Var Limpasuvan, Physics Department, Coastal Carolina University

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Varavut Limpasuvan
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Physics
Coastal Carolina University
P.O. Box 261954
Conway, SC 29528-6054
Office: Smith Science Center 105-D
Phone: (843) 349-2826
Fax: (843) 349-2926
Email: var@coastal.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Dual Degree Engineering Program

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Associate Professor, 2005-present, Coastal Carolina University (CCU), Physics
Assistant Professor, 2000-2005, Coastal Carolina University (CCU), Physics
NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2002 & 2005, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Microwave Limb Sounder
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 1998-2000, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere & Ocean
Ph.D., 1998, University of Washington, Atmospheric Sciences
B. S., 1992, California Institute of Technology, Engineering & Applied Sciences (focus:Mechanical Engineering)
B. A., 1992, Occidental College, Physics (Phi Beta Kappa)

TEACHING

Engineering 101: Introduction to Engineering
Physics 201: General Physics I Physics 202: General Physics II
Physics 211: Essentials of Physics I Physics 212: Essentials of Physics II
Physics 310: Math Methods in Physics Physics 430: Fluid Dynamics
Physics 431: Atmospheric Dynamics Physics 434:Physical Meteorology

AWARDS

SC Governor's Young Scientist Award for Excellence in Scientific Research (2007)
NASA Group Achievement Award: Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (2006)
South Carolina Governor's Distiguished Professor (2001)
CCU's Professor of the Year (2000-2001)

RESEARCH & PROJECTS

Atmospheric Dynamics (Two-day Wave; Gravity Waves)
Climate Dynamics
Scientific Computing

DISSERTATION

Limpasuvan, V., 1998: Tropical Dynamics near the Stratopause: the Two-day Wave and Its relatives, University of Washington, 234 pp.

PUBLICATIONS

Limpasuvan, V. and D. L. Wu, 2008: Recent Structures of the Two-day Wave: Zonal Wavenumbers 2-4, Geophysical Research Letters, in revision.

Jiang, X., S. Pawson, C. D. Camp, J. E. Nelson, R.-L. Shia, T. Liao, V. Limpasuvan, and Y. L. Yung, 2008: Interannual variability and trends of extratropical ozone Part I: Northern Hemisphere, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 65, doi:10.1175/2008JAS2665.1.

Jiang, X., S. Pawson, C. D. Camp, J. E. Nelson, R.-L. Shia, T. Liao, V. Limpasuvan, and Y. L. Yung, 2008: Interannual variability and trends of extratropical ozone Part II: Southern Hemisphere, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 65, doi: 10.1175/2008JAS2793.1.

Wu, D.L., M. J. Schwartz, J. W. Waters, V. Limpasuvan, Q. Wu, T. L. Killeen, 2008: Mesospheric Doppler Wind Measurements from Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS), Advances in Space Research, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.06.014.

Limpasuvan, V., D. L. Wu, M. Joan Alexander, M. Xue, M. Hu, S. Pawson, and J. R. Perkins, 2007:, Stratospheric gravity wave simulation over Greenland during 24 January 2005, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres,112, D10115, doi:10.1029/2006JD007823.

Limpasuvan, V., D. L. Hartmann, D. W. J. Thompson, K. Jeev, and Y. L. Yung, 2005: Stratosphere-troposphere evolution during polar vortex intensification, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 110, D24101, doi:10.1029/2005JD006302.

Limpasuvan, V., D. L. Wu, M. J. Schwartz, J. W. Waters, Q. Wu, and T. L. Killeen, 2005: The two-day wave in EOS MLS temperature and wind measurements during 2004-2005 winter, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L17809, doi:10.1029/2005GL023396.

Limpasuvan, V., D. W. J. Thompson, and D. L. Hartmann, 2005: Reply to Comments on "The life cycle of Northern Hemisphere sudden stratospheric warmings", Journal of Climate, 18, 2778-2780

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Limpasuvan, V., D. W. J. Thompson, and D. L. Hartmann, 2004: The life cycle of Northern Hemisphere sudden stratospheric warmings, Journal of Climate, 17, 2584-2596.

Hartmann, D. L. and V. Limpasuvan, 2004: The stratosphere in the climate system, Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC), World Climate Research Programme, 22, January 2004.

Limpasuvan, V. and D. L. Wu, 2003: Two-day wave observations of UARS-MLS mesospheric water vapor and temperature, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, Vol. 108, No. D10, 4307, doi:10.1029/2002JD002903.

Orsolini, Y. J. and V. Limpasuvan, 2001: The North Atlantic Oscillation and the occurrence of ozone mini-holes, Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 4099-4102.

Limpasuvan, V. and D. L. Hartmann, 2000: Wave-maintained annular modes of climate variability, Journal of Climate, 13, 4414-4429.

Limpasuvan, V., C. B. Leovy, Y. J. Orsolini, and B. A. Boville, 2000: A numerical simulation of the two-day wave near the stratopause, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 1702-1717.

Limpasuvan, V., C. B. Leovy, and Y. J. Orsolini, 2000: Observed temperature two-day wave and its relatives near the stratopause, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 1689-1701.

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Hartmann, D. L., J. M. Wallace, V. Limpasuvan, D. W. J. Thompson, and J. R.Holton, 2000: Can ozone depletion and global warming interact to produce rapid climate change?, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97, 1412-1417.

Limpasuvan, V. and D. L. Hartmann, 1999: Eddies and the annular modes of climate variability, Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 3133-3136.

Orsolini, Y. J., V. Limpasuvan, and C. B. Leovy, 1997:The tropical stratopause in the UKMO stratospheric analyses: Evidence for a 2-day wave and inertial circulations, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 123, 1707-1724.

Limpasuvan, V. and C. B. Leovy, 1995: Observations of the two-day wave near the southern summer stratopause,Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 2385-2388.

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