Curriculum Vitae - Krzysztof Markowicz

Adress: Instytut Geofizyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
              02-093 Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 7, Poland
              Phone: [+48] (22) 55 46 836 
             
Fax: [+48] (22) 822 23 87 
-mail: kmark@igf.fuw.edu.pl
home page: http://www.igf.fuw.edu.pl/meteo/stacja

 

Personal Details: 

             Date and Place of birth: 12 April 1974, Rzeszów, Poland
             Marital Status: Single

Qualifications:

             Degree: Master of Atmospherics Physics, Warsaw University 1999
                           
Ph.D.  of Atmospherics Physics, Warsaw University 2003

             Positions:  Graduate Research Assistant, Institute of Geophysics of Warsaw

 

 

 

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My interests in Atmospheric physics started when I was ten years old . In primary school I built the weather station nearly my house in south east region of Poland. Three times a day I measured major weather conditions ie. air temperature, presser, relative humidity, wind speed and wind  direction. After every month I was doing statistical report about weather and climatological anomaly. In High School I bought new instrument to my weather station. In 1991 I began write my first paper about climate of my town.  The main result of this work was that weather condition are string influence of the orography. This result is very important for agriculture of this region of Poland. My paper has been awarded in the first Polish Competition in Research Project in Physics for Secondary School Students and received on honourable mention in the first International Competition "First Step to Nobel prize in Physics". After this work I did some research on solar radiation in boundary layer, I measured solar intensity on different elevation from collected data I have calculated extinction of sun radiation. Two years lateer I wrote my second paper "Ekstynkcja promieniowaniaslonecznego w dolnej troposferze w pasmie widzialnym". I have found of the existence of strong variation of the intensity of the solar radiation (in visible part of the spectrum) with the elevation. It was caused by local circulation and vertical gradient of temperature. The main result of this work was that during winter the aerosol is absorbing solar radiation. This paper has been awarded in the secondary Polish Competition in Research project in Physics for Secondary School Student. In 1992 and 1993 I have researched in Institute of Physics PAN in Warsaw. 
In 1993 I began physic study on Warsaw University.   My M. Sc. dealt with problem of cloud coagulation and evolution in the field of small scale turbulence caused by vorticity motion. The main result of this work was their exist region of increased droplet concentration (clusters) in the region of small vorticity. Cloud droplets of sufficient size are not randomly dispersed in cloud but are preferentially concentrated in region of low vorticity in the turbulent flow field. Region of high vorticity (low droplet concentration) develop higher supersaturation than region of low vorticity (high droplet concentration). Therefore, on small spatial scales
cloud droplets are growing in a strongly fluctuating supersaturation field.
 In February-April of  1999 I participated in Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) in Arabian Sea, bay of Bengal, and tropical Indian Ocean. We have found large gradients of aerosol optical density between clean southern hemisphere and polluted northern hemisphere.  Contrary to current assumptions in the Global Circulation Models the INDOEX aerosol was highly absorptive.
 I wrote one papers for Wiedza i Zycie, major popular science journal in Poland. I also gave two interviews about climate change which were broadcast on the Polish  national TV.