Atmospheric Sciences Group, Earth and Environmental Sciences EES-2 Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545

ADDRESS: Los Alamos National Laboratory EES-2, MS J577 Los Alamos, NM 87545, phone (505) 667-0971, fax (505) 667-9122, email wporch@lanl.gov

Research Areas of Interest: Aerosol (Physics and Chemistry, Climate, Visibility, Pollution, Wind Suspension, Large Fires), Atmospheric Optics (Optical Turbulence, Remote Sensing), Boundary Layer Clouds (Aerosol Effects, Ship Trails, Island Cloud Trails), Transport and Diffusion (Complex Terrain, Risk Assessment, Long-Range Transport)

EDUCATION : B.A., Physics, 1962-1966 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT M.S., Physics, 1966-1968 University of Washington, Seattle, WA Ph.D., Geophysics, 1968-1971 University of Washington, Seattle, WA

POSITIONS: Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1987-present Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1973-1987 Research Optical Engineer, Boeing Company, 1966-1967. Research Assistant, Trainee, Special Fellow, Research Associate, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1967-1972. Lecturer, University of California, Davis, CA, 1975.

MEMBERSHIPS: American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, Optical Society of America, American Association of Aerosol Scientists, East Bay Astronomical Society,

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS: American Meteorological Society Air Pollution and Meteorology Committee Chairman, January 1, 1986 to 1989, Mountain Meteorology January 1, 1989 to 1991, Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel (Meteorology), Subcommittee on Consequence Assessment and Protective Action

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