In 1969 Dan entered the U.S. Coast Guard and served as a
Marine Science Technician , first aboard
the icebreaker Glacier followed by 2 yrs at the Coast Guard Oceanographic Unit in Washington, D.C.
This work consisted of both oceanographic and meteorological research and support. While at the
Oceanographic Unit he helped plan and carry-out several baseline studies on the marine eco-system
in the Beaufort Sea off the coast of Prudhoe Bay, AK. Dan also trained as a diver for 4-weeks in
Key West at the
Naval Underwater Swimmer's School . Diving duties included several dives beneath the ice
in the Arctic Ocean. After leaving the Coast Guard and while
attending college, Dan worked as a CO-OP student for the Doppler radar group in NOAA's Wave
Propagation Laboratory, participating in the National Hail Research Experiment and helping build
the FM-CW radar. Following graduation Dan was hired by NOAA's Boulder Atmospheric Studies
group where he helped instrument the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) and conduct several
multi-agency boundary layer studies and instrumention comparisons. Dan worked at the BAO from
1978 until 1987 and served as site manager before moving his office into Boulder
Daily Camera 1983 . From 1987-1990
he participated multiple field studies including the Convective INitiation and Downburst Experiment,
several Front Range air pollution studies and managed the first ETL field tests of the boundary layer
wind profilers during the Grand Canyon Visibility Study. During this period he also served on the
scientific review panel for the State of Colorado's Senate Bill 77 Visibility Report. In 1991 he was
ETL's project leader for the leads experiment (LEADEX), operating the first ever wind profiler on
the Arctic ice pack. This Arctic experience carried over into Dan's work at the South Pole where he
help operate a 915 MHz wind profiler and setup sonic anemometers for flux measurements. In 1993
he transferred to the newly formed SDID group within ETL to help develop an integrated mobile
profiling system (MPS). Recent experience includes measuring integrated water vapor using GPS,
wind profiler signal processing and quality control, and remote sensor integration and data
assimilation. In 2004 Dan became Deputy Branch Chief under Dr Chris Fairall of the Clouds Radiation and
Surface Processes Group. As Deputy Dan was responsible for tracking all funding within the Group. In 2006
ETL was reorganized as the Earth Systems Research Laboratory and thr Group increased from 15 to 30 people
as the Weather and Climate Physics Group. Besides managing the finacial side, Dan oversees the logistics for
the SEARCH project in Eureka, Canada and for the annual ship cruises. Dan also participates in one of more
ship experiments
Hobbies: golf, Volleyball, biking, snorkelling, camping
Family Christmas 1999..Carolyn, Stephanie(18), Spencer(11)
Wade, C.G. and D.E. Wolfe, 1989: Performance of the VIZ carbon hygristor in a dry environment. Preprint, 12th Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, OCT. 2-6, 1989, Monterey, CA, AMS Boston, MA, 58-62.
Wolfe D.E. and C.W. King, 1990: Denver/Boulder visibility: Meteorological aspects and comparisons. Visibility and Fine Particulates, C.V. Mathai-Editor, published by Air and Waste Management Association, Estes Park, CO, Oct., 1989, 479-488.
Ruffieux, D., D.E. Wolfe, and C. Russell, 1990: The Effect of Building SHadows in the Vertical Structure of the Lower Atmosphere in Downtown Denver, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 29, 1221-1231.
Wolfe, D.E., W.L. Ecklund, D.A. Carter, and K.S. Gage, 1991: Evaluation of performance of NOAA's 915 MHZ boundary layer radar during the 1990 Grand Canyon visibility study. Preprint, Seventh Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 12-18, 1991, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 384-388.
Wolfe, D.E., C.W. Fairall, and D. Ruffieux, 1992: Surface Energy Measurements on the Arctic Ice Pack, Preprint, Third Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Portland, OR, Sept. 29- Oct. 2, 1992, 72-75.
