Address:
National Center for
Atmospheric Research
or,
Email: sassi@ucar.edu
phone: (303)
497 1872 fax: (303) 497 1324
My CV is here
Research interests:
Ø Development of WACCM and CAM
Ø Middle Atmosphere Dynamics and Climate
Ø Dynamical couplings between atmospheric layers
Ø Solar variability
Ø Gravity waves
Community Service:
·
American Meteorological
Society, Middle Atmosphere Committee (2007-2010)
·
Member of the
organizing group of SPARC DynVar
Some relevant publications:
Sassi, F., D. Kinnison, B.A. Boville, R.R. Garcia, R. Roble: The effect of ENSO on the dynamical, thermal and chemical structure of the middle atmosphere. J. Geophys. Res.. doi 10.1029/2003JD004434, 2004.
Sassi, F., R.R. Garcia, B.A. Boville, H. Liu: On temperature inversions and the mesospheric surf zone. J. Geophys. Res.. 10.1029/ 2001JD001525, 2002.
Sassi, F.,M. Salby, and W.G. Read: Relationship between Upper Tropospheric Humidity and Deep Convection. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 17,133-17,146, 2001.
Sassi, F. and R.R. Garcia: The role of equatorial waves forced by convection in the Tropical Semiannual Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 1925-1942, 1997.
Sassi, F., R.R. Garcia, B.A. Boville: The Stratopause Semiannual Oscillation in the NCAR Community Climate Model. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3608-3624, 1993.
