NPS vita for Kenneth L. Davidson

Kenneth L. Davidson: Professor
Mail Code: MR/Ds
Department of Meteorology
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-2309
Email: kldavids (at) nps.edu
Web: www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/Meteorology

EDUCATION:: PhD - University of Michigan, 1970
Meteorology
MS - University of Michigan, 1966
Meteorology
BS - University of Minnesota, 1962
Mathematics

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1966 - 1970 - Research Associate, Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1965 - 1966 - Research Assistant, Great Lakes Research Division, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1962 - 1965 - Weather Officer, US Air Force, Flight Forecasting and Briefing

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Frederickson, P. A., and K. L. Davidson, “An Operational Bulk Evaporation Duct Model”, The Journal of Applied Meteorology, Submitted 2003.
Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, P. Frederickson, K. Davidson, and A. Smedman, “Sea-Surface Aerodynamic Roughness,” Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.
Frederickson, P. A., and K. L. Davidson, “Observational Buoy Studies of Coastal Air-Sea Fluxes,” Journal of Climate, Vol 16,pp 593-599, 2003.
Doss-Hammel, S. A., P. A. Frederickson, K. L. Davidson, et al, “Low-altitude infrared propagation in a coastal zone: refraction and scattering,” Applied Optics, 41, pp3706-3724, 2002.
Jensen, D. R., S. G. Gathman, C. R. Zeisse, C. P. McGrath, G. de Leeuw, H. M. Smith, P. A. Frederickson, and K. L. Davidson, “Electrooptical Propagation Assessment in Coastal Environments (EOPACE): Summary and Accomplishments,” Optical Engineering, Vol. 40, pp. 1486-1498, 2001.
Frederickson, P. A., K. L. Davidson, C. R. Zeisse, and C. S. Bendall, “Estimating the Refractive Index Structure Parameter (Cn2) Over the Ocean Using Bulk Methods,” Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 39, pp. 1770-1783, October 2000.

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