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Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty

Dr. Joseph Vaughan

Joseph Vaughan

Emeritus Associate Research Professor

Office:

PACCAR 456

Phone:

(509) 335-2832

Fax:

(509) 335-7632

Laboratory for Atmospheric Research (LAR)

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2000 – Washington State University
  • M.S., Environmental Studies, 1979 – Duke University
  • B.A., Astronomy, 1975 – Vassar College

Professional Experience

  • Research Associate Professor, Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, 2012 – present
  • Research Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, 2003 – 2012
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, 2000 – 2003

Research Interests

  • Atmospheric Pollutant Transport and Dispersion Studies
  • Air Quality Modeling
  • AIRPACT Air Quality Forecasting System
  • ClearSky System for Management of Agricultural Burning Smoke
  • Remote Sensing for Regional Air Quality Applications

Publications

  • Vaughan, J.; Lamb, B.; Wilson, R.; Bowman, C.; Figueroa-Kaminsky, C.; Otterson, S.; Boyer, M.; Mass, C.; Albright, M.; Koenig, J.; Collingwood, A.; Gilroy, M.; and Maykut, N. (2004). A Numerical Daily Air Quality Forecast System for the Pacific Northwest, Bulletin Amer. Meteorol Soc.,85, 549-561.
  • Snow, J.A., J.B. Dennison, D. A. Jaffe, H.U. Price, J.K. Vaughan, and B. Lamb, 2003. Aircraft measurements of air quality in Puget Sound: Summer 2001, Atmos. Environ. 37, 4019-4032.
  • Mass, C.F., M. Albright, D. Ovens, R. Steed, E. Grimit, T. Eckel, B. Lamb, J. Vaughan, K. Westrick, P. Storck, B. Coleman, C. Hill, N. Maykut, M. Gilroy, S. Ferguson, J. Yetter, J. M. Sierchio, C. Bowman, D. Stender, R. Wilson, and W. Brown, 2003. Regional environmental prediction over the Pacific Northwest, Bulletin Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 84, 1353-1366.
  • Kaufman, Y.J., D. Tanre, B.N. Holben, S. Mattoo, L.A. Remer, T.T. Eck, J. Vaughan, and B. Chatenet, 2002. Aerosol radiative impact on spectral solar flux at the surface, derived from Principal-Plane Sky Measurements. J. Atmos. Sci. 59, 635-646.
  • Vaughan, J.K., C. Claiborn, D. Finn, 2001. Dust event over the Columbia Plateau. J. Geophys. Res. 106, 18,381-18,402.
  • Claiborn, C., B.K. Lamb, A. Miller, J. Beseda, B. Clode, J. Vaughan, L. Kang, and C. Newvine (1998). Regional measurements and modeling of windblown agricultural dust: The Columbia Plateau PM