Howard Hanson, Ph.D.
Professor, Geosciences
Scientific Director, Center for Ocean Energy Technology,
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Email hphanson@fau.edu
Phone (561) 297-2460
Office EE 315
Education
Ph.D, 1979, Atmospheric Science, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
B.S., 1972, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests
Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction
Boundary-Layer Meteorology
Upper Ocean Processes
Climate System Feedback Processes
Alternative/Renewable Energy Strategies
Recent Publications
Hanson, H.P., S.K. Skemp, G.M. Alsenas, and C.E. Coley, 2010: Power from the Florida Current: A new perspective on an old vision. Submitted to Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Skemp, S.K., H.P. Hanson, and G.M. Alsenas, 2010: Toward an ocean-energy roadmap. Submitted to Oceanography.
Hanson, H.P., S.K. Skemp, L. Berry, G.M. Alsenas, and C.E. Coley, 2010: Open-ocean current challenges. Submitted to Oceanography.
Hanson, H.P., 2009: Diversified renewables. EnergyBiz, 6(4) 52
Elliott, S.M., and H.P. Hanson, 2003: Syndication of the earth system: The future of geoscience? Environmental Science and Policy 6, 457-463.
Hanson, H.P., 2003: Down from the ivory tower: Climate science faces the real world. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL, 3, 354-356.
Johnston, N.A.C., D.R. Blake, F.S. Rowland, S. Elliott, K.S. Lackner, H.J. Ziock, M.K. Dubey, H.P. Hanson, and S. Barr, 2003: Chemical transport modeling of potential atmospheric CO 2 sinks. Energy Conversion and Management, 44, 681-689.
Hanson, H.P., and S.M. Elliott, 2002: View from aFAR: Increasing Relevance of Climate Research. Directions in Science, 1, 33-37.
Hanson, H.P., 2002: Radiative destabilization in clear-sky cooling calculations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 83, 111-112.
Elliott, S., K.S. Lackner, H.J. Ziock, M.K. Dubey, H.P. Hanson, S. Barr, N.A. Ciszkowski, and D.R. Blake, 2001: Compensation of atmospheric CO 2 buildup through engineered chemical sinkage. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 1235-1238.
Hanson, H.P., M.M. Bradley, J.E. Bossert, R.R. Linn, and L.W. Younker, 2000: The potential and promise of physics-based wildfire simulation. Environmental Science and Policy, 3, 161-172.
Hanson, H.P. , 2000: Environmental science for Y2K and beyond. Environmental Science and Policy, 3, 3-4.