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Looking for a meeting to present your work, a forum to discuss problems and successes with your peers, a place to publish results with peer review?Upcoming conferences/meetings: European Geophysical Union, Geoinformatics 2008, Spring AGU Earth and Space Science Informatics, the Virtual Observatories in Geosciences Conference
Collaboration web site: http://www.geoinformatics.info/ (Community -> Enter Forum)
Journals: Earth Science Informatics, Computers and Geosciences, Data Science Journal.
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Biography
Currently Chief Computational Scientist at the The
High Altitude
Observatory
(HAO) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Peter
researches and facilitates all aspects of scientific
computing. Current projects reflect the need to balance research,
applied mathematics, computing, computer science and informatics,
including: use of modern algorithms and techniques for IT software and
tools for code development, modeling, development of robust modern,
agile, cyberinfrastructure, efficient interoperability between distinct
hardware and software platforms, seamless access and use of data
sources with a focus on semantic methodologies and technologies, and
flexible user and program-level interfaces for scientists, students and
educators to gain access to relevant data, and the use of visualization
to enhance the understanding of scientific results for broad audiences
with the goal of
turning data into knowledge:
Immediate past interests:
In the area of solar-terrrestrial physics: application problems include the simulation of spectral line radiation from the solar surface, compressible convection in stars such as the Sun, and the treatment of convective and radiative energy transport and MHD turblence. In addition, the broader areas of solar magnetic activity and solar variability research draw on the understanding of the dynamics of the outer layers of the Sun and directly affect the Earth's environment.
Experience with a range of vector and parallel supercomputers as well as adaptation of existing numerical algorithms for their compilers and architectures, both shared and distributed. Applications also include analysis and visualization, data systems and interpretation of observations and configuration of experiments.
NSF RISE program: Spectral Synthesis project with Oran (Dick) White and Juan Fontenla - designed and built an objected-oriented framework also in C++ for the computation of synthetic solar spectral irradiances.
NASA/SORCE - Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment. G, Rottman and T. Woods (PI, CU/LASP)
ESG II - The Earth System Grid project.
SECDDS - Sun-Earth Connections Distributed Data System
PSPT - Precision Solar Photometric Telescope
DODS - Distributed Oceanographic Data System, NASA CAN. P. Cornillon (PI, URI)
Solar Magnetic Field Polar Field Reversals
Solar MHD
Sunspot energy blocking
Kinematic Evolution of the Sun's Global Magnetic Field
Convection
Education:
B.Sc (Hons I) in Mathematics, Monash University, 1980
Ph.D. in Mathematics, Monash University, 1985
Previous postions:
Associate Research Scientist, Center for Solar and Space Research, Yale University, 1986-1988
Research Scientist, Center for Solar and Space Research, Yale University, 1989-1992
Scientist, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1991-1996
Chief Computational Scientist, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1997-present
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