Curriculum Vitae

 

Walter N. Meier

walt@nsidc.org

303-492-6508

 

 

Biography

 

Born:  2 September 1969, Farmington, MI; U.S. Citizen

 

Education

 

Ph.D.  1998        University of Colorado, Aerospace Eng. Sci., Program in Atmos. and Oceanic Sciences Dissertation Title:  “Application of Data Assimilation Methods for Analysis and Integration of Observed and Modeled Arctic Sea Ice Motions”

M.S.    1992        University of Colorado, Aerospace Engineering Sciences

B.S.     1991        University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering

 

Experience

 

Research Scientist II                                                            National Snow and Ice Data Center (August 2003 – Present)

Adjunct Assistant Professor                                             U.S. Naval Academy (August 2001 – August 2003)

     U.S. Navy CNMOC Remote Sensing Chair

UCAR Visiting Scientist                                                     U.S. National Ice Center (September 1999 – August 2001)

UCAR Post-Doctoral Fellow                                              University of Colorado (February 1999 – August 1999)

Graduate Research Assistant                                            University of Colorado (June 1991 – December 1998)    

 

Refereed Publications

 

Meier, W.N., J. Stroeve, and S. Gearheard, 2006.  Bridging perspectives from remote sensing and Inuit communities on changing sea ice cover in the Baffin Bay region, accepted in Ann. Glaciol., 44, in press.

Meier, W.N., and M. Dai, 2006.  High-resolution sea ice motions from AMSR-E imagery, accepted in Ann. Glaciol., 44, in press.

Stroeve, J.C., T. Markus, W.N. Meier, and J. Miller, 2006.  The role of changes in the melt season in the declining Arctic sea ice, accepted in Ann. Glaciol., 44, in press.

Dai, M., T.E. Arbetter, and W.N. Meier, 2006.  Data assimilation of sea-ice motion vectors:  Sensitivity to the parameterization of sea-ice strength, accepted in Ann. Glaciol., 44, in press.

Stroeve, J.C., and W.N. Meier, 2006.  The role of melt in the recent extreme Arctic summer ice extent minima, submitted to J. Climate Dynamics.

Clark, Martyn, et al., 2006.  Scientific and societal uses of remotely sensed snow and ice information in “Research and Economic Applications of Remote Sensing Data Products”, U. Aswathanarayana and R. Balaji, eds., accepted for publication.

Stroeve, J.C., W.N. Meier, F. Fetterer, and K. Knowles, 2005.  Reductions in Arctic sea ice no longer limited to summer, Eos, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 86(36), 326.

Meier, W.N., 2005.  Comparison of passive microwave ice concentration algorithm retrievals with AVHRR imagery in the Arctic peripheral seas, IEEE Trans. Geosci. and Rem. Sens., 43(6), 1324-1337.

Stroeve, J.C., M.C. Serreze, F. Fetterer, T. Arbetter, W.N. Meier, J. Maslanik, and K. Knowles, 2005.  Tracking the Arctic’s shrinking ice cover: Another extreme minimum in 2004, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L04501, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021810.

Meier, W.N., M. Marquis, M. Kaminski, and R. Weaver, 2004.  NASA EOS sensors demonstrate potential for multiparameter studies of Arctic sea ice, Eos, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 85(46), pp. 481,488-489.

Van Woert, M.L., C.Z. Zou, W.N. Meier, P.D. Hovey, 2004.  Verification of the “Polar Ice Prediction System” sea ice concentration fields, J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., 21(6), 944-957, 2004.

Meier, W.N., and J.A. Maslanik, 2003.  Effect of environmental conditions on observed, modeled, and assimilated sea ice motion errors, J. Geophys. Res, 108(C5), 3152, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001333.

Meier, W.N., T. Maksym, and M. Van Woert, 2003. Evaluation of operational microwave products: A case-study in the Barents Sea during October 2001, Ice in the Environment: Proceedings of the Int'l Assoc. for Hydraulic Engr. & Research, vol. 3, Dunedin, New Zealand, 213-222.

Arbetter, T.E., A.H. Lynch, J.A. Maslanik, and W.N. Meier, 2003. Effects of Data assimilation of ice motion in a basin-scale sea ice model, Ice in the Environment: Proceedings of the Int'l Assoc. for Hydraulic Engr. & Research, vol. 3, Dunedin, New Zealand, 186-193.

