Professional Experience:

Research Meteorologist July 1980 to present

Director February 2003 to present

Hurricane Research Division

NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL

Adjunct Associate Professor September 1993 to present

Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography

Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL

Fellow January 1997 to present

Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies

Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL

Senior Fellow July 1997 to present

Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

Accomplishments:

Specialized in radar remote sensing (ground-based, airborne, and spaceborne) of tropical cyclones and mesoscale convective systems to understand the storm kinematic and precipitation structure.

Field Program Experience:

1980-present NOAA Hurricane Field Program (over 175 research missions in tropical cyclones) - field program director 1993-2001

1992-93 TOGA COARE (Solomon Islands)

1991 Convection and Precipitation Experiment (Florida)

1991 Tropical Experiment in Mexico (Acapulco, Mexico)

1987 Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment (Australia)

1986 Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment (North Carolina)

1985 Preliminary Regional Experiment for STORM-Central (Kansas)

1978-79 Winter Monsoon Experiment (Malaysia)

1974 GATE (Africa)

Honors and Awards:

2008 NOAA OAR Research Employee of the Year

2007 NOAA Bronze Medal for Hurricane Research Division Performance during Hurricanes Rita and Katrina (group award)

2005 NOAA AdministratorÕs Award

2005 OFCM Richard H. Hagemeyer Award at the 59^th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference

2005 USWRP Joint Hurricane Testbed Outstanding Contributor Award

2003 NOAA Diversity Council Spectrum Achievement Award for Managers

2001 NOAA TECH 2002 award for best wireless application for development of satellite-cell based WLAN for NOAA WP-3D aircraft

1997 US Department of Commerce Silver Medal for performance as the Research Mission Manager for the NOAA High Altitude Jet procurement

1992 US Department of Commerce Gold Medal for Hurricane Research Division's Performance in Hurricane Andrew (group award)

1989 Distinguished Authorship Award, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories

AMS Activities:

2000-present Fellow, American Meteorological Society

1984-1991 Committee on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society (Chairman 1987-1991)

1980-present member, Greater Miami Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (secretary 1981, chairman 1982)

1973-present member, American Meteorological Society

1971-1973 student member, American Meteorological Society

Professional Activities:

2008-present Co-chair of the Working Group for Tropical Cyclone Research (WG/TCR) for the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (OFCM)

2007-present Lead for the NOAA Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project

2005-2007 Co-chair of the Tropical Cyclone Joint Action Group (TC/JAG) for the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (OFCM)

2005-present NCAR EOL External Advisory Committee

2004 NOAA/National Weather Service Executive Leadership Seminar

2003-present Research Mission Manager for the NOAA G-IV tail Doppler radar procurement

2001-2005 USWRP Joint Hurricane Testbed Steering Committee

1999-2008 NASA TRMM (Precipitation) Science Team

1999 Review Committee for NASA/GSFC Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch

1998 UCAR Advanced Study Program (ASP) Summer Colloquium on Hurricanes at Landfall (co-organizer)

1997 USWRP Landfalling Hurricanes Workshop Organizing Team (Co-Chairman)

1996 USWRP Prospectus Development Team #5: Landfalling tropical cyclones, (Co-Chairman)

1996-2001 North American Atmospheric Observing System (NAOS), Test and Evaluation Working Group

1996 NSF Review panel for NCAR's Atmospheric Technology Division, (Chairman)

1995 Committee of Visitors, Review of the NSF Division of Atmospheric Sciences' Lower Atmospheric Research Section

1993-1997 Research Mission Manager for the NOAA mid-size jet procurement

1992-1994 Observing Facility Advisory Panel, NCAR/ATD (Chairman 1994)

Publications (Books and Refereed Journals)

Rogers, R. F., F. D. Marks, and T. Marchok, 2009: Tropical cyclone rainfall. Encyclopedia of Hydrological Science (submitted)

Wright, C. W., E. J. Walsh, W. B. Krabill, W. A. Shaffer, S. R. Baig, M. Peng, L. J. Pietrafesa, A. W. Garcia, F. D. Marks, P. G. Black, J. Sonntag, B. D. Beckley, 2009: Storm Surge Measurement with an Airborne Scanning Radar Altimeter. J. Phys. Ocean, (submitted)

Murillo, S., W.-C. Lee, M. M. Bell, F. D. Marks, P. P. Dodge, and G. Barnes, 2009: Intercomparison of GBVTD-retrieved circulation centers and structures of Hurricane Danny (1997) for two coastal WSR-88Ds. Mon. Wea> Rev., 137, (submitted)

Fierro, A., R. Rogers, F. D. Marks, and D. Nolan, 2009: Impact of horizontal grid spacing on simulated tropical cyclone microphysical and kinematic structure. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, (accepted)

Marks, F. D., P. G. Black, M. T. Montgomery, and R. W. Burpee 2008: Structure of the eye and eyewall of Hurricane Hugo (1989). Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1237-1259.

