Glenn Edmond Shaw

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Glenn Edmond Shaw
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Born1938
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
EducationPh.D., University of Arizona, 1971[1]
EmployerGeophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Known for
  • Sun photometry
  • aerosol properties and transport

Glenn Edmond Shaw is an American scientist specializing in atmospheric physics, especially relating to global climate change and long-range transport of aerosol material. He is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Atmospheric Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a member of the scientific staff of the Geophysical Institute. He is a pioneer in promoting the idea of global atmospheric transport of aerosols and in proposals relating to the feedback of biogenic aerosols on global climate. He and Kenneth Rahn are known for work in interpreting the sources and climatic effect of Arctic haze|Arctic haze.

Life

Glenn Edmond Shaw was born in Butte, Montana on December 5, 1938. He married Gladys Roberta Culver in 1957 in Butte, Montana. They have five children. He served in the US Navy on the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) during 1957-1959.

Education

Shaw received a BS in 1963 from Montana State University, a MS in 1965 from University of Southern California, and a PhD in 1971 from University of Arizona. His PhD advisors were Benjamin S. Herman and John A. Reagan, and his dissertation was "An experimental study of atmospheric turbidity using radiometric techniques."[1]

Professional Activities

Selected Publications

Shaw published around 200 papers during his career.[4] Notable contributions were made in the following fields:

Runaway electrons in lightning

Precision radiometry (sun photometry)

Radiative transfer and modeling

Arctic haze and long-range transport of aerosols

Cloud physics

Global climate

Miscellaneous

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://repository.arizona.edu/bitstream/handle/10150/565227/AZU_TD_BOX178_E9791_1971_220.pdf;jsessionid=59B86336824BB9F45B54255C0A344EAF?sequence=1
  2. Stonehouse, B. (January 11, 2009). "Arctic Air Pollution". Cambridge University Press – via Google Books.
  3. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/88EO01043
  4. "Glenn E. Shaw". scholar.google.com.

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