Van Woert M., C.Z. Zou, W.N. Meier, P. Hovey, and M. Chase, 2002. 24-hour forecast validation of the Polar Ice Prediction System, International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research 16th International Symposium on Ice, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2-6 December, vol. 2, Dunedin, New Zealand, 445-452.

Van Woert, M., W.N. Meier, J.A. Beesley, and C.Z. Zhou, 2001.  Satellite validation of the May 2000 sea ice concentration fields from the Polar Ice Prediction System, Can. J. Rem. Sens., 27(5), 443-456.

Meier, W.N., and J.A. Maslanik, 2001.  Synoptic-scale ice motion case studies using assimilated motion fields, Ann. Glaciol., 33, 145-150.

Meier, W.N., M. Van Woert, and C. Bertoia, 2001.  Evaluation of operational SSM/I ice concentration algorithms, Ann. Glaciol., 33, 102-108.

Van Woert, M., W.N. Meier, C.Z. Zou, A. Archer, A. Pellegrini, P. Grigioni, and C. Bertoia, 2001.  Satellite observations of upper-ocean currents in Terra Nova Bay, Ant., Ann. Glaciol., 33, 407-412.

Meier, W.N., and J.A. Maslanik, 2001.  Improved sea ice parcel trajectories in the Arctic via data assimilation, Marine Poll. Bull., 42(6), 506-512.

Meier, W.N., J.A. Maslanik, and C.W. Fowler, 2000.  Error analysis and assimilation of remotely sensed ice motion within an Arctic sea ice model, J. Geophys. Res., 105(C2), 3339-3356.

Meier, W.N., J.A. Maslanik, J.R. Key, and C.W. Fowler, 1997.  Multiparameter AVHRR-derived products for Arctic climate studies, Earth Interactions, vol. 1., http://EarthInteractions.org/.

 

Conference Proceedings and Non-refereed Publications

 

Meier, W.N., 2005.  Potential of AMSR-E derived sea ice motions for assimilation into sea ice models, Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 8th Conf. on Polar Meteorol. and Oceanogr., San Diego, CA, 9-13 Jan. 2005.

Poukish, M., A. Kaiser, and W.N. Meier, 2003.  Midshipmen head way south for the winter, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command News, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 20-21.

Meier, W.N., M. Van Woert, M. Chase, and P. McKenna, 2001.  Near real-time microwave sea ice products for operational ice analysis, National Snow and Ice Data Center Glaciological Data Report GD-30, Summary of NSIDC Special Session at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 10-14 December, pp. 40-45.

Meier, W.N., S. Andersen, and N. Bastar, 2002.  Evaluation of SSM/I-derived sea ice concentrations with AVHRR imagery, Proceedings 2002 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 24-28 June, Toronto, ON.

McKenna, P., W.N. Meier, M. Van Woert, M. Chase, and K. Dedrick, 2002.  SSM/I sea ice algorithm inter-comparison:  Operational case studies from the National Ice Center, Proceedings 2002 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 24-28 June, Toronto, ON.

Meier, W.N., and J.A. Maslanik, 1999.  Assimilation of observed ice motions into a sea ice thickness distribution model, Proceedings AMS 5th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, 10-15 January, Dallas, TX, pp. 486-489.

Meier, W.N., J.A. Maslanik, J.R. Key, and C.W. Fowler, 1996.  Retrieval of Arctic surface conditions and cloud properties from AVHRR data: A time series for the Beaufort Sea, Proceedings 1996 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 27-31 May, Lincoln, NE, pp. 73-75.

 

Selected Presentations

 

Meier, W.N., J. Stroeve, R. Armstrong, M.J. Brodzik, S.J.S. Khalsa, D. Scott, L. French, F. Coloma, J. Smith, Cryospheric data derived from passive microwave sources, CIRES Symposium, Boulder, CO, 12 April 2006.

Weaver, R.L., W.N. Meier, R. Armstrong, T. Scambos, M.J. Brodzik, M. Savoie, D. Fowler, Snow and ice products from the MODIS, ASMR-E, and GLAS instruments on NASA’s EOS satellites, European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2-7 April 2006.

