Ernest Agee

Professor Emeritus

eagee@purdue.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Associated website(s):

Purdue Climate Change Research Center , Atmospheric Science

Education

Ph.D., University of Missouri (Atmospheric Science)
M.S., University of Missouri (Atmospheric Science)
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University (Math & Physics)

Research Interests

Severe local storms & tornadoes
Climate change & extreme weather

Teaching Interests

EAS 117 Introduction to Atmospheric Science
EAS 133 Profession of Meteorology
EAS 138 Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
EAS 230 Survey of Meteorology
EAS 391Introduction to Atmospheric Science for Engineers/Physical Scientists
EAS 421 Application of Microcomputers to Meteorology
EAS 422 Atmospheric Dynamics I
EAS 423 Atmospheric Dynamics II
EAS 538 Cumulus Dynamics
EAS 639 Atmospheric Fluid Dynamics
EAS 690 Seminar in Atmospheric Science
EAS 698 MS Thesis Research
EAS 699 Ph.D. Dissertation Research

Awards/Honors Appointment/Elections

COS Undergraduate Mentoring Award (2014)
Graduate School Distinguished Alumnus Award, Univ. of Missouri, May (2011)
Cleveland Abbe Award, American Meteorological Society, May (2010)
COS Graduate Student Mentoring Award (2007)
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), 1984-2013.
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:
- Hall of Fame, 1997
- Outstanding Alumnus Award, 1987
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1976

Professional Experience

July 2009-January 2010 - Interim Department Head, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University
2005 – 2009, 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

Selected Publications

Agee, Ernest and Lindsey Taylor, 2019: Historical Analysis of U.S. Tornado Fatalities (1808-2017): Population, Science and Technology. J.Wea.Clim & Soc. Amer.Met.Soc., 11 , 355-368.
Agee, Ernest and Jennifer Larson, Samuel Childs and Alexandra Marmo, 2016: Spatial Redistribution of U.S. Tornado Activity between 1954 and 2013. J.Appl.Meteor & Clim , 55, 1681-1697.
Agee, Ernest and Andrea Orton, 2016: An Initial Laboratory Prototype Experiment for Sequestration of Atmospheric CO ₂ . J. Appl. Meteor, & Clim. 55, 1763-1770.
Agee, Ernest and Samuel Childs, 2014: Adjustments in Tornado Counts, F-Scale Intensity and Path Width for Assessing Significant Tornado Destruction. J. Appl. Meteor. & Clim., 53, 1494-1505.
Agee, Ernest, Andrea Orton and John Rogers, 2013: CO2 Snow Deposition in Antarctica to Curtail Anthropogenic Global Warming. J.Appl. Meteor. & Clim. 52, 281-288.
Agee, Ernest, Kandace Kiefer and Emily Cornett, 2012: Relationship of Lower Trop Cloud Cover and Cosmic Rays: An Updated Perspective. J.Clim., 25, 1057-1060.
Agee, Ernest Agee and Alyssa Hendricks, 2011: An Assessment of the Climatology of Florida Hurricane-Induced Tornadoes: Tech. vs Meteorology, J.Clim., 24, 5218-5222.
Agee, E. M., E. Cornett, and K. Gleason, 2010: An extended solar cycle 23 with deep minimum transition to cycle 24: Assessments and climate ramifications. J. Climate, 23 , 6110-6114.
Agee, E. and E. Jones, 2009: Proposed conceptual taxonomy for proper identification and classification of tornado events. Wea. Forecasting , 24, 609-617.