Domagoj Podnar

Assistant Research Computer Scientist
Division of Atmospheric Sciences

Full Resume

High-Performance Computing. Performance measurement and tuning. System administration. Atmospheric and Dispersion Modeling. Application of Artificial Intelligence to the area of Environment Protection.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Huggins, A., D. Koracin, D. Podnar, and M. Xiao, 2005

A case study of mesoscale and plume dispersion modeling for a February 2004 cloud seeding event in the Walker River basin of California/Nevada. Preprints, Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification, San Diego, CA, 9-13 January 2005, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Paper 3.5.

Koracin, D., D. Podnar, T. McCord, G. McCurdy, R. Nelson, and J. Fischer, 2005:

Improving mesoscale forecasting using data from the Nevada Department of Transportation operational network,” 12th Annual Workshop on Weather Prediction in the Intermountain West, 3 November 2005, Reno, NV.

Koracin, D., D. Podnar, T. McCord, and C. E. Dorman, 2004:

Simulations of atmospheric and dispersion processes in the Santa Barbara Channel. 7th International Marine Environmental Modeling Seminar, 19-21 October 2004, Washington, D.C.

Koracin, D., J. Koracin, T. McCord, and D. Podnar, 2004:

Transport and dispersion of atmospheric tracers in a coastal urban region. 8th Annual George Mason University Conference on Transport and Dispersion Modeling, July 13-15, 2004, Fairfax, VA.

Koracin, D., T. McCord, D. Podnar, and C. Dorman, 2003:

Modeling of California’s June wind, wind stress, and curl of the wind stress. Proceedings of the Oceans 2003 Conference, 22-25 September 2003, San Diego, CA. Paper 1772.

Podnar, D., D. Koracin, and A. Panorska, 2002:

Application of artificial neural networks to modeling the transport and dispersion of tracers in complex terrain. Atmos. Environ., 36, 561-570.

Koracin,D., D. Podnar, V. Isakov, J. Chow, Y. Dong, A. Miller, and M. McGown, 2000:

PM10 dispersion modeling for Treasure Valley, Idaho. J. Air and Waste Manage. Assoc., 50, 174-185.

Koracin,D., D. Podnar, and T. McCord, 2000:

Animations of measured ozone concentrations in the Truckee Meadows created by the DRI software. Prepared for Washoe County District Health Department, Reno, NV, DRI.

Koracin,D., D. Podnar, T. McCord, J. Powers, and V. Isakov, 2000:

Development of an operational version of the MM5 model for Nevada and California, centered in the Truckee Meadows. Prepared for Washoe County District Health Department, Reno, NV.

Koracin, D., D. Podnar, V. Isakov, J. Chow, Y. Dong, A. Miller, and M. McGown, 2000:

PM10 dispersion modeling for Treasure Valley, Idaho. Proc. PM2000: Particulate Matter and Health Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, 25-28 January 2000, Paper AS 8.10.