Center for Environmental Science
A Cooperative Center operated by The University of Chicago
and Argonne National Laboratory

Richard L. Coulter

Argonne National Laboratory
Environmental Research Division  Bldg. 203
9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, Illinois, 60439

(630) 252-5833
FAX:  (630) 252-5498
E-mail: rlcoulter@anl.gov

EDUCATION

  • Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, B.A., Cum laude, with honors in Physics, 1967
  • Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, M.S., in Physics, 1969
  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Ph.D., Meteorology, 1976

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • October 1987 to present: Project leader, Atmospheric Section, Environmental Research Division
  • January 1983 to October 1987: Project leader, Atmospheric Physics Program, Environmental Research Division
  • January 1981 to present: Meteorologist, Argonne National Laboratory
  • September 1977 to January 1981: Assistant Meteorologist, Argonne National Laboratory
  • September 1970 to June 1972: Enlisted forces, U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command, U.S. Army
  • June 1976 to September 1977: Senior Project Associate, Pennsylvania State University

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Remote probing of the lower atmosphere and oceans; influences of complex terrain on the energy and dynamics of the lower atmosphere; nocturnal evolution of the lower atmosphere; turbulent exchange of mass, momentum and heat in the atmosphere; instrument development; emergency response instrumentation, modeling and implementation.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Sigma Xi
  • American Meteorological Society

LABORATORY COMMITTEES

  • Division Seminar Committee

NATIONAL COMMITEES

  • Standing Committee on Atmospheric Measurements, 1985-1986
  • ASCOT Planning and Advisory Panel
  • International Acoustic Remote Sensing Society Advisory Panel

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • Freshman Physics Award, 1963
  • Laboratory Directory Award for Accomplishment, 1996

RECENT PARTICIPATION IN MAJOR SYMPOSIA

  • American Meteorological Society Short Course on Probing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Taught portion on "sodar methods" June, 1983.
  • Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, November 12-15 in Boulder, Colorado; "Interaction of Sub-mesoscale Flows in Complex Terrain During Nocturnal Drainage Conditions".
  • 5th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing at the Atmosphere and Oceans, February 5-9, 1990, New Delhi, India. Invited Paper; Session Chairman, ("Minisodars: Application and Potential"; "Use of a Small Minisodar to Measure Tributary Flows").
  • 8th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, May 1996 A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Moscow, Russia Invited Paper (“The Minisodar and planetary boundary layer studies”, “Development of a volume imaging Minisodar”)
  • 9th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans, 6-10 July 1998, University of Agricultural Sciences, , Vienna, Austria Invited Paper (“The place for Sodars in a high-technology environment”; The Argonne Boundary  Layer Experiments Facility: using Minisodars to complement a wind profiler network”º
  • 10th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing, 27 November – 1 December 2000, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Invited paper (“Questions or answers: sodar observations from the cases99 field study”)

CONSULTANTSHIP AND ADJUNCT APPOINTMENTS

  • Consultant to Aerovironment, Inc., 1986-present
BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. R. D. Turoff, R. Coulter, J. Irish, M. Sundquiust, and E. Burchner
    SPIN-LATTICE RELAXATION AND TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF ELECTRON-PARAMAGNETIC-RESONANCE LINEWIDTH OF Mn(Mg)SO4.4H2O
    Phys. Rev. 16(4), 406-409 (1967)
    (Work done while at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio)

  2. J. G. Parks and Richard L. Coulter
    SIMPLIFIED INSTRUMENTATION FOR LOW FREQUENCY SPECTRAL ANALYSIS
    Rev. Sci. Instr. 41(11), 1650-1656 (1971)
    (Work done while at the Propulsion Systems Laboratory, U. S. Army Tank-Automotive Command, Warren, Michigan)

  3. R. L. Coulter
    ANALYSIS OF DOPPLER-SHIFTED MONOSTATIC ACDAR SIGNALS
    In: Second Annual Progress Report of the Select Research Group in Air Pollution Meteorology (The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1974), Meteorology Department report no. EPA-650/4-74-045-b, pp. 441-483.
    (Work done while at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA)

  4. D. W. Thomson and R. L. Coutler
    ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF PHASE-COHERENT ACDAR SOUNDING MEASUREMENTS
    J. Geophys. Res. 79(36), 5541-5549 (1974)
    (Work done while at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA)

  5. R. J. Greenfield, M. Teufel, D. W. Thomson, and R. L. Coulter
    A METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE PROFILES IN INVERSIONS FROM REFRACTIVE TRANSMISSION OF SOUND
    J. Geophys. Res. 79(36), 5551-5554 (1974)
    (Work done while at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA)

  6. L. Kristenson, K. H. Underwood, and R. L. Coulter
    SODAR GEOMETRY
    In: Preprints, 4th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Denver, CO, 10-14 April 1978, pp. 391-395

  7. R. L. Coulter and K. H. Underwood
    SODAR AND AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENTS OF TURBULENCE PARAMETERS WITHIN COOLING TOWER PLUMES
    In: Preprints, 4th Sumposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Denver, CO, 10-14 April 1978, pp. 396-402

