Richard L. Coulter

Meteorologist/Experimental Boundary Layer Studies
Group leader, Remote Sensing Group
Atmospheric Research Section, Environmental Research Division
rlcoulter@anl.gov

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

B.A., Cum Laude, with honors in Physics, 1967, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
M.S., Physics, 1969, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Ph.D., Meteorology, 1976, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Remote probing of the lower atmosphere and oceans; influences of complex terrain on the energy and dynamics of the lower atmosphere; nocturnal evolution of the lower atmosphere; turbulent exchange of mass, momentum and heat in the atmosphere; instrument development; emergency response instrumentation, modeling and implementation.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Coulter, R.L., and Wesely, M.L., "Estimates of Surface Heat Flux from Sodar and Laser Scintillation Measurements in the Unstable Boundary Layer," J. Appl. Meteorol. 19:1209-1222 (1980).

Coulter, R.L., and Martin, T.J., "Investigations of the Convective Planetary Boundary Layer using a Multiple Frequency Sodar," Atmos. Res. 20:225-233 (1987).

Coulter, R.L., and Martin, T.J., "Results From a High Power, High Frequency Sodar," Atmos. Res. 20:257-269 (1987).

Coulter, R.L., Martin, T.J., and Weckwerth, T., "Minisodar Measurements of Rain," J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 6:369-377 (1989).

Coulter, R.L., Orgill, M., and Porch, W., "Tributary Fluxes into Brush Creek Valley," J. Applied Meteorol. 28:555-568 (1989).

Coulter, R.L., "A Case Study of Turbulence in the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer," Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 53:75-91 (1990).

Coulter, R.L., "Minisodars-Applications and Potential Atmospheric Remote Sensing," Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, India, pp. 88-96 (1990).

Coulter, R.L., Martin, T.J., and Porch, W., "A Comparison of Nocturnal Drainage Flow in the three Tributaries," J. Applied Meteorol. 30:157-169 (1991).

Coulter, R.L., Gao, W., Martin, T.J., Shannon, J.D., Doran, J.C., Hubbe, J.M., and Shaw, W.M., "Evolution of the Lower Planetary Boundary Layer Over Strongly Contrasting Surfaces," Preprints, Third Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 10-15, Atlanta, GA, pp. 68-72 (1992).

Coulter, R.L., Shannon, J.D., Martin, T.J., and Cook, D.R., "A Portable System for Prediction of a Transient Plume," J. Air & Waste Management Assoc. 42:433-436 (1993).

Coulter, R.L., Martin, T.J., and Hart, R.L., "A Battery-Powered Minisodar for Rapid, Short-Term Deployment or Long-Term Operations," Intern. J. Remote Sens. 15:245-250 (1994).

Coulter, R.L., and Gudiksen, P., "The Dependence of Canyon Winds on Surface Cooling and External Forcing in Colorado's Front Range," J. Appl. Meteorol. 34:1419-1429 (1995).