Duane E. Stevens, Ph.D.
Professor
Atmospheric Dynamics, Numerical Weather Prediction
Research Interests
I am interested in the geophysical fluid dynamics of
circulations in the atmosphere and ocean. Recent publications have
treated fluid instabilities at large scales in middle latitude and at much
smaller scales in the outflow layer of hurricanes. I have developed
a dynamical system to investigate slowly evolving tropical circulations
and applied it to the zonally symmetric Hadley circulation. I am
interested in tropical waves as well as ocean/air interactions. I
have also begun a set of investigations into the atmospheric around the
Hawaiian islands. The weather and climate of the Hawaiian islands
are being studied with a complex three-dimensional model which includes
detailed physical processes.
Publications
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Ueyoshi, K., J.O. Roads, F. Fujioka, and D.E. Stevens, 1996: Numerical
simulation of the Maui vortex in the trade winds. J. Met. Soc. (Japan),
74,
723-744.
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Flatau, M., W.H. Schubert, and D.E. Stevens, 1994: The role of baroclinic
processes in tropical cyclone motion: The influence of vertical tilt.
J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2589-2601.
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Flatau, M., and D.E. Stevens, 1993: The role of outflow-layer instabilities
in tropical cyclone motion. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 1721-1733.
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Schubert, W. H., P. E. Ciesielski, D. E. Stevens, and H. -C. Kuo, 1991:
Potential vorticity modeling of the ITCZ and the Hadley circulation.
J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 1493-1509.
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Crum, F. X., and D. E. Stevens, 1990: Barotropic instability with downstream
and asymmetric cross-stream variations: idealized calculations. J.
Atmos. Sci., 47, 5-23.
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Stevens, D. E., H. -C. Kuo, W. H. Schubert, and P. E. Ciesielski, 1990:
Quasi-balanced dynamics in the tropics. J. Atmos. Sci., 7,
2262-2273.
Dr. Duane E. Stevens
Department of Meteorology
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
2525 Correa Road, HIG 333
Honolulu, HI 96822
dstevens@soest.hawaii.edu
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Dispatches" from Matt Stevens in Kenya, along with a picture or two.