Dept of Engineering Physics
Email: Robert Wacker
PhD, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005.
MS, Meteorology, Texas A&M University, 1997.
BS, Physics, United States Air Force Academy, 1995.
Remote sensing of tropical cyclone intensity using polar-orbiting passive microwave radiometers.
Lightning detection network performance.
Aviation meteorology forecast product validation.
SATELLITE METEOROLOGY
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS
ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
AVIATION WEATHER
Wacker, R.S. and R.E. Orville, 1999: Changes in Measured Lightning Flash Count and Return Stroke Peak Current After the 1994 U.S. National Lightning Detection Network Upgrade; Part I: Observations. J. Geophys. Res., 104, Ds, January 27, 2151-2157.
Wacker, R.S. and R.E. Orville, 1999: Changes in Measured Lightning Flash Count and Return Stroke Peak Current After the 1994 U.S. National Lightning Detection Network Upgrade; Part II: Theory. J. Geophys. Res., 104, D2, January 27, 2159-2162.
Wacker, R.S., C.S. Velden, and G.W. Petty, 2004: Toward a Correction for Precipitation Scattering Effects in Satellite-Based Passive Microwave Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation. Preprints: AMS 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 3-7 May 2004, Miami, FL, 78-79.
Wacker, R.S., 2004: UW-CIMSS Contributions to Improved Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation and Forecasting. United States Pacific Command Tropical Cyclone Conference, 17-19 Feb 2004, Tokyo, Japan.
Wacker, R.S. and R.E. Orville, 1996: Changes in Measured Lightning Return Stroke Mean Peak Current Since the 1994 National Lightning Detection Network Upgrade. American Geophyiscal Union Fall Meeting, 15-19 Dec 1996, San Francisco, CA.