  8. D. W. Thomson, R. L. Coulter, and Z. Warhaft
    SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS OF TURBULENCE IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE USING SODAR AND AIRCRAFT
    In: Preprints, 4th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Denver, CO, 10-14 1978, pp. 402-410
    J. Appl. Meteorol. 17(6), 723-734 (1978)

  9. R. L. Coulter
    A COMPARISON OF THREE METHODS FOR MEASURING MIXING-LAYER HEIGHT
    J. Appl. Meteorol. 18, 1495-1499 (1979)

  10. R. L. Coutler and M. L. Wesely
    ESTIMATES OF SURFACE HEAT FLUX FROM SODAR AND LASER SCINTILLATION MEASUREMENTS IN THE UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER
    J. Appl. Meteorol. 19(10), 1209-1222 (1980)

  11. R. L. Coulter and K. H. Underwood
    SOME TURBULENCE AND DIFFUSION PARAMETER ESTIMATES WITHIN COOLING TOWER PLUMES DERIVED FROM SODAR DATA
    J. Appl. Meteorol. 19(12), 1395-1404 (1980)

  12. R. L. Coulter
    NOCTURNAL WIND PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS
    In: Proceedings, International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 6/22-25/81 (1981), (Abstract), VI-I--VI-11

  13. W. Porch, W. R. Fritz, R. P. Hosker, and R. L. Coulter
    COMPARISON OF CROSS-PATH OPTICAL ANEMOMETER DATA FOR ASCOT 1979 AND 1980 EXPERIMENTS. UCID-19358, ASCOT-82-1, 37 pp.

  14. R. L. Coulter
    CIRCULATION CHARACTERISTICS DURING ASCOT 1980
    In: Proceedings, 2nd Conference on Mountain Meteorology, Nov. 9-12, 1981, Steamboat Springs, CO, (AMS), 7.11, 316-320 (1982)

  15. B. B. Hicks, M. L. Wesely, R. L. Coulter, R. L. Hart, J. L. Durham, R. Speer, D. H. Stedman
    AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SULFUR DEPOSITION TO GRASSLAND. 
    In: Precipitation Scavenging, Dry deposition, and resuspension, Vol. 2, H. R. Pruppacher, R. G. Semonin and W. G. N. Slinn, Eds., Elsevier, New York, 1982, 933-943

  16. D. L. Sisterson, B. B. Hicks, R. L. Coulter and M. L. Wesely
    DIFFICULTIES IN USING POWER LAWS FOR WIND ENERGY ASSESSMENT: 
    Solar Energy 31, 201-204 (1983)

  17. M. L. Wesely and R. L. Coulter
    METEOROLOGICAL PROFILES UNDER VERY STABLE CONDITIONS. 
    In: Preprints, 6th symposium on turblulence and diffusion, Boston, MA, March 22-25, 1983, 294-296

  18. R. E. Boers, E. Eloranta, W. P. Hooper, and R. L. Coulter
    LIDAR MEASUREMENTS OF THE INTERGRATED KINETIC ENERGY BUDGET. 
    In: Preprints, 6th symposium on turbulence and diffusion, Boston, MA, March 22-25, 1983, 205-206

  19. R. E. Boers, E. W. Eloranta, and R. L. Coulter
    LIDAR MEASUREMENTS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC ENTRAINMENT ZONE
    In: Preprints, 6th Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, Boston, MA, March 22-25, 1983, 227-228

  20. C. M. Sheih, P. Frenzen, and R. L. Coulter
    ON THE MEASURMENTS OF SUBGRID SCALE EDDY DIFFUSIVITY. 
    In: Preprints, 6th symposium on turbulence and diffusion, Boston, MA, March 22-25, 1983, 253-254

  21. R. L. Coulter, M. L. Wesely, K. H. Underwood, and T. J. Martin,
    HEAT FLUX DERIVED FROM SODAR AMPLITUDE AND FREQUENCY DATA, A COMPARISON.
    In: Preprints, 2nd International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Rome, Italy, August 29-Sept. 1, 1983, XXXVI:1-18

  22. Coulter, R. L., T. J. Martin, and K. . Underwood,
    A COMPARISON OF VELOCITY TECHNIQUES WITH FIELD DATA. 
    In: Preprints, 2nd International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Rome, Italy, August 29-Sept. 1, 1983, IX:1-15

  23. K. H. Underwood and R. L. Coulter,
    VERTICAL VELOCITY STATISTICS AND SPECTRA FROM A DOPPLER SODAR 
    In: Preprints, 2nd International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Rome, Italy, August 29-Sept. 1, 1983, X:1-12

  24. D. L. Sisterson, M. W. Wesely, R. L. Coulter, R. L. Hart, T. Yamada, B. B. Hicks, P. E. Hess, D. R. Cook, J. D. Shannon, and G. A. Zerbe
    THE RUSH FIELD EXPERIMENTS:  GROWTH AND INITIAL DECAY OF THE MIXED LAYER OVER AN AUTUMN LANDSCAPE
    Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Research Division Topical Report.  ANL/RER-83-1

  25. W. B. Johnson, E. E. Uthe, C. R. Dickson, G. Start, R. L. Coulter, and R. A. Kornasiewicz
    THE SHORELINE ENVIRONMENT ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION EXPERIMENT       (SEADEX)
    In: Preceedings of the 14th NATO/CCMS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Applications IV, 311-326, Copenhagen, Denmark, 27-30 September 1983

  26. R. L. Coulter, and T. J. Martin
    REMOTE SENSING OF WINDS AND TURBULENCE ABOVE COMPLEX TERRAIN DURING ASCOT-1980.
    ANL/ER-83-1, ASCOT-83-4.  Environmental Research Division.  Prepared for ASCOT Program, Office of Health and Environmental Research, U. S. Department of Energy, December 1983

  27. R. Boers, E. W. Eloranta, and R. L. Coulter
    LIDAR OBSERVATIONS OF MIXED LAYER DYNAMICS: TESTS OF PARAMETERIZED ENTRAINMENT MODELS OF MIXED LAYER GROWTH RATES
    J. Climate and Applied Meteorology, 23, 247-266 (1984)

  28. M. Orgill, J. Thorpe, and R. L. Coulter
    INTERACTION OF SUB-MESOSCALE FLOWS IN COMPLEX TERRAIN DURING NOCTURNAL DRAINAGE CONDITIONS
    In: Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, Nov. 12?]15, 1985, Boulder, CO. 244-247 (1985)

  29. Hicks, B. B., M. L. Wesely, R. L. Coulter, R. L. Hart, J. L. Durham, R. Speer, and D. H. Stedman
    AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SULFUR AND NOx FLUXES OVER GRASSLAND
    Boundary-Layer Meteorological 34(1/2), 103-121 (1986)

  30. R. L. Coulter, M. L. Wesely, D. L. Sisterson, T. J. Martin, R. L. Hart, D. R. Cook, P. E. Hess, E. W. Eloranta, and B. B. Hicks
    THE DEWITT FIELD STUDY: SURFACE FLUX OBSERVATIONS, IN-SITU SOUNDINGS, AND REMOTE SENSING OF CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MIXED LAYER OVER LAND
    Argonne National Laboratory Topical Report, ANL/ER-85-1, 185 pp.

  31. W. D. Neff and R. L. Coulter
    ACOUSTIC REMOTE SOUNDING
    In: Probing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 201-236 (1986)

  32. R. L. Coulter and T. J. Martin
    INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CONVECTIVE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER USING A MULTIPLE FREQUENCY SODAR
    In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, December 1986, CNET/CRPE, 38/40 rue du General Leclerc-Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 25-38 Atmospheric Research 20, 225-233 (1986)

  33. R. L. Coulter and T. J. Martin
    RESULTS FROM A HIGH POWER, HIGH FREQUENCY SODAR
    In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, December 1986, CNET/CRPE, 38/40 rue du General Leclerc-Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 5-24 Atmospheric Research 20, 257-269 (1986)

  34. R. L. Coulter and T. J. Martin
    MEASUREMENT OF HIGH RESOLUTION WIND PROFILES WITH A MINISODAR
    In: Preprint: Sixth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, AMS, Jan. 12-16, 1987, New Orleans, LA, pp. 26-31

  35. R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, and T. Weckwerth
    A MINISODAR MEASUREMENTS OF RAIN
    In: Proceedings  of the Fourth Symposium on the International Society of Acoustic Remote Sensing, Australian Defence Force Academy, 16-24 February 1988, Canberra, Australia, 19(1-8)

  36. R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, R. Meyers
    A MINISODAR FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND MILITARY APPLICATIONS
    In: Proceedings of Profiling in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Needs and Strategies, American Meteorological Society, 2 June 1988, Boulder, CO, pp. 161?]162

  37. P. H. Gudiksen, W. E. Clements, R. P. Hosker, C. D. Whiteman, R. L. Coulter, and G. E. Start
    FIELD STUDIES FOR DETERMINING THE CHRACTERISTICS AND DYNAMICS OF LOCAL CIRCULATIONS
    Proceedings of the Second Int'l. Workshop on Real-Time Computing of the Environ. Consequences of an Accidental Release to the Atmos. from a Nuclear Installation; Commission of the European Communities, 16-19 May 1989, Lexembourg, pp. 242-250

  38. R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, and T. Weckwerth
    MINISODAR MEASUREMENTS OF RAIN
    J. Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 6, 369-377 (1989)

  39. R. L. Coulter, M. Orgill, and W. Porch
    TRIBUTARY FLUXES INTO BRUSH CREEK VALLEY
    J. Applied Meteorology 28, 555-568 (1989)

  40. W. Porch, R. Fritz, R. L. Coulter, and P. Gudiksen
    TRIBUTARY, VALLEY AND SIDEWALL AIR FLOW INTERACTIONS IN A DEEP VALLEY
    J. Applied Meteorology 28, 578-589 (1989)

  41. Z. Sorbjan and R. L. Coulter
    PARAMETERIZATION OF THE CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER BASED ON SODAR OBSERVATIONS DURING THE FIFE-1987 EXPERIMENT
    Preprints, Ninth Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, 30 April  - 3 May 1990, Roskilde, Denmark, American Meteorological  Society, Boston, MA, pp. 106-109, (1990)

  42. R. L. Coulter
    A CASE STUDY OF TURBULENCE IN THE STABLE NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology 52, 75-91 (1990)

  43. R. L. Coulter
    MINISODARS-APPLICATIONS AND POTENTIAL
    Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Tata McGraw-Hill  Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, India  pp. 88-96 (1990)

  44. R. L. Coulter and T. J. Martin
    USE OF A SMALL MINISODAR TO MEASURE TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE FLOW DURING ASCOT 88
    Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, India  pp. 300-307 (1990)

  45. R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, and W. Porch
    A COMPARISON OF NOCTURNAL DRAINAGE FLOW IN THE THREE TRIBUTARIES
    J. Applied Meteorology 30, 157-169 (1991)

  46. W. M. Porch, W. E. Clements, and R. L. Coulter
    NIGHTTIME VALLEY WAVES
    J. Applied Meteorology 30, 145-156 (1991)

  47. R. A. Ferrare, J. L. Schols, E. W. Eloranta, and R. L. Coulter
    LIDAR OBSERVATION OF LINEAR CONVECTION DURING BLX83
    J. Applied Meteorology 30, 312-326 (1991)

  48. Z. Sorbjan, R. L. Coulter, and M. L. Wesely
    SIMILARITY SCALING APPLIED TO SODAR OBSERVATIONS OF THE CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER ABOVE AN IRREGULAR HILL
    Boundary Layer Meteorology 56, 33-50 (1991)

  49. W. B. Porch, W. E. Clements, T. Grond, and R. L. Coulter
    COMPARISON OF GAP AND TRIBUTARY INTERACTIONS WITH NIGHTTIME VALLEY FLOWS FROM THE ASCOT 1980 AND 1988 EXPERIMENTS
    LA-UR-91-764, ASCOT-91-1, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 45 pp. (1991)

  50. R. L. Coulter and T. J. Martin
    ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY OPERATIONS DURING ASCOT 1991
    ANL/ER/TM-1, ASCOT-91-07.  Environmental Research Division.  Prepared for ASCOT Program, Office of Health and Environmental Research, U.S. Department of Energy.  December 1991

  51. R. L. Coulter, W. Gao, T. J. Martin, J. D. Shannon, J. C. Doran, J. M. Hubbe, and W. M. Shaw
    Evolution of the Lower Planetary Boundary Layer over Strongly Contrasting Surfaces
    Preprints, Third Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 10-15 January 1992, Atlanta, GA, pp. 68-72
    Global Change Scalar (edited by R. A. Reck), ANL/GCS-2, Sept. 1993, pp. 43-46, Global Climate Change Program, Argonne National Laboratory

  52. J. C. Doran, F. Barnes, R. L. Coulter, and T. Crawford
    A FIELD STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF INHOMOGENEITIES OF SURFACE SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES
    Preprints, Third Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 10-15 January 1992, Atlanta, GA  pp. 73-78

  53. W. Porch, F. Barnes, W. Buchwald, W. Clements, P. Cooper, D. Hoard, C. Doran, J. Hubbe, W. Shaw, R. Coulter, T. Martin, and K. Kunkel
    SPATIALLY AVERAGED HEAT FLUX AND CONVERGENCE MEASUREMENTS AT THE ARM REGIONAL FLUX EXPERIMENT
    Preprints, Third Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 10-15 January 1992, Atlanta, GA  pp. 125-131

  54. R. L. Coulter, J. D. Shannon, T. J. Martin, and D. R Cook
    A PORTABLE SYSTEM FOR PREDICTION OF A TRANSIENT PLUME
    J. Air & Waste Management Assoc. 42, 433-436 (1992)

  55. C. J. Nappo, R. M. Eckman, and R. L. Coulter
    AN EPISODE OF WAVE GENERATED TURBULENCE IN THE STABLE PBL
    Preprint Volume, 10th Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, Portland, OR, September 29-October 2, 1992, American Meteorological Society, pp. 103-109

  56. J. C. Doran, F. J. Barnes, R. L. Coulter, T. L. Crawford, D. D. Baldocchi, L. Balick, D. R. Cook, D. Cooper, R. J. Dobsy, W. A. Dugas, L. Fritschen, R. L. Hart, L. Hipps, J. M. Hubbe, W. Gao, R. Hicks, R. R. Kirkham, K. E. Kunkel, T. J. Martin, T. P. Meyers, W. Porch, J. D. Shannon, W. J. Shaw, E. Swiatek, and C. D. Whiteman
    THE BOARDMAN REGIONAL FLUX EXPERIMENT
    Bulletin American Meteorological Society 73, 1,785-1,795 (1992)

  57. J. C. Doran, F. J. Barnes, R. L. Coulter, T. L. Crawford
    BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE OVER AREAS OF HETEOGENEOUS HEAT FLUXES
    Preprints, AMS Special Session of the Fourth Symposium on Global Change Studies, 73rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 17-22 Jan. 1993, Anaheim, CA, pp. 71-76

  58. R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, D. R. Cook, T. A. Tyce, and D. L. Brandner
    INTENSITY AND VERTICAL VELOCITY PROFILES OVER VARYING SURFACE TYPES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO AREAL AVERAGE HEAT FLUX
    Preprints, Fourth Symposium on Global Change Studies, 73rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 17-22 Jan. 1993, Anaheim, CA, pp. 152-156, Global Change Scalar (edited by R. A. Reck), ANL/GCS-2, Sept. 1993, pp. 46-50, Global Climate Change Program, Argonne National Laboratory

  59. R. L. Coulter, J. D. Shannon, T. J. Martin
    MEASUREMENTS OF SURFACE HEAT FLUX OVER CONTRASTING SURFACES
    Proceedings of the Second Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, USDOE, CONF-9110336, 26-30 Oct. 1991, Denver, CO, pp. 87-92 (1993)

  60. R. L. Coulter and J. D. Shannon
    A DESCRIPTION OF THE KATABATIC "PLUME" FROM COAL CREEK CANYON AND ITS FATE IN THE ROCKY FLATS AREA
    Proceedings of the Topical Meeting on Environmental Transport and Dosimetry, American Nuclear Society, 1-3 Sept. 1993, Charleston, SC, pp. 245-250

  61. R. L. Coulter and T. J. Martin
    EXPERIENCES WITH REMOTELY-OPERATED MINISODARS
    International Journal of Remote Sensing 15, 301-306 (1994)

  62. R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, and R. L. Hart
    A BATTERY-POWERED MINISODAR FOR RAPID, SHORT-TERM DEPLOYMENT OR LONG-TERM OPERATIONS
    International Journal of Remote Sensing 15, 245-250 (1994)

  63. R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, and D. R. Cook
    AREALLY AVERAGED ESTIMATES OF SURFACE HEAT FLUX FROM FIELD STUDIES FOR THE ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAM
    Proceedings of the Third Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, 1-4 March 1993, Norman, OK, pp. 317-322

  64. R. L. Coulter and B. M. Lesht
    ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 915-MHz RADAR PROFILER SIGNAL STRENGTH AND WATER VAPOR CONTENT
    Extended Abstracts, Third International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling: Needs and Technologies, 30 August - 2 September 1994, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 410-412

  65. D. O. ReVelle and R. L. Coulter
    OBSERVATIONS OF THE STABLE NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER: MINISODAR ANALYSES OF INTERMITTENT BREAKDOWN EVENTS
    Preprints, Seventh International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans, pp. 2-41–2-45, International Society for Acoustic Remote Sensing, 3-7 October 1994, Boulder, CO

  66. R. L. Coulter
    STABILITY EFFECTS ON THE PROFILES OF VERTICAL VELOCITY AND ITS VARIANCE IN KATABATIC FLOW
    Preprints, Seventh International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans, pp. 9-13–9-18, International Society for Acoustic Remote Sensing, 3-7 October 1994, Boulder, CO

  67. I. Y. Lee, R. L. Coulter, H. M. Park, and J.-H. Oh
    NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF NOCTURNAL DRAINAGE FLOW PROPERTIES IN A RUGGED CANYON
    Boundary Layer Meteorology 72, 305-321 (1995)

  68. R. L. Coulter and P. Gudiksen
    THE DEPENDENCE OF CANYON WINDS ON SURFACE IN COLORADO'S FRONT RANGE COOLING AND EXTERNAL FORCING
    J. Applied Meteorology 34, 1419-1429 (1995)

  69. D. O. Revelle and R. L. Coulter
    BURSTING IN THE NEAR-SURFACE BOUNDARY LAYER: COMPARISONS BETWEEN REALISTIC MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS
    Preprints, Eleventh Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Charlotte, NC, American Meteorological Society, 27-31 March 1995, Boston, MA, pp. 560-564

  70. M. L. Wesely, D. R. Cook, and R. L. Coulter
    SURFACE HEAT FLUX FROM ENERGY BALANCE BOWEN RATIO SYSTEMS
    Preprints, Ninth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Charlotte, NC, 27-31 March 1995, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, pp. 486-489

  71. R. L. Coulter and D. J. Holdridge
    A THREE-MONTH COMPARISON OF HOURLY WINDS AND TEMPERATURES FROM CO-LOCATED 50MHz AND 915 MHz RASS PROFILERS
    Preprints, Ninth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Charlotte, NC, 27-31 March 1995, Boston, MA, pp. 195-199

  72. R. L. Coulter and B. L. Li
    A TECHNIQUE USING THE WAVELET TRANSFORM TO IDENTIFY AND ISOLATE COHERENT STRUCTURES IN THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER
    Preprints, Eleventh Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Charlotte, NC, American Meteorological Society, 27-31 March 1995, Boston, MA, pp. 287-290

  73. R. L. Coulter and T. J. Martin
    AN INVESTIGATION OF VERTICAL WINDS OBTAINED FROM VERTICALLY POINTING AND FILTERED BEAMS OF A FIVE-BEAM 915-MHz WIND PROFILER
    Preprints, Ninth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Charlotte, NC, 27-31 March 1995, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, pp. 145-149

  74. R. L. Coulter
    THE MINISODAR AND PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER STUDIES
    Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, M. A. Kallistratova, (Ed.), A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Moscow, Russia, 27-31 May 1996, pp. A1-A11.

  75. R. L. Coulter and T. J. Martin
    DEVELOPMENT OF A VOLUME IMAGING MINISODAR
    Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, M. A. Kallistratova, (Ed.), A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Moscow, Russia, 27-31 May 1996, pp. 3.35-3.42.

  76. R. L. Coulter, B. M. Lesht, M. L. Wesely, D. R. Cook, D. J. Holdridge, and T. J. Martin
    PERFORMANCE OF RADAR WIND PROFILERS, RADIOSONDES, AND SURFACE FLUX STATIONS AT THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS (SGP) CLOUD AND RADIATION TESTBED (CART) SITE
    Proceedings of the Fifth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, CONF-9503140, San Diego, CA, 19-23 March 1995, U.S. Department of Energy, pp. 53-57 (1996)

  77. R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, and D. J. Holdridge
    USING REMOTELY SENSED PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER VARIABLES AS ESTIMATES OF AREALLY AVERAGED HEAT FLUX
    Proceedings of the Fifth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, CONF-9503140, San Diego, CA, 19-23 March 1995, U.S. Department of Energy, pp. 59-62 (1996)

  78. R. L. Coulter and T. J. Martin
    EFFECTS OF STABILITY ON THE PROFILES OF VERTICAL AND ITS VARIANCE IN KATABATIC FLOW
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology 81, 22-33 (1996)

  79. M. L. Wesely, R. L. Coulter, G. E. Klazura, M. B. Lesht, D. L. Sisterson, and J. D. Shannon
    A PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER OBSERVATIONAL CAPABILITY IN KANSAS
    Preprints, First Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, 2-7 February 1997, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 169-171 (1997)

  80. J.C. Doran, R.L. Coulter, C. King, J.T. Lee, and G. Soga
    A BOUNDARY-LAYER FIELD EXPERIMENT IN MEXICO CITY
    Preprints, 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 26 July - 1 August 1997, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, pp. 496-497

  81. R. L. Coulter and B. M. Lesht
    RESULTS OF AN AUTOMATED COMPARISON BETWEEN WINDS AND VIRTUAL TEMPERATURES FROM RADIOSONDE AND PROFILERS
    Proceedings of the Sixth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, CONF-9603149, San Antonio 4-7 March 1996, U.S. Department of Energy, pp. 59-60 (1997)

  82. R. L. Coulter
    STRUCTURE OF THE CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER AND MEASUREMENTS OF AREALLY AVERAGED HEAT FLUX
    Proceedings of the Sixth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, CONF-9603149, San Antonio 4-7 March 1996, U.S. Department of Energy, pp. 53-57 (1997)

  83. W. Gao, R. L. Coulter, B. M. Lesht, J. Qiu, and M. L. Wesely
    SATELLITE-DERIVED SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION AND SURFACE FLUXES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS CLOUD AND RADIATION TESTBED SITE
    Proceedings of the Sixth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, CONF-9603149, San Antonio 4-7 March 1996, U.S. Department of Energy, pp. 89-94 (1997)

  84. R. L. Coulter
    TURBULENCE VARIABLES DERIVED FROM SODAR DATA
    In: Acoustic Remote Sensing Applications, Chapter 9, ed. Dr. S. P. Singal, Narosa Publishing House, Delhi, India, pp. 191-202  (1997)

  85. W. Gao, R. L. Coulter, B. M. Lesht, J. Qiu, and M. L. Wesely
    ESTIMATING CLEAR-SKY REGIONAL SURFACE FLUXES IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT SITE WITH GROUND MEASUREMENTS AND SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS
    J. Applied Meteorology 37, 5-22 (1998)

  86. R. L. Coulter
    A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF AN ADDITIONAL SOUND SOURCE ON RASS PERFORMANCE
    Preprints, Tenth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Phoenix, AZ, 11-16 January 1998, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, pp. 223-227

  87. R. L. Coulter, J. Klazura, B. M. Lesht, J. D. Shannon, and D. L. Sisterson, and M. L. Wesely
    USING THE ABLE FACILITY TO OBSERVE URBANIZATION EFFECTS ON PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESSES
    Preprints, Second Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, Phoenix, AZ, 11-16 January 1998, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, pp. J76-J79

  88. J. C. Doran, R. L. Coulter, C. W. King, J. T. Lee, and G. Sosa
    WIND PATTERNS AFFECTING POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN MEXICO CITY
    Preprints, Tenth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, Phoenix, AZ, 11-16 January 1998, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, pp. J33-J37

  89. R. L. Coulter and M. A. Kallislratova
    THE PLACE FOR SODARS IN A HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT
    Proceedings, 9th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans, University of Agricultural Sciences, 6-10 July 1998, Vienna, Austria, pp. 1-7

  90. R. L. Coulter, G. Klazura, B. M. Lesht, J. D. Shannon, D. L. Sisterson, and M. L. Wesely
    THE ARGONNE BOUNDARY LAYER EXPERIMENTS FACILITY: USING MINISODARS TO COMPLEMENT A WIND PROFILER NETWORK
    Proceedings, 9th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans, University of Agricultural Sciences, 6-10 July 1998, Vienna, Austria, pp. 183-196, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 71, 53-59  (1999)

  91. J. C. Doran, S. Abbott, J. Archuleta, X. Bian, J. Chow, R. L. Coulter, S. F. J. de Wekker, S. Edgerton, S. Elliott, A. Fernandez, J. D. Fast, J. M. Hubbe, C. King, D. Langley, J. Leach, J. T. Lee, T. J. Martin, D. Martinez, J. L. Martinez, G. Mercado, V. Mora, M. Mulhearn, J. L. Pena, R. Petty, W. Proch, C. Russell, R. Salas, J. D. Shannon, W. J. Shaw, G. Sosa, L. Tellier, B. Templeman, J. G. Watson, R. White, C. D. Whiteman, and D. Wolfe
    THE IMADA-AVER BOUNDARY LAYER EXPERIMENT IN THE MEXICO CITY AREA
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 79, 2497-2508 (1998)

  92. J. Song, M. L. Wesely, R. L. Coulter, B. M. Lesht, S. P. Oncley, R. H. Cuenca, and E. A. Brandes
    DIURNAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION ESTIMATES IN THE WALNUT RIVER WATERSHED
    Preprint Volume, 14th Conference on Hydrology, Dallas, TX, 10-14 January 1999, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 102-105

  93. J. Song, M. L. Wesely, R. L. Coulter, B. M. Lesht, R. H. Cuenca, S. P. Oncley, and E. A. Brandes
    INFERENCE OF EXTRACTABLE SOIL MOISTURE IN THE PLAN ROOT ZONE AT THE WALNUT RIVER WATERSHED
    Preprint Volume, 13th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Dallas, TX, 10-15 January 1999, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 539-541

  94. R. L. Coulter
    CONVERGENCE ESTIMATES OVER THE ABLE REGION DURING CASES-97 OBTAINED FROM RADAR WIND PROFILER AND SODAR DATA
    Preprint Volume, 13th Conference on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Dallas, TX, 10-15 January 1999, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 508-511

  95. J. Song, M. L. Wesely, R. L. Coulter, B. M. Lesht, S. P. Oncley, R. H. Cuenca, and E. A. Brandes
    A BOUNDARY-LAYER FIELD STUDY IN PHOENIX
    Preprint Volume, 13th Conference on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Dallas, TX, 10-15 January 1999, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 624-627

  96. S. A. Edgerton, X. Bian, J. C. Doran, J. D. Fast, J. M. Hubbe, E. L. Malone, W. J. Shaw, C. D. Whiteman, S. Zhong, J. L. Arriaga, E. Ortiz, M. Ruiz, G. Sosa, E. Vega, T. Limon, F. Guzman, J. Archuleta, J. E. Bossert, S. M. Elliot, J. T. Lee, L. A. McNair, J. C. Chow, J. G. Watson, R. L. Coulter, P. V. Doskey, J. S. Gaffney, N. A. Marley, W. Neff, and R. Petty
    PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION IN MEXICO CITY: A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT
    J. Air & Waste Management Association 49, 1221-1229  (1999)

  97. R. L. Coulter and M. A. Kallistratova
    THE ROLE OF ACOUSTIC SOUNDING IN A HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ERA
    Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 71, 3-13  (1999)

  98. M. S. Pekour and R. L. Coulter
    A TECHNIQUE FOR REMOVING THE EFFECT OF MIGRATING BIRDS IN 915-MHz WITH PROFILER DATA
    J. Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 16, 1941-1948  (1999)

  99. J. M. Jacobs, R. L. Coulter, and W. Brutsaert
    SURFACE HEAT FLUX ESTIMATION WITH WIND-PROFILER/RASS AND RADIOSONDE OBSERVATIONS
    Advances in Water Resources 23, 339-348  (2000)

  100. R. L. Coulter and J. C. Doran
    INTERMITTENT TURBULENCE EVENTS OBSERVED WITH A SONIC ANEMOMETER DURING CASES99
    Preprints, 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Aspen, CO, 7-11 August 2000, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA,  pp. 622-625

  101. J. D. Fast, J. C. Doran, W. J. Shaw, R. L. Coulter, and T. J. Martin
    THE EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER AND ITS EFFECT ON AIR CHEMISTRY IN THE PHOENIX AREA
    J. Geophysical Research 105, 22,833–22,848  (2000)

  102. J. Song, M. L. Wesely, R. L. Coulter, and E. A. Brandes
    ESTIMATING WATERSHED EVAPOTRANSPIRATION WITH PASS.  PART I: INFERRING ROOT-ZONE MOISTURE CONDITIONS USING SATELLITE DATA
    J. Hydrometeorology 1, 447-461  (2000)

