Bart Brashers' Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE
Bart Alan Brashers

MFG Inc.
19203 36th Ave W Ste 101
Lynnwood WA 98036

Telephone: 425-921-4000
Fax: 425-921-4040
e-mail: bart.brashers@mfgenv.com
Web: www.atmos.washington.edu/~brash

PERSONAL DATA:

Born: Danderyd, Sweden - 2 May 1965 (U.S. Citizen since birth)
Hobbies: Folk music and dance, hiking, camping, cooking.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. University of Washington, June 1998
Advisor: Professor Robert A. Brown
Thesis title: Oceanic Latent Heat Flux from Satellite Data
Major: Atmospheric Science
Specialties: Planetary Boundary Layers, Turbulence, Surface Heat Fluxes, Water Vapor Structure, Remote Sensing.
B.S. University of California at Berkeley, June 1987
Major: Engineering Physics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

MFG Inc., Lynnwood, WA; Air Quality Meteorologist, 2001-Present
- Designed and implemented a powerful and scaleable computer system (a Linux cluster), suitable for mesoscale models such as the NCAR/Penn. State Mesoscale Meteorological (MM5) and the EPA Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ/Models3) models.
- Currently extending the existing analysis of PM10 emissions from Owens Lake using CALPUFF and an advanced emissions rate based on sand flux movement measured on the lakebed; for the Great Basin Unified APCD, California.
- Modeled the regional meteorology near Pocatello, ID, during several stagnation episodes that occurred during the 1990's, using MM5, in support of the Portneuf Valley PM10 State Implementation Plan; for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.
- Performed a regional modeling study to examine secondary aerosol impacts from proposed power generation projects to Class I areas in Montana; for Avista Corporation, Idaho.
Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division, ARL, NOAA, Research Triangle Park, NC; Post-doctoral Research Associate, 1998-2000
(Joint with Atmospheric Modeling Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory, US EPA.)
- Co-developed a new multi-layer bio-chemical model for gaseous Dry Deposition, and validated it using direct flux measurements taken over a variety of crops and forests.
- Prepared our model for insertion into CMAQ/Models-3.
- Improved the NOAA Multi-Layer Model (MLM) for Dry Deposition.
- Funding provided by the National Research Council competitive grants.
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Research Assistant, 1991 - 1998
- Developed a new model for latent heat flux over the world's oceans using SSM/I data. Development/validation relied on a large collection of atmospheric soundings and ship MET data.
- Developed and maintained code for R.A. Brown's PBL model, used by our group and others around the world.
- Experience with massive data sets, e.g. ECWMF and NCEP analyses.
Tracer Technologies, San Marcos, CA; Manager of Computer Services, 1989 - 1991
- Responsible for data from several automated ambient monitoring stations in Santa Barbara County, CA.
- Designed and installed automated feedback system from monitoring station downwind of refinery in Lompoc, CA.
- Designed and implemented hand-held data collection systems for leak detection in refineries in Los Angeles, CA.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

Flamant, C., J. Pelon, B. Brashers, and R. A. Brown, 1999: "Evidence of a Mixed-Layer Dynamics Contribution to the Entrainment Process". Boundary Layer Meteorology, 93, 47-73.
Brashers, B., 1998: "A model for oceanic evaporation from Special Sensor Microwave/Imager data", in Remote sensing of the pacific ocean by satellites, edited by R. A. Brown, Southwood Press Pty Limited, Marrickville Australia, pp. 454.
Wu, Y., B. Brashers, P.L. Finkelstein, and J.E. Pleim, 2003: "A Multi-Layer Bio-Chemical Dry Deposition Model, Part I: Model Description", J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D1), 4013 doi:10.1029/2002JD002293, 2003.
Wu, Y., B. Brashers, P.L. Finkelstein, and J.E. Pleim, 2003: "A Multi-Layer Bio-Chemical Dry Deposition Model, Part II: Model Sensitivities and Performance", J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D1), 4014, doi:10.1029/2002JD002306, 2003.

PAPERS IN PREPARATION:

Brashers, B. and R.A. Brown, "Oceanic boundary layer humidity retrievals from microwave radiometers", to be submitted to J. Geophys. Res.
Brashers, B. and R.A. Brown, "An oceanic latent heat flux climatology from microwave radiometers", to be submitted to J. Geophys. Res.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES:

Brashers, B., 1996: "Surface Fluxes, Mixed Layer Height and Cloud Base from the SSM/I Sensor". Abstracts, Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference, Victoria, BC. PORSEC, p. 35.
Brashers, B., 1997: "Oceanic latent heat flux from simulated SSM/I data". Preprint, 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Vancouver, BC. American Meteorology Society, p. 296.
Brashers, B., Y. Wu, J. Pleim, and P.L. Finkelstein, On Aerodynamic and Boundary Layer resistances within dry deposition models. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. In Eos, Transactions, 80 (46), p. F463.
Wu, Y., B. Brashers, and P.L. Finkelstein, Estimating gaseous exchanges between the atmosphere and plants using a coupled biochemical dry deposition model. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. In Eos, Transactions, 80 (46), p. F417.
Brashers, B, "Wintertime Stagnation Episodes Near Pocatello Idaho". PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Modeling System Users' Workshop, 24-25 June 2002, Boulder, CO. Available at www.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/workshop/ws02/Brashers.pdf

HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS:

Member, American Meteorological Society, 1996-present.
Member, American Geophysical Union, 1999-present.
Recipient, NSF travel scholarship to attend the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Buoyant Convection in Geophysical Flows, 17-27 March, 1997.
Third place for first-time presenters at the 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 30 July 1997.
Recipient, competitive NRC Post-doctoral Research Associateship, 1998-2001.

CURRICULUM VITAE Bart Alan Brashers

CURRICULUM VITAE
Bart Alan Brashers