Fetterer, F., W.N. Meier, J. Stroeve, D.J. Cavalieri, C.L. Parkinson, J.C. Comiso, and R. Weaver, Developing sea ice climate data records for the NPOESS era, American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences and American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Meeting, Honolulu, 20-24 Feb 2006.

Meier, W.N., Arctic sea ice decline, climate change, and public policy, University of Colorado, Physics 3000, Science and Public Policy, Prof. R.J. Peterson, 14 Feb 2006.  [Invited]

Meier, W.N., and J. Stroeve, Melting Away? Views of Arctic sea ice, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Lecture Series, 25 Jan 2006.  [Invited]

Meier, W.N., Applications of AMSR-E data products for operations, U.S. National Ice Center, Washington, DC, 13 Jan 2006.  [Invited]

Meier, W.N., Non-EOS Passive Microwave Data Products at NSIDC, NASA Data Panel Review Workshop, Washington, DC, 11-12 Jan 2006.

Meier, W.N., and M. Dai, High-resolution sea ice motions from AMSR-E imagery, Int’l Glaciol. Society Sea Ice Symposium, Dunedin, NZ, 5-9 Dec 2005.

Meier, W.N., Impact of decreasing sea ice cover on native communities in the Baffin Bay region, Int’l Glaciological Society Sea Ice Symposium, Dunedin, NZ, 5-9 Dec 2005.

Stroeve, J.C., T. Markus, W.N. Meier, and J. Miller, 2006.  The role of changes in the melt season in the declining Arctic sea ice, Int’l Glaciol. Society Sea Ice Symposium, Dunedin, NZ, 5-9 Dec 2005.

Dai, M., T.E. Arbetter, and W.N. Meier, 2006.  Data assimilation of sea-ice motion vectors:  Sensitivity to the parameterization of sea-ice strength, Int’l Glaciol. Society Sea Ice Symposium, Dunedin, NZ, 5-9 Dec 2005.

Meier, W.N., F. Fetterer, J. Stroeve, D. Cavalieri, C. Parkinson, J. Comiso, and R. Weaver, Towards a satellite-based sea ice climate data record, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 5-9 Dec 2005.

Renfrow, S., W.N. Meier, J. Wolfe, D. Scott, A. Leon, and R. Weaver, What about sea ice?—People, animals, and climate change in the polar regions: An online resource for the International Polar Year and beyond, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 5-9 Dec 2005.

Fetterer, F., C. Fowler, T. Arbetter, W.N. Meier, and T. Street, Extending the U.S. National Ice Center’s sea ice climatology, Second Int’l Workshop on Advances in the Use of Historical Marine Climate Data (MARCDAT-II), Exeter, UK, 17-20 Oct 2005.

Meier, W.N., Sea ice in a changing Arctic, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, Ann Arbor MI, 14 Oct 2005.

Meier, W.N., 2005.  Potential of AMSR-E derived sea ice motions for assimilation into sea ice models, American Meteorol. Soc. 8th Conf. on Polar Meteorol. and Oceanogr., 9-13 January, San Diego, CA.

Arbetter, T., and W.N. Meier, 2005.  Assimilation of observed sea ice motion in models: Error analysis, American Meteorol. Soc. 8th Conf. on Polar Meteorol. and Oceanogr., 9-13 January, San Diego, CA.

Meier, W.N., and J. Stroeve, 2004.  The Role of Melt Onset Timing in the Recent Extreme Arctic Summer Ice Extent Minima, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 6-10 December, San Francisco, CA.

Stroeve, J., M. Serreze, F. Fetterer, T. Arbetter, W.N. Meier, J. Maslanik, and K. Knowles, 2004.  Tracking the Arctic’s Shrinking Ice Cover: Another Extreme Minimum in 2004, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 6-10 December, San Francisco, CA.

Marquis, M., M. Smith, and W.N. Meier, 2004.  Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) Data Products and Browse Images, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 6-10 December, San Francisco, CA.

Meier, W.N., M. Marquis, M. Kaminski, and M. Savoie, 2004.  Snow and ice products from the Aqua, Terra, and ICESat satellites at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, American NASA EOS Data Workshop, 16-17 November, Landover, MD.

