Center for Environmental Science
A Cooperative Center operated by The University of Chicago
and Argonne National Laboratory

John E. Frederick

Department of the Geophysical Sciences
The University of Chicago
5734 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637-1434

Phone: (773) 702-3237
Facsimile: (773) 702-9505
e-mail: frederic@uchicago.edu

PRESENT POSITION:

Professor of Atmospheric Science
The University of Chicago, 1985-Present

EDUCATION:

  • B. A. (magna cum laude) Hanover College, 1971, Major: Physics
  • Ph.D. University of Colorado-Boulder, 1975, Department of Astro-Geophysics
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, 1975-1976, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Dept. of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

  • 1994-1997: Chairman, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago
  • 1977-1985: Space Scientist, Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
  • 1976-1977: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, University of Michigan

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Radiative transfer in the earth's atmosphere, radiation measurements, remote sensing, detection of environmental change and its biological and ecological effects, aspects of atmospheric chemistry and spectroscopy, environmental effects of urbanization.

SAMPLE OF ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching - The University of Chicago, 1989
  • Co-chairman, Global Trends Working Group, UNEP International Ozone Assessment required by the Montreal Protocol, 1988-1989
  • Member, External Review Panel for the Middle Atmosphere Research Program of NASA/Langley Research Center, June 1991
  • A Lead Author, Chapter 11 in the United Nations Environment Programme Scientific Assessment of the Ozone Layer, 1991
  • Chairman, SBUV/2 Review Panel, NOAA/NESDIS, 1992
  • Organizer and Chair of symposium entitled "The Sensitivity of Natural Ecosystems to Changing Ultraviolet Radiation Levels", Marco Is., FL, June 1992
  • Delivered testimony on potential effects of ozone depletion, Legislature of the Argentine Province of Tierra del Fuego, August 1992
  • Co-Author, Ch. 9, UNEP/WMO Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion, 1994
  • Member, External Review Panel for the Environmental Research Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 1995-1998
  • Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 5 in the IPCC Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere, 1997-1999
  • Co-Director, Environmental Science and Policy Program, The University of Chicago, 1999-present.
  • Hanover College Alumni Achievement Award, May 2000
  • Chairman, Review Committee of the Environmental Research Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 2001

SAMPLE OF PUBLICATIONS

  • "Analysis of long-term behavior of ultraviolet radiation measured by Robertson-Berger meters at 14 sites in the United States", E. C. Weatherhead, G. C. Tiao, G. C. Reinsel, J. E. Frederick, J. J. DeLuisi, D. Choi, and W. Tam, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 8737-8754, 1997.

  • "The effects of aerosols on the wavelength dependence of atmospheric transmission in the ultraviolet and visible, Part I: A "single scattering separate" delta-Eddington model", C. Erlick and J. E. Frederick, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 11,465-11,472, 1998.

  • "Factors affecting the detection of trends: Statistical considerations and applications to environmental data", E. C. Weatherhead et al., J. Geophys. Res., 103, 17,149-17,161, 1998.

  • "The effects of aerosols on the wavelength dependence of atmospheric transmission in the ultraviolet and visible, Part II: Typical continental and urban aerosols in clear skies", C. Erlick and J. E. Frederick, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 23,275-23,285, 1998.

  • "Atmospheric transmission in the ultraviolet and visible:  Aerosols in cloudy atmospheres", C. Erlick, J. E. Frederick, V., K. Saxena, and B. N. Wenny, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 31,541-31,556, 1998.

  • "Estimating biologically active UV-irradiance from satellite radiance measurements: A sensitivity study", P. F. Soulen and J. E. Frederick, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 4117-4126, 1999.

  • "Annual and interannual behavior of solar ultraviolet irradiance revealed by broadband measurements, J. E. Frederick, J. R. Slusser, and D. S. Bigelow, Photochem. Photobiol., 72, 488-496, 2000.

  • "An empirical method for the determination of the complex index of refraction of size-fractionated atmospheric aerosols for radiative transfer calculations", N. A. Marley, J. S. Gaffney, C. Baird, C. A. Blazer, P. J. Drayton, and J. E. Frederick, Aerosol Sci. Technol.,24, 535-549, 2001.

  • "Aerosol optical depth measurements and their impact on surface levels of ultraviolet-B radiation", B. N. Wenny, V. K. Saxena, and J. E. Frederick, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 17,311, 2001.

  • "Interannual variability in solar ultraviolet irradiance over decadal time scales at latitude 55o South", J. E. Frederick, V. W. Manner, and C. R. Booth, Photochem. Photobiol., 74, 771-779, 2001.