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Robert C. Gilliam
AMD Staff
Education:
- M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, 2001, North Carolina State University
- B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, 1999, North Carolina State University
Professional Experience:
- Physical Scientist, USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMAD/AMB, Research Triangle Park, 2008-Present
- Meteorologist, NOAA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division (in partnership with EPA/NERL), Research Triangle Park, NC, 2003-2008
- Environmental Meteorologist, State Climate Office of North Carolina, North Carolina State University, 2001-2003
Awards and Honors :
- US EPA, NERL Special Achievement Award, NERL Goal 5: Future Issues, Climate Impact on Regional Air Quality project, 2007
- US EPA, Bronze Metal Award for CMAQ Air Quality Modeling System, 2005
- NOAA ARL ASMD, Cash in a Flash Award for Model Evaluation Toolkit, 2004
Professional Activities and Memberships:
- National Weather Association (1998-present)
Publications:
- Queen, A., Y. Zhang, R. Gilliam, and J. Pleim, 2008: Examining the sensitivity of MM5-CMAQ predictions to explicit microphysics schemes and horizontal grid resolutions, Part I--Database, evaluation protocol, and precipitation predictions, Atmospheric Environment. 42, 16, 3842-3855.
- Appel, W., A. Gilliland, G. Sarwar, and R. C. Gilliam. Evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model Version 4.5: Uncertainties and Sensitivities Impacting Model Performance: Part I - Ozone. Atmospheric Environment. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 41(40):9603-9613, (2007).
- Cooter, E., R. Gilliam, W. Benjey, C. Nolte, J. Swall, and A. Gilliland, 2007: Examining the impact of changing climate on regional air quality over the U.S. Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XVIII First ed. C. Borrego and E. Renner, Eds., Elsevier, 633-647.
- Gilliam, R.C., C. Hogrefe, and S.T. Rao, 2006, New Methods For Evaluating Meteorological Models Used In Air Quality Applications, Atmospheric Environment, 40(26), 5073-5086
- Hogrefe, C., P.S. Porter, E. Gego, A. Gilliland, R. Gilliam, J. Swall, J. Irwin, and S.T. Rao. 2006, Temporal features in observed and simulated meteorology and air quality over the eastern United States. Atmospheric Environment, 40(26), 5041-5055
- Gilliam, R.C., A.H. Huber, and S. Raman, 2005: Metropolitan scale transport and dispersion from the New York World Trade Center following September 11, 2001. Part I: An evaluation of the CALMET meteorological model, Pure and Applied Geophysics 162(10):1981–2003 (2005).
- Gilliam, R.C., A.H. Huber, and S. Raman, 2005: Metropolitan scale transport and dispersion from the New York World Trade Center following September 11, 2001. Part II: An application of the CALPUFF plume model. Pure and Applied Geophysics 162(10):2005–2028 (2005).
- Cooter, E., R. Gilliam, A. Gilliland, and J. Swall, 2005. An examination of the downscaled regional climate model (RCM) scenarios for assessing air quality response to climate variability and change. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/X-05/023 (internal report).
- Gilliam, R.C., Raman, S., Niyogi, D.: 2004, ‘Observational and numerical study on the influence of large-scale flow direction and coastline shape on sea-breeze evolution’, Boundary-Layer Meteorology 111(2), 275-300, 2004
- Huber, A.H., Georgopoulos, Gilliam, R.C., P., Stenchikov, G., Wang, S-W, Kelly, B., Feingersh, H., Modeling Air Pollution from the Collapse of the World Trade Center and Assessing the Potential Impacts on Human Exposure. EM, February 2004.
Presentations:
- Gilliam, R.C and J. Pleim: Assessment of the boundary layer meteorology of WRF using the Atmospheric Model Evaluation Tool (AMET), WRF Users workshop, June 23-26, 2008.
- Gilliam, R.C, J. Pleim and A. Xiu, 2007: Implementation of the Pleim-Xiu Land Surface Model and Asymmetric Convective Model in the WRF Model, WRF Users workshop, June 11-14, 2007.
- R.C. Gilliam and Appel, W., The Atmospheric Model Evaluation Tool. EPA Science Forum 2006: Your Health, Your Environment, Your Future, May 16-18, 2006, Washington, DC.
- Gilliam, R. C., W. Appel, and S. Phillips, 2005: The Atmospheric Model Evaluation Tool (AMET): Meteorology Module, 5th Annual CMAS Conference, September 26-28, 2005, Chapel Hill, NC.