  103. R. L. Coulter, M. Pekour, T. J. Martin, J. D. Shannon, and J. C. Doran
    QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS: SODAR OBSERVATIONS FROM THE CASES99 FIELD STUDY
    Proceedings, 10th International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing, 27 November – 1 December 2000, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 200-204

ABSTRACTS

  • R. L. Coulter
    SYSTEM GEOMETRY AND THE INTERPRETATION OF SODAR DATA
    Ph.D. dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 1976.  (Uni. Microfilm, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1976), 161 pages (thesis)
    (Work done while at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA)

  • R. L. Coulter
    DOPPLER BROADENING OF BISTATIC SODAR RETURNS DUE TO GEOMETRICAL EFFECTS
    Presented 3rd Workshop of Acoustic Sounding, York University, Toronto, Canada (1975)

  • R. L. Coulter
    DOPPLER DERIVED STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS COMPARED WITH SIMULTANEOUS IN SITU AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENTS: NIGHTTIME AND DAYTIME CASE STUDIES
    Presented 92nd Meeting Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, CA (1976)

  • W. P. Hopper, E. W. Eloranta, R. Boers and R. L. Coulter
    LIDAR OBSERVATIONS OF THE DAILY VARIATION OF BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS AND TURBULENCE
    11th International Laser Radar Conference, June 21-25, 1982, Madison, WI

  • W. P. Hooper, E. W. Eloranta, R. Boers and R. L. Coulter
    LIDAR MEASUREMENTS OF THE ENTRAINMENT AND THE TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY BUDGET OF THE ATMOSPHERIC MIXED LAYER
    11th International Laser Radar Conference, June 21-25, 1982, Madison, WI

  • R. L. Coulter
    BASIN EFFECTS.
    Contribution to ASCOT Summary Report--Physical Concepts Section-III Complex slope, valley, and Basin effects

  • R. L. Coulter
    EQUIPMENT SUMMARY--Argonne National Laboratory.  Contribution to ASCOT Summary Report--Equipment and Measurements Section

  • R. L. Coulter
    CONVERGENCE IN THE POOLING REGION DURING ASCOT-1980 
    Presented at ASCOT workshop and progress report meeting, Gettysburg, PA. May 1982

  • R. L. Coulter
    MORNING TRANSITION OF DRAINAGE FLOW DURING ASCOT 1980 
    Presented at ASCOT workshop and progress report meeting, Gettysburg, PA. May, 1982

  • R. L. Coulter
    SODAR DATA ACQUISITION IN COMPLEX TERRAIN AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN REMOTE SENSING VIS A VIS COMPLEX TERRAIN. 
    Presented at ASCOT workshop and progress report meeting, Gettysburg, PA. May, 1982

  • R. L. Coulter, M. L. Wesely, T. J. Martin, and K. H. Underwood
    SURFACE HEAT FLUX DERIVED FROM SODAR AMPLITUDE AND FREQUENCY DATA: A COMPARISON
    Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Rome, Italy, XXXVI-1--XXXVI?]18, Aug. 29 - September 1, 1983

  • M. L. Wesely and R. L. Coulter
    MEASUREMENTS OF HEAT, MOISTURE, AND CO2 EDDY FLUXES ON THE KONZA PRAIRIE
    EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 69, p. 358

  • R. L. Coulter
    MINISODARS: APPLICATIONA AND POTENTIAL
    Fifth International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, National Physical Laboratory, 6-9 February 1990, P. 46-47, New Delhi, India

  • R. L. Coulter and T. J. Martin
    USE OF A SMALL MINISODAR TO MEASURE TRIBUTARY FLOWS
    Fifth International Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans, National Physical Laboratory, 6-9 February 1990, P. 18-19, New Delhi, India

  • R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, and R. L. Hart
    INITIAL RESULTS FROM A SODAR-POWERED MINISODAR
    Extended Abstracts, Second Symposium on Lower Tropospheric Profiling: Needs and Technologies, 10-13 September 1991, Boulder, CO, p. 81

  • R. L. Coulter, J. Song, and M. L. Wesely
    THE INCORPORATION OF LAND USE AND MULTIPLE MEASUREMENT SITES INTO THE PASS MODELING SYSTEM FOR SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET ESTIMATES
    Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Science Team Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy, 22-26 March 1999, San Antonio, TX, p. 29

  • J. C. Doran and R. L. Coulter
    SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF INTERMITTENT TURBULENCE DURING CASES 99
    Abstract, in Supplement, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81 (No. 48), p. F149, 2000

  • M. L. Wesely, R. L. Coulter, G. E. Klazura, B. M. Lesht, and D. L. Sisterson
    STUDIES AND OBSERVATIONS AT THE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER EXPERIMENTS SITE
    Abstract, in Supplement, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81 (No. 48), pp. F139-F140, 2000

  • R. L. Coulter
    INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE DAYTIME MIXED LAYER AND LAND SURFACE
    Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Science Team Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy, 19-23 March 2001, Atlanta, GA, p. 30

  • R. L. Coulter, and B. M. Lesht
    A 4-YEAR STUDY OF THE RASS TEMPERATURE BIAS
    Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Science Team Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy, 19-23 March 2001, Atlanta, GA, p. 31