Ronald J. Dobosy, Ph.D.

Research Meteorologist,
Mobile Flux Measurements and Dispersion Modeling

Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
456 S. Illinois Ave.
Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Office: (865) 576-1250
Fax: (865) 576-1327

Email: Ron.Dobosy@noaa.gov

Educational Background

1977 - Ph.D. in Meteorology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1972 - M.S. in Meteorology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1968 - B.A. in Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Research Interest

Eddy-correlation turbulence measurements
Airborne turbulence measurements
Air-surface exchange
Global carbon cycle

Selected Publications

Crawford, T. L., and R. J. Dobosy, 2004: Accuracy and utility of aircraft flux measurements, in Kabat, P., M. Claussen, P. A. Dirmeyer, J. H. C. Gash, L. B. DeGuenni, M. Meybeck, R. A. Pielke Sr., C. J. Vörösmarty, R. W. A. Hutjes, and S. Lutkemeier (Eds.): Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate: A New Perspective on an Interactive System. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, ISBN 3540424008, 566 pg.

Crawford, T. L. and R. J. Dobosy, 1992: A sensitive fast-response probe to measure turbulence and heat flux from any airplane. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 59:257-278.

Crawford, T. L., R. J. Dobosy, T. T. McMillen, C. A. Vogel, and B. B. Hicks, 1996: Air-Surface exchange measurement in heterogeneous regions: extending tower observations with spatial structure observed from small aircraft. Global-Change Biology, 2:275-285.

Dobosy, R. J., T. L. Crawford, J. I. MacPherson, R. L. Desjardins, R. D. Kelly, S. P. Oncley, and D. H. Lenschow, 1997: Intercomparison among four flux aircraft at BOREAS in 1994. Journal of Geophysical Research 102D: 29,101 – 29,111

Dobosy, R.J., 2003: Where will it go: atmospheric dispersion modeling out to 30 KM to guide responders during an accidental or hostile release of hazardous materials. NOAA Technical Memorandum 251, Oak Ridge, TN.

Dobosy, R. J. and J. I. MacPherson, 1999: Intercomparison between two flux airplanes in the Southern Great Plains Experiment of 1997. Presented at the 14th Conference on Hydrology, January 10 - 15, 1999, Dallas TX, American Meteorological Society, Boston MA, pp 137-140.

MacPherson, J. I., R. J. Dobosy, S. Verma, W. P. Kustas, J. H. Prueger, and A. Williams, 1999: Intercomparisons between flux aircraft and towers in the Southern Great Plains Experiment of 1997. Presented at the 14th Conference on Hydrology, January 10 – 15, 1999, Dallas TX, American Meteorological Society, Boston MA, pp 125-128.

Field Campaigns/ Experiments

Clear-Air Turbulence beneath subtropical jet,

Adelaide, Australia, 1998 September, 1999 July/August, 2001 August.
Fussa, Japan, 1999 February
Boscomb Down, UK, 2000 May

Vertical Turbulence and Mixing, Salt Lake City UT, 2000 September.

Atmospheric Studies in Complex Terrain (ASCOT)

Brush Creek Colorado 1984
East Tennessee 1990 March

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS), Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1994 Summer

Southern Great Plains Experiments of 1997 June/July (SGP97) in central Oklahoma