San Jose, CA 95172-0130

Education:

M. S. Meteorology, San Jose State University, 1998
Research Topic: "Inertia-Gravity Waves Observed by the NASA ER-2 Meteorological Measurement System during ASHOE-MAESA

B. S. Meteorology, San Jose State University, 1986

Experience:

NASA-Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA
7/87-Present
Research Associate

Analyzed 3-D Wind, Temperature & Pressure data recorded by the Meteorological Measurement System on NASA's ER-2 & DC-8 aircraft.

Developed customized tools to aid research of inertia gravity waves; implemented cross spectrum, power spectrum, and band pass filter techniques to extract wave signatures by establishing amplitude/phase relationships between meteorological variables. Reconstructed wave propagation characteristics by applying linear wave theory to in-situ wind and temperature data.

PUBLICATIONS:

J. Dean-Day, K. R. Chan, S. W. Bowen, T.P. Bui, B.L. Gary, and M.J. Mahoney, Dynamics of Rocky Mountain lee waves observed during SUCCESS, Geophys. Res. Letters, 25, 1351-1354, 1998.

K. R. Chan, J. Dean-Day, S. W. Bowen, and T.P. Bui, Turbulence measurements by the DC-8 Meteorological Measurement System, Geophys. Res. Letters, 25, 1355-1358, 1998.

K. R. Chan, L. Pfister, T.P. Bui, S. W. Bowen, J. Dean-Day, B.L. Gary, D.W. Fahey, K.K. Kelly, C.R. Webster, and R. D. May, A case study of the mountain lee wave event of January 6 1992, Geophys. Res. Letters, 20, 2551-2554, 1993

K. R. Chan, S. W. Bowen, T.P. Bui, S.G. Scott, and J. Dean-Day, Temperature and horizontal wind measurements and model atmospheres of the 1989 Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition, Geophys. Res. Letters, 17, 341-344, 1990.

K. R. Chan, S.G. Scott, T.P. Bui, S. W. Bowen, and J. Day: Temperature and horizontal wind measurements on the ER-2 aircraft during the 1987 Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 573-587, 1989.