Dr. John F. Heinrichs - Curriculum Vitae

Education:

Ph. D. (Geography)
University of Colorado - Boulder
October 1996
Committee members:

Dr. Konrad Steffen (CU Department of Geography) - Chair
Dr. Roger Barry (CU Department of Geography)
Dr. Lakshmi Kantha (CU Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences)
Dr. James Maslanik (CU Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences)
Dr. John Pitlick (CU Department of Geography)
Dr. Richard Savage (Hughes Information Technology Company)

Dissertation title: Coupled Ice/Ocean Modeling of Baffin Bay and the Formation of the North Water Polynyas Abstract

M. S. (Mathematics)
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
August 1985

B. S. (Mathematics)
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
August 1983

Professional History:

Fort Hays State University
Department of Geosciences
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
August 1998 - present

University of Colorado - Boulder
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Professional Research Associate
October 1996 - August 1998

Metropolitan State College of Denver
Department of Geography
Instructor
August 1997 - May 1998

University of Colorado - Boulder
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Graduate Research Assistant
September 1992 - September 1996

University of Colorado - Boulder
Department of Geography
Instructor, Teaching Assistant
September 1993 - December 1995

Hughes Aircraft Company
Remote Sensing Specialist, Software Engineer
January 1986 - August 1992

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Mathematics Department
September 1983 - August 1985

Refereed Journal Articles:

Maslanik, J., Fowler, C., Heinrichs, J., Barry, R., and W. Emery, Remotely-Sensed and Simulated Variability of Arctic Sea-Ice Concentrations in Response to Atmospheric Synoptic Systems, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16(17), pp. 3325-3342, 1995. Abstract

Steffen, K. and J. Heinrichs, Feasibility of Sea Ice Typing with Synthetic Aperture Radar: Merging of Landsat Thematic Mapper and ERS-1 SAR Imagery, Journal of Geophysical Research, 99(11), November 15, 1994. Abstract

Papers in Conference Proceedings:

Heinrichs, J., and K. Steffen, THE WINTER C-BAND BACKSCATTER OF LAND ICE AND FAST SEA ICE; Lady Ann Strait, northern Baffin Bay, Proceedings of the RADARSAT ADRO Final Symposium, Montreal, Canada, October 13-15, 1998, proceedings volume in press.

Box, J., J. Heinrichs, and J. Key, An Arctic Surface Radiation Variability and Trend Climatology from In Situ Data, Proceedings of the International Radiation Symposium, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 19-26, 1996, proceedings volume in press.

Heinrichs, J., J. Maslanik, and K. Steffen, Validation of a Sea Ice Model Using Forward Simulation of ERS-1 SAR Data: A Case Study in the Beaufort Sea, Proceedings of the 1996 International Geophysics and Remote Sensing Seminar (IGARSS '96), Lincoln, Nebraska, May 27-31, 1996, pp. 950-953.

Kopp, T., T. Neu, P. Broll, and J. Heinrichs, Application of SSM/I to a Real-Time Automated Satellite Nephanalysis Model, Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Monterey, CA, June 6-11, 1994, pp. 247-250.

Maslanik, J., C. Fowler, W. Emery, J. Heinrichs, and R. Barry, Ice-Atmosphere Interactions in the Central Arctic: Remotely-sensed and Simulated Ice Concentration and Motion, Proceedings of the Second ERS-1 Symposium, ESA SP-361, January 1994, pp. 373-380.

Heinrichs, J., A. Koscielny, and R. Savage, A Statistical Surface Type Classifier for SSM/I Data, Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, London, England, September 3-7, 1990, pp. 257-261.

Savage, R., J. Heinrichs, and A. Koscielny, Cloud Identification Using IR and Microwave Imagery, Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Anaheim, California, January 30-February 3, 1989, pp. 293-296.

Presentations and Posters:

Heinrichs, J., K. Steffen, and L. Kantha, "Polynya Formation in Baffin Bay as Simulated by a Coupled Ice/ocean Model", American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, California, December 8-12, 1997.

Heinrichs, J., "Coupled Ice/Ocean Modeling of Baffin Bay and the North Water Polynyas", Invited seminar at McGill University, Montreal, October 27, 1997

Heinrichs, J., J. Maslanik, and K. Steffen, "Using Forward Simulation to Validate a Sea Ice Model with SAR Data: A Case Study in the Beaufort Sea", Workshop on the Remote Sensing of Planetary Ices, Flagstaff, Arizona, June 11-13, 1997.

Heinrichs, J., K. Steffen, and L. Kantha, Warm-water Upwelling and Polynya Formation in the North Water Area of Baffin Bay - a Study Using a Two-Dimensional Coupled Ice/Ocean Model, poster presented at the XXI General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Boulder, CO, July 2-14, 1995. Abstract

Heinrichs, J., J. Maslanik, and K. Steffen, The Seasonal Cycle of Sea Ice in the Beaufort Sea, Advanced Study Institute Summer School on the Physics of Ice-Covered Oceans, Savonlinna, Finland, June 6-17, 1994.

Heinrichs, J., J. Maslanik, and K. Steffen, A Study of the Seasonal Cycle of Sea Ice in the Beaufort Sea Using Active and Passive Microwave Data, Association of American Geographers 1994 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 6-10, 1994.

Kopp, T., T. Neu, P. Broll, and J. Heinrichs, Application of SSM/I to a Real-Time Automated Satellite Nephanalysis Model, American Meteorological Society 1994 Annual Meeting, January 6-11, 1994.

Heinrichs, J., J. Maslanik, and K. Steffen, The Seasonal Cycle of Multiyear Sea Ice in the Beaufort Sea as Revealed by ERS-1 SAR Data, American Geophysical Union 1993 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, December 6-10, 1993.

Steffen, K., and J. Heinrichs, Surface Process Study of the Lady Ann Strait Polynya with ERS-1 SAR Imagery, American Geophysical Union 1993 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, December 6-10, 1993.

Heinrichs, J., and K. Steffen, Multispectral Sea Ice Classification with Landsat TM and SAR Data, Front Range Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, September 17-19, 1993.

Heinrichs, J., Global System Modeling for Sustainability, Front Range Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boulder, September 17-19, 1993.

Steffen, K., J. Heinrichs, J. Maslanik, and J. Key, Sea Ice Feature and Type Identification in Merged ERS-1 SAR and Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery, First ERS-1 Symposium, Cannes, France, November 4-6, 1992.

Heinrichs, J. F. and R. C. Savage, Full Precision Features in SSM/I Imagery, Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications, Boulder, Colorado, January 14-16, 1992.