Ph.D., University of Missouri (Atmospheric Science)

M.S., University of Missouri (Atmospheric Science)

B.S., Eastern Kentucky University (Math & Physics)

Research Interests

Agee, his graduate students and postdoctoral associates have enjoyed continuous sponsored research from NSF, with additional support from NASA, NOAA, DOD and IBM from 1968 to the present with a total of awards received exceeding $8 million. This research effort has resulted in 35 student theses and the awarding of 10 Ph.D. and 25 MS degrees, with over 60 reviewed journal publications and 40 conference proceedings. In addition, one book on Cloud Dynamics has been co-edited with Professor Tomio Asai, University of Tokyo . Agee's research has focused on the fluid dynamics of thermal convection, atmospheric manifestations of Benard-Rayleigh convection and climatic change. Phenomena investigated have ranged from mesoscale shallow convection over the oceans and Great Lakes , to the study of deep convective systems such as thunderstorms and tornadoes, to temperature trends and the impact of climatic change. The approach to the study of these phenomena has included both theoretical modeling and field observations/experimental measurements. Current research projects, funded by the National Science Foundation, focus on the study of wintertime polar air mass modification over Lake Michigan and associated convective development and coherent structures, as well as physical and dynamical properties of convective boundary layers.

Teaching Interests

ATMS 133 Profession of Meteorology

ATMS 138 Thunderstorms and Tornadoes

ATMS 230 Survey of Meteorology

ATMS 391 Introduction to Atmospheric Science for Engineers/Physical Scientists

ATMS 421 Application of Microcomputers to Meteorology

ATMS 432 Atmospheric Dynamics I

ATMS 433 Atmospheric Dynamics II

ATMS 538 Cumulus Dynamics

ATMS 639 Atmospheric Fluid Dynamics

ATMS 690 Seminar in Atmospheric Science

ATMS 698 MS Thesis Research

ATMS 699 Ph.D. Dissertation Research

Awards/Honors Appointment/Elections

• EAS Outstanding Teaching Award (2004)

• UCAR Science Advocate Award (2003, 2004)

• Purdue University 's Scientific Member Representative to UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder , Colorado), 1984-present.

• Member, Board on Oceans and Atmosphere, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, 1993-98. Elected to 3-year term on the Executive Committee, 1995-98.

• Sagamore of the Wabash, Named by Governor Evan Bayh (Indiana), 1990.

• USA representative, The International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (IAMAP); Chairman - USA IAMAP subcommittee; Member - IAMAP Cloud Dynamics Group; 1980-88.

• Member, The United States National Committee, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics; nominated by the American Geophysical Union and appointed by the National Academy of Sciences, 1982-85 and 1985-88.

• Member, AMS-STAC Committee on Mesoscale Meteorology, American Meteorological Society (AMS), 1985-88.

• Trustee, The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), elected to the board by the 51 member university consortium, 1979-83.

• Member, UCAR Nominating Committee, 1988-89; chairman, 1990.

• Vice Chairman UNIDATA Policy Committee and Executive Committee, appointed by UCAR President, 1983-88.

• Member, NOAA Profiler Committee, appointed by Director of NOAA-ERL, 1987-88.

• Member, STORM Program Scientific Steering Committee and Data Management Working Group, appointed by UCAR and NOAA, 1983-88.

• Chairman, UCAR Personnel Policy Committee, 1981-83.

• Fellow, American Meteorological Society, elected in 1982.

• Member, Education and Manpower Commission, AMS, 1976-80.

• Eastern Kentucky University Awards:

Outstanding Alumnus Award, 1987
Hall of Fame, 1978
Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1976

• 2005 - Present, Professor and Associate Head, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University

• 2004, Professor and Acting Department Head, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University

• 1978-present Professor, Dept. of Earth & atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

• 1990-1996 Head, Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

• 1972-1978 Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

• 1968-1972 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

• May 1984 Invited Distinguished Scientist, Dept. of Physics, Institute of Meteorology and Oceanography, Utrecht University , The Netherlands

• Summer, 1983 Invited Distinguished Scientist, NOAA Environmental Research Labs, Boulder, CO

• August 1981 Invited Lecturer, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, University of Hamburg and Convener, IAMAP Special Assembly, Hamburg , FRG

• Summer, 1980 Visiting Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder , CO

• Summer, 1979 Lecturer, NCAR's Advanced Study program for Women and Minorities, Boulder, CO

• February 1974, 75 Scientific Participant, The Air Mass Transformation Experiment - a meteorology/oceanography field expedition over the East China Sea , invited by the Japanese government

• August 1974, 75 Invited lecturer, Japan Meteorological Agency and University of Tokyo , sponsored by the USA-Japan Cooperative Science program

• Gluhovsky, A., and E. M. Agee: On the analysis of atmospheric and climatic time series.  Accepted by  J. Appl. Meteor. and Climatol.

• Zurn-Birkhimer, S., E. M. Agee, and Z. Sorbjan, 2005: Convective structures in cold air outbreak over Lake Michigan during Lake-ICE. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2414-2432.

• Zurn-Birkhimer, Suzanne and Ernest M. Agee, 2003: Westerly Flow Cold Air Outbreak over Lake Michigan During Lake-ICE. 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Long Beach, California, 9-13 February 2003, CD-ROM.

• Gluhovsky, A., and E. M. Agee, 2002: Improving the statistical reliability of data analysis from atmospheric measurements and modeling. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 761-765.

• Gluhovsky, A., C. Tong, and E. M. Agee, 2002: On selection of modes in convective low-order models. J. Atmos. Sci ., 59 , 1383-1393.

• Gluhovsky, A., and E. M. Agee, 2002: Improving the statistical reliability of data analysis from atmospheric measurements and modeling. Mon. Wea. Rev. , 130 , 761-765.

• Agee, Ernest M., 2000: Shallow Convection Workshop Held at Purdue University . Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc ., 81 , 1370.

• Agee, Ernest and Alexander Gluhovsky, 1999: Further Aspects of Large Eddy Simulation Model Statistics and Inconsistencies with Field Data. J. Atmos. Sci., 56 , 2948-2950.

• Agee, Ernest, and Alexander Gluhovsky, (1999). LES Model Sensitivities to Domains, Grids and Large Eddy Time Scales. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 599-604.

• Agee, Ernest M., (1999). 2-D or not 2-D: That is the Question. 13th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Dallas, Texas, 10-15 January 1999, 123-126.