Dr. Everette Joseph received his B.S. in Physics from the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Cortland and his PhD in Physics from SUNY University at Albany.  His dissertation research focused on the development of an interactive cirrus cloud radiative (solar and infrared) parameterization for climate models.  He completed his postdoctoral appointment at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC) SUNY University at Albany.  At Howard University he leads the Climate and Radiation Group, a core research component in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences (HUPAS).  Dr. Joseph teaches atmospheric physics, radiation, and remote sensing courses in HUPAS and the Department of Physics, and is currently directing 7 dissertation and masters research projects.

Recently Dr. Joseph has led efforts to develop a major field observation program at Howard’s Beltsville Research Campus in Beltsville, Maryland.  This site is being designed to study important processes that influence atmospheric air quality, precipitation, and surface energy balance.  These observations will be used to improve the representation of processes in climate and air quality models as well as improve algorithms used for retrieval of geophysical properties from space-based observation.  The measurements taken at the facility will also contribute to the national and global climate record.  The facility is also being developed to address a decreasing emphasis on instrumentation and ‘hands-on” training in graduate education. 

Dr. Joseph is currently PI or Co-PI on the following projects:

• Co-PI for the NOAA-Howard University Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS)
• Investigating Precipitation Processes along the Atlantic Coast of Senegal and Their Relationship to Tropical Clyclogenesis with Observations Obtained from NPOL and Surface-Based Networks During NAMMA
• Evaluation of Boundary Layer Parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model Using In Situ Measurements from Traditional and Novel Systems
• Intensive and Long Duration Ground-Based Aura Validation at Howard University Atmospheric Research Site in Beltsville Maryland
• Information Technology Research: Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD)
• Howard University West African Rainfall Analysis
• Evaluating Effects of Multiple Scattering and Cloud Inhomogeneity on IR Radiative Transfer