Don Morton

Boreal Scientific Computing LLC
Fairbanks, Alaska USA
Email: donaldjmorton@gmail.com or Don.Morton@BorealSciComp.com
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Why I love living in Fairbanks, Alaska

Positions

  • December 2023 - present. "Sorta" retired. Continuing pursuit of paid and unpaid computational science activities, Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • May 2013 - present. Owner/Manager, Boreal Scientific Computing LLC, Fairbanks, Alaska
  • March 2018 - May 2021. Research Professor and Lecturer of Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Harrisburg University
  • September - December 2015. High Performance Computing Specialist, Geographic Information Network of Alaska, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
  • June 2009 - August 2015. Research Professor, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
  • June 2012 - 2013. Visiting Scientist, Developmental Testbed Center, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.
  • November 2011 - December 2012. Atmospheric Transport Modeling Consultant, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) Preparatory Commission, United Nations, Vienna, Austria.
  • October 2010 - December 2022. Visiting Scientist (intermittent), Developmental Testbed Center, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.
  • August 1997 - May 2009. Asst, Assoc, Full Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
  • May 1994 - May 2009. Visiting Scientist (intermittent), Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
  • August 1994 - July 1997. Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Cameron University, Lawton, OK.
  • 1991 - 1994. Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science and Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • January 1990 - December 1990. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • 1980 - 1988. General grunt olive-drab-collar labor, Ground Radio Communications Technician. Enlisted United States Air Force. Westover AFB, MA; Malmstrom AFB, MT; Elmendorf AFB, AK.
  • 1976 - 1980. General grunt blue-collar labor, workin' for The Man. Factory work, dishwasher, janitor, cook.
  • 1959. Arrived on Planet Earth. Fargo, North Dakota.

    Education

  • FAA Private Pilot and Ground Instructor Certification, Minuteman Aviation, Missoula, Montana, 2003.
  • Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1994. Major in Computer Science. Minor in Geography with emphasis in Applied Climatology. Dissertation: "An Adaptive Finite Element Methodology For The High-Performance Computer Simulation Of Multiphase Flow Processes"
  • B.S., College of Great Falls, Montana, 1988. Major in Computer Science.
  • A.A.S., Community College of the Air Force, 1984. Major in Radio Communications Technology.
  • High school diploma, Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA, 1976.

    Some Current Activities

  • Atmospheric transport modeling activities for United Nations Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation in Vienna, Austria.
  • Exploration of "Modeling as a Service" in the cloud

    Some Past Activities

  • Participation in National Center for Atmospheric Research Developmental Testbed Center, working on issues related to WRF in the Cloud
  • Preparation and delivery of online graduate level courses in scientific computing for Harrisburg University of Science & Technology.
  • Contract for improvement of numerical weather prediction models for Alaska, with University of Alaska and the US National Weather Service.
  • Cloud-based prototype of multiple atmospheric transport models for wildfire smoke dispersion - Website.
  • Delivery of online graduate level courses in network security for Southern Arkansas University.
  • Preparation and delivery of courses in Scientific Python for Operational Environments at Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Vienna, Austria. Scientific Python - Aug/Sep 2014, Python Object Oriented Programming - April 2015, Scientific Python - April 2016.
  • Developmental Testbed Center, National Center for Atmospheric Research - "Moving the NEMS and NMM-B into a Broader Community Resource Environment"
  • Alaska NASA EPSCoR - "Use of NASA SPoRT AIRS Research Data for Operational Numerical Weather Prediction in Alaska"
  • Developmental Testbed Center, National Center for Atmospheric Research - "Alaska High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR-AK) - Verification and Study of Model Configuration for Operational Deployment"
  • NGA-NURI - "Robust Model-Driven Inversion of Interferometric SAR Time Series for Monitoring Geodynamic Processes"
  • Arctic Region Supercomputing Center - "ARSC-WRF R&D"
  • NOAA/COMET - "A Study of WRF Capabilities in Resolving Temperature Inversions in Alaska and Montana"
  • NOAA/COMET - "A Study of WRF Performance in High-Resolution NWP of Topography-Influenced Weather Events in Alaska and Montana"
  • Minerals Management Service - "Beaufort Sea Mesoscale Meteorology Study"
  • Arctic Region Supercomputing Center - "Real-time Weather Modeling in Alaska"
  • Inland Northwest Research Alliance - "Development of Course in Computational Methods for Subsurface Science"
  • National Science Foundation - "Montana Rockies Center for Computational Science"
  • Cray Research, Inc. / Arctic Region Supercomputing Center - "Object Oriented Finite Element Methods for Cray MPP Fluid Flow Simulations"
  • National Science Foundation - "Development of Distributed Computing Laboratory for Education and Research Activities in Distributed and High Performance Computing"
  • National Science Foundation - Supplement - Research Experience for Undergraduates
  • Cray Research, Inc. / Arctic Region Supercomputing Center - "Parallelization and Optimization of a Hydrologic Model for Arctic Regions"
  • Cray Research, Inc. / Arctic Region Supercomputing Center - "Cray T3E Coupling and Optimization of Parallel Hydrologic and Thermal Models for Arctic Regions"


    Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Pisso, I., Sollum, E., Grythe, H., Kristiansen, N. I., Cassiani, M., Eckhardt, S., Arnold, D., Morton, D., Thompson, R. L., Groot Zwaaftink, C. D., Evangeliou, N., Sodemann, H., Haimberger, L., Henne, S., Brunner, D., Burkhart, J. F., Fouilloux, A., Brioude, J., Philipp, A., Seibert, P., Stohl, A. (2019) The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART version 10.4. Geoscientific Model Development, 2019, Vol. 12, No. 12, pp. 4955-4997.
  • Dacre, H. F., Harvey, N. J., Webley, P. W. and Morton, D. (2016) How accurate are volcanic ash simulations of the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption? Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121 (7). pp. 3534-3547. ISSN 2169-8996
  • Morton, D., D. Arnold, P. Webley, G. Wotawa, B. Stunder. "Unified model intercomparison for volcanic ash transport modelling," Int J of Environment and Pollution, 2014, Vol. 55, No. 1/2/3/4, pp. 210-218.
  • Stefanescu, E., A. Patra, M. Bursik, M. Jones, R. Madankan, E.B. Pitman, S. Pouget, T. Singh, P. Singla, P. Webley, D. Morton. (2014) Fast Construction of Surrogates for UQ Central to DDDAS - Application to Volcanic Ash Transport. Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 29, pp. 1227-1235.
  • D. Arnold, Morton, D., Schicker, I., Seibert, P., Rotach, M. W., Horvath, K., Dudhia, T., Satomura, T., Mueller, M., Zaengl, G., Takemi, T., Serafin, S., Schmidli, J., Schneider, S., "ISSUES IN HIGH-RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELING IN COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHY --THE HiRCoT WORKSHOP," Croatian meteorological journal, Vol. 47, No. 47, January 2014.
  • Brioude, J., Arnold, D., Stohl, A., Cassiani, M., Morton, D., Seibert, P., Angevine, W., Evan, S., Dingwell, A., Fast, J.D. and Easter, R.C., 2013. The Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART-WRF version 3.1, Geosci. Model Dev., 6, 1889-1904, doi: 10.5194.
  • Gong, W., F. J. Meyer, P. Webley, and D. Morton. "Performance of the high-resolution atmospheric model HRRR-AK for correcting geodetic observations from spaceborne radars." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118, no. 20 (2013): 11-611. Harvard
  • A K Patra, M Bursik, J Dehn, M Jones, R Madankan, D Morton, M Pavolonis, E B Pitman, S Pouget, T Singh, P Singla, E R Stefanescu, P Webley, " Challenges in Developing DDDAS Based Methodology for Volcanic Ash Hazard Analysis - Effect of Numerical Weather Prediction Variability and Parameter Estimation," Procedia Computer Science. 01/2013; 18.
  • Morton, D.J., J.M. Tyler, "A New Adaptive Finite Element Scheme with 1-Irregular Hexahedral Element Meshes," in Proceedings of the 2000 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Como, Italy, 19-21 March 2000.
  • Row, W.M., B.L. Adams, D.J. Morton, A.H. Wright, "Security Issues in Small Linux Networks."" In Proceedings of the 1999 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, San Antonio, TX, 28 February - 2 March, