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R. Laureen Gunter

Meteorologist,
Air-Surface Exchange, Mobile Flux Measurements

Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
456 S. Illinois Ave.
Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Office: (865) 576-1246
Fax: (865) 576-1327

Email: Laureen.Gunter@noaa.gov


Educational Background

1994 - M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
1983 - B.A. in Geography/ Meteorology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO


Awards / Honors

Air Quality Group - Unit Citation, 1989
NOAA/Unit Administrator’s Award, November 1995
Cash Award for Sustained Performance, 1988 – 2004
Cash-in-Account Performance Award, 2004


Professional Organizations

The Society of Sigma Xi
American Geophysical Union


Research Interest

Aerosols
Atmospheric chemistry


Selected Publications

Gunter, R. L., 1994: Characterization of the optical properties of California aerosols during SJVAQS/AUSPEX. Thesis for the degree, Master of Science in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Wyoming. May 1994.

Gunter, R.L., R.T. McMillen, L. Kleinman, W.T. Luke, T. Watson, D.L. Wellman, and S.W. Wilkison, 1996: Evaluation of Flux Divergence of Ozone Using Measured and Modeled Ozone Net Production Rates, presented at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), December 15-19, 1996, San Francisco, CA.

Luke, W.T., T. Watson, K.J. Olszyna, R.L. Gunter, R.T. McMillen, D.L. Wellman, S.W. Wilkison, 1998. A Comparison of Airborne and Surface Trace Gas Measurements during the Southern Oxidants Study (SOS). J. Geophys. Res. 103:22317-22337.

McMillen, Robert T., R. Laureen Gunter, Winston T. Luke, and Thomas B. Watson, 2000: Ozone fluxes obtained with the NOAA Twin Otter during the Southern Oxidants Study. J. Geophys. Res. 105(D7):9121-9135.

Gunter, R. L., R .J. White, R. P. Hosker, 2001. A Preliminary Study of Vehicle Wakes Using a Towed Array of 3-D Sonic Anemometers, presented at The 2001 International Conference on: Future Directions in Air Quality Research, February12-15, 2001, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Rao, K. S., R. L. Gunter, J. R. White, and R. P. Hosker, 2002: Turbulence and Dispersion Modeling Near Highways. Atmospheric Environment 36, 4337-4346.

Gunter, R.L., and T.P. Meyers, 2002. “Houston Rural vs. Urban Ozone and Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Air-Surface Exchange Rates,” presented at the AGU (Fall meeting), December 5-10, 2002.

Hosker, R.P. Jr., K.S. Rao, R.L. Gunter, C.J. Nappo, T.P. Meyers, K.R. Birdwell, and J.R. White, 2003: Issues affecting dispersion near highways: light winds, intra-urban dispersion, vehicle wakes, and the Roadway-2 dispersion model. NOAA Technical Memorandum 247, Oak Ridge, TN.

Gunter, R.L., T.B. Watson, W.T. Luke, J.R. Arnold, and C.W. King, 2003. Determination of the boundary layer characteristics in the Tampa Bay area during the Bay Region Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (BRACE). Presented at AGU Fall Meeting, December 8 – 12, 2003, San Francisco, CA.

Gunter, R.L. and R. P. Hosker, 2004. Evaluation of some urban surface layer characteristics during JU2003 using two instrumented 30 m towers. Fifth Conference on Urban Environment, August.23 27, 2004, Vancouver, BC, Canada, American Meteorological Society.

 
 
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