Research Interests

Geophysical Measurements

• (Rain) Drop Size Distribution Measurements
• X-band Vertically-Pointing Radar Measurements
• X-Band Polarimetric Radar Measurements
• Iowa City Airport Meteorological Piconet
• Dynamic Calibration of Tipping-Bucket Rain Gauges
• NASA TEFLUN-B Field Experiment
• CFD-based Numerical Studies of Rainfall Disdrometer: Aerodynamic Design and Correction of Wind-Induced Errors
• Quantification of Sampling Errors of Tipping-Bucket Rain Gauge Measurements
• An ULF Receiver for Schumann Resonances

Visualizing and Managing Large Geophysical Data Sets

• Development of Archival Precipitation Data Sets for the GCIP Domain
• TCRad - A Browser for TOGA-COARE Radar Data

Particle Image Velocimetry and Image Processing

• Particle Image Velocimetry for Ice Modeling
• Large Scale Real-Time Measurements of Free-Surface Velocities
• Large-Scale Particle Image Velocimetry —a Reliable Tool for Modeling Free-Surface Flows
• Measuring River and Floodplains Flows Using PIV

Embedded Systems

• PC-based laser control for Particle Image Velocimetry
• A microprocessor-controlled infiltrometer
• Microsecond stopwatch for use in tipping-bucket rain gauge calibrations
• Interactive remote-controlled experiment for instruction in fluid mechanics

Last updated:  11 May, 2004