Phillip B. Chilson

Associate Professor

School of Meteorology University of Oklahoma 120 David L. Boren Blvd, Rm 4618 Norman, OK 73072-7307

Phone: 405-325-5095 Fax: 405-325-7689 e-mail: chilson@ou.edu

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A recurring theme in the research interests of Dr. Chilson has been the study of dynamics and stratification of the atmosphere using profiling radars (profilers). Unlike weather radars, profilers are used to probe the atmosphere directly above. Since obtaining his PhD in physics, Dr. Chilson has used profiling radars located around the world to observe such phenomena as the ablation of meteors in the atmosphere, high altitude (85 km!) ice clouds, shear-induced dynamic instabilities, effects of ionospheric modification, the evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer, and orographically induced gravity waves. After joining the faculty of the School of Meteorology in 2005, he has further broadened his interests to include precipitation studies. Dr. Chilson is working together with others in order to develop a research site near OU (the Kessler Farm Field Laboratory), where targeted in-situ and remote sensing precipitation measurements can be made. He has also begun working on the development of different "virtual radars", which are used to probe model-produced simulated atmospheres. Before coming to OU, Dr. Chilson was a research scientist with CIRES at the University of Colorado where he worked with the NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory. Earlier appointments were with the Swedish Institute of Space Phyiscs and the Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie (currently the Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung).