 1980).
3.
Shirer, H.N. and R. Wells. Improving Spectral Models by Unfolding Their Singularities. GAMM-Tagung
Würzburg 1981, Würzburg, West Germany (April 21-24, 1981).
4.
Shirer, H.N. Toward a Unified Theory of Atmospheric Convective Instability. Third Scientific Assembly of
IAMAP, Hamburg, West Germany (August 17-28, 1981).
5.
Shirer, H.N. On the Dynamics of Predictability. Workshop on the Predictability of Fluid Motions, La Jolla
Institute, La Jolla, California (February 1-4, 1983).
6.
Shirer, H.N. Cloud Street Development in Three Dimensions: Parallel and Rayleigh Instabilities. Fourth
Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, Boston, Massachusetts (March 22-25,
1983).
7.
Chang, Hai-Ru and H.N. Shirer. Truncated Spectral and Finite Difference Models of Two-Dimensional
Rayleigh-Bénard Convection: A Comparison of Branching Behavior. Fourth Conference on
Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, Boston, Massachusetts (March 22-25, 1983).
8.
Chang, Hai-Ru and H.N. Shirer. Modeling Transitions in Shallow Convection. Sixth Conference on
Numerical Weather Prediction, Omaha, Nebraska (June 6-9, 1983).
9.
Shirer, H.N. Roll Development and Evolution in Three Dimensions. Symposium on Results of the
Convection and Turbulence Experiment KonTur, Hamburg, West Germany (October 31-November 4,
1983).
10.
Higgins, R.W., J.A. Dutton and H.N. Shirer. On the Nonlinear Characteristics of the Hadley Regime:
Cylindrical and Hemispherical Systems. Fifth Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and
Stability, New Orleans, Louisiana (March 4-7, 1985).
11.
Laufersweiler, M.J. and H.N Shirer. On Wavenumber Selection in Moist Boussinesq Convection. Fifth
Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, New Orleans, Louisiana (March 4-7,
1985).
12.
Shirer, H.N. and R. Wells. On Wavenumber Selection in Hydrodynamic Problems. Fifth Conference on
Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, New Orleans, Louisiana (March 4-7, 1985).
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13.
Stensrud, D.J. and H.N. Shirer. On the Development of Boundary Layer Rolls from the Inflection Point
Stability. Fifth Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, New Orleans, Louisiana
(March 4-7, 1985).
14.
Shirer, H.N. and R. Wells. Steady States: Keys to Classifying the Routes to Chaos. 1985 ASME Winter
Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida (November 18, 1985).
15.
Higgins, R.W. and H.N. Shirer. On Regime Selection in Global Atmospheric Flows. Sixth Conference on
Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, Seattle, Washington (August 25-28, 1987).
16.
Haack-Hirschberg, T.H. and H.N. Shirer. A Low-Order Model for Identifying Observed Cloud Street
Modes. Sixth Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, Seattle, Washington
(August 25-28, 1987).
17.
Shirer, H.N. and R. Wells. On Optimal Model Reduction. Sixth Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic
Waves and Stability, Seattle, Washington (August 25-28, 1987).
18.
Wells, R. and H.N. Shirer. Bifurcation from Steady to Toral Solutions in Fluid Flow Models. 1987 ASME
Winter Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts (December 15, 1987).
19.
Shirer, H.N. and T. Haack. Boundary Layer Roll Circulations During FIRE. FIRE Science Experiment
Team Meeting, Lionshead/Vail, Colorado (July 11-15, 1988).
20.
Medred, R. and H.N. Shirer. A Model of Boundary Layer Roll Circulations Penetrating into a Capping
Inversion. Seventh Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, San Francisco,
California (April 10-14, 1989).
21.
Schramm, J.L., H.N. Shirer and R. Wells. Stability and Energetics of Thermohaline Convection. Seventh
Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, San Francisco, California (April 10-14,
1989).
22.
Laufersweiler, M.J. and H.N. Shirer. On the Dynamic and Thermodynamic Structures of Marine
Stratocumulus. FIRE Annual Meeting, Monterey, California (July 10-14, 1989).
23.
Shirer, H.N. and T. Haack. Modification of the Background Flow by Roll Vortices. FIRE Annual Meeting,
Monterey, California (July 10-14, 1989).
24.
Shirer, H.N. Modeling Transitions Between Stratocumulus and Trade Wind Cumulus. ASTEX Workshop,
Monterey, California (July 12-13, 1989).
25.
Sousounis, P.J., H.N. Shirer and J.M. Fritsch. Mesoscale Disturbances Forced by the Great Lakes.
Twelfth Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Monterey, California (October 2-6, 1989).
26.
Shirer, H.N. and R. Wells. An Attractor-Preserving Algorithm for Truncating Pre-Chaotic Hydrodynamic
Systems. Minisymposium on Nonlinearity and the Atmospheric Sciences. SIAM Conference on
Dynamical Systems, Orlando, Florida (May 7-11, 1990).
27.
Shirer, H.N. and T. Haack. The Effects of Roll Vortices on Background Wind Profiles. Fourth Conference
on Mesoscale Processes, Boulder, Colorado (June 25-29, 1990).
