Degrees: PHD, 1968, Stanford Univ; MSEE, 1961, New York Univ; BA, 1960, New York Univ; BSEE, 1960, New York Univ

Bio:

Honors & Awards:

Distinguished Service Award of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, October, 1995
Elected to IEEE Fellow - December 1990
Guest Investigator - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Jan - June, 1990)
NASA Group Achievement Award (as member of the NASA Scatterometer Science Team) April, 1998
Visiting Scientist, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Spring 2001

Areas of specialization:

Microwave Radar Remote Sensing of the Oceans and Land from Satellites and Aircraft
Microwave Radar Measurements of Rainfall from Satellites
Microwave and Antenna Technology
Communication Systems

Industrial Experience:

1963-1968 Research Engineer, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, CA
1961-1963 Electrical Engineer, Dorne & Margolin, Inc., Westbury,NY

Academic Interests:

My research interests center on the use of microwave radar and similar sensors to observe the ocean surface from satellites and aircraft, in order to sea surface winds and waves, and rainfall rates. I am a member of the Science team for the NASA Radar Scatterometer satellite which was launched in August 1996. My research activities are sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., the Office of Naval Research, and the National Weather Service (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).

Courses Taught:

As a principal member of the Electrical Engineering teaching faculty I have taught approximately 16 different courses over the 33 years I have been at Hofstra. The courses that I have taught frequently are:
Engg 30 Engineering Circuit Analysis
Engg 33 Electronic Circuits
Engg 104 Engineering Electromagnetics
Engg 111 Electromagnetic Waves and Transmission
Engg 171 Principles of Communication Systems and Noise
Engg 177 Signal and Spectrum Transmission

Supervised student projects:

Studies of the spatial variability of rainrate using the NEXRAD radar
Microwave Transistor Amplifier Design
Satellite Communications
Point-to-Point Microwave Transmission

Most recent publications:

Weissman, D.E., M.A. Bourassa and J. Tongue, "Effects of rain-rate and wind magnitude on SeaWinds scatterometer wind speeds errors", Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, in press (April 2002)

Weissman, D.E., W.J. Plant and V.G. Irisov, "Comparison of Scatterometer and Radiometer Wind Vector Measurements", Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology , January 2002

Weissman, D.E. and H.C. Graber, "Satellite Scatterometer Studies of Ocean Surface Stress and Drag Coefficients", J. Geophys. Res., (Oceans), June 15, 1999, pp. 11,329-11,336

Plant, W.J., D,E. Weissman, W.C. Keller, V. Hesany, K. Hayes and K. Hoppel, "Air-Sea momentum transfer and microwave cross section of the sea", J. Geophys. Res, June 15, 1999, pp. 11,173- 11,192

Vershell, M., M.A. Bourassa, D.E. Weissman and J.J. O?Brien, "Ocean model validation of the NASA Scatterometer winds", J. Geophys. Res., June 15, 1999, pp. 11,359-11,374

Weissman, D.E., F. Li, S. Lou, S. Nghiem, G. Neumann, R. McIntosh, S. Carson, J. Carswell, H. Graber and R. Jensen, "Measurements of ocean surface stress using aircraft scatterometers", J.Atmospheric and Oceanic Tech., Vol. 14, August 1997, pp. 835-848

Weissman, D.E., W.J. Plant and S. Stolte, "Response of microwave cross sections of the sea to wind fluctuations", J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 101, No. C7, May 15, 1996

Weissman, D.E., K.L. Davidson, R.A. Brown, C.A. Friehe and F. Li, "The relationships between the microwave radar cross section and both wind speed and stress - model function development using FASINEX Data," J.Geophys. Res., Vol. 99, No. C5, pp 10,087-10,108, May 15, 1994

Professional & technical memberships:

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)-Fellow
Member of Administrative Committee, Oceanic Engineering Society
Elected Member of Administrative Committee, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
American Geophysical Union - Member
International Scientific Radio Union (URSI), Elected Member; Commission F
American Meteorology Society - Member

Outside Interests:

Golf and Snorkeling.