Evgeni Fedorovich

Professor of Meteorology

Complete CV in PDF

Address:

School of Meteorology

University of Oklahoma

120 David L. Boren Blvd.

Norman, OK 73072-7307

USA

Tel.: (405) 325-1197

Fax: (405) 325-7689

fedorovich@ou.edu

EDUCATION	1986 Ph.D. (C.Sc.) in Geophysics, Main Geophysical Observatory, Leningrad, USSR. Dissertation: "Numerical modeling of atmospheric boundary layer flow over topography elements". 1979 M.S. in Atmospheric Physics, Leningrad State University, USSR.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE	2004 - present Professor, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, USA. 1999 - 2004 Associate Professor, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, USA. 1999 - present Visiting Scientist, Institute for Hydromechanics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. 1997-1999 Research Associate, Institute for Hydromechanics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. 1996 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Genoa, Italy. 1995-1997 Research Associate, Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. 1993-1995 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. 1992-1993 Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France. 1990-1992 Director, Laboratory of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Studies, Department of Dynamic Meteorology, Main Geophysical Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia. Associate professor (part-time position), Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Hydrometeorological Institute, Russia. 1988-1990 Assistant Professor, Computational Mathematics Department, Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute, USSR. 1980-1988 Junior Research Associate, Main Geophysical Observatory, Leningrad, USSR. 1979-1980 Probation Scientist, Main Geophysical Observatory, Leningrad, USSR.
ACTIVITY AREAS	· Teaching atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric physics, and boundary layer meteorology at undergraduate and graduate levels. · Numerical, observational, and laboratory (wind tunnel) studies of convective boundary layers: basic research and meteorological applications. · Theory, numerical modeling and simulation (direct and large-eddy) of boundary layer flows. · Physical and numerical modeling of dispersion of passive scalars in buoyancy-driven flows and in flows of complex geometry. · Geophysical data processing and analysis. · Mesoscale atmospheric modeling. · Parameterization of the interaction between the atmosphere and underlying surfaces of different properties. Complete List of Publications in PDF
LECTURES AND TALKS since 2003	July 2007 Meteorological Institute, Hamburg University, Germany. "Entrainment into sheared convective boundary layers: large eddy simulations and numerical model parameterizations". Department of Multi-Scale Physics, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. "Natural convection along a vertical plate immersed in a stably stratified fluid". June 2007 Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM) Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado, USA. "Numerical studies of katabatic flows with Coriolis effects". May 2005 Department of Meteorology and Air Quality, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. "Direct numerical simulation of buoyantly driven flows along horizontal and vertical heated surfaces". August 2003 Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA. "Analytical and numerical modeling of convection along vertical and horizontal heated surfaces" (with A. Shapiro and R. Conzemius).
TEACHING since 2000	University of Oklahoma (OU), USA Courses taught: Atmospheric Dynamics I (undergraduate), spring semester 2002. Syllabus Atmospheric Dynamics II: Theory of Atmospheric Flows (undergraduate), spring semester 2006. Syllabus Atmospheric Turbulence (graduate), spring semesters 2004 and 2008. 2008 Syllabus Boundary Layer Meteorology (graduate), spring semesters 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007. 2007 Syllabus Meteorological Measurements (undergraduate), fall semester 2003. Syllabus Physical Meteorology I: Thermodynamics (undergraduate), fall semesters 2004-2006. 2006 Syllabus Physical Meteorology III: Radiation and Climate (undergraduate), fall semesters 2000-2002 and 2007. 2007 Syllabus Supervising/advising OU graduate and undergraduate students in · atmospheric dynamics, · mesoscale meteorology, · boundary layer meteorology, and · computational fluid dynamics.