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Donald K. Perovich

Professor of Engineering

donald.k.perovich@dartmouth.edu

Research Interests

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

Education

BS, Physics, Michigan State University, 1972
MS, Geophysics, University of Washington, 1979
PhD, Geophysics, University of Washington, 1983

Awards

Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2013
Commander’s Award for Civilian Service, Partnership in Education Award, 2002, 2013
NASA Group Achievement Award, 2012
CRREL Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011
U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal, 2010, 2011
ERDC Research and Development Achievement Award, 2010
CRREL Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering, 2006, 2007
National Science Foundation Arctic Service Award, 1999
Department of the Army Meritorious Civilan Service Award, 1999

Professional Activities

Chair, Climate and Cryosphere Arctic Sea Ice Working Group
Member, World Weather Research Program, Year of Polar Prediction Steering Committee
Member – International Ocean Color Coordinating Group working group on Ocean Color Remote Sensing in Polar Seas
Member, Study of Environmental Arctic Change Observing Panel
National Science Foundation Arctic System Science Committee, 2002-2009
Chair, NSF Oceans Atmosphere Ice Interaction Science Steering Committee, 2002-2005
Chair, American Geophysical Union Snow Ice and Permafrost Committee, 1994 – 1996
Member – Scientific Advisory Committee, ETOPIM 6: Sixth International Conference on the Electrical Transport and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Media, 2002
Chief Scientist, Surface heat budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA), 1996 – 1999
Co-Chief Scientist, NASA – ICESACPE, 2010 – 2012
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (American Geophysical Union), Field Techniques in Sea Ice Research (University of Alaska Press)
Member, International Glaciological Society, American Geophysical Union

Selected Publications

Perovich, D.K., J.A. Richter-Menge, C. Polashenski, B. Elder, T. Arbetter, and O. Brennick, Sea ice mass balance observations from the North Pole Environmental Observatory, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 2019-2025, doi:10.1002/2014GL059356.
Perovich, D.K. and C. Polashenski, Albedo evolution of seasonal Arctic sea ice, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L08501, doi:10.1029/2012GL051432, 2012.
Arrigo, K., D.K. Perovich and others, Massive phytoplankton blooms under Arctic sea ice, Science, 336, 15 June 2012.
Perovich, D.K., The changing Arctic sea ice cover, Oceanography, 24(3):162–173, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.68, 2011.
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., 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
Perovich, D.K., T.C. Grenfell, J.A. Richter-Menge, B. Light, W.B. Tucker III, H. Eicken, Thin and thinner: ice mass balance measurements during SHEBA, J. Geophys. Res. 108, (C3), DOI 10.1029/2001JC001079, 26-1 – 26-21, 2003.