Lorsolo, S., J. L. Schoeder, P. P. Dodge, and F. D. Marks, 2008: An Observational Study of Hurricane Boundary Layer Small-Scale Coherent Structures. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2871–2893.

Willoughby, H. E., E. Rappaport, and F. D. Marks, 2007: Hurricane Forecasting: The State of the Art, ASCE Nat. Haz. Rev., 8, 45-49.

Lonfat, M., R. Rogers, T. Marchok, and F. D. Marks, 2007: A Parametric Model for Predicting Hurricane Rainfall. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3086–3097.

Aberson, S. D., M. L. Black, R. A. Black, R. W. Burpee, J. J. Cione, C. W. Landsea, and F. D. Marks, 2006: Twenty-five years of tropical cyclone research with the NOAA P-3 aircraft. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 1039–1055.

S. S. Chen, J. A. Knaff, and F. D. Marks, 2006: Effects of environmental vertical wind shear and storm motion on tropical cyclone rainfall asymmetries deduced from TRMM Mon. Wea. Rev.,134, 3190-3208.

Esteban-Fernandez, D., J. R. Carswell, S. Frasier, P. S. Chang, P. G. Black, F. D. Marks, 2006: Dual-polarized C- and Ku-band ocean backscatter response to hurricane-force winds. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C08013

Aberson, S. D., J. P. Dunion, and F. D. Marks, 2006: A photograph of a wavenumber two asymmetry in the eye of Hurricane Erin. . J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 387-391

Hood, R. E., D. Cecil, F. J. LaFontaine, R. Blakeslee, D. Mach, G. Heymsfield, F. D. Marks, and E. Zipser, 2006: Classification of tropical oceanic precipitation using high altitude aircraft microwave and electric field measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 218-233

Jiang, H., P. G. Black, E. Zipser, F. D. Marks, and E. W. Uhlhorn, 2006: Validation of rain rate estimation in hurricanes from stepped frequency microwave radiometer: Algorithm correction and error analysis. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 252-267.

Kakar, R., F. D. Marks, G. M. McFarquhar, and R. E. Hood, 2006: Preface. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 3-4.

McFarquhar, G. M., H. Zhang, J. Dudhia, J. B. Halverson, G. M. Heymsfield, R. Hood, and F. D. Marks, 2006. Factors affecting the evolution of Hurricane Erin and the distributions of hydrometeors: Role of microphysical processes. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 127-150.

Molinari, J. P. Dodge, D. Vollaro, K. L. Corbosiero, and F. D. Marks, 2006: Mesoscale aspects of the downshear reformation of a tropical cyclone. Accepted for publication in J. Atmos. Sci.,63, 341-354.

Esteban-Fernandez, D., E. Kerr, A. Castells, J. Carswell, S. Frasier, P. Chang, P. G. Black, and F. D. Marks, 2005: IWRAP: The Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler for remote sensing of the ocean and the atmospheric boundary layer within tropical cyclones. IEE. Trans. Geosc. Rem. Sens., 43, 1775-1787.

Morrison, I., S. Businger, F. D. Marks, P. P. Dodge, and J. Businger, 2005: An observational case for the prevalence of roll vortices in the hurricane boundary layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2662-2673.

Lonfat, M., F. D. Marks, S. Chen, 2004: Precipitation distribution in tropical cyclones using the tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM) microwave imager: A global perspective. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1645-1660.

Harasti, P. R., C. J. McAdie, P. P. Dodge, W.-C. Lee, J. Tuttle, S. T. Murillo, and F. D. Marks, 2004: Real-time implementation of single-Doppler radar analysis methods for tropical cyclones: Algorithm improvements and use with WSR-88D display data. Wea. Forecasting, 19, 219-239.

Marks, F. D., 2003: State of the Science: Radar View of Tropical Cyclones. Radar and Atmospheric Science: A Collection of Essays in Honor of David Atlas, Edited by R. M Wakimoto and R. C. Srivastava, Meteorological Monographs, 52, AMS, Boston, MA, 33-74.

Marks, F. D., 2003: Hurricanes. Handbook of Weather and Climate: Dynamics, Climate, Physical Meteorology, Weather Systems, and Measurements. Edited by T. D. Potter and B. R. Coleman, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hobokan, NJ, 641-676.