28.
Sousounis, P.J. and H.N. Shirer. The Mesoscale Responses of a Sheared Rotating Stratified Fluid to
Localized Heating. Fourth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Boulder, Colorado (June 25-29,
1990).
29.
Shirer, H.N. and T. Haack. The Modification of Large-Scale Wind Profiles by Roll Circulations. Seventh
Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, San Francisco, California (July 23-27, 1990).
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30.
Laufersweiler, M.J. and H.N. Shirer. Radiative Forcing of a Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer: A
Simple Dynamical Model. Seventh Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, San Francisco, California
(July 23-27, 1990).
31.
Shirer, H.N. SAR-Related Stress Variability in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (MABL). Hi-Res III
Workshop, Miami, Florida (February 5-7, 1991).
32.
Haack, T. and H.N. Shirer. Modification of the Ekman Wind Profile by Roll Circulations. Eighth
Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, Denver, Colorado (October 14- 18,
1991).
33.
Shirer, H.N. Use of Principal Component Analysis for Diagnosing Coherent Structures in the Boundary
Layer. MBL ARI Workshop, Monterey, California (March 2-4, 1992).
34.
Shirer, H.N. and J.L. Schramm. Modeling Kilometer-Scale Stress Variability in the Marine Atmospheric
Boundary Layer. Hi-Res Data Workshop, Laurel, Maryland (April 14-16, 1992).
35.
Wells, R., H.N. Shirer and C.J. Fosmire. An Improved Algorithm for Calculating the Correlation Dimension
and for Estimating Its Probable Error. AGU 1992 Spring Meeting, Montreal, Canada (May 12-15,
1992).
36.
Young, G.S. and H.N. Shirer. Contribution of Coherent Structures to Intermittency of Air/Sea Fluxes. MBL
ARI Workshop, La Jolla, California (March 17-19, 1993).
37.
Laufersweiler, M.J. and H.N. Shirer. Multiple Regimes within the Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer.
Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, Nashville, Tennessee (January 23-24, 1994).
38.
Shirer, H.N., P.J. Bromfield and L.V. Zuccarello. Sea Surface Stress Variability Caused by Boundary Layer
Circulations. Hi-Res. ARI Workshop, Ann Arbor, Michigan (May 10-12, 1994).
39.
Shirer, H.N., H.W. Henderson, R. Wells, C.J Fosmire and N. Winstead. Diagnosing the Chaotic Behavior
of Boundary Layer Time Series. MBL ARI Workshop, San Diego, California (July 25-28, 1994)
40.
Fosmire, C.J., H.N. Shirer and R. Wells. The Chaotic Structure of Low Frequency Boundary Layer Time
Series. Eleventh Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Charlotte, North Carolina (March
27-31, 1995).
41.
Shirer, H.N., L.V. Zuccarello, P.J Bromfield, B.A. Lambert and R. Wells. Sea Surface Stress Variability
Caused by Kilometer-Scale Boundary Layer Circulations. Eleventh Symposium on Boundary Layers
and Turbulence, Charlotte, North Carolina (March 27-31, 1995).
42.
Winstead, N.S., H.N. Shirer, H.W. Henderson and R. Wells. Diagnosing Chaotic Behavior in Time Series
Produced by Large Eddy Simulation. Eleventh Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence,
Charlotte, North Carolina (March 27-31, 1995).
43.
Shirer, H.N., N.S. Winstead and L. Suciu. Diagnosing Chaotic Behavior in Time Series Using Obliquely
Rotated Principal Component Analysis, MBL ARI Workshop, Irvine, California (August 28-30, 1995).
44.
Winstead, N.S., G.S. Young, D.R. Thompson and H.N. Shirer. An Analysis of Drainage Flow Exit Jets over
the Chesapeake Bay as Seen in an ERS-1 SAR Image. International Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Program '96, Lincoln, NE (May 27-31, 1996).
45.
Winstead, N.S., H.N. Shirer, T.D. Sikora and R.C. Beal. Meteorological Explanation of a Sea Surface
Roughness Streak Imaged by ERS-1 SAR near Block Island, New York. International Geoscience and
Remote Sensing Program '96, Lincoln, NE (May 27-31, 1996).
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46.
Beal, R.C., D.R. Thompson, G.S. Young, H.N Shirer and T.D. Sikora. Atmospheric Signatures in SAR
Imagery. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Program '96, Lincoln, NE (May 27-31, 1996).
47.
Thompson, D.R., R.C. Beal, G.S. Young, H. N. Shirer and T.D. Sikora. Extracting Quantitative Information
about the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer from SAR Imagery. Progress in Electromagnetic
Research Symposium '96, Innsbruck, Austria (July 1996).
48.
Shirer, H.N., B.A. Lambert, L.V. Zuccarello, R. Wells and T.D. Sikora. Brightness Variability on Synthetic
Aperture Radar Imagery of the Sea Surface Caused by Kilometer-Scale Atmospheric Convective
Eddies. Oceans „96 Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (September 23-26, 1996).
49.
Shirer, H.N., L. Suciu, R. Wells, N.S. Winstead and A.N. Rogers. Identifying and Classifying MABL
Coherent Structures Based on Their Chaotic Behavior. MBL ARI Workshop, La Jolla, CA (October 2330, 1996).
