Christopher Velden
Expert on hurricane research, and environmental satellite techniques/applications to tropical cyclones
Senior researcher, Space Science and Engineering Center Work: 608-262-9168 — Home and cell phones available upon request chrisv@ssec.wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Techniques and algorithms to monitor hurricanes, and transition to operational applications (i.e. National Hurricane Center)
- Hurricane behavior and improving forecasts
- Remote-sensing techniques to extract wind information from environmental satellites
Achievements
- Transition of new satellite-derived methods to derive winds and monitor hurricanes into National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration operations
- Fellow, American Meteorological Society, winner of two prestigious AMS awards
- Author on more than 50 scientific journal articles and more than 200 conference presentations
- Member, National Academy of Sciences committees/panels on atmospheric sciences
- 2012 UW–Madison Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research