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Omer L. Sen Postdoctoral FellowIstanbul Teknik Universitesi Avrasya Yer Bilimleri Enstitusu 34469 Maslak Istanbul Turkey Email: |
Education
- 2000 - Ph.D., Hydrology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Thesis: Improving the parameterization of land-surface interactions in GCMs using field data - 1996 - M.S., Hydrology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Thesis: Atmospheric exchanges of riparian vegetation in a semi-arid environment - 1990 - B.S., Meteorological Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
- 1993 (3 months): Training in Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Ankara, Turkey
Research Interests
- Land-surface atmosphere interactions
- Hydrometeorological modeling
- Model performance evaluation using multi-criteria optimization techniques
- Surface flux observation
- Remote sensing in hydrometeorology
Experience
- Postdoctoral Fellow, IPRC, University of Hawaii, 2000 - present
- Research Assistant, Dept. of Hydrology & Water Resources,
University of Arizona,
Tucscon, Arizona, 1997-2000 - Meteorological Engineer, State Meteorological Service, Ankara, Turkey, 1993-1994
Publications
- Bastidas, L.A., H.V. Gupta, O.L. Sen, Y.Q. Liu, W.J. Shuttleworth, and S. Sorooshian, Comparative evaluation of the performance of Land Surface Schemes using Multi-Criteria Methods. In preparation.
- Sen, O.L., L.A. Bastidas, W.J. Shuttleworth, Z.-L. Yang, and S. Sorooshian: Impact of field calibrated vegetation parameters on GCM climate simulation. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, in press.
- Wang, Y., O.L. Sen, and B. Wang, 2003: A highly resolved regional climate model (IPRC-RegCM) and its simulation of the 1998 severe precipitation event over China. Part I: Model description and verification of simulation. J. Climate, 16 (11), 1721-1738.
- Arain, M.A., W.J. Shuttleworth, B. Farnsworth, J. Adams, and O.L. Sen, 2000: Comparing micrometeorology of rain forests in Biosphere-2 and Amazon basin. Agricul. Forest. Meteorol., 100, 273-289.
- Sen, O.L., W.J. Shuttleworth, and Z.-L. Yang, 2000: Comparative evaluation of BATS2, BATS and SiB2 with Amazon data. J. Hydromet., 1 (2), 135-153.
- Unland, H.E., A.M. Arain, C. Harlow, P.H. Houser, J.G. Payan, P. Scott, O.L. Sen, and W.J. Shuttleworth, 1998: Evaporation from a riparian system in a semi-arid environment. Hydrol. Process, 12, 527-542.
Reports
- Shuttleworth, W. J., Z.-L. Yang, A.M. Arain, E. Burke, and O.L. Sen, 1999: Aggregate Representation of Terrestrial Land Covers Within Global Climate Models. Final Report to the NASA-Goddard Contract No. NAG5-3854.
Presentations
- Sen, O.L., and W.J. Shuttleworth: Evidence of a feedforward stomatal response operating at the whole-canopy level in conditions of high vapor pressure deficit? AGU, San Francisco, 1997.
- Sen, O.L., W.J. Shuttleworth, and Z.-L. Yang: Comparative evaluation of BATS2, BATS and SiB2 with Amazon data. IUGG, Birmingham, UK, 1999.
- Bastidas, L.A., H.V. Gupta, K. Blasch, O.L. Sen, S. Sorooshian, W.J. Shuttleworth: Constraining LSS by Using Observational Data and Multi-Criteria Techniques. NASA Land Surface Hydrology Program Investigators Meeting, Columbia, MD, November 1-2, 1999.
- Bastidas, L.A., O.L. Sen, H.V. Gupta, S. Sorooshian, and W.J. Shuttleworth: Overview of the use of Multi-Criteria Methods for parameter estimation of land surface schemes. GCIP Principal Investigators Meeting, Potomac, MD, March 6-8, 2000.
- Sen, O.L., L.A. Bastidas, W.J. Shuttleworth, Z.-L. Yang, and S. Sorooshian: Impact of field calibrate vegetation parameters on GCM climate simulation, Quart. J. Royal Meteor. Soc., in press.