Robert A. Baxter, Certified Consulting Meteorologist


     Publications and Presentations 

"Innovative Procedures for the Performance Auditing of Radar Wind and RASS Profilers."  Presented at the Sixth Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, Orlando, Florida, January, 2002.

"A Simple Step by Step Method for the Alignment of Wind Sensors to True North."  Presented at the 11th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January, 2001.

"Inexpensive Temperature and Relative Humidity Sensors, How Good are They?",  with David L. Yoho and David H. Bush.  Presented at the 11th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January, 2001.

"Sodar Based Wind Profiles as Model Inputs:  Understanding the Role of Atmospheric Conditions in Assessing the Quality of the Data," with Gennaro H. Crescenti.  Presented at the 11th Joint Conference on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA, Long Beach, California.  January, 2000.

“Quality Assurance Methods for Ground-Based Meteorological Remote Sensors” presented at the 1999 Nuclear Utility Meteorological Data Users Group Meeting, Syracuse, New York.  May, 1999.

“Examples of Noise Interference on Doppler Sodar Performance,” with Gennaro H. Crescenti.  Presented at the Tenth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Phoenix, Arizona, January, 1998.

“Quality Assurance of Remote Wind Profilers During the 1995 EPA Sodar Characterization Study” presented at the Ninth Joint Conference on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with A&WMA, Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1996.

“Draft Guidelines for the Quality Assurance and Management of PAMS Upper-Air Meteorological Data” with Charles G. Lindsey and Timothy S. Dye. Draft report STI-94611-1556-FR. Prepared for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Emissions, Monitoring and Analysis Division, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, December, 1995.

“Quality Assurance of Data Produced from Sodars -- Application of a New Instrument for Field Performance Auditing,” presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, San Antonio, Texas, June, 1995.

“Performance Auditing of Sodars Under the New USEPA Guidance -- Applications of a New Instrument to Quantitatively Assess Sodar Performance,” presented at the Ninth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Charlotte, North Carolina, March, 1995.

“Evaluation of the Wind Data Collected Using Different USEPA Approved Calculation Algorithms,” presented at the Ninth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Charlotte, North Carolina, March, 1995.

"A Measurement Method for Sampling Pollutants Aloft in Complex Terrain" with J.R. Pederson (1994). in Planning and Managing Regional Air Quality Modeling and Measurement Studies, edited by P. A. Solomon and T. A. Silver, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

"Development of a Universal Acoustic Pulse Transponding System for Performance Auditing Sodars," presented at the 7th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Boulder, Colorado, October, 1994.

"Performance of Sodar Audits Under the New USEPA Guidance," presented at the 7th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Boulder, Colorado, October, 1994.

"The Design and Implementation of Vehicle Scrapping Programs" with Ranajit Sahu, presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, Denver, Colorado, June, 1993.

"Results of the 1991 LMOS Remote Wind Profiling Audit Program" with Alexander N. Barnett, presented at the Eighth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation 73rd AMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California. January 1993.

"A Measurement Method for Sampling Pollutants Aloft in Complex Terrain," with J.R. Pederson, presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 1991.

"Determination of Mixing Heights from Data Collected during the 1985 SCCCAMP Field Program," Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 30, No. 5, May 1991.

"Determination of Mixing Heights from Data Collected During the 1985 SCCCAMP Field Program," presented at the Air and Waste Management Association International Specialty Conference on Tropospheric Ozone and the Environment. Los Angeles, California. March 1990

"Quantifying Fugitive Emissions from Mining and Material Handling Operations Using Gas Tracer Techniques," presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Air Pollution Control Association, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1983.

"An Advanced Continuous SF 6 Analyzer for Real-Time Tracer Gas Dispersion Measurements from Moving Platforms," with D. Pankratz, and I. Tombach, presented at the VI World Congress on Air Quality, Paris, France, May, 1983.

"A Portable Continuous SF 6 Analyzer Suitable for Airborne Platforms," presented at the Air Pollution Control Association Specialty Conference on In-Situ Air Quality Monitoring from Moving Platforms, San Diego, California. January 1982.

"Acoustic Radar Derived Mixing Heights and their Relation to Observed Changes in Ozone Concentrations in the Northeast Corridor," with M.W. Chan and J.C. Marlia, presented at the Third International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. June 1981

"A Characterization of Acoustic Radar Derived Morning Mixing Heights in the Northeast Corridor During the Summer of 1980," with M.W. Chan, A.N. Barnett and N.C. Possiel, presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Air Pollution Control Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 1981.

"Remote Plume Monitoring Using a Mobile Monostatic Acoustic Radar," with J.T. Ferril and G.H. Taylor, presented at the American Meteorological Society 19th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Miami, Florida. April 1980.

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