Gerald L. Geernaert
Director, Department of Atmospheric Environment
National Environmental Research Institute
Frederiksborgvej 399
P.O. Box 358
DK-4000 Roskilde
Denmark
tel. +45 46301101
fax. +45 46301214
cell: +45
40360489
email:
[email protected]
Currently employed
as Research Director of the Department of Atmospheric Environment, at the
National Environmental Research, since 1994. Previously employed for 9 years at
the Naval Research Laboratory (satellite meteorology and air-sea interactions)
and Office of Naval Research, Washington DC (marine meteorology; polar
meteorology; meteorological applications).
PhD from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Washington (Seattle) in 1983.
Research Interests:
Air-sea interactions
Theoretical micrometeorology and fluid dynamics
Science policy
Global change
Five recent publications:
Geernaert, G.L., Air sea interaction historical perspectives, Chapter 1, in Air-Sea Exchange-physics, chemistry, and dynamics. pp 1-27, edited by G. Geernaert, Kluwer Academic Press 1999.
Geernaert, G.L. Theory of momentum, heat and gas exchange, Chapter 2, in Air-Sea Exchange-physics, chemistry, and dynamics, pp 28-57, edited by G. Geernaert, Kluwer Academic Press, 1999.
Geernaert, G.L., P.
Astrup: "Wind profile, drag coefficient, and cross-section
over the coastal zone, for quasi-homogeneous conditions," in The Wind
Driven Air-Sea Interface - electromagnetic and acoustic sensing, wave dynamics,
and turbulent fluxes (ed. M. Banner), 305-316, 1999.
Z. Zlatev, G. Geernaert,
H. Skov: A study of ozone critical
levels in Denmark over a ten-year period, in European Adsociation for the
Science of Air Pollution, 36, 1-18, 2000.
Zlatev, Z., I. Dimov,
Tz. Ostromsky, G. Geernaert, I. Tzvetanov, A. Bastrup-Birk, 2001: Calculating losses of crops in Denmark
cuased by high ozone levels. Environ.
Modeling and Assessment, in press.