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Donald K. Perovich

Donald K. Perovich

Adjunct Professor of Engineering
Research Geophysicist, USA-CRREL, Hanover, N.H.
1-603-646-4255
donald.k.perovich@usace.army.mil

Education

  • Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Washington, 1983
  • M.S., Geophysics, University of Washington, 1979
  • B.S., Physics, Michigan State University, 1972

Research Interests

Sea ice geophysics; the interaction of sunlight with ice and snow; the Arctic system and climate change

Selected Publications

  • Perovich, D.K., T.C. Grenfell, B. Light, B.C. Elder, J. Harbeck, C. Polashenski, W.B. Tucker III, and C. Stelmach, Trans-polar observations of the morphological properties of Arctic sea ice, J. Geophys. Res., 114, 2009
  • Perovich, D.K. and J.A. Richter-Menge, Loss of sea ice in the Arctic, Annual Review of Marine Science, 1, 417 – 441, 2009
  • Perovich, D.K., J.A. Richter-Menge, K.F. Jones, and B. Light, Sunlight, water, and ice: Extreme Arctic sea ice melt during the summer of 2007, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, 2008
  • Perovich, D.K., B. Light, H. Eicken, K.F. Jones, K. Runciman, and S.V. Nghiem, Increasing solar heating of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas, 1979–2005: Attribution and role in the ice- albedo feedback, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, 2007
  • Perovich, D.K., On the aggregate-scale partitioning of solar radiation in Arctic Sea Ice during the SHEBA field experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 110, 2005

Awards

  • CRREL Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering, 2007
  • CRREL Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering, 2006
  • Commander's Award for Civilian Service, Partnership in Education Award, 2002
  • National Science Foundation Arctic Service Award, 1999
  • Department of the Army Meritorious Civilan Service Award, 1999

Professional Activities

  • Member, International Glaciological Society, American Geophysical Union, The Electromagnetics Academy
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (American Geophysical Union), Field Techniques in Sea Ice Research (University of Alaska Press)
  • Committee member, Climate and Cryosphere Arctic Sea Ice Working Group, Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee, Study of Environmental Arctic Change Observing Panel, Sea Ice Outlook Advisory Group, 2008 – present, National Science Foundation Arctic System Science Committee
  • Chair, NSF Oceans Atmosphere Ice Interaction Science Steering Committee, American Geophysical Union Committee on Snow Ice and Permafrost, SHEBA Science Working Group 1993 – 1996
  • Member - American Meteorol. Soc. Comm. on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, 1991 – 1993
  • Chief Scientist, Surface heat budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA), Electromagnetic properties of sea ice

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