Andrew G. Slater
Date of Birth	29 November 1971
Nationality	Australian
Postal Address	CIRES  Campus Box 449 University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80309-0449  USA
Phone	+1 - 303 - 735 5358
E-mail	aslater@cires.colorado.edu
WWW	http://cires.colorado.edu/~aslater

Tertiary Education :

• 1998-2003 : Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
  • Thesis Title : Snow Fractional Cover in Land Surface Schemes

    Thesis Summary :

    Classes taken

• 1993-1996 : Bachelor of Science (Hons - Class 1) (Macquarie University)

Thesis title : "An Investigation of Snow and Frozen Soil in a Land Surface Scheme"

Thesis summary : An investigation of the thermodynamics and hydrodynamics of the parameterization of the snow/soil system within a sophisticated Land Surface Scheme (LSS). Validation of the scheme BASE was undertaken along with a suite of sensitivity experiments. Improvements to various aspects of the scheme were made in addition to a series of important discoveries. These discoveries include the need for careful experimental design when using LSSs in cold/mid-latitude regions, high sensitivity of such a LSS to downward longwave radiation and altered simulation of sub-surface hydrology due to poor replication of the frozen soil regime.

Results from this thesis have been incorporated into BASE which is now being used in the BMRC GCM.

• Major : Climatology / Resource & Environmental Management
Classes taken

• 1990-1992 Bachelor of Economics (Macquarie University)
• Major : Finance and Accounting, (interests in Enviro. Economics & Weather Derivatives)
Classes taken

Secondary Education : 1984-1989 Higher School Certificate ( Killara High School)
 
 

Employment and Occupations :

• 1996-1998 Research Officer - School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University
• Research was concentrated on modeling of snow and frozen soil processes at the land surface. Major undertaking was (and still is) my involvement in PILPS. Dr. C.A. Schlosser and myself have been coordinating PILPS Phase 2(d) - Valdai which is concerned with the off-line forcing of about 20 land surface schemes from international research groups for the purposes of investigating parameterizations of snow and frozen soil processes.
• The presentation of lectures to the unit GEOS 301 GLOBAL CLIMATES was also involved. My lectures concentrated on the interaction of the cryosphere with the climate system.
• 1995 Research and Computing Assistant - School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University
• This position concerned the collection and colation of material for GEOS 114, first year unit at Macquarie University. This material was then transformed into a WWW-based tutorial package which students could access.
• 1993-1996 Macquarie University Library - Photocopy and general staff
• Duties included supervision of all photocopy facilities, customer services, basic machine maintenance, colour copy production, shelving.
 
• Freelance Photographer - specialising in rockclimbing/mountaineering and outdoor photography
• Freelance Rockclimibng Instructor/Guide - working for school groups etc.
• The above two activities are the result of my main recreational persuits and operate more at the amateur level rather than the professional level.

• Computing skills
• Able to program in FORTRAN and IDL
• Able to write in HTML
• Highly competent with UNIX operating systems. Competent in DOS and the Mac OS
• Familiar with most PC applications. Use WordPerfect 6.1
• Graphics : Skilled in XMGR, familiar with gnuplot, rarely use GrADS
• Statistical Skills : Familiar with EOF/PCA, SVD, Fourier, ARMA and various non-parametric statistical methods.
• Languages
• Fluent in spoken Ukranian
• Some basic understanding in German

• Serreze, M, AP Barrett, AG Slater, RA Woodgate, K Aagaard, RB Lammers, M Steele, R Moritz, M Meredith, and C M Lee (2006), A The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic, J. Geophys. Res., 111, C11010, doi:10.1029/2005JC003424

• Lawrence D.M. and Slater A.G., (2005), A Projection of Severe Near-Surface Permafrost Degradation During the 21st Century, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24401, doi:10.1029/2005GL025080

• Slater, A. G. and Clark, M. P. (2006) Snow Data Assimilation via an Ensemble Kalman Filter , J. Hydrometeorology in press

• Clark, M. P. and Slater, A. G. (2006) Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Estimation in Complex Terrain, J. Hydrometeorology, 7, 3-22

• Clark, M. P., Slater, A. G., Barrett, A. P., Hay, L. E., McCabe G. J. , Rajagopalan, B., Leavesley, G. H., (2006) A Assimilation of Snow Covered Area Information into Hydrologic and Land-Surface Models , Advances in Water Resources in press

