Rana
Arnold Fine
Professor of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry
Biography
Ph.D.
1975, University of Miami
Honors
and Professional Activities
- Fellow in American
Geophysical
- Fellow in American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996
- Fellow in American Meterological Society, 2001
- American
Geophysical
President-elect of the Ocean Sciences Section, 1994‑96
Elected President of the Ocean Sciences Section, 1996‑98
- American
Association for the Advancement of Science:
Section on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences, Chair‑Elect, 2001-02; Chair, 2002-03;
Retiring Chair, 2003-04
- NOAA Outstanding Scientific paper award (for Molinari et al., Geophys. Res. Letts., 25, 2249-2252, 1998), 2001
- University of
Miami, Provost’s Award for Scholarly Activity,
-
American Association for the Advancement of Science Member, 1973-present
- American
Geophysical Union Member 1973-present:
Union Special Committee on Section Structure, 2001-02
Fall Meeting, 1986; Ocean Sciences Meeting, 1988
Macelwane Award Committee, 1985-86
Publications Committee Member, 1994-96
Ocean Sciences Section Fellows Committee, 1994‑00
Chair, Search Committee, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 1998-00
Ocean Sciences Section Executive Committee, 1994-present
Revelle Medal Committee, 2002-04
Bowie
- American
Meteorological Society Member, 1984-present:
Fellows Committee, 2004-present
-
CLIVAR Co-Chair Repeat Hydrography Panel, 2001-03
-
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, Scientific Advisory Committee, 2004-present
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
Climate and Global Change Advisory Panel, 2000-present
- National
Research Council:
Geophysics Study Committee, 1989-92
Chair, Major Ocean Programs Committee – OSB, 1996-98
Decadal-to-Century Climate Change Panel – Climate Board, 1995-98
Review Panel for Department of Energy Methane Hydrate Program – OSB, 2003-present
- National Science Foundation:
GEO Directorate Vision 2000 Planning, 1998-00
Search Committee for Assistant Director of GEO, 1999
Indian Ocean Scientific Steering Committee, 1993-96
- The
Oceanography Society Member, 1988-present:
Program Chairperson for Inaugural Meeting, August 1989
- UCAR Board of
Trustees, 2005-present
Research Interests
The objective of our research is to
understand the
role of the oceans in climate change occurring on time scales of up to
decades.
The research involves understanding the physical processes that
determine the
capacity of the oceans to take up atmospheric constituents, such as
carbon-dioxide. On time scales of decades, there are two main physical
processes that affect the way the oceans and atmosphere interact. First
is by
direct air-sea exchange, where we use satellite and direct
oceanographic
observations to map the global air-sea flux of carbon dioxide. Then
once the
atmospheric gases are in the oceans, we study how fast they mix. We
participate
in several international Global Change programs. Our contribution
includes the
measurements of two chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to study the rate at
which the
world's oceans circulate. Although the major fate for CFCs is the
stratosphere,
a small amount dissolves as a gas in the surface waters of the ocean.
The CFC
concentrations are used to infer the rate at which atmospheric gases
are mixed
into the ocean interior.
Publications: list
Contact:
Professor Rana A. Fine
RSMAS/MAC
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149-1098
Telephone: 305-421-4722
Fax: 305-421-4917
rfine@rsmas.miami.edu
Last updated: 24 January 2005