EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science (1993),  Applied Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Master of Science (1995),  Geophysics,  Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Doctor of Philosophy (1998), Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1993 - 1995  Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geological Engineering and Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

1994  Summer Intern, Science Applications International Corporation, Hampton, VA

1995 - 1998  Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

1999 - 2001  Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO

2001 - 2002  Scientific Computing Research Associate, Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium, Grand Forks, ND

2002 - Present   Assistant Research Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Grand Forks, ND

PUBLICATIONS:

Rose, W. I., D. J. Delene, D. J. Schneider, G. J. S. Bluth, A. J. Krueger, I. Sprod, C. McKee, H. L. Davies, and G. G. J. Ernst, Ice in the 1994 Rabaul eruption cloud: implications for volcano hazard and atmospheric effects, Nature, 375, 477-479, 1994.

Delene, D. J., W. I. Rose, and N. C. Grody, Remote sensing of volcanic ash clouds using special sensor microwave imager data, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 101, 11579-11588, 1996.

Delene, D. J., T. Deshler, P. Wechsler, and G. A. Vali, A balloon-borne cloud condensation nuclei counter, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 103, 8927-8934, 1998.

Delene, D. J. and T. Deshler, Calibration of a photometric cloud condensation nucleus counter designed for deployment on a balloon package, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 17, 459-467, 2000.

Delene, D. J. and T. Deshler, Vertical profiles of cloud condensation nuclei above Wyoming, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres , 106, 12579-12588, 2001.

Sheridan, P. J., D. J. Delene, and J. A. Ogren, Four years of continuous surface aerosol measurements from the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed site, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 106, 20735-20747, 2001.

Delene, D. J., and J. A. Ogren, Variability of aerosol optical properties at four North American surface monitoring sites, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 59, 1135-1150, 2002.

PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS:

Delene, D. J., and W. I. Rose, Remote sensing of volcanic clouds using special sensor microwave imager data, Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union 1995 Fall meeting, December 13, 1995 in San Francisco, California.

Delene, D. J., and T. Deshler, Balloon-based measurements of cloud condensation nuclei at Laramie, Wyoming, Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union 1996 Fall meeting December 16, 1996 in San Francisco, California.

Delene, D. J., Vertical Profiles of Cloud Condensation Nuclei above Midlatitude Continental Sites, Talk given at the American Geophysical Union 1998 Fall meeting,  December 9, 1998 in San Francisco, California.

Delene, D. J., Vertical Profiles of Cloud Condensation Nuclei above Laramie, Wyoming and Lauder, New Zealand, Poster presented at the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab 1999 Annual Meeting, May 13, 1999 in Boulder, Colorado .

Delene, D. J. and J. A. Ogren, Long-term In-situ Aerosol Data Sets for Determining Uncertainties in Satellite Retrieval Algorithms, Talk given at the GACP Second Science Team Meeting , September 30, 1999 in New York City, New York.

Delene, D. J. and J. A. Ogren, Variability of Aerosol Properties Among Surface Monitoring Stations, Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union 1999 Fall Meeting, December 16, 1999 in San Francisco, California.

Delene, D. J. and P. J. Sheridan, and J. A. Ogren, North American measurements of aerosol light absorption and single-scattering albedo, Poster presented at the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab 2000 Annual Meeting, May 4, 2000 in Boulder, Colorado.

Delene, D. J. and J. A. Ogren, Opportunities for the use of In-situ Aerosol Measurements with Chemical Transport Models and Satellite Climatologies, Talk given at the GACP Third Science Team Meeting , October 12, 2000 in Lanharn-Seabrook, Maryland.

Delene, D. J. and J. A. Ogren, Variability of aerosol properties as determined by long-term surface observations, Talk given at 81st AMS Meeting, January 18, 2001 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Delene, D. J., Variability of aerosol properties from long-term surface monitoring station data, Talk given at the University of North Dakota's Department of Atmospheric Science Graduate Seminar Series, September 20, 2002 in Grand Forks, North Dakota

Delene, D. J., Calibration of the University of North Dakota's Citation Aircraft Wind System, Talk given at the University of North Dakota's Department of Atmospheric Science Graduate Seminar Series, November 14, 2003 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Delene, D. J. and X. Dong, Y. Chen, M. Poellot, and J. Penner, Analysis of the aerosol-cloud interactions from aircraft, surface measurements, and cloud parcel model during the March 2000 IOP at the ARM SGP site, Talk given at the 14th Annual ARM Science Team Meeting, March 23, 2004 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

SOFTWARE:

Delene, D. J., Aircraft Processing and Analysis Package, http://aerosol.atmos.und.edu/APAP, 2007.