• A. G. Slater, C. A. Schlosser, C. E. Desborough , A. J. Pitman, A. Henderson- Sellers , A. Robock , K. Ya. Vinnikov , N. A. Speranskaya, K. Mitchell, A. Boone, H. Braden, F. Chen, P. Cox, P. de Rosnay, R.E. Dickinson, Y-J. Dai, Q. Duan, J. Entin, P. Etchevers, N. Gedney, Ye. M. Gusev, F. Habets, J.Kim, V. Koren, E.Kowalczyk, O.N.Nasonova, J.Noilhan, J. Shaake, A.B. Shmakin,T. Smirnova, D. Verseghy, P. Wetzel , Y. Xue, Z-L. Yang (2001), The Representation of Snow in Land-surface Schemes; Results from PILPS 2(d). J. Hydrometeorology, 2, pp. 7-25

• Schlosser C.A., Slater A.G., Robock A., Pitman A.J., Vinnikov K. Ya., Henderson-Sellers A., Speranskaya N. A , Mitchell K., and the PILPS 2(d) contributors, (2000), Standalone Simulations of a Boreal Hydrology with Land-Surface Schemes Used in Atmospheric Models: PILPS Phase 2(d), Mon. Wea. Rev., 128,pp. 301-321.

• Pitman, A.J., Slater, A.G., Desborough, C.E., and Zhao, M (1999), Uncertainty in the simulation of runoff due to the parameterization of frozen soil moisture using the Global Soil Wetness Project methodology ,J. Geophys. Res., 104(D14), pp. 16879-16888

• A.G. Slater , A.J. Pitman and C.E. Desborough (1998), The simulation of freeze-thaw cycles in a GCM Land Surface Scheme., J. Geophysical Research (Atmospheres) 103(D10):11303-11312

• A.G. Slater , A.J. Pitman and C.E. Desborough (1998), The Validation of a Snow Parameterization designed for use in General Circulation Models., International Journal of Climatology, 18(6):595-617

• A.H. Lynch, A.G. Slater, M. Serreze (2001), The Alaskan Arctic Frontal Zone: Forcing by Orography, Coastal Contrast and the Boreal Forest , J. Climate, 14, 4351-4362

• J. Beringer , F. S. Chapin III , I. McHugh , N.J. Tapper , A.H. Lynch , M.C. Serreze, A.G.Slater, (2001), Impact of Arctic Treeline on Synoptic Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, 28(22), 4247-4250

• A.G. Slater, C.A. Schlosser, C.E.Desborough, A.J.Pitman, A. Henderson-Sellers, A.Robock and PILPS 2(d) participants (1999), The Representation of Snow in Land-surface Schemes: Results from PILPS 2(d) Invited presentation to the 14th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Dallas, Jan. 10-15, 1999

• Timbal, B., Hahmann, A. N., Pitman, A. J., Qu, W., Henderson-Sellers, A., and Slater, A., 1996: New developments in the Project for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes, EOS, Volume 78, pages 173-181

• Schlosser, C. A., A. J. Pitman, A. G. Slater, and A. Henderson-Sellers, 1997: Experimental design and preliminary results from PILPS Phase 2(d). GEWEX News, 7 (4), 9-11.

Prizes and Awards :

• 1995 Atmospheric Science Summer Scholarship (Macquarie University, School of Earth Sciences)
• 1993 Western Mining Corporation Prize for excellence in "GEOS 115 Materials of the Earth" (Macquarie University, School of Earth Sciences)
• 1991 Invited Contestant on "Sale of the Century - Champion of Champions" (World's richest quiz program at the time)
• 1989 Australian Student Champion "Sale of the Century - National Student Championships"

• Peer Reviewer for the following Journals :
  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres)
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan
  • Global and Planetary Change
• 1995 Honours Student Representative, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University
• 1991-1995 Executive Member, Macquarie University Mountaineering Society

• Mountaineering, rockclimbing, bushwalking etc.
• Skiing
• Photography, writing
• Motor mechanics

Professor A. J. Pitman,
School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia

Dr. C.A. Schlosser,
Geophysical Fluids Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, U.S.A