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FLATAU, PIOTR

Research Meteorologist

Degrees:

• Ph.D., Colorado State University

Research Interests:

• Role of aerosols on climate.
• Sea salt, its transport and radiative forcing.
• Light scattering by non-spherical particles.
• Tropical cyclones and their interaction with ocean.

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO209: Special Topics

Honors and Awards:

• Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 1995—1998
• DuPont Corporate Educational Assistance Award
• NASA International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project for outstanding contributions to increasing the understanding of cloud and radiation processes for climate studies (twice)

Flatau, P.J., J. Piskozub, J.R.V. Zaneveld. Asymptotic light field in the presence of a bubble-layer. Optics Express, 30 Aug. 1999, 5 ,120-124. (Was A54) RESEARCH ARTICLE

Collins, W.D., A. Bucholtz, P.J. Flatau, D. Lubin, F.P.J. Valero, C.P. Weaver, P. Pilewski. Determination of surface heating by convective cloud systems in the central equatorial Pacific from surface and satellite measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2000, V105 (ND11):14807-14821. (Was A60) RESEARCH ARTICLE

Flatau, P.J., M. Flatau, J.R.V. Zaneveld, C.D. Mobley. Remote sensing of bubble clouds in sea water. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 126 , (no.568), 2000. p.2511-23. (Was A61) RESEARCH ARTICLE

Piskozub, J., P.J. Flatau, J.V.R. Zaneveld. Monte Carlo study of the scattering error of a quartz reflective absorption tube . Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology , V18 (N3):438-445, 2001. (Was A62) RESEARCH ARTICLE

Flatau, M.K., P.J. Flatau, D. Rudnick. The Dynamics of Double Monsoon Onsets. Journal of Climate : 14 , No. 21, pp. 4130-4146, 2001. (From In Press to Published) (Was A63). RESEARCH ARTICLE

Welton, E.J., K.J. Voss, P.K. Quinn, P.J. Flatau, K. Markowicz, J.R. Campbell, J.D. Spinhirne, H.R. Gordon, and J.E. Johnson. Measurements of aerosol vertical profiles and optical properties during INDOEX 1999 using micropulse lidars, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres , 107 , D19, 8019, doi:10.1029/2000JD000038, 2002. (From In Press to Published) (Was A64) RESEARCH ARTICLE

Markowicz, K., M. Flatau, P.J. Flatau, M.V. Ramana, P.J. Crutzen, V. Ramanathan. Absorbing Mediterranean aerosols lead to a large reduction in the solar radiation at the surface, Geophysical Research Letters , 29 , pp. 29-1 to 29-4, 10.1029/2002GL015767, 2002. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Lelieveld, J., H. Berresheim, S. Borrmann, P.J. Crutzen, F.J. Dentener, H. Fischer, J. Feichter, P.J. Flatau, J. Heland, R. Holzinger, R. Korrmann, M.G. Lawrence, Z. Levin, K. Markowicz, N. Mihalopoulos, A. Minikin, V. Ramanathan, M. de Reus, G.J. Roelofs, H.A. Scheeren, J. Sciare, H. Schlager, M. Schultz, P. Siegmund, B. Steil, E.G. Stephanou, P. Stier, M. Traub, C. Warneke, J. Williams, H. Ziereis. Global air pollution crossroads over the Mediterranean, Science , 298 , 5594, pp. 794-799, 2002. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Vogelmann, A.M., P.J. Flatau, M. Szczodrak, K.M. Markowicz, P.J Minnett. Observations of large aerosol infrared forcing at the surface, Geophysical Research Letters , 30 , No. 12, 1655, doi:10.1029/2002GL016829, 2003. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Flatau , M.K., P.J. Flatau, J. Schmidt, G.N. Kiladis. Delayed Onset of the 2002 Indian Monsoon, Geophysical Research Letters , 30 , doi:10.1029/2003GL017434, 2003. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Markowicz, K.M., P.J. Flatau, P.K. Quinn, C.M. Carrico, M.K. Flatau, A.M. Vogelmann, D. Bates, M. Liu, M. J. Rood. Influence of relative humidity on aerosol radiative forcing: An ACE-Asia experiment perspective, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D23), 8662, doi:10.1029/2002JD003066, 2003. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Markowicz, K.M., P.J. Flatau, A.M. Vogelmann, P.K. Quinn, E.J. Welton. Clear-sky infrared radiative forcing at the surface and the top of the atmosphere, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. , 129 , pp. 2927-2947 doi: 10.1256/qj.02.224, 2003. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Conant, W.C., J.H. Seinfeld, J. Wang, G.R. Carmichael, Y. Tang, I. Uno, P.J. Flatau, K.M. Markowicz, P.K. Quinn. A model for the radiative forcing during ACE-Asia derived from CIRPAS Twin Otter and R/V Ronald H. Brown data and comparison with observations, J. Geophys. Res ., 108 (D23), 8661, doi:10.1029/2002JD003260, 2003. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Seinfled, J.G., G.R. Carmichael, R. Arimoto, W.C. Conant, F. Brechtel, T.S. Bates, T.A. Cahill, A.D. Clarke, S.J. Doherty, P.J. Flatau, B.J. Huebert, J. Kim, K.M. Markowicz, P.K. Quinn, L.M. Russell, P.B. Russell, A. Shimizu, Y. Shinozuka, C.H. Song, Y. Tang, I. Uno, A.M. Vogelmann, R.J. Weber, J-H. Woo, X.Y. Zhang. ACE-ASIA: Regional Climatic and Atmospheric Chemical Effects of Asian Dust and Pollution, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 85 , No. 3, pp. 367-380, 2004. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Stramski, D., S.B. Wozniak, P.J. Flatau. Optical properties of Asian mineral dust suspended in seawater, Limnol. Oceanogr. 49 , 749-755, 2004.

Flatau, P. J. Fast solvers for one dimensional light scattering in the discrete dipole approximation, Optics Express , 12 , 3149-3155, 2004.

Remiszewska, J., P. J. Flatau, K. M. Markowicz, E. A. Reid, J. S. Reid, and M. L. Witek, 2006,, Modulation of the aerosol absorption and single-scattering albedo due to synoptic scale and sea breeze circulations: United Arab Emirates experiment perspective, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D05204, doi:10.1029/2006JD007139

Witek , M. L., P. J. Flatau, P. K. Quinn, D. L. Westphal, 2007,: Global sea salt modelling - results and validation against multicampaign shipboard measurements, J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1029/2006JD007779

Wells, K.C., Marcin Witek, Piotr Flatau, Sonia M. Kreidenweis, and Douglas L. Westphal, 2007, An analysis of seasonal surface dust aerosol concentrations in the western US (2001–2004): Observations and model predictions, Atmospheric Environment , Atmospheric Environment 41, 6585–6597.

Witek , M. L., Piotr J. Flatau and João Teixeira, D. Westphal, 2007, Coupling an ocean wave model with a global aerosol transport model: a sea salt aerosol parameterization perspective. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L14806, doi:10.1029/2007GL030106.

Observations and modeling of the surface aerosol radiative forcing durig the UAE2 experiment, 2008, K. M. Markowicz, P. J. Flatau, J. Remiszewska, E. A. Reid, J. S. Reid, A. Bucholtz , B. Holben, M. Witek, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2555.1, 2877- 2891, September 2008.

Marcin Witek, Joao Teixeira, Piotr Flatau, 2008, On stable and explicit advection-diffusion numerical methods, in press. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Ceilometer retrieval of the boundary layer vertical aerosol extinction structure, 2008, K. M. Markowicz, P. J. Flatau, A.E. Kardas, J. Remiszewska, K. Stelmaszczyk, Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology, 25, 928-944

B. T. Draine and P. J. Flatau, The discrete dipole approximation for periodic targets I. theory and tests. Vol. 25, November 2008, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Link to publication

Ceilometer retrieval of the boundary layer vertical aerosol extinction structure, 2008, M. Markowicz, P. J. Flatau, A.E. Kardas, J. Remiszewska, K. Stelmaszczyk, Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology, 25, 928-944

B. T. Draine and P. J. Flatau, The discrete dipole approximation for periodic targets I. theory and tests, Vol. 25, November 2008, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Link to publication

2007. Witek , M. L., Piotr J. Flatau and João Teixeira, D. Westphal, Coupling an ocean wave model with a global aerosol transport model: a sea salt aerosol parameterization perspective. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L14806, doi:10.1029/2007GL030106.

Observations and modeling of the surface aerosol radiative forcing durig the UAE2 experiment, 2008. K. M. Markowicz, P. J. Flatau, J. Remiszewska, E. A. Reid, J. S. Reid, A. Bucholtz , B. Holben, M. Witek, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2555.1, 2877- 2891.