Marks, F. D., 2003: Hurricanes. Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Elsevier Science Ltd., London, UK, 942-966.

Lee, W.-C., F. D. Marks, and C. Walther, 2003: Airborne Doppler radar data analysis workshop, 13-16 March 2000. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 84, 1063-1075.

Kollias, P., B. A. Albrecht, and F. D. Marks, 2003: Cloud radar observations of vertical drafts and microphysics in convective rain. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4053.

Walsh, E. J., C. W. Wright, D. Vandemark, W. B. Krabill, A. W. Garcia, S. H. Houston, S. T. Murillo, M. D. Powell, P. G. Black, and F. D. Marks, 2002: Hurricane directional wave spectrum spatial variation at landfall. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 1667–1684.

Kollias, P., B. A. Albrecht, and F. D. Marks: 2002: Why Mie? Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 1471-1483.

Black, M. L., J. F. Gamache, F. D. Marks, C. E. Samsury, and H. E. Willoughby, 2002: Eastern Pacific Hurricanes Jimena of 1991 and Olivia of 1994:The effects of vertical shear on structure and intensity. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 2291-2312.

Wright, C. W., E. J. Walsh, D. Vandemark, W. B. Krabill, A. W. Garcia, S. H. Houston, M. D. Powell, P. G. Black, and F. D. Marks, 2001: Hurricane directional wave spectrum spatial variation in the open ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 2472–2488.

Kollias, P., B. A. Albrecht, and F. D. Marks, 2001: Raindrop sorting induced by convective updrafts. Geophys. Res. Letters, 28, 2787-2790.

Lee, W.-C., B. J.-D. Jou, P.-L. Chang, and F.D. Marks, 2000: Tropical cyclone kinematic structure retrieved from single Doppler radar observations. Part III: Evolution and structure of Typhoon Alex (1987). Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 3982-4001.

Reasor, P. D., M. T. Montgomery, F. D. Marks, J. F. Gamache, 2000: Low-wavenumber structure and evolution of the hurricane inner core observed by airborne dual-Doppler radar. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1653-1680.

Lee, W.-C., and F. D. Marks, 2000: Tropical cyclone kinematic structure retrieved from single Doppler radar observations. Part II: The GBVTD-simplex center finding algorithm. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1925-1936.

Atlas, D., C. W. Ulbrich, F. D. Marks, R. A. Black, P. T. Willis, and C. E. Samsury, 2000: Partitioning tropical oceanic convective and stratiform rains by draft strength. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 2259-2267.

Donnelly, W.J., J. R. Carswell, R. E. McIntosh, P. S. Chang, J. Wilkerson, F. D. Marks, and P. G. Black, 1999: Revised ocean backscatter models at C and Ku band under high-wind conditions. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 11485-11497.

Hellin, J., M. Haig, and F. D. Marks, 1999: Rainfall characteristics of hurricane Mitch. Nature, 399, 316

Dodge, P. P., R. W. Burpee, and F. D. Marks, 1999: The kinematic structure of a hurricane with sea level pressure less than 900 mb. Mon. Wea. Rev.,127, 987-1004.

Elsberry, R., and F. D. Marks, 1999: The hurricane landfall workshop summary. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 683-685.

Atlas, D., C. W. Ulbrich, F. D. Marks, and C. Williams, 1999: Systematic variation of drop size and radar-rainfall relations. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 6155-6170.

Elsberry, R., and F. D. Marks, 1999: U.S. Weather Research Program Hurricane Landfall Workshop Report. Tech. Note NCAR/TN-442, 40 pp. [Available on-line at http://uswrp.mmm.ucar.edu/ uswrp.html.]

Marks, F. D., and L. K. Shay, 1998: Landfalling tropical cyclones: Forecast problems and associated research opportunities. Report of the Fifth Prospectus Development Team to the U.S. Weather Research Program. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 305-323.

Black, M. L., R. W. Burpee, and F. D. Marks, 1996: Vertical motion characteristics of tropical cyclones determined with airborne Doppler radial velocities. J. Atmos. Sci.., 53, 1887-1909.

Roux, F., and F. D. Marks, 1996: Extended velocity track display (EVTD): an improved processing method for Doppler radar observations of tropical cyclones. J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 13, 875-899.

Yuter, S. E., R. A. Houze, B. F. Smull, F. D. Marks, J. R. Daugherty, and S. R. Brodzik, 1995: TOGA COARE aircraft mission summary images: An electronic atlas, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 319-333.

