P. Ola G. Persson

P. Ola G. Persson received the B.Sc. degree in meteorology and mathematics from Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA, the M.Sc. degree in atmospheric sciences from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, and the Ph.D. degree in meteorology from Pennsylvania State University, in 1977, 1980 and 1991, respectively. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA, working closely with the Physical Sciences Division of the NOAA/Earth Systems Research Laboratory. His research focuses on using observations and models for understanding physical processes impacting atmospheric boundary layers, cloud microphysics, and surface energy fluxes in polar regions; air–sea and air–sea–ice interactions; and mesoscale meteorology and dynamics, including airflow in complex terrain. He participated in collecting the Sea State dataset.