Sean Burns
P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Tele: (303) 497-8934
e-mail: sean@ucar.edu


CHRONOLOGY

1990 B.S. Mathematics , University of Washington
1993 M.S. Engineering , University of California, Irvine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003 Professional Research Assistant
Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology (EPOB), University of Colorado.
2001 Professional Research Assistant
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (PAOS), University of Colorado.
1999 Associate Scientist II
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
1997 Assistant Specialist
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
1995 Junior Specialist
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
1990 Research and Teaching Assistant
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Irvine

PAPERS and PUBLICATIONS

NOTE: For a more recent list of publications go HERE.
Burns, S.P., J. Sun, A. C. Delany, S. R. Semmer, S. P. Oncley, and T. W. Horst, 2003:
A field intercomparison technique to improve the relative accuracy of longwave radiation
measurements and an evaluation of CASES-99 pyrgeometer data quality.

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20, 348-361.
Burns, S.P., D. Khelif, C.A. Friehe, P. Hignett, A.G. Williams, A.L.M. Grant, J.M. Hacker, D.E. Hagan,
Y.L. Serra, D.P. Rogers, E.F. Bradley, R.A. Weller, C.W. Fairall, S.P. Anderson, C.A. Paulson, and P.A. Coppin, 2000:
Comparisons of aircraft, ship, and buoy radiation and SST measurements from TOGA COARE.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 , 15,627-15,652.
Burns, S.P., D. Khelif, C.A. Friehe, A.G. Williams, P. Hignett, A.L.M. Grant, J.M. Hacker, D.P. Rogers,
E.F. Bradley, R.A. Weller, M.F. Cronin, S.P. Anderson, C.W. Fairall, and C.A. Paulson, 1999:
Comparisons of aircraft, ship, and buoy meteorological measurements from TOGA COARE.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 104 , 30,853-30,884.
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Yi, C., R. Li, P.S. Bakwin, A. Desai, D.M. Ricciuto, S.P. Burns, A.A. Turnipseed, S.C. Wofsy,
J.W. Munger, K. Wilson, R.K. Monson, 2004:
A nonparametric method for separating photosynthesis and respiration components in CO2 flux measurements
Geophysical Research Letters, 31 , L17107.
Turnipseed, A.A., D.E. Anderson, S. Burns, P.D. Blanken, and R.K. Monson, 2004:
Airflows and turbulent flux measurements in mountainous terrain: Part 2: Mesoscale effects
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology , 125 , 187-205.
Sun J.L., Lenschow D.H., Burns S.P., Banta R.M., Newsom R.K., Coulter R., Frasier S., Ince T.,
Nappo C., Balsley B.B., Jensen M., Mahrt L., Miller D., and Skelly B., 2004:
Atmospheric disturbances that generate intermittent turbulence in nocturnal boundary layers
Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 110(2) , 255-279.
Sun J.L., S.P. Burns, A.C. Delany, S.P. Oncley, T.W. Horst, and D.H. Lenschow, 2003:
Heat balance in the nocturnal boundary layer during CASES-99.
Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42 , 1649-1666.
Poulos, G.S., and S.P. Burns, 2003:
An evaluation of bulk Ri-based surface layer flux formulas for stable and very stable conditions with intermittent turbulence.
Journal of the Atomospheric Sciences, 60 (20) , 2523-2537.
Sun, J., S.P. Burns, D.H. Lenschow, R. Banta, R. Newsom, R. Coulter, S. Frasier, T. Ince, C. Nappo,
W. Blumen, X. Lee, X.Z. Hu, 2002:
Intermittent turbulence associated with a density current passage in the stable boundary layer.
Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 105 , 199-219.
Poulos, G. S., W. Blumen, D.C. Fritts, J.K. Lundquist, J. Sun, S.P. Burns, C. Nappo, R. Banta, R. Newsom,
J. Cuxart, E. Terradellas, B. Balsley, and M. Jensen, 2002:
CASES-99: A comprehensive investigation of the stable nocturnal boundary layer.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 83 , 555-581.
Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, R. Nakamura, M.R. Soler, J. Sun, S.P. Burns, and D.H. Lenschow, 2001:
Shallow Drainage Flows.
Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 101 , 243-260.
Blumen, W., R. Banta, S. P. Burns, D. C. Fritts, R. Newsom, G. S. Poulos, and J. Sun, 2001:
Turbulence statistics of a Kelvin-Helmholtz billow event observed in the night-time
boundary layer during the Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study field program.

