Andreas Muschinski

(last update: 26 Dec. 2007)

I am an associate professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA. My research group and I study micro- and mesoscale structure and dynamics in the lower atmosphere. We are particularly interested in phenomena that are difficult to understand, difficult to observe, and difficult to capture in numerical simulations. Such phenomena include the fine-structure and dynamics of the top of the (daytime and nocturnal) atmospheric boundary layer; structure and evolution of meter- and submeter-scale sheets and turbulent layers near the ground, particularly at night; small-scale gravity waves, atmospheric seiches, instabilities, and turbulence in the stably stratified atmosphere; and exchange processes between the Earth’s surface and the lower atmosphere.

Besides being intellectually challenging, these phenomena are of enormous practical importance for a wide variety of disciplines including optical, radio, and acoustic wave propagation for both communication and remote-sensing applications; numerical weather prediction (NWP), air-quality monitoring/forecasting, and climate diagnostics; navigation, surveillance, and geodesy; and the management of natural resources such as clean air, water, and energy.

I am the first holder of the newly established (March 2007) Jerome M. Paros Endowed Professorship in Measurement Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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