Research Associate
Office: CESTM
Phone: 437-8735
Ph. D., Environmental Sciences,University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1980
Research and Publications
For many years, my work has been closely linked with field observational boundary layer meteorology. Beginning in 1974, I have been participating in a series of field experiments (the ABLE series) designed to understand the role of various globally significant ecosystems on greenhouse gas budgets. These experiments have resulted in trips to the Amazon rain forest, the Alaskan tundra and the boreal forest. The interest has been in making measurements of surface fluxes in remote environments and then applying and developing theories and models to interpret the measurements. Research in boreal systems continued with the micrometeorological flux measurement s in northern Manitoba in BOREAS. Another ongoing project involves observations of the components of the radiation budget and characteristics of turbulent exchange at the forest-atmosphere interface at a research deciduous forest in central Massachusetts, where measurements have been conducted nearly continuously since August 1991. My group has had a longstanding interaction with colleagues in Mexico (UNAM, Universidad Veracruzana) and in Brazil (Univ. de São Paulo, UFSM). We are now participating in the Large-Scale Atmosphere-Biosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), a project aimed. These projects‹many are listed below‹have provided the impetus for research papers [subsequent reviewed publications that followed are given in the list following]. More information on the "Jungle Research Group" can be found at:
http://sequoia.asrc.cestm.albany.edu/jrgroup/
FIELD OBSERVATIONAL PROGRAMS
1974 GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment, eastern tropical /Atlantic ocean [1-3]
1980 First Mexican Boundary Layer Experiment; Veracruz [5,7]; slope and katabat winds in Veracruz state
1983 RADASP; "Radar measurements applied to meteorology", São Paulo state, Brazil [conference presentations]
SLACE, surface layer atmospheric chemistry experiment, NCAR. [6,8]
1985 FOG-85; Observations of surface layer turbulence on likely fog nights. [conference presentation, 11, 30]
1985 Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment (ABLE 2a); dry season measurements of turbulent exchange and boundary layer structure above the Amazon rain forest.[9,10]
1986,1988 Turbulent exchange observed at South Pole Station, Antarctica. [conference presentations]
1987 Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment (ABLE 2b); wet season measurements of forest atmosphere exchange, heat moisture,momentum and carbon dioxide flux above and within the rain forest. [12,13,14,16,18]
1988 Arctic Boundary Layer Experiment (ABLE-3a); measurements of boundary layer structure, the surface heat budget, and (with collaborators) surface fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone over the western Alaska tundra. [presentations at the AGU Spring meeting, 1989, 15, 17]
1989 Meteorological Experiment III, Univ. of São Paulo, Brazil; surface heat and moisture measurements, boundary layer profiles. Study was conducted to investigate sea and mountain breezes along the mountainous littoral area along the São Paulo coast. [conference presentations]
1990 Arctic Boundary layer Experiment (ABLE-3b); measurements of boundary layer structure, the surface heat budget, and (with collaborators) surface fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane, and ozone over the northern Canadian boreal forest and wetlands. [conf. presentations AGU 1991, 19, 20].
1991 Observation of local winds in the Southern Alps, New Zealand; analysis under way to determine the dynamics of nearly periodic seiches observed during field work with members of the Dept. Geography, U. of Canterbury.
1993-1997 BOREAS; observation of turbulent fluxes [27, 28, 31]
1991-present Harvard Forest turbulent exchange observations; long-term observations of the heat, moisture, momentum, and radiation budgets in a deciduous forest; study of turbulent motions in plant canopies [21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28].
1999 Studies of infrasound propagation and elephant communication in the Namibian desert. [works in progress].
1997-present Large-scale biosphere-atmosphere experiment in Amazonia. [works in progress].
Some of the resulting reviewed publications
1981 1. "Vertical structure of the tropical boundary layer", D. R. Fitzjarrald and M. Garstang, Mon. Wea. Rev., 109, 1512-1526.
2. "Boundary-layer growth over the tropical ocean", D. R. Fitzjarrald and M. Garstang, Mon. Wea. Rev., 109, 1762-1772.
1982 3. "New applications of a simple mixed layer model", D. R. Fitzjarrald, Bound. Layer Met., 22, 431-453.
1983 4. "Mean concentration and flux profiles for chemically reactive species in the atmospheric surface layer", D. R. Fitzjarrald and D. H. Lenschow, Atmos. Environ., 17, 2505-2512.
1984 5. "Katabatic wind in opposing flow", D. R. Fitzjarrald, J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 1143-1158.
6. "The effect of line averaging on scalar flux measurement with a sonic anemometer near the surface", L. Kristensen and D. R. Fitzjarrald, J. Atm. Oceo. Tech., 1, 138-146.
1986 7. "Slope winds in Veracruz", D. R. Fitzjarrald, J. Clim. Appl. Met. 25, 133-144.
8. "Direct measurement of nitrogen oxides and ozone fluxes over grassland", A. C. Delany, D.R. Fitzjarrald, D. H. Lenschow, R. Pearson, Jr., G. J. Wendel, and B.Woodruff, J. Atmos. Chem, 4,, 429-444.
1988 9. "Turbulent transport observed just above the Amazon forest", D. R. Fitzjarrald, B. L. Stormwind, G. Fisch, and O. M. R. Cabral, J. Geo. Res., 93, No. D2, 1571-1582.
10. "Structure and growth of the mixing layer over the Amazonian rain forest", C. L. Martin, D. R. Fitzjarrald, M. Garstang. A. P. Oliveira, S. Greco, and E. Browell, J. Geo. Res., 93, No. D2, 1361-1376.
1989 11."Hudson valley fog environments", D. R. Fitzjarrald and G. G. Lala, J. Appl. Met. 28, 1303-1328.
1990 12. "Daytime turbulent exchange between the Amazon forest and the atmosphere", D. R. Fitzjarrald, K. E. Moore, O. M. R. Cabral, J. Scolar, A. O. Manzi, and L. D. A. Sá,
J. Geophys. Res., 95, 16825-16838.
13. "Mechanisms of nocturnal exchange between the rain forest and the atmosphere", D. R. Fitzjarrald and K. E.Moore, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 16839-16850.
14. "Atmosphere-biosphere exchange of CO2 and O3 in the central Amazon forest", S-M Fan, S. C. Wofsy, P. S. Bakwin, D. J. Jacob, and D. R.Fitzjarrald, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 16851-16864.
1992 15. "Turbulent transports over tundra", D. R. Fitzjarrald and K. E. Moore, J. Geophys. Res, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 16717-16729.
1993 16. "The Amazon river breeze and the local boundary layer: I. Observations", A. P. Oliveira and D. R. Fitzjarrald, Bound.-Layer Met. 63, 141-162.
17. "How well can regional fluxes be derived from smaller-scale estimates?" K. E. Moore, D. R. Fitzjarrald, and J. A. Ritter, J. Geophys. Res.98, 7187-7198.
1994 18. "The Amazon river breeze and the local boundary layer: II. Analysis and modelling", A. P. Oliveira and D. R. Fitzjarrald, Bound.-Layer Met. 67, 75-96.
19. "Growing season boundary layer climate and surface exchanges in the northern lichen woodland", D. R. Fitzjarrald and K. E. Moore, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 1899-1917.
20. "A season of heat, water vapor, total hydrocarbon, and ozone fluxes at a subarctic fen", K. E. Moore, D. .R. Fitzjarrald, S. C. Wofsy, B. C. Daube, J. W. Munger, P. S. Bakwin and P. Crill, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 1937-1952.
21. "Seasonal and diurnal variation of coherent structures over a deciduous forest", C-H Lu and D. R. Fitzjarrald, Bound.-Layer Met. 69, 43-69.
1995 22. "Physical mechanisms of heat and mass exchange between forests and the atmosphere", D. R. Fitzjarrald and K. E. Moore, Chapter 3 in Forest Canopies--a Review of Research on a Biological Frontier, ed. M. Lowman and N Nadkarni, Academic Press, in press.
1996 23. "Seasonal variation in radiative and turbulent exchange at a deciduous forest in central Massachusetts", K. E. Moore, D R. Fitzjarrald, R. K. Sakai, M. L. Goulden, J. W. Munger, and S. C. Wofsy, J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 122-134.
1997 24. "Investigating the relationships between leaf area index and turbulence exchange in a deciduous forest", R. K. Sakai, D. R. Fitzjarrald, and K. E. Moore, Ag. & Forest Meteor. 84, 273-284.
1999 25. Observations of Surface to Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropics, M. Garstang and D. R. Fitzjarrald, Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 459pp.
2000 26. "Climatic consequences of leaf presence in the eastern United States", D. R. Fitzjarrald, O. A. Acevedo, and K. E. Moore, in press, J. Climate.
27. Moore, K. E., D. R. Fitzjarrald, R. K. Sakai, and J.M. Freedman, 2000. "Growing season water balance at a boreal jack pine forest." Water Res. Res., 36:483-493.
28. "Boundary-layer clouds and vegetation-atmosphere feedbacks", J. M. Freedman, D. R. Fitzjarrald, K. E. Moore, and R. K. Sakai, in press, J. Climate.
In review:
29. "Post-frontal air mass modification", J. M. Freedman and D. R. Fitzjarrald, submitted to J. Hydrometeorology, June 2000.
30. "The early evening surface layer transition: temporal and spatial variability", O. C. Acevedo and D. R. Fitzjarrald, submitted the J. Atmos. Sci., June 2000.
31. "Surface eddy flux, cospectral similarity, and energy balance closure", R. K. Sakai, D. R. Fitzjarrald, and K. E. Moore, submitted to J. Appl. Meteor., September 2000.
Graduate student advising.
B. L. Stormwind, M. S. "Turbulent transport above the Amazon forest", 1987.
A. P. Oliveira, Ph. D. "Planetary boundary layer dynamics over the Amazon Rain forest". 1990.
C-H. Lu, M. S. "Interaction of coherent structures with the forest canopy", 1992.
J. M. Freedman, Ph. D. "Vegetation-atmosphere interactions and boundary layer cumulus clouds", 2000.
R. K. Sakai, Ph. D. "Observational study of turbulent exchange between the surface and canopy layer over several forest types", 2000.
Current students & thesis topic.
G. S. Wojcik, Ph. D. "The interaction between the atmosphere and curing concrete on bridge decks."
O. C. Acevedo, Ph. D. "The role of surface texture in nocturnal mixing".
R. Staebler, Ph. D. "The effect of spatial heterogeneities on forest-atmosphere exchange and the forest environment".
M. Czikowsky, M. S. [To be determined.]
Recent professional activities
Associate Editor, Monthly Weather Review, 1994-1996
Reviewer of papers from: J. Hydrology, J. Atmos. Sci., Atmospheric Environment, J. Geophy. Res., Monthly Weather Review, Geophys. Research Letters, J. Appl. Meteorology, Solar Energy, Meteorologishe Zeitschrift, Nature, Global Change Biology, Bull. Am. Met. Soc., and Revista de Geofísica Brasileira.
Principal Investigator, the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Experiment (BOREAS), 1993-1996.
Principal Investigator, NASA sponsored Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA-Ecology), 1996-present.