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS since 2002	Fedorovich, E., and R. Conzemius, 2008: Effects of wind shear on the atmospheric convective boundary layer structure and evolution. Acta Geophysica, 56, 114-141. pdf Shapiro, A., and E. Fedorovich, 2008: Coriolis effects in homogeneous and inhomogeneous katabatic flows. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 353-370. pdf Conzemius, R., and E. Fedorovich, 2007: Bulk models of the sheared convective boundary layer: evaluation through large eddy simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 786-807. pdf Shapiro, A., and E. Fedorovich, 2007: Katabatic flow along a differentially cooled sloping surface. J. Fluid Mech., 571, 149-175. pdf Weiss, C. C., H. B. Bluestein, R. Conzemius, and E. Fedorovich, 2007: Variational pseudo-multiple-Doppler wind retrieval in the vertical plane for ground-based mobile radar data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 24, 1165-1185. pdf Conzemius, R. J., and E. Fedorovich, 2006: Dynamics of sheared convective boundary layer entrainment. Part I: Methodological background and large-eddy simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1151-1178. pdf Conzemius, R. J., and E. Fedorovich, 2006: Dynamics of sheared convective boundary layer entrainment. Part II: Evaluation of bulk model predictions of entrainment flux. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1179-1199. pdf Shapiro, A., and E. Fedorovich, 2006: Natural convection in a stably stratified fluid along vertical plates and cylinders with temporally-periodic surface temperature variations. J. Fluid Mech., 546, 295-311. pdf Fedorovich, E., 2004: Dispersion of passive tracer in the atmospheric convective boundary layer with wind shears: a review of laboratory and numerical model studies. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 87, 3-21. pdf Fedorovich, E., R. Conzemius, and D. Mironov, 2004: Convective entrainment into a shear-free linearly stratified atmosphere: bulk models reevaluated through large eddy simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 281-295. pdf Kljun N., P. Kastner-Klein, E. Fedorovich, and M. W. Rotach, 2004: Evaluation of Lagrangian footprint model using data from wind tunnel convective boundary layer. Agric. For. Meteorol., 127, 198-201. pdf Shapiro, A., and E. Fedorovich, 2004: Prandtl-number dependence of unsteady natural convection along a vertical plate in a stably stratified fluid. Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 47, 4911-4927. pdf Shapiro, A., and E. Fedorovich, 2004: Unsteady convectively driven flow along a vertical plate immersed in a stably stratified fluid. J. Fluid Mech., 498, 333-352. pdf Di Sabatino, S., P. Kastner-Klein, R. Berkowicz, R. Britter, and E. Fedorovich, 2003: The modelling of turbulence from traffic in urban dispersion models – Part I: Theoretical considerations. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 3, 129-143. pdf Kastner-Klein, P., E. Fedorovich, M. S. Ketzel, R. Berkowicz, and R. Britter, 2003: The modelling of turbulence from traffic in urban dispersion models – Part II: Evaluation against laboratory and full-scale concentration measurements in street canyons. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 3, 145-172. pdf Fedorovich, E., and R. Conzemius, 2002: Evolution of turbulent convective entrainment in heterogeneously versus linearly stratified fluids. Advances in Turbulence IX, I. Castro et al., Eds., CIMNE Publication, Barcelona, Spain, 457-460. pdf Fedorovich, E., and J. Thaeter, 2002: A wind tunnel study of gaseous tracer dispersion in the convective boundary layer capped by a temperature inversion. Atmospheric Environment, 36, 2245-2255. pdf Kastner-Klein, P., and E. Fedorovich, 2002: Diffusion from a line source deployed in a homogeneous roughness layer: interpretation of wind tunnel measurements by means of simple mathematical models. Atmospheric Environment, 36, 3709-3718. pdf Fedorovich, E., R. Rotunno, and B. Stevens, Eds., 2004: Atmospheric Turbulence and Mesoscale Meteorology, Cambridge University Press, 280 pp. Click here to see description of the book and to order it Reviews of this book: by Brian Mapes in Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 86, 1145-1146 (2005), by Stefan Emeis in Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 14, 849-850 (2005), and by André April in Physics in Canada / La Physique au Canada, 64, 183-184 (2005).

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