William D. Neff
Ph.D. Astrogeophysics, University of Colorado, 1980
Director, Physical Sciences Division
Earth System Research Laboratory
E-mail: william.neff@noaa.gov
Office: David Skaggs Research Center, 1D122
Phone: 303-496-6265
Research Interests
- Antarctic Climate Change
- Atmosphere-snow/ice exchange processes
- Boundary layer remote sensing
- Mountain and air quality meteorology
Honors and Awards
- AMS, Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Sciences (2008)
- Department of Commerce Silver Medal to the Meteorological Applications and Assessment Division (1998)
- NOAA Distinguished Authorship Award (1998)
- Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer (1993)
- NOAA Distinguished Authorship Award (1991)
- PLAN Boulder County Annual Environmentalist Award (1989)
Recent Publications
- Anderson, P. S., and W. D. Neff, 2008: Boundary layer physics over snow and ice. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 3563-3582.
- Davis, D. D., J. Seelig, G. Huey, J. Crawford, G. Chen, Y. Wang, M. Buhr, D. Helmig, W. Neff, D. Blake, R. Arimoto, and F. Eiselem, 2008: A reassessment of Antarctic plateau reactive nitrogen based on ANTCI 2003 airborne and ground based measurements. Atmos. Environ., 42, 2831-2848.
- Eisele, F., D. D. Davis, D. Helmig, S. J. Oltmans, W. Neff, G. Huey, D. Tanner, G. Chen, J. Crawford, R. Arimoto, M. Buhr, L. Mauldin, M. Hutterli, J. Dibb, D. Blake, S. B. Brooks, B. Johnson, J. M. Roberts, Y. Wang, D. Tan, and F. Flocke, 2008: Antarctic Tropospheric Chemistry Investigation (ANTCI) 2003 overview. Atmos. Environ., 42, 2749-2761.
- Helmig, D., B. Johnson, S. J. Oltmans, W. Neff, F. Eisele and D. D. Davis, 2008: Elevated ozone in the boundary layer at South Pole. Atmos. Environ., 42, 2788-2803.
- Helmig, D., B. J. Johnson, M. Warshawsky, T. Morse, W. D. Neff, F. Eisele and D. D. Davis, 2008: Nitric oxide in the boundary-layer at South Pole during the Antarctic Tropospheric Chemistry Investigation (ANTCI). Atmos. Environ., 42, 2817-2830.
- Neff, W., D. Helmig, A. Grachev and D. Davis, 2008: A study of boundary layer behavior associated with high NO concentrations at the South Pole using a minisodar, tethered balloons and sonic anemometer. Atmos. Environ., 42, 2762-2779.
- Neff W., J. Perlwitz, M. Hoerling, 2008: Observational evidence for asymmetric changes in tropospheric heights over Antarctica on decadal time scales, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L18703, doi:10.1029/2008GL035074.
- Perlwitz J., S. Pawson, R. L. Fogt, J. E. Nielsen, W. D. Neff (2008), Impact of stratospheric ozone hole recovery on Antarctic climate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08714, doi:10.1029/2008GL033317.
- Wang, Y. H., Y. Choi, T. Zeng, D. Davis, M. Buhr, L. G. Huey and W. Neff, 2008: Assessing the photochemical impact of snow NOx emissions over Antarctica during ANTCI 2003 (reprinted from 2007 Atmos. Environ., 41, 944-3958) Atmos. Environ., 42, 2849-2863.