Mursch-Radlgruber, E. and D. E. Wolfe, 1993: Mobile high frequency minisodar and its potential for boundary layer studies. Appl. Physics B 57,57-63.
Wolfe, D.E., D. Ruffieux, and C.W. Fairall, 1993. The 1992 Arctic Leads Experiment: An overview of the Meteorology. Arctic Rea. J. of the United States, 7, 24-28.
Wolfe, D.E, B. Weber, D. Wuertz, D. Welsh, D. Merritt, S. King, R. Fritz, K. Moran, M. Simon, A. Simon, J. Cogan, D. Littell, and E. Measure, 1994: An overview of the Mobile Profiler System: Preliminary results for field tests during the Los Angeles Free-Radical Study, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 523-534.
Gossard E.E., R.G. Strauch, B. Boba Stankov, and D.E. Wolfe, Measurement of property gradients and turbulence aloft with ground-based radars: 1995, NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL 453-ETL 67, pp. 31.
Wolfe, D.E., B. Weber, D. Wuertz, D. Welsh, D. Merritt, S. King, R. Fritz, K. Moaran, M. Simon, A. Simon, J. Cogan, D. Littell, and E. Measure, 1995: An overview of the mobile profiler system: Preliminary results from field tests during the Los Angles free-radical study, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 523-534.
Wolfe, D.E., S. Gutman, D. Kim, J. Yoe, 1996: Initial Comparison of Integrated Precipitable Water Vapor from GOES/POES Satellite Sensors and Surface-Based GPS Signal Delays, Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Wolfe, D.E., S. Gutman, R. Chadwick, P. Fang, Y. Bock, M. Bevis, and S. Businger, 1996: Contribution of Atmospheric Water Vapor to the Total GPS Signal Delay, National Radio Science Meeting 9-13 January, Boulder, CO, pp 272.
Wolfe, D.E., B.L. Weber, D.B. Wuertz, and K.P. Moran, 1997: 449-MHz Profiler/RASS: Meteorological Support for the California Air Resources Board 1995 Mojave Desert Ozone Experiment, NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL ETL-273, pp 96.
Wolfe, D.E., S.I. Gutman, R.B. Chadwick, P. Fang, and Y. Bock, 1998: Developing an operational surfaced-based, GPS, water vapor observing system for NOAA: Network design and project status. 10th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Phoenix, AZ Amer. Meteor., Soc.
Gossard, E.E., D.E. Wolfe, K.P. Moran, R.A. Paulus, K.D. Anderson, and L.T. Rogers, Measurement of clear-air gradients and turbulent properties with radar wind profilers: 1998, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech.,15, 321-342.
Wolfe, D.E. and S.I. Gutman, 1999: Developing an operational surfaced-based, GPS, water vapor observing system for NOAA: Network design and results. J. Atmos Oceanic Tech., 17, 426-440.
O. R. Cooper, et.al., Large upper tropospheric ozone enhancements above midlatitude North America during summer: In situ evidence from the IONS and MOZAIC ozone measurement network, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 111, No. D24, D24S05, 10.1029/2006JD007306, 12 December 2006.
J. Livingston, et.al., Comparison of Water Vapor Measurements by Airborne Sunphotometer and Near-Coincident In Situ and Satellite Sensors during INTEX-ITCT 2004. ICARTT/North America/Europe special JGR section 2006
Fairall, C. W., L. Bariteau, A. A. Grachev, R. J. Hill, D. E. Wolfe, W. A. Brewer, S. C. Tucker, J. E. Hare, and W. M. Angevine (2006), Turbulent bulk transfer coefficients and ozone deposition velocity in the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research into Transport and Transformation, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D23S20, doi:10.1029/2006JD007597.
D.E. Wolfe, et.al.,SHIPBOARD MULTI-SENSOR MERGED WIND PROFILES FROM NEAQS 2004 Special Edtion JGR Atmospheres 2006
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