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Walter Fern\u00e1ndez Rojas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Presidente- Academia Nacional de Ciencias<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Catedr\u00e1tico, Escuela de F\u00edsica, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bachiller,\u00a0 F\u00edsica-Meteorolog\u00eda, Universidad de Costa Rica (1970).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • M.Sc., Meteorolog\u00eda, Saint Louis University, U.S.A. (1973).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • D.I.C., F\u00edsica (F\u00edsica Atmosf\u00e9rica), Imperial College of Science and Technology University of London, U.K. (1980).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ph.D., F\u00edsica (F\u00edsica Atmosf\u00e9rica), Imperial College of Science and Technology University of London, U.K. (1980).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Walter Fern\u00e1ndez es Presidente de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Costa Rica, y Profesor Em\u00e9rito (F\u00edsica Atmosf\u00e9rica y Espacial) de la Escuela de F\u00edsica e investigador del Centro de Investigaciones Espaciales de la Universidad de Costa Rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Se gradu\u00f3 en F\u00edsica y Meteorolog\u00eda en la Universidad de Costa Rica, recibi\u00f3 el grado de M.Sc. en Meteorolog\u00eda en la Saint Louis University, Estados Unidos, el Diploma of Imperial College London en F\u00edsica y el grado de Ph.D. en F\u00edsica (F\u00edsica Atmosf\u00e9rica y Espacial) en el Imperial College London, University of London, Reino Unido. Sus principales campos de investigaci\u00f3n son los procesos f\u00edsicos y qu\u00edmicos que ocurren en las atm\u00f3sferas de la Tierra y otros planetas, con \u00e9nfasis en la estructura y din\u00e1mica de nubes y tormentas, aplicaciones de los sat\u00e9lites meteorol\u00f3gicos, variabilidad clim\u00e1tica y cambio global y atm\u00f3sferas planetarias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Es miembro de PI MU EPSILON (Fraternidad Nacional Honor\u00edfica de Matem\u00e1tica, U.S.A.), Miembro Honorario de The World Jewish Academy of Sciences y Miembro Correspondiente de la Academia Nacional de Geograf\u00eda de Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fue Presidente del Consejo Directivo del Centro Latinoamericano de F\u00edsica (CLAF), Presidente del Consejo Cient\u00edfico Asesor del Instituto Interamericano para la Investigaci\u00f3n del Cambio Global (IAI), Presidente de la Comisi\u00f3n de Geof\u00edsica del Instituto Panamericano de Geograf\u00eda e Historia (IPGH\/OEA), Presidente del Consejo Director del Consejo Nacional para Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas y Tecnol\u00f3gicas (Conicit), Miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Comisi\u00f3n Nacional de Energ\u00eda At\u00f3mica de Costa Rica, Miembro de la Comisi\u00f3n de Metrolog\u00eda, Costa Rica, Coordinador del Grupo de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Espacio de la Estrategia Siglo XXI, Miembro de la Comisi\u00f3n Nacional para la Investigaci\u00f3n 2007 que elabor\u00f3 el Atlas para la Innovaci\u00f3n en Costa Rica, miembro del Consejo Consultivo de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda (MICIT) y Presidente del Colegio de F\u00edsicos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    En la Universidad de Costa Rica fue Director de la Escuela de F\u00edsica, Director del Departamento de F\u00edsica Atmosf\u00e9rica, Oce\u00e1nica y Planetaria de la Escuela de F\u00edsica, Director del Centro de Investigaciones Geof\u00edsicas, Vicedecano de la Facultad de Ciencias, miembro de los Consejos Cient\u00edficos y Consejos Asesores del Centro de Investigaciones Geof\u00edsicas y del Centro de Investigaciones Espaciales y Subdirector del Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n en Contaminaci\u00f3n Ambiental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fue Cient\u00edfico Visitante en los cruceros de investigaci\u00f3n oceanogr\u00e1fica DOMO III y DOMO IV, realizados en el buque B\/O El Puma de la Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico (Noviembre – Diciembre, 1981 y Junio – Agosto, 1982), Cient\u00edfico Visitante y Conferencista Invitado en el Centro de Ciencias de la Atm\u00f3sfera, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico (Septiembre 1983), Miembro Asociado del International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italia (1985-1988) y Cient\u00edfico Visitante del Departamento de F\u00edsica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay (Noviembre 1994).