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Donald K. Perovich

Visiting Professor of Engineering

1-603-646-4255
donald.k.perovich@usace.army.mil

Education

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

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

News

Cold Truths: new issue of Dartmouth Engineer
Dartmouth Now
March 9, 2012
Ice Stations, Everyone!
Climate Central
June 23, 2010
Four Corners
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
August 4, 2008
Sea Ice and Albedo Effects on Climate
San Francisco Exploratorium (explo.tv)
June 3, 2008
Arctic sets records on all fronts
BBC News
December 16, 2007
Sunlight and ice control the planet’s temperature
National Geographic Channel
January 31, 2007

In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine

Cold Truths: From the microstructure of snow to the massiveness of ice sheets, from fundamental science to practical applications, from Thayer’s ice lab to the earth’s polar regions, Thayer researchers are uncovering what snow and ice reveal about the world.
Winter 2012