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans , 34 , 189-204.
PDF
Khelif, D., S.P. Burns, and C.A. Friehe, 1999:
Improved wind measurements on research aircraft.
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 860-875.
Walsh, E.J., D.C. Vandemark, C.A. Friehe, S.P. Burns, D. Khelif, and R.N. Swift, 1998:
Measuring sea surface mean square slope with a 36-Ghz scanning radar altimeter.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 103 , 12587-12601.
Walsh, E.J., D.E. Hagan, D.P. Rogers, R. Pinkel, R.A. Weller, C.W. Fairall,
C.A. Friehe, S.P. Burns, D. Khelif, D.C. Vandemark, R.N. Swift, and J.F. Scott, 1998:
Observations of sea surface mean square slope under light wind during the TOGA COARE experiment.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 103 , 12603-12612.
Walsh, E.J., R. Pinkel, D.E. Hagan, R.A. Weller, C.W. Fairall, D.P. Rogers, S.P. Burns,
and M. Baumgartner, 1998:
Coupling of internal waves on the main thermocline to the diurnal surface layer and sea surface temperature during the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 103 , 12613-12628.
Friehe, C.A., S.P. Burns, D. Khelif and X. Song, 1996:
Meteorological and flux measurements from the NOAA WP3D aircraft in TOGA COARE.
Preprints, Eighth Conference on Air-Sea Interaction and Conference on the Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System (GOALS),
Atlanta, American Meteor. Soc., J42-J45.
Burns S.P., 1993:
The effect of turbulence on the average heat transfer from a cylinder in crossflow.
M.Sci. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Irvine.

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS and WORKSHOPS

Burns, S. P., and J. Sun, 2000:
Thermocouple temperature measurements from the CASES-99 main tower.
Preprints. 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence ,
Aspen, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Postscript or PDF
Burns, S. P., J. Sun, A. C. Delany, S. P. Oncley, and T. W. Horst, 2000:
Radiative flux divergence measurements during CASES-99.
Preprints. 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence ,
Aspen, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Postscript or PDF
Oosterhuis, G., J. Sun, and S. P. Burns, 2000:
Wavelet analysis of thermocouple measurements during CASES-99.
Preprints. 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence ,
Aspen, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Postscript or PDF
Sun, J., S. P. Burns, G. Oosterhuis, and D. H. Lenschow, 2000:
Turbulence intermittency in the stable boundary layer.
Preprints. 14th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence ,
Aspen, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Postscript or PDF
Burns S.P., D. Khelif and C.A. Friehe, 1993: Aircraft measurements of wind and fluxes in TOGA COARE.
Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco.

Burns S.P., D. Khelif and C.A. Friehe, 1994: Aircraft-to-aircraft intercomparisons during TOGA COARE.
TOGA COARE International Data Workshop , Toulouse, France.

Burns S.P., D. Khelif and C.A. Friehe, 1994: Surface flux variability from aircraft measurements during TOGA COARE.
TOGA COARE International Data Workshop , Toulouse, France.
Friehe C.A., D. Khelif and S.P. Burns, 1994: Turbulence Measurements from the NOAA WP3D aircraft measurements in TOGA COARE.
TOGA COARE International Data Workshop , Toulouse, France.
Friehe C.A., D. Khelif and S.P. Burns, 1994: Spectral characteristics of surface-layer turbulence in TOGA COARE.
TOGA COARE International Data Workshop , Toulouse, France.
Burns S.P., C.A. Friehe, D. Khelif, A. Grant, D.P. Rogers and R.B. Grossman, 1995:
Meteorological and turbulent flux results from the NOAA WP3D aircraft in TOGA COARE.
Twenty First General Assembly, Honolulu, IAPSO, 222.
Rogers D., Y.L. Serra, D.E. Hagan, C.A. Friehe, D. Khelif, S.P. Burns, R.B. Grossman, R.A. Weller and S.P. Anderson, 1995:
Mean structure and surface flux in TOGA COARE.
Twenty First General Assembly, Honolulu, IAPSO, 221.


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