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ha participado activamente en el desarrollo institucional de la ciencia, habiendo sido uno de los promotores para la creaci\u00f3n de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Costa Rica, y, en la Universidad de Costa Rica, del Centro de Investigaciones Geof\u00edsicas, del Programa de Postgrado en F\u00edsica, del Programa de Postgrado en Ciencias de la Atm\u00f3sfera, del Planetario de San Jos\u00e9 y de la Subsede del Centro Latinoamericano de F\u00edsica CLAF-CA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Es autor o coautor de un gran n\u00famero de art\u00edculos de investigaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica, as\u00ed como de art\u00edculos sobre divulgaci\u00f3n y ense\u00f1anza de la ciencia y sobre temas culturales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ha sido revisor de revistas cient\u00edficas internacionales indexadas y ha participado en la organizaci\u00f3n de gran cantidad de actividades cient\u00edficas internacionales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Publicaciones representativas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fern\u00e1ndez, W. and A.J. Thorpe, 1979. An Evaluation of Theories of Storm Motion Using\u00a0\u00a0Observations of Tropical Convective Systems. Monthly Weather Review, 107,<\/em> 1306-1319.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fern\u00e1ndez, W., 1980. Environmental Conditions and Structure of Some Types of Convective Mesosystems Observed Over Venezuela. Archiv fur Meteorologie, Geophysik und Bioklimatologie, A29,<\/em> 249-267.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fern\u00e1ndez, W., 1982. Environmental Conditions and Structure of the West African and Eastern Tropical Atlantic Squall Lines.\u00a0 Archiv fur Meteorologie, Geophysik und<\/em> Bioklimatologie, A31,<\/em> 71-89.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Chac\u00f3n, R.E. and W. Fern\u00e1ndez,1985. Temporal and Spatial Rainfall Variability in the Mountainous Region of the Reventaz\u00f3n River Basin, Costa Rica. Journal of Climatology, 5,<\/em> 171-188.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fern\u00e1ndez, W., R.E. Chac\u00f3n and J.W. Melgarejo, 1986. Modifications of Air Flow Due to the Formation of a  Reservoir. Journal of Climate and Applied<\/em> Meteorology, 25,<\/em> 982-988 (1986).                 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fern\u00e1ndez, W., V. Castro, J. Wright, H. Hidalgo and A. S\u00e1enz, 1993. Changes in Solar Irradiance and Atmospheric Turbidity in Costa Rica During the Total Solar Eclipse of July\u00a011, 1991. Earth, Moon, and Planets<\/em> 63<\/em>, 119-132.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    W. Fern\u00e1ndez, W. V. Castro and H. Hidalgo, 1993. Air Temperature and Wind Changes in Costa Rica During the Total Solar Eclipse of July 11, 1991. Earth,<\/em> Moon, and Planets<\/em> 63<\/em>, 133-147.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fern\u00e1ndez, W., 1995.  A Numerical Simulation of the Martian Polar Cap Breeze. Earth, Moon, and Planets 70<\/em>, 193-205, 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fern\u00e1ndez, W., R.E. Chac\u00f3n and J.W. Melgarejo, 1996. On the Rainfall Distribution with Altitude Over Costa Rica. Revista Geof\u00edsica 44,<\/em> 57-72.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Fern\u00e1ndez, W., 1998.\u00a0 VIMHEX 1972 Revisited: The Life Cycles of two Tropical Convective Mesosystems over Land. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics<\/em>, 69, 67-80. Campos, E.F., I. Zawadzki, M. Petitdidier and W. Fern\u00e1ndez, 2006. Measurements of Raindrop Size Distributions in Tropical Rain at Costa Rica. Journal of Hydrology<\/em>, 328, 98-109, 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Selkirk, H.B., H. V\u00f6mel, J. Valverde Canossa, L. Pfister, J.A. D\u00edaz, W. Fern\u00e1ndez, J. Amador, W. Stolz and G.S. Peng, 2010. Detailed Structure of the Tropical Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere as Revealed by Balloon Sonde Observations of Water Vapor, Ozone, Temperature, and Winds During the NASA TCSP and TC4 Campaigns. J. Geophys. Res.,115, D00J19, doi:10.1029\/2009JD013209, 2010.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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