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Professor Peter SchwerdtfegerB.Sc. M.Sc. (Melb.), Ph.D. (McG.), F.T.S.E., F.R.Met.S. |
Foundation
Professor of Meteorology at
Senior Adviser: Airborne Research Australia a Major
National Research Facility at the
Member: Australian Bureau of Meteorology Advisory Board
(2002 - 2006)
Member: Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (for the Australian
National Antarctic Research Expedition) (2003 - )
President: Australian
Association of von Humboldt Fellows (1983 - )
Fellow: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering (elected 1988)
Co-founder (1995-96) (with A/Prof. Jörg
Hacker and A/Prof. Neville Clark) of Airborne Research Australia (a Major National Research
Facility at
Founding Director (1972-93) of FIAMS, the Flinders Institute for
Atmospheric and Marine Sciences (abolished 2000)
Chairman (1977-84) of Country
Fire Services Board of
Max Planck Research Prize (1991) (with
A/Prof. J.M. Hacker and Prof. H. Kraus (
Centenary Medal (2002) (
Interests
Airborne and
boundary layer meteorology; solar and atmospheric radiation;
Use of aircraft in atmospheric science and remote sensing; regional
climatology;
Glaciology, particularly sea-ice and icebergs;
Environment and land-use, remote sensing imagery and
Further
information is available in "Who's Who in Australia".
Recent
Publications
Schwerdtfeger, P., (1991): The environment and parks. Proceedings
of the
Bannehr, L., B.W. Forgan, P. Schwerdtfeger, J.M. Hacker
& R. Kiefer, (1991): An airborne spectral radiometer system. Flinders Inst. f. Atmos. &
Marine Sci. Res. Rep. No.53.
Shao, Y., J.M. Hacker &
P. Schwerdtfeger,
(1991): The structure of turbulence in a coastal atmospheric boundary layer. Quart.J.Roy.Met.Soc. 117, pp.
1299-1324.
Schwerdtfeger, P. and J.M. Hacker,
(1992): Mesoskalige Klima-Änderungen als Folge der großräumigen Agrarwirtschaft
in Süd-West-Australien. Humboldt Society of
Bawhey, C.J., J.M. Hacker and P. Schwerdtfeger,
(1993): Effects of Bushland and Rural Areas on Ultraviolet and Visible
Radiation. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Southern
Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography,
Lyons, T.J., J.M. Hacker, I.J. Foster, P. Schwerdtfeger, R.C.G.
Smith, H. Xinmei and J.M. Bennett, (1993): Land-Atmosphere Interaction in a
Semi-Arid Region: The Bunny Fence Experiment. Proceedings of the Fourth
International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography,
Lyons, T.J., J.M. Hacker, I.J. Foster, P.
Schwerdtfeger, R.C.G. Smith, H. Xinmei and J.M. Bennett, (1993):
Land-Atmosphere Interaction in a Semi-Arid Region: The Bunny Fence Experiment. Bulletin
of the American Meteorol. Soc. 74, 1327-1334.
Xinmei, H., T.J. Lyons, R.C.G. Smith, J.M. Hacker and P. Schwerdtfeger, (1993):
Estimation of Surface Energy Balance from Radiant Surface Temperature and NOAA
AVHRR Sensor Reflectances over Agricultural and Native Vegetation., J. Appl.
Meteor. 32, 1441-1449.
Xinmei, H., T.J. Lyons, R.C.G. Smith, J.M. Hacker and P. Schwerdtfeger, (1993):
Estimation of Surface Energy Balance from Radiant Surface Temperature and NOAA
AVHRR Sensor Reflectances over Agricultural and Native Vegetation. Proceedings
of the Fourth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and
Oceanography,
Schwerdtfeger, P. (1993):
The Rabbit Fence: A surprising climate barrier. Horizons of Science
Schwerdtfeger, P. (1994): A brief overview of
climate research. Transactions of the Royal Soc. of
Schwerdtfeger, P. (1994): In and out of boundary
layers. (The AMOS 1994 R.H. Clarke Lecture ) Bulletin of the Aust. Meteorol.
& Oceanog. Soc. Vol. 7, No. 6, 108-114.
Schwerdtfeger, P. (1995): Greenhouse radiation and
other matters. Summarizing address to the A.N.Z. Climate Forum, Wirrina, S.A.,
February .
Schwerdtfeger, P. Radiation in the Atmosphere. (1995): 115pp. Flinders Inst. for Atmos. & Mar. Sci. ISBN 0 7258 0585 4
Schwerdtfeger, P. and E.
Curran. (1996): Climate of the
Schwerdtfeger, P. and D.
Wotton. (1997): The
Murray-Darling River Basin - From a critical South Australian perspective. Aust.
Acad. Of Tech. Sci. & Eng. "FOCUS" No. 96, pp. 4-8.
Hacker, J.M. and P. Schwerdtfeger (1997):
An instrumented research aircraft for micro-meteorological studies. (In)
Windows on Meteorology - Australian Perspectives, Ed. E.K. Webb, CSIRO
Australia, pp. 305 - 318.
Gordon, A.+, W. Grace, P. Schwerdtfeger and R. Byron-Scott +
(1998): Dynamic Meteorology - A Basic Course. 319+ pp.
Schwerdtfeger, P. (1998):
Schwerdtfeger, P. (1999):
Climate and the Atmosphere – Introductory Lectures. A CD-ROM prepared for
the National Tidal Facility at
Schwerdtfeger, P. (2000):
Wind Power – An Australian view of European experiences. A CD-ROM prepared
for the Aust. Acad. of Tech. Sci. & Eng. meeting hosted by Business S.A.
Pethick,
D., P.
Schwerdtfeger, J.M. Hacker and Z. Sun, (2000): Radiative properties of strato-cumulus cloud fields. Proceedings
of the AMOS 2000 Conference, February 2000,
Schwerdtfeger, P. (2001):
The Climate of
Schwerdtfeger, P. (2002):
Climate. (Chapter in) Natural History of
Schwerdtfeger, P. (2002):
Interpretation of airborne observations of the albedo. Vol.17, 51-60 Environmental
Modelling and Software. Elsevier Science.
Matthews, S., Schwerdtfeger, P. &
Hacker, J.M. (2002): Use of albedo modelling and aircraft measurements to
examine the albedo of
Schwerdtfeger, P. & Grace, W. (2004):
Schwerdtfeger, P., Grace, W., & Brooks, B. (2004): Winds around
Schwerdtfeger,
P. (2006): Rabbits and Climate.
Grace,
W. , Schwerdtfeger,
P. and Brooks, B. (2006): A
Climate Index for Wheat Production in
Schwerdtfeger,
P. (2006): Water Resources in
Schwerdtfeger, P. (2006): The Life and Times of Uwe Radok. Bulletin of the Aust. Met. & Oc. Soc. Vol. 19, p.1. (Downloadable PDF)
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