Ronald Calhoun is an associate professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy at Arizona State University. He directs the Environmental Remote Sensing Group, a multi-disciplinary research program dedicated to understanding fluid motions in the environment using remote sensing instruments.
Calhoun’s research interests are in fluid dynamics; atmospheric sciences; boundary layer; wind energy and remote sensing. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union. He is a member of the Validation and Verification Committee for Department of Energy’s Chem/Bio Salt Lake City Urban Field Experiment. Calhoun has served as a reviewer for prestigious journals and federal agencies.
Education
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University 1998
Engineer. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University 1993
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University 1992
B.S. Symbolic Systems, Stanford University 1989
Research Activity
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*, Anderson,James R. Optical Properties of Brown-outs from Rotocraft Landings in Desert Terrain. DOD-ARMY-ARO(9/1/2014 - 5/31/2015).
Peet,Yulia V*, Calhoun,Ronald Joseph. Wind Turbine Array Performance Based on Coupling CFD with Doppler Lidar Measurements. NSF-ENG-CBET(9/1/2013 - 8/31/2016).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*. WindTracer Deployment for Tehachapi Wind Farms. ELECTRIC POWER RSR INST (EPRI)(9/1/2013 - 2/28/2015).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*. Collaborative Research: Observing and modeling downslope-windstorm-type flow in a small-scale crater induced by larger-scale katabatic winds. NSF-GEO-AGS(9/1/2012 - 8/31/2014).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*. EAGER: Collaborative Analysis of Doppler Lidar Data from Canopy Horizontal Array Turbulence Study (CHATS). NSF-GEO-AGS(3/15/2012 - 2/28/2014).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*. Wake vortex and meteorological data collection and validation of fast-time numerical models to support NextGen capacity improvements. (10/12/2011 - 6/15/2015).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*. An integrated approach to offshore wind energy assessment: Great Lakes 3D Wind Experiment. INDIANA UNIV(9/30/2011 - 9/30/2014).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*, Fernando,H J S. Coherent Doppler Lidar Deployment in the Canopy Horizontal Array Turbulence Study. DOD-ARMY-ARO(3/29/2007 - 12/28/2007).
Fernando,H J S*, Calhoun,Ronald Joseph. The Sedona Workshop on the Atmospheric Stable Boundary Layer. DOD-ARMY-ARO(9/21/2006 - 9/20/2007).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*, Fernando,H J S. METEOROLOGICAL MECHANISMS AND PATHWAYS OF POLLUTION EXPOSURE: Coherent Doppler Lidar Deployment in Wagerup. Dept. Environmt-W. Australia(6/1/2006 - 8/15/2007).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*, Fernando,H J S. Coherent Doppler Lidar Deployment and Data Analysis for Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX). NSF-GEO-AGS(12/15/2005 - 11/30/2010).
Fernando,H J S*, Calhoun,Ronald Joseph. Acquisition of a Sodar/RASS Instrument Package for Remote Sensing of Urban Environments. DOD-ARMY-ARO(5/1/2005 - 4/30/2006).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*, Fernando,H J S. Acquisition of a Mobile Workstation to Support Lidar Postprocessing of JU2003 Data. DOD-ARMY-ARO(4/1/2005 - 6/30/2005).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*. Data Assimilation of Dual Doppler Lidar Observations of the Urban Boundary Layer. NSF-GEO-AGS(9/1/2004 - 8/31/2008).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*, Fernando,H J S, Princevac,Marko S. Air Flow and Dispersion Over an Urban Downtown Area. DOD-ARMY-ARO(7/1/2004 - 7/29/2009).
Phelan,Patrick E*, Calhoun,Ronald Joseph, Garcia,Antonio Agustin, Hayes,Mark A, Vuppu,Anil Kumar. NER: APPLICATION OF PARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES FOR BIOLOGICAL AGENT DETECTION. NSF-ENG(7/1/2003 - 6/30/2005).
Peccia,Jordan Lee*, Abbaszadegan,Morteza, Calhoun,Ronald Joseph. QUANTIFICATION OF AIRBORNE BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS ASSOCIATED WITH LAND APPLIED BIOSOLIDS. WATER ENVIRON RESEARCH FDN(5/15/2003 - 9/1/2006).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*, Fernando,H J S. DOPPLER LIDAR MEASURMENTS OF WIND, TURBULENCE AND AEROSOL BACKSCATTER IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT. BATTELLE COLUMBUS DIV(3/31/2003 - 8/31/2004).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*, Boyer,Don Lamar, Fernando,H J S. REMOTE SENSING OF URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: ACQUISITION OF AN EYE-SAFE COHERENT DOPPLER LIDAR FOR ASU'S URBAN FLUID MECHANICS RESEARCH. DOD-ARMY-ARO(6/1/2002 - 5/31/2003).
Calhoun,Ronald Joseph*. ADVANCED SENSOR INTEGRATION INTO NARAC'S ATMOSPHERIC DATA ASSIMILATION PROGRAM. LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB(3/6/2002 - 9/30/2003).
