Research /
Publications / Students
/ Activities / Grants
Academic Qualifications:
1980
Ph. D. in Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Dissertation: "Boundary-layer structure over the tropical
ocean"
1974
M. S. in Meteorology, University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: "An experimental study of vortex breakdown"
1969
B. S. in Physics, High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
University of Illinois, Urbana
Research:
Direct participation in field experiments [subsequent
reviewed publications in list following]
1974 GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment, eastern
tropical /Atlantic ocean [1-3]
1980 First Mexican Boundary Layer Experiment; Veracruz [5,7];
slope and katabatic winds in Veracruz state
1983 RADASP; "Radar measurements applied to meteorology",
São Paulo state, Brazil [conference presentations] SLACE,
surface layer atmospheric chemistry experiment, NCAR. [6,8]
1985 FOG-85; Observations of surface layer turbulence
on likely
fog nights. [conference presentation, 11, 30]
1985 Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment (ABLE 2a); dry season measurements
of turbulent exchange and boundary layer structure above the Amazon
rain forest.[9,10]
1986,1988 Turbulent exchange observed at South Pole Station, Antarctica.
[conference presentations]
1987 Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment (ABLE 2b); wet season measurements
of forest atmosphere exchange, heat moisture,momentum and carbon
dioxide flux above and within the rain forest. [12,13,14,16,18]
1988 Arctic Boundary Layer Experiment (ABLE-3a); measurements
of boundary layer structure, the surface heat budget, and (with
collaborators) surface fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane, and
ozone over the western Alaska tundra. [presentations at the AGU
Spring meeting, 1989, 15, 17]
1989 Meteorological Experiment III, Univ. of São Paulo,
Brazil; surface heat and moisture measurements, boundary layer
profiles. Study was conducted to investigate sea and mountain
breezes along the mountainous littoral area along the São
Paulo coast. [conference presentations]
1990 Arctic Boundary layer Experiment (ABLE-3b); measurements
of boundary layer structure, the surface heat budget, and (with
collaborators) surface fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane, and
ozone over the northern Canadian boreal forest and wetlands. [conf.
presentations AGU 1991, 19, 20].
1991 Observation of local winds in the Southern Alps, New Zealand;
analysis under way to determine the dynamics of nearly periodic
seiches observed during field work with members of the Dept. Geography,
U. of Canterbury.
1993-1997 BOREAS; observation of turbulent fluxes [27, 28, 31]
1991-present Harvard Forest turbulent exchange observations; long-term
observations of the heat, moisture, momentum, and radiation budgets
in a deciduous forest; study of turbulent motions in plant canopies
[21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28].
1999 Studies of infrasound propagation and elephant communication
in the Namibian desert. [works in progress].
1997-present Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia.
[works in progress].
Selected list of reviewed
publications [major contributor]
1981
1. "Vertical structure of the tropical boundary layer",
D. R. Fitzjarrald and M. Garstang, Mon. Wea. Rev., 109, 1512-1526.
2. "Boundary-layer growth over the tropical ocean",
D. R. Fitzjarrald and M. Garstang, Mon. Wea. Rev., 109, 1762-1772.
1982
3. "New applications of a simple mixed layer model",
D. R. Fitzjarrald, Bound. Layer Met., 22, 431-453.
1983
4. "Mean concentration and flux profiles for chemically reactive
species in the atmospheric surface layer", D. R. Fitzjarrald
and D. H. Lenschow, Atmos. Environ., 17, 2505-2512.
1984
5. "Katabatic wind in opposing flow", D. R. Fitzjarrald,
J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 1143-1158.
6. "The effect of line averaging on scalar flux measurement
with a sonic anemometer near the surface", L. Kristensen
and D. R. Fitzjarrald, J. Atm. Oceo. Tech., 1, 138-146.
1986
7. "Slope winds in Veracruz", D. R. Fitzjarrald, J.
Clim. Appl. Met. 25, 133-144.
8. "Direct measurement of nitrogen oxides and ozone fluxes
over grassland", A. C. Delany, D.R. Fitzjarrald, D. H. Lenschow,
R. Pearson, Jr., G. J. Wendel, and B.Woodruff, J. Atmos. Chem,
4,, 429-444.
1988
9. "Turbulent transport observed just above the Amazon forest",
D. R. Fitzjarrald, B. L. Stormwind, G. Fisch, and O. M. R. Cabral,
J. Geo. Res., 93, No. D2, 1571-1582.
10. "Structure and growth of the mixing layer over the Amazonian
rain forest", C. L. Martin, D. R. Fitzjarrald, M. Garstang.
A. P. Oliveira, S. Greco, and E. Browell, J. Geo. Res., 93, No.
D2, 1361-1376.
1989
11."Hudson valley fog environments", D. R. Fitzjarrald
and G. G. Lala, J. Appl. Met. 28, 1303-1328.
1990
12. "Daytime turbulent exchange between the Amazon forest
and the atmosphere", D. R. Fitzjarrald, K. E. Moore, O. M.
R. Cabral, J. Scolar, A. O. Manzi, and L. D. A. Sá, J.
Geophys. Res., 95, 16825-16838.
13. "Mechanisms of nocturnal exchange between the rain forest
and the atmosphere", D. R. Fitzjarrald and K. E.Moore, J.
Geophys. Res., 95, 16839-16850.
14. "Atmosphere-biosphere exchange of CO2 and O3 in the central
Amazon forest", S-M Fan, S. C. Wofsy, P. S. Bakwin, D. J.
Jacob, and D. R.Fitzjarrald, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 16851-16864.
1992
15. "Turbulent transports over tundra", D. R. Fitzjarrald
and K. E. Moore, J. Geophys. Res, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 16717-16729.
1993
16. "The Amazon river breeze and the local boundary layer:
I. Observations", A. P. Oliveira and D. R. Fitzjarrald, Bound.-Layer
Met. 63, 141-162.
17. "How well can regional fluxes be derived from smaller-scale
estimates?" K. E. Moore, D. R. Fitzjarrald, and J. A. Ritter,
J. Geophys. Res.98, 7187-7198.
1994
18. "The Amazon river breeze and the local boundary layer:
II. Analysis and modelling", A. P. Oliveira and D. R. Fitzjarrald,
Bound.-Layer Met. 67, 75-96.
19. "Growing season boundary layer climate and surface exchanges
in the northern lichen woodland", D. R. Fitzjarrald and K.
E. Moore, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 1899-1917.
20. "A season of heat, water vapor, total hydrocarbon, and
ozone fluxes at a subarctic fen", K. E. Moore, D. .R. Fitzjarrald,
S. C. Wofsy, B. C. Daube, J. W. Munger, P. S. Bakwin and P. Crill,
J. Geophys. Res., 99, 1937-1952.
21. "Seasonal and diurnal variation of coherent structures
over a deciduous forest", C-H Lu and D. R. Fitzjarrald, Bound.-Layer
Met. 69, 43-69.
1995
22. "Physical mechanisms of heat and mass exchange between
forests and the atmosphere", D. R. Fitzjarrald and K. E.
Moore, Chapter 3 in Forest Canopies--a Review of Research on a
Biological Frontier, ed. M. Lowman and N Nadkarni, Academic Press,
in press.
1996
23. "Seasonal variation in radiative and turbulent exchange
at a deciduous forest in central Massachusetts", K. E. Moore,
D R. Fitzjarrald, R. K. Sakai, M. L. Goulden, J. W. Munger, and
S. C. Wofsy, J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 122-134.
1997 24. "Investigating the relationships between leaf area
index and turbulence exchange in a deciduous forest", R.
K. Sakai, D. R. Fitzjarrald, and K. E. Moore, Ag. & Forest
Meteor. 84, 273-284.
1999
25. Observations of Surface to Atmosphere Interactions in the
Tropics, M. Garstang and D. R. Fitzjarrald, Oxford Univ. Press,
New York, 459pp.
2000 26. Moore, K. E., D. R. Fitzjarrald, R. K. Sakai, and J.M.
Freedman, 2000. "Growing season water balance at a boreal
jack pine forest." Water Res. Res., 36, 483-493.
2001
27. "Boundary-layer clouds and vegetation-atmosphere feedbacks",
J. M. Freedman, D. R. Fitzjarrald, K. E. Moore, and R. K. Sakai,
J. Climate 14, 180-197.
28. "Climatic consequences of leaf presence in the eastern
United States", D. R. Fitzjarrald, O. A. Acevedo, and K.
E. Moore, , J. Climate 14, 598-614.
29. "Post-frontal air mass modification", J. M. Freedman
and D. R. Fitzjarrald, in press, J. Hydrometeorology.
30. "The early evening surface layer transition: temporal
and spatial variability", O. C. Acevedo and D. R. Fitzjarrald,
in press, J. Atmos. Sci..
31. "Surface eddy flux, cospectral similarity, and energy
balance closure", R. K. Sakai, D. R. Fitzjarrald, and K.
E. Moore, in final review, J. Appl. Meteor.
Graduate student advising:
B. L. Stormwind, M. S. "Turbulent transport above the Amazon
forest", 1987.
A. P. Oliveira, Ph. D. "Planetary boundary layer dynamics
over the Amazon Rain forest". 1990.
C-H. Lu, M. S. "Interaction of coherent structures with the
forest canopy", 1992.
J. M. Freedman, Ph. D. "Vegetation-atmosphere interactions
and boundary layer cumulus clouds", 2000.
R. K. Sakai, Ph. D. "Observational study of turbulent exchange
between the surface and canopy layer over several forest types",
2000.
O. C. Acevedo, Ph. D.,"Effects of temporal and spatial transitions
on surface-atmosphere processes", 2001.
Current students & thesis topic:
G. S. Wojcik, Ph. D. "The interaction between the atmosphere
and curing concrete on bridge decks."
R. Staebler, Ph. D. "The effect of spatial heterogeneities
on forest-atmosphere exchange and the forest environment".
M. Czikowsky, M. S. [To be determined.]
Recent professional activities:
Associate Editor, Monthly Weather Review, 1994-1996
Reviewer of papers from: J. Hydrology, J. Atmos.
Sci., Atmospheric Environment, J. Geophy. Res., Monthly Weather
Review, Geophys. Research Letters, J. Appl. Meteorology, Solar
Energy, Meteorologishe Zeitschrift, Nature, Global Change Biology,
Bull. Am. Met. Soc., and Revista de Geofísica Brasileira.
Principal Investigator, the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere
Experiment (BOREAS), 1993-1996.
Principal Investigator, NASA sponsored Large-scale
Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA-Ecology), 1996-present.
Recent & current grants,
Fitzjarrald, Principal Investigator:
