Julio T. Bacmeister, Associate Research Scientist

GEST Research Group:

GMAO

GSFC Code:

610.1

Mailing Address:

GMAO
Building 33, Room C107
NASA GSFC, Code 610.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 614-5854

Fax:

(301) 614-6307

Email:

Julio.Bacmeister@nasa.gov

Research Interests:

Cloud and convection parameterization, and parameterization of orographic effects for tropospheric climate models.

Biography:

Dr. Julio T. Bacmeister received his Ph.D. in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics from Princeton University in 1987 where his research concentrated on numerical simulation of stratified flow around obstacles. From 1987 until 1992 he worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He joined the Middle Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC in 1992 where he led the development of a two-dimensional chemical transport model, as well as establishing a research effort in Atmospheric Gravity Wave Dynamics. In 1998, Dr. Bacmeister joined the NASA Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction Project as a Visiting Scientist, where he led efforts in atmospheric model development. In 2003, Dr. Bacmeister joined the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) at Goddard Space Flight Center, where he leads physics parameterization development for the GMAO's global atmospheric model. He has published over 45 refereed papers in the fields of gravity wave dynamics, atmospheric transport, and parameterization development for climate models.