Belay Demoz
Professor and Director
Physics
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
Physics 426
Education
Postdoc University of Illinois-Urbana (UIUC) 1994
Ph D University of Nevada-Reno;, Desert Research Institute (DRI) 1992
MS University of Nevada-Reno 1989
BS Asmara University 1984
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About
Dr. Demoz has over 20 years of research experience in private industry, government, and Academia. He has chaired the Committee for Atmospheric LIDAR Application Studies (CLAS) for the American Meteorological Society; is a member of the Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC) Working Group on GRUAN (WG-GRUAN); and has served in Editorial Boards of Journals and Magazine. He has organized national and international conferences, experiments, and workshops. He is a Professor in Physics and the current Director of the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET).
Research Interests
Dr. Demoz's research interest covers the broad area of atmospheric observations with a particular emphasis in lidar, radar and Microwave radiometer and their applications in mesoscale observations, climate observation and network design. His is mainly interested in integrating the multiple instruments and their physics in understanding atmospheric dynamics to improve now casting and climate.
Teaching Interests
Dr. Demoz's teaching interests are in the areas of atmospheric instrumentation - including lidars, microwave radiometery, and radars, classical mechanics and aerosol and cloud micro-physics. He has lectured in general mechanics and analytical mechanics for several years. He is trained in cloud microphysics and aerosol physics and enjoys teaching these courses.
Selected Classes
- Spring 2015 PHYS 622 – Atmospheric Physics II
Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research
Demoz, Belay B (Principal). “PECAN: Ground based Lidar and,” Grant Sponsored By: NSF. (Feb 15, 2014 – Jan 31, 2018).
Demoz, Belay B (Principal). “Support of NOAA commitment to Climate Observing System (GCOS) reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN),” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NOAA. (Sep 1, 2014 – Aug 31, 2022).
Demoz, Belay B (Principal). “Investigate and Validate the effectiveness of the CL31 as a lidar network,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NOAA. (Sep 1, 2014 – Aug 31, 2016).
Demoz, Belay B (Principal). “Investigate and Validate the effectiveness of the CL31 as a lidar network,” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NOAA. (Sep 1, 2014 – Aug 31, 2015).
Demoz, Belay B (Principal). “NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Science and meteorology (NCAS-M),” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NOAA. (Sep 1, 2016 – Aug 31, 2022).
Demoz, Belay B (Principal). “NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Science and meteorology (NCAS-M),” Grant (Funded). Sponsored By: NOAA. (Sep 1, 2016 – Aug 31, 2019).
Intellectual Contributions
Rabenhorst, Scott D., Whiteman, David N., Zhang, Da-Lin, Demoz, Belay B. (2014). A case study of Mid-Atlantic nocturnal boundary layer events during WAVES 2006. 11. 53 2627-2648 Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
Okonkwo, Churchill, Demoz, Belay B. (2014). The relationship between El Niño Southern Oscillations and cereal production in Sahel. 4. 13 343-357 Environmental Hazards.
Emory, Amber, Demoz, Belay B., Vermeesch, Kevin, Michael, Hicks. (2014). Double Bright Band Observations with High-Resolution Vertically Pointing Radar, Lidar, and Radiometer. 13. 119 8201-8211 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres..
Okonkwo, Churchill, Demoz, Belay B. (2014). Identifying anthropogenic 'hotspots' and management of water resources in Lake Chad Basin.. 2-3. 6 135-149 Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research.
Okonkwo, Churchill, Demoz, Belay B., Tesfay, Sium. Characterization of West African jet streams and its association to ENSO events and rainfall in ERA- Interim 1979 - 2011. 2014 12 Advances in Meteorology,.
Jauhiainen, Hannu, Demoz, Belay B. Review of Multiple-payload Radiosonde Sounding Configurations for Determining Best-Practice Guidance for GRUAN.
Presentations
Delgado, Ruben (Author & Presenter), Caicedo, Vanessa (Author), Westfall, J (Author), Taylor, D (Author), Demoz, Belay B. (Author), Sakai, R (Author), Moshary, F (Author), Welton, E J. (Author), Lefer, B L., Woodman, M (Author), Krask, D, Szykman, J (Author), Cavender, K. American Meteorological Society. Oral Presentation. "EPAMS Profiler and Ceilometer Network," American Meteorological Society. (Jan 1, 2020).
Sleeman, Jennifer (Author & Presenter), Caicedo, Vanessa, Halem, Milton, Demoz, Belay B., Delgado, Ruben. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Poster. "Using Lidar and Machine Learning to Identify Planetary Boundary Layer Heights," American Geophysical Union. (Dec 1, 2019).
Delgado, Ruben (Author & Presenter), Caicedo, Vanessa, Westfall, Jenna, Taylor, Daniel, Sleeman, Jennifer, Demoz, Belay B., Sakai, Ricardo, Moshary, Fred, Welton, Ellsworth, Lefer, Barry, Woodman, Michael, Krask, David, Szykman, James, Cavender, Kevin. 2019 MARAMA Air Quality Monitoring Training Workshop. Oral Presentation. "EPAMS Profiler and Ceilometer Network," MARAMA. (Nov 1, 2019).
Delgado, Ruben (Author & Presenter), Caicedo, Vanessa, Demoz, Belay B., Carroll, Brian, Kironji, Wambugu, Sakai, Ricardo, Szykman, James. 2018 MARAMA Air Quality Monitoring Training Workshop. Oral Presentation. "Evaluation of Lidars/Ceilometers, and Determination of Mixing Layer Heights for PAMS," MARAMA. (Dec 1, 2018).
Demoz, Belay (Author), Delgado, Ruben (Author), Carroll, Brian (Author), Vermeesch, Kevin (Author). 18th International laser Radar Conference. Oral Presentation. "Lidar Profiling the lower Troposphere: experience from PECAN," University of Bucharest, Romania. (Jun 29, 2017).
Demoz, Belay B. (Author & Presenter), Vermeesch, kevin (Author), Whiteman, David (Author), Caroll, Brian (Author). PECAN Science Workshop. Oral Presentation. "Summary and highlights of PECAN FP2 measurements," University of Oklahoma and National Science foundation. (Sep 19, 2016).
Hicks, Michael (Presenter), Demoz, Belay (Other), Attkinson, Dennis (Other), Vermeesch, Kevin (Other). 18th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation. Lecture. "The National Weather Service Ceilometer Planetary Boundary Layer Project Update," American meteorological Society. (Jan 11, 2016).
Daham, Farrah (Author & Presenter), Delgado, Ruben (Author), Demoz, Belay B. (Author), Rabenhorst, Scott D (Author). AMS 14th Annual Student Conference. Poster. "Determining Planetary Boundary Layer Heights with Ground-Based Lidar and Wind Profiler on Short Spatial and Temporal Scales," UMBC/JCET. (Jan 4, 2015).
Delgado, Ruben, Demoz, Belay B., Hoff, Raymond M., McCormick, M. Patrick, Moshary, Fred, Parsiani, Hamed, Rabenhorst, Scott D., Wu, Yonghua, St. Pé, Alexandra E., Han, Zaw. 7th NOAA EPP Biennial Education and Science Forum. Poster. "CREST Lidar Network Observations for Air Quality and Wind Energy Research," NOAA Office of Education. (Nov 1, 2014).