Bridger, Alison
Date Updated
11-24-2024
Department
Meteorology and Climate Science
Academic Rank
Professor
Year Retired from SJSU
2024
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Educational Background
Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, 1981 Ph.D. University of Reading, Meteorology, 1975 M.Sc. University of Sussex, Mathematics, 1974 B.Sc.
Teaching Experience
San Jose State University, Department of Meteorology & Climate Science,1984-
Selected Publications
Courtney M.L. Batterson, Melinda A. Kahre, Alison F.C. Bridger, R. John Wilson, Richard A. Urata, and Tanguy Bertrand. "Modeling the “B” regional dust storm on Mars: Dust lofting mechanisms predicted by the new NASA Ames Mars GCM" Icarus (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115542 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/faculty_rsca/3890/
Alison Bridger, Dung Nguyen and Sen Chiao. "Developing Spatially Accurate Rainfall Predictions for the San Francisco Bay Area through Case Studies of Atmospheric River and other Synoptic Events" Atmosphere Vol. 10 Iss. 9 (2019) https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/meteorology_pub/78/
Frank R. Freedman, Katherine Pitts and Alison Bridger. "Evaluation of CMIP Climate Model Hydrological Output for the Mississippi River Basin Using GRACE Satellite Observations" Journal of Hydrology (2014) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.036
Bridger, Alison, "METR 060 & 061: Introduction to Meteorology Course Redesign" (2014). Innovative Teaching – Course Redesign Project Posters 2014. 1. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/davinci_itcr2014/1/
Jeffrey Forbes, Alison Bridger, Stephen W. Bougher, Maura E. Hagan, et al.. "Nonmigrating Tides in the Thermosphere of Mars" Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets (2002) https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/meteorology_pub/79/
Manoj Joshi, Jeffery Hollingsworth, Robert Haberle, and Alison Bridger. "An interpretation of Martian Thermospheric Waves Based on Analysis of a General Circulation Model" Geophysical Research Letters (2000). https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL010936 https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/meteorology_pub/79/
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Research interests are
Large-scale atmospheric dynamics of Earth and Mars