Dr. John D. Wilson

Professional Information

• Professor of Micrometeorology, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
• Editorial boards of Boundary-Layer Meteorology (1986-2005), Agricultural & Forest Meteorology (1995- present)
• Email contact at jaydee.uu@ualberta.ca

Degrees

• B.Sc. Hons. (1st Class) Physics, Canterbury (New Zealand), 1974
• M.Sc. (Meteorology), Alberta, 1976
• Ph.D. (Micrometeorology), Guelph, 1980

Activity

• Experiments (updated Sept., 2008)
• Hang gliding (updated Sept., 2008)

Research Interests

Lagrangian stochastic (LS) model of turbulent wind-paths (pollen, aerial spray, pollutants, etc).

Disturbed windflows (windbreaks, hills, forest clearcuts).

"Inverse dispersion" approach for ground-atmosphere emission rate

Expanded Research Information

• Micrometeorology (General Introduction)
• Current or Recent Work
  • Disturbed Windflows
  • Random Flight Models for Particle Trajectories in Turbulence
• Samples of Some Older Work
  • The "footprint" (ground area) determining a property measured aloft
  • Experiments on the modified microclimate of small sheltered plots.
  • Numerical study of flow through a windbreak.
  • Perturbation analysis of windbreak flow
  • Analytical LS model for sheared Gaussian homogeneous turbulence
• Contributions to Meteorology on the Larger Scales
  • Representing Drag on Unresolved Terrain
  • An Idealized Mean Wind Profile for Models of the Lower Atmosphere
  • Long Range Transport

List of PUBLICATIONS (updated 7 Oct., 2009)

Courses currently taught include:

• EAS572 - The Atmospheric Boundary Layer
• EAS471 - Atmospheric Modelling
• EAS372 - Weather Analysis and Forecasting
• EAS270 - The Atmosphere

Courses formerly taught include:

• EAS327 - Environmental Instrumentation
• Meteorology 515 - Atmospheric Statistics
• Geography 433 - Microclimatology

Last Modified: 10 Sept., 2009