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R. Michael Hardesty

Ph.D. Naval Postgraduate School, 1984

Chief, Atmospheric Lidar Division
NOAA/ESRL, Chemical Sciences Division

E-mail: michael.hardesty@noaa.gov
Office: David Skaggs Research Center 3A111
Phone: 303-497-6568

Research Interests

Lidar remote sensing of the atmosphere; Doppler laser radar; atmospheric propagation; signal processing of Doppler lidar returns, tropospheric aerosols.

Current Research Projects

Satellite-based measurement of atmospheric winds using Doppler lidar; lidar measurement of cloud microphysical properties, tropospheric ozone, turbulent boundary layer.