Deputy Director

Richard M. Eckman Richard M. Eckman, Ph.D.
Acting Director & Research Meteorologist

NOAA Air Ressources Laboratory
Field Research Division
1750 Foote Dr.
Idaho Falls, ID 83402

tel: (208) 526-2740
fax: (208) 526-2549

email: Richard.Eckman@noaa.gov

















Education

  • Ph.D  Meteorology,  The Pennsylvania State University,  1989
                         (thesis research performed at Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark
                           and at NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee)

  • M.S.  Meteorology,  The Pennsylvania State University,  1984
                         (thesis research performed at Risø National Laboratory, Denmark)

  • B.S.   Meteorology,   The Pennsylvania State University,  1982
     


Professional Experience

  • Deputy Director, NOAA/ARL Field Research Division, Idaho Falls, Idaho, January 2005-present

  • Research Meteorologist, NOAA/ARL Field Research Division, Idaho Falls, Idaho, March 2000-January 2005

  • Research Meteorologist, NOAA/ARL Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1990-2000

  • Physical Scientist, NOAA/ARL Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1986-1990

  • Research Associate, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark, 1983-1985

  • Research Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1982-1983


Professional Organizations and Affiliations

  • American Meteorological Society (AMS)

  • Affiliate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University

  • Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)

  • Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)


Recent Research Activities and Interests

  • Development of mesoscale forecast capability for  INL

  • Studies of the stable boundary layer, including participation in CASES-99

  • Mesoscale flow modeling in complex terrain, including the use of MM5 (FRD modeling)

  • Uncertainty in atmospheric dispersion modeling

  • Development of an Extreme Turbulence (ET) Probe for measuring winds and turbulence in hurricanes


Recent Presentations

  • Possible upgrades to INL dispersion modeling (pdf)

  • 2004 ET probe deployments into Hurricanes Frances and Ivan (pdf )

  • Presentation given at 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 24-28 April 2006, Monterey, CA (pdf )

  • Proposed devlopment of urban Model Output Statistics (MOS) as part of the NOAA/ARL UrbaNet program (pdf )


Other Interests

  • Private Pilot License

  • Hiking

  • Alpine and Nordic Skiing


Selected Publications

Eckman, R. M., 1994: Kinematics of turbulent diffusion from a continuous source. J. Fluid Mech., 270, 349-375.

Eckman, R. M., 1994: Re-examination of empirically derived formulas for horizontal diffusion from surface sources. Atmos. Environ., 28, 265-272.

Eckman, R. M., C. J. Nappo, and K. Shankar Rao, 1996: Rocket Exhaust Effluent Diffusion Model (REEDM) verification and sensitivity study. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL ARL-214, 56 pp.

Nappo, C. J. and R. M. Eckman, 1997: Breakdowns of the nighttime planetary boundary layer over complex terrain. In Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XI, Gryning and Schiermeir (Eds), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 407-415.

Eckman, R. M., 1998: Observations and numerical simulations of winds within a broad forested valley. J. Appl. Meteorol., 37, 206-219.

Eckman, R. M., 1999: Computation of Flow Angles and Dynamic Pressure on BAT probe. In-house publication, NOAA/ARL Field Research Division, Idaho Falls, ID. 4 pp. (pdf)

Eckman, R. M., T. L. Crawford, E. J. Dumas and K. R. Birdwell., 1999: Airborne meteorological measurements collected during the Model Validation Program (MVP) field experiments at Cape Canaveral, Florida. NOAA Technical Memorandum ARL/ATDD-233, 54 pp. (pdf)

Eckman, R. M., 2000: Evaluation of the REEDM climatological turbulence algorithm using aircraft measurements. NOAA Technical Memorandum OAR/ATDD-234, 39 pp. (pdf)

Eckman, R. M., 2003: A statistical investigation of atmospheric dispersion at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). NOAA Technical Memorandum OAR ARL-246, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Silver Spring, Maryland, 37 pp. (pdf)

Eckman, R. M., R. J. Dobosy, T. Strong, and D. L. Auble, 2004: Development and initial deployment of an omnidirectional pressure-sphere anemometer for observing winds and turbulence in tropical cyclones. Extended Abstract, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, American Meteorological Society, Paper P1.66. (pdf)

Hicks, B., K. Clawson, W. Pendergrass, and R. Eckman, 2005: Forum: Applying Local Data to Urban Dispersion Forecasting. EM Magazine, December 2005, 26-30.

Eckman, R. M., R. J. Dobosy, T. W. Strong, and P. G. Hall, 2006: In-situ measurements of 3D turbulence in Hurricanes Frances and Ivan using a pressure-sphere anemometer. Extended Abstract, 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Monterey, CA, American Meteorological Society, paper 10C.4. (pdf)

Eckman, R. M., R. J. Dobosy, D. L. Auble, T. W. Strong, and T. L. Crawford, 2007: A pressure-sphere anemometer for measuring turbulence and fluxes in hurricanes. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 24 , 994-1007.

Eckman, R. M., 2008: Comment on "Dynamical implications of block averaging" by G. Treviño and E. A. Andreas. Bound.-Layer Meteor., in press, published online 7 Feb 2008.

Eckman, R. M., 2008: Comment on the reply of G. Treviño and E. A. Andreas. Bound.-Layer Meteor., in press, published online 7 Feb 2008.


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