50.
Shirer, H.N., D.J. Beberwyk, B.A. Lambert, L.V. Zuccarello, R. Wells and T.D. Sikora. Kilometer-Scale
Patterns on Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery of the Sea Surface Caused by Marine Atmospheric
Boundary Layer Convection Eddies. Twelfth Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence,
Vancouver, BC (July 28-August 1, 1997).
51.
Rogers, A.N., H.N. Shirer, G.S. Young, L. Suciu, R. Wells, J.B. Edson, S.W. Wetzel, C. Friehe, T. Hristov
and S. Miller. Using the Chaotic Behavior of Time Series Observed on FLIP to Identify MABL
Coherent Structures. Twelfth Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Vancouver, BC (July
28-August 1, 1997).
52.
Winstead, N.S., G.S. Young, D.R. Thompson and H.N. Shirer. Observations and Analysis of Drainage
Flow Exit Jets over the Chesapeake Bay Using the ERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar. Twelfth
Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Vancouver, BC (July 28-August 1, 1997).
53.
Ivanova, K., M. Ausloos, E.E. Clothiaux, T.P. Ackerman and H.N. Shirer. Break-up of Stratus Cloud
Structure Predicted from non-Brownian Motion Liquid Water Fluctuations. ARM Science Team
Meeting, San Antonio, TX (March 13-17, 2000).
54.
Mazeroski, D.W., H.N. Shirer and H.W. Shirer. A Signal Propagation Model for Determining the Range of
Lightning Return Strokes from a Single Station. 2000 International Lightning Detection Conference,
Tucson, AZ (November 7-8, 2000).
55.
Ivanova, K., E.E. Clothiaux, H.N. Shirer, T.P. Ackerman, J. Liljegren and M. Ausloos. Characterizing the
Quality of Microwave Radiometer Measurements and Retrievals Using Time Series Analyses. ARM
Science Team Meeting, Atlanta, GA (March 17-22, 2001).
56.
Ivanova, K., M. Ausloos, T.P. Ackerman, H.N. Shirer and E.E. Clothiaux. Some Statistical Physics
Approaches for Trends and Predictions in Meteorology. International Conference on Patterns, Trends,
and Predictions, Delray Beach, FL (May 9-12, 2001).
57.
Ackerman, T.P., K. Ivanova, E.E. Clothiaux, H.N. Shirer, J. Liljegren and M. Ausloos. Time Series of
Microwave Radiometer Measurements and Retrievals Analyzed by the Detrended Fluctuation Analysis
and the Spectral Analysis Method. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston, MA (May
28-June 2, 2001).
58.
Borissova, M.N., H.N. Shirer and R. Wells. Hybrid Application of Model Reconstruction, Principal
Components, and Multifractal Analyses for Detection of Phenomena in Radar Backscatter. American
Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston, MA (May 28-June 2, 2001).
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59.
Ivanova, K., E.E. Clothiaux, H.N. Shirer, T.P. Ackerman, J. Liljegren and M. Ausloos. Characterizing the
Quality of Microwave Radiometer Measurements and Retrievals Using Time Series Analyses.
International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS), Innsbruck, Austria (July
10-18, 2001).
60.
Ivanova, K., N. Gospodinova, H.N. Shirer, T.P. Ackerman, M.A. Mikhalev and M. Ausloos. Multifractality of
Cloud Base Height Profiles. International Conference on Computational Physics CCP2001, Aachen,
Germany (September 5-8, 2001).
61.
Shirer, H.N., M.B. Fischer and H.W. Shirer. Using the Weibull Distribution for Cloud-Ground Lightning
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Range Estimates from a Single Station. 17 International Lightning Detection Conference, Tucson, AZ
(October 16-18, 2002).
62.
Ivanova, K., T.P. Ackerman, H.N. Shirer, and E.E. Clothiaux. Time Correlations in Backscattering Radar
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Reflectivity Measurements from Cirrus Clouds. 14 ARM Science Team Meeting, Albuquerque, NM
(March 22-26, 2004).
63.
Ivanova, K., H.N. Shirer, E.E. Clothiaux. Internal Variability Dependence on Cirrus Cloud Structure. 15
ARM Science Team Meeting. Daytona Beach, Florida, Department of Energy (March 14-18, 2005).
64.
Ivanova, K., H.N. Shirer, E.E. Clothiaux. Internal Variability and Pattern Identification in Cirrus Cloud
Structure. General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria (April 24-29, 2005).
65.
Ivanova, K., H.N. Shirer, E.E. Clothiaux. Internal Variability and Pattern Identification in Cirrus Cloud
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Structure within the Fokker-Planck Equation Framework. 16 ARM Science Team Meeting.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Department of Energy (March 27-31, 2006).
66.
Walls, K.E., P.G. Knight, H.N. Shirer, and G.S. Young. Northern Hemispheric Flood Fingerprints. Joint
Session Between the 7th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 23rd Conference on Hydrology.
Phoenix, Arizona, American Meteorological Society (January 11-15, 2009).
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