Gamache, J. F., F. D. Marks, and F. Roux, 1995: Comparison of three airborne Doppler sampling techniques with airborne in situ wind observations in Hurricane Gustav (1990). J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 12, 171-181.

Burpee, R. W., S. D. Aberson, P. G. Black. M. DeMaria, J. L. Franklin, J. S. Griffin, S. H. Houston, J. Kaplan, S. J. Lord, F. D. Marks, M. D. Powell, and H. E. Willoughby, 1994: Real-time guidance provided by NOAA's Hurricane Research Division to forecasters during Hurricane Emily of 1993. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 75, 1765-1783.

Lee, W.-C., P. P. Dodge, F. D. Marks, and P. H. Hildebrand, 1994: Mapping of airborne Doppler radar data. J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 11, 572-578.

Lee, W.-C., F.D. Marks, and R.E. Carbone, 1994: Velocity Track Display—A technique to extract real-time tropical cyclone circulations using a single airborne Doppler radar. J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 11, 337-356.

Gamache, J. F., R. A. Houze, and F. D. Marks, 1993: Dual-Aircraft investigation of the inner core of Hurricane Norbert: Part III: Water budget. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3221-3243.

Franklin, J. L., S. J. Lord, S. E. Feuer, and F. D. Marks, 1993: The kinematic structure of Hurricane Gloria (1985) determined from nested analyses of dropwindsonde and Doppler radar data. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 2433-2451.

Marks, F. D., D. Atlas, and P. T. Willis, 1993: Probability-matched reflectivity-rainfall relations for a hurricane from aircraft observations. J. Appl. Meteor., 32, 1134-1141.

Marks, F. D., R. A. Houze, and J. F. Gamache, 1992: Dual-Aircraft investigation of the inner core of Hurricane Norbert: Part I: Kinematic structure. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 919-942.

Houze, R. A., F. D. Marks, and R. A. Black, 1992: Dual-Aircraft investigation of the inner core of Hurricane Norbert: Part II: Mesoscale Distribution of Ice Particles. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 943-962.

Griffin, J. S., R. W. Burpee, F. D. Marks, And J. L. Franklin, 1992: Real-time airborne analysis of aircraft data supporting operational hurricane forecasting. Wea. Forecasting, 7, 480-490.

Marks, F. D., 1989: Meteorological radar observations of tropical weather systems. Chapt. 25a, Radar in Meteorology, D. Atlas (Ed.), AMS, Boston, MA, 401-425.

Franklin, J. L., S. J. Lord, and F. D. Marks, 1988: Dropwindsonde and radar observations of the eye of Hurricane Gloria (1985). Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 1237-1244.

Marks, F. D., and R. A. Houze, 1987: Inner core structure of Hurricane Alicia from airborne Doppler radar observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 1296-1317.

Bluestein, H. B., and F. D. Marks, 1987: On the structure of the eyewall of Hurricane Diana (1984): Comparison of radar and visual characteristics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 2542-2552.

Marks, F. D., 1985: Evolution and structure of precipitation in Hurricane Allen (1980). Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 909-930.

Willoughby, H. E., F. D. Marks, and R. J. Feinberg, 1984; Stationary and moving convective bands in hurricanes. J. Atmos. Sci., 22, 3189-3211.

Marks, F. D., and R. A. Houze, 1984: Airborne Doppler radar observations in Hurricane Debby. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 65, 569-582.

Barnes, G. M., E. J. Zipser, D .P. Jorgensen, and F. D. Marks, 1983: Mesoscale and convective structure of a hurricane rainband. J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 2125-2137.

Parrish, J. R., R. W. Burpee, F. D. Marks, and R. Grebe, 1982: Rainfall patterns observed by digitized radar during the landfall of Hurricane Frederic (1979). Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 1933-1944.

Houze, R. A., S. G. Geotis, F. D. Marks, D. D. Churchill, and P. H. Herzegh, 1981: Comparison of airborne and land based radar measurements of precipitation during Winter MONEX. J. Appl. Meteor., 20, 772-783.

Houze, R. A., S. G. Geotis, F. D. Marks, and A. K. West, 1981: Winter monsoon convection in the vicinity of North Borneo; Part I: Structure and time variation of the clouds and precipitation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 109, 1595-1614.

Marks, F. D., and P. M. Austin, 1979: Effects of the New England coastal front on the distribution of precipitation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 107, 53-67.

Mower, R. N., G. L. Austin, A. K. Betts, C. Gautier, R. Grossman, J. Kelly, F. D. Marks, and D. W. Martin, 1978: A case study of GATE convective activity. Atmos., 17, 46-59.