Wayne Feltz

Expert on meteorological satellite aviation applications, remote sensing of the atmosphere, infrared hyperspectral measurement applications, severe weather research and validation.

Associate Scientist/Space Science and Engineering Center College of Engineering Work: 608-265-6283 — Home and cell phones available upon request wayne.feltz@ssec.wisc.edu Home page

Topics

Successful participation in a large number of field experiments consisting of deployment of the SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC) with numerous meteorological instruments.
Validation of remotely sensed atmospheric state from satellite, aircraft, or ground-based measurements.
Development of new meteorological applications for remotely sensed atmospheric temperature, water and wind fields.
Development of atmospheric temperature and moisture retrieval algorithms for ground based high resolution fourier transform interferometric radiometer radiance measurements
Weather satellite (GOES, GOES-R, JPSS Soumi, etc) decision support applications to improve improve forecasting of aviation weather hazards through FAA, NOAA, NASA, and military agencies.

Achievements

NASA LaRC Paul Holloway Technology Transition Award 2008
Graduate School Award – Committee on Academic Staff Issues Certificate of Appreciation for serving as Vice Chair of committee 2009-2013 from Dean Martin Cadwallader
American Meteorological Society (AMS) Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Editor 2009-2012
NOAA GOES-R Aviation Algorithm Working Group Co-Chair 2007-2013
European Meteorological Satellite session chair – Toulouse, France 2015
European Geophysical Union session chair Vienna, Austria 2016