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Foundation Professor of Meteorology at
Senior Adviser: Airborne
Research Australia a Major National Research Facility at the
Member: Australian Bureau of Meteorology Advisory Board (2002 - 2006)
Member: Antarctic Science Advisory Committee (for the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition) (2003 - )
President: Australian Association of von Humboldt Fellows (1983 - )
Fellow: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (elected 1988)
Co-founder (1995-96) (with
A/Prof. Jörg Hacker and A/Prof. Neville Clark) of Airborne
Research Australia (a Major
National Research Facility at
Founding
Director (1972-93) of FIAMS,
the Flinders Institute for Atmospheric and Marine Sciences (abolished
2000)
Chairman (1977-84) of Country Fire Services Board of
Max
Planck Research Prize (1991) (with
Prof. H. Kraus (
Centenary
Medal (2002) (
Interests
Airborne and boundary layer meteorology; solar and atmospheric
radiation;
Use of aircraft in atmospheric science and remote sensing; regional
climatology;
Glaciology, particularly sea-ice and icebergs;
Environment and land-use, remote sensing imagery and
Further information is available in
"Who's Who in Australia".
Recent Publications
Schwerdtfeger, P.,
(1991): The environment and
parks. Proceedings of the
Bannehr, L., B.W. Forgan, P. Schwerdtfeger, J.M. Hacker & R. Kiefer, (1991): An airborne spectral radiometer system. Flinders Inst. f. Atmos. & Marine Sci. Res. Rep. No.53.
Shao, Y., J.M. Hacker & P. Schwerdtfeger, (1991):
The structure of turbulence in a coastal atmospheric boundary layer. Quart.J.Roy.Met.Soc. 117, pp.
1299-1324.
Schwerdtfeger, P. and J.M. Hacker, (1992):
Mesoskalige Klima-Änderungen als Folge der großräumigen Agrarwirtschaft in
Süd-West-Australien. Humboldt Society of
Bawhey, C.J., J.M. Hacker and
P. Schwerdtfeger, (1993): Effects of Bushland and Rural Areas on Ultraviolet
and Visible Radiation. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on
Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography,
Lyons, T.J., J.M. Hacker, I.J. Foster, P. Schwerdtfeger, R.C.G.
Smith, H. Xinmei and J.M. Bennett, (1993): Land-Atmosphere Interaction in a
Semi-Arid Region: The Bunny Fence Experiment. Proceedings of the Fourth
International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography,
Lyons, T.J., J.M. Hacker, I.J. Foster, P. Schwerdtfeger, R.C.G. Smith, H. Xinmei and J.M. Bennett, (1993): Land-Atmosphere Interaction in a Semi-Arid Region: The Bunny Fence Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorol. Soc. 74, 1327-1334.
Xinmei, H., T.J. Lyons, R.C.G. Smith, J.M. Hacker and P. Schwerdtfeger, (1993): Estimation of Surface Energy Balance from Radiant Surface Temperature and NOAA AVHRR Sensor Reflectances over Agricultural and Native Vegetation., J. Appl. Meteor. 32, 1441-1449.
Xinmei, H., T.J. Lyons,
R.C.G. Smith, J.M. Hacker and P. Schwerdtfeger, (1993):
Estimation of Surface Energy Balance from Radiant Surface Temperature and NOAA
AVHRR Sensor Reflectances over Agricultural and Native Vegetation. Proceedings
of the Fourth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and
Oceanography,
Schwerdtfeger, P.
(1993): The Rabbit Fence: A surprising climate barrier. Horizons of Science
Schwerdtfeger, P.
(1994): A brief
overview of climate research. Transactions of the Royal Soc. of
Schwerdtfeger, P. (1994): In and out of boundary layers. (The AMOS 1994 R.H. Clarke Lecture ) Bulletin of the Aust. Meteorol. & Oceanog. Soc. Vol. 7, No. 6, 108-114.
Schwerdtfeger, P. (1995): Greenhouse radiation and other matters. Summarizing address to the A.N.Z. Climate Forum, Wirrina, S.A., February .
Schwerdtfeger, P. Radiation in the Atmosphere. (1995): 115pp. Flinders
Inst. for Atmos. & Mar. Sci. ISBN 0 7258 0585 4
Schwerdtfeger, P.
and E. Curran. (1996): Climate of the
Schwerdtfeger, P. and D. Wotton. (1997): The Murray-Darling River Basin - From a critical South Australian perspective. Aust. Acad. Of Tech. Sci. & Eng. "FOCUS" No. 96, pp. 4-8.
Hacker, J.M. and P. Schwerdtfeger (1997): An instrumented research aircraft for micro-meteorological studies. (In) Windows on Meteorology - Australian Perspectives, Ed. E.K. Webb, CSIRO Australia, pp. 305 - 318.
Gordon, A.+, W. Grace, P. Schwerdtfeger and R. Byron-Scott +
(1998): Dynamic Meteorology - A Basic Course. 319+ pp.
Schwerdtfeger, P. (1998):
Schwerdtfeger, P. (1999):
Climate and the Atmosphere – Introductory Lectures. A CD-ROM prepared for
the National Tidal Facility at
Schwerdtfeger, P. (2000):
Wind Power – An Australian view of European experiences. A CD-ROM prepared
for the Aust. Acad. of Tech. Sci. & Eng. meeting hosted by Business S.A.
Pethick, D., P. Schwerdtfeger, J.M.
Hacker and Z. Sun, (2000): Radiative
properties of strato-cumulus cloud fields.
Proceedings of the AMOS 2000
Conference, February 2000,
Schwerdtfeger, P.
(2001): The Climate of
Schwerdtfeger, P.
(2002): Climate. (Chapter in) Natural History of
Schwerdtfeger, P.
(2002): Interpretation of airborne observations of the albedo. Vol.17, 51-60 Environmental
Modelling and Software. Elsevier Science.
Matthews, S., Schwerdtfeger,
P. & Hacker, J.M. (2002): Use of albedo modelling and aircraft
measurements to examine the albedo of
Schwerdtfeger, P. & Grace, W. (2004):
Schwerdtfeger, P., Grace, W., & Brooks, B. (2004): Winds around
Schwerdtfeger, P. (2006):
Rabbits and Climate.
Grace, W. , Schwerdtfeger, P. and Brooks, B. (2006): A Climate Index for
Wheat Production in
Schwerdtfeger, P. (2006):
Water Resources in
Schwerdtfeger, P. (2006): The Life and Times of Uwe Radok. Bulletin of the Aust. Met. & Oc. Soc. Vol.
19, p.1. (Downloadable PDF)
Schwerdtfeger, P. (2008) Rainfall Trends on the Continent of
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