Stephan DeWekker

	Stephan DeWekker

Stephan DeWekker (EOL), My ASP appointment allowed me to get involved in various research activities roughly consisting of two parts:

•  activities related to the study of boundary layer processes over mountainous terrain

These activities can to some extent be regarded as a continuation of my PhD research. A major component of (1) was my involvement in the preparation and conduction of the field study T-REX. By working together with various people in EOL and outside NCAR, I was successful in requesting special NSF funds to deploy the NCAR aerosol lidar REAL in the field. Lidar data were collected during March and April 2006 and I have just started analysis of the data. I am primarily collaborating with Shane Mayor on this and this collaboration will continue after I leave NCAR.

•  activities related to the application of boundary layer meteorology and mountain meteorology to the carbon cycle

Through CGD and TIIMES, primarily collaborating with Dave Schimel, Britt Stephens, and Jielun Sun, I have started working in a multidisciplinary research area involving the carbon cycle. This work has expanded my research interests enormously. I have experienced the benefits and the limitations of this in the past two years. One of the benefits is that many opportunities were created for me to get involved in new projects. I only later realized that through my inexperience in this new field, I had started projects that were too ambitious for a 2-year time frame. I have attended many meetings and presented papers on these projects and will continue collaborating with NCAR staff in the years to come.

Funding Sources

This research is supported by the National Science Foundation.