Meier, W.N., M. Marquis, M. Kaminski, and M. Savoie, 2004.  Snow and ice products from the Aqua, Terra, and ICESat satellites at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 17-21 May, Montreal, QE.

Meier, W.N., 2004.  Passive microwave sea ice data sets for operation analyses at the U.S. National Ice Center, Sea Ice Data Assimilation Workshop, 23-24 March, Montreal, QE.

Arbetter, T.E., and W.N. Meier, 2004.  Assimilation of observed ice motions in sea ice models, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 17-21 May, Montreal, QE.

Meier, W.N., T. Arbetter, and C. Takeuchi, 2003.  Assimilation of observed ice motions in a 2-D sea ice model, Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 7th Conf. on Meteorol. and Oceanogr., 12-16 May, Hyannis, MA.

Meier, W.N., and T. Vermeychuk, 2003.  Sea ice motion products from microwave imagery, Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 7th Conf. on Meteorol. and Oceanogr., 12-16 May, Hyannis, MA.

Meier, W.N., 2002.  The current and future state of data assimilation for sea-ice studies, Alliance for Marine Remote Sensing Operational Oceanography and Remote Sensing Symposium, London, 5-7 March.

Meier, W.N., 2002.  Evaluation of operational SSM/I ice concentration algorithms, SSM/I Algorithm Research Panel Meeting, January, Orlando, FL.

Meier, W.N., M. Van Woert, and M. Chase, 2001.  Near real-time microwave sea ice products for operational sea ice analysis, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December, San Fran., CA.

Meier, W.N., 2001.  Atmospheric effects on marginal ice zone concentrations from passive microwave algorithms, 6th AMS Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, May, San Diego, CA.

Meier, W.N., 2000.  Operational SSM/I ice concentration and ice motion algorithms, SSM/I Algorithm Research Panel Meeting, January, Long Beach, CA.

Meier, W.N., and J.A. Maslanik, 1999.  An assimilated ice motion product from SSM/I imagery and a two-dimensional dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice model, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December, San Francisco, CA.

Meier, W.N., 1999.  Ice motion data assimilation for operational sea ice forecast modeling, Polar Ice Prediction System (PIPS) 3.0 Development Team Meeting, July, Washington, DC.

Arbetter, T.A., and W.N. Meier, 1998.  Evaluation of Arctic sea ice models for climate applications, 3rd Annual NCAR Climate System Modeling Workshop, July, Breckenridge, CO.

Meier, W.N., and J.A. Maslanik, 1997.  Assimilation of ice motion vectors into a 2-D sea ice model, 1997 Joint Assemblies of the Int’l Assoc. of Meteor. and Atm. Sciences and Int’l Assoc. for Phys. Sciences of the Oceans (IAMAS/IAPSO), 1-9 July, Melbourne, Australia.

Meier, W.N., 1997.  Combining remote sensing and modeling to improve understanding of the polar regions, IAMAS/IAPSO, 1-9 July, Melbourne, Australia.

 

Funded Proposals

 

Stroeve, J. (PI), M. Serreze, M. Holland, T. Scambos, T. Arbetter, and W. Meier.  Diagnosing the declining Arctic sea ice cover, Apr. 2006 – Mar. 2008.

Fetterer, F., (PI), C. Fowler, T. Arbetter, and W. Meier, Update of sea ice climatology from National Ice Center ice charts, Jan. 2005 – Jul 2006.

Meier, W.N. (PI), Data assimilation of sea ice motion into sea ice models, NRL, Sep. 2004 – Feb. 2006.

Arbetter, T.E. (PI), and W.N. Meier (Co-PI), Investigation of the assimilation of ice motion data in sea ice models, NASA, Jul. 2001 – Jun. 2004.

 

Field Experiments:  Beaufort Arctic Storms Experiment (BASE), mission scientist, Beaufort Sea, 1994.

 

Awards:  Recipient, NASA Mission to Planet Earth Graduate Research Fellowship, 1996-1998

 

Society Memberships:  American Geophysical Union, American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, Alliance for Marine Remote Sensing

 

Peer Reviewer:  J. Geophysical Research (Oceans), J. Physical Oceanography, J. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Continental Shelf Research, Atmosphere-Ocean, Remote Sensing of the Environment, Geophysical Research Letters