Andreas Muschinski Associate Professor 113E Knowles Engineering University of Massachusetts 151 Holdsworth Way Amherst MA 01003-9284 Telephone: (413) 577-0898 email: muschinski@ecs.umass.edu

M.Sc. (Physics), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, 1990.
Ph.D. (Meteorology), Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany, 1992.
Habilitation and Privatdozent (Meteorology), Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany, 1998.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Meteorology, clear-air turbulence, stratified shear flows, radio and optical wave propagation through random media, renewable energy.

AFFILIATED RESEARCH LABORATORY:
Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

• Muschinski, A., R. G. Frehlich, and B. B. Balsley, 2004: Small-scale and large-scale intermittency in the nocturnal boundary layer and the residual layer. J. Fluid Mech., 515, 319-351.
• Muschinski, A., 2004: Local and global statistics of clear-air Doppler radar signals. Radio Sci., 39, RS1008, doi:10.1029/2003RS002908.
• Chilson, P. B., T.-Y. Yu, R. G. Strauch, A. Muschinski, and R. D. Palmer, 2003: Implementation and validation of range imaging on a UHF radar wind profiler. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 20, 987-996.
• Muschinski, A., P. B. Chilson, R. D. Palmer, D. A. Hooper, G. Schmidt, and H. Steinhagen, 2001: Boundary-layer convection and diurnal variation of vertical-velocity characteristics in the free atmosphere. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 127, 423-443.
• Muschinski, A., R. Frehlich, M. Jensen, R. Hugo, F. Eaton, and B. Balsley, 2001: Fine-scale measurements of turbulence in the lower troposphere: an intercomparison between a kite- and balloon-borne, and a helicopter-borne measurement system. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 98, 219-250.
• Tatarskii, V. I., and A. Muschinski, 2001: The difference between Doppler velocity and real wind velocity in single scattering from refractive index fluctuations. Radio Sci., 36, 1405-1423.
• Muschinski, A., and D. H. Lenschow, 2001: Future directions for research on meter- and submeter-scale, atmospheric turbulence. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 2831-2843.
• Muschinski, A., P. P. Sullivan, D. B. Wuertz, R. J. Hill, S. A. Cohn, D. H. Lenschow, and R. J. Doviak, 1999: First synthesis of wind-profiler signals on the basis of large-eddy simulation data. Radio Sci., 34, 1437-1459.
• Muschinski, A., P. B. Chilson, S. Kern, J. Nielinger, G. Schmidt, and T. Prenosil, 1999: First frequency-domain interferometry observations of large-scale vertical motion in the atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 1248-1258.
• Muschinski, A., and C. Wode, 1998: First in situ evidence for coexisting submeter temperature and humidity sheets in the lower free troposphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 2893-2906.
• Muschinski, A., 1996: A similarity theory of locally homogeneous and isotropic turbulence generated by a Smagorinsky-type LES. J. Fluid Mech., 325, 239-260.
• Muschinski, A., 1996: Possible effect of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability on VHF-radar observations of the mean vertical wind. J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 2210-2217.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.

HONORS & AWARDS: Visiting scientist appointment at the DLR (German Aerospace Agency), Oberpfaffenhofen, 2002. Outstanding Seminar Award, NOAA/ETL, 2001. Outstanding Performance Award, NOAA/ETL, 1999. Habilitation stipend at NCAR, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation), 1996/97. Förderpreis der Deutschen Meteorologischen Gesellschaft (Young Scientist Award of the German Meteorological Society), 1993.

INSTITUTIONAL & PROFESSION SERVICE: Reviewer for numerous archival journals, including Acta Acustica, Annales Geophysicae, Applied Optics, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Geophysical Research Letters, IEEE Sensors Journal, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Radio Science, Theoretical and Applied Climatology. – Reviewer for NSF, ARO, NCAR, NOAA. – Organizer, program committee member, and/or session chair of various national and international workshops and symposia.

 

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