Howard Hanson, Ph.D.
Professor | Scientific Director, Center for Ocean Energy Technology, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Geosciences
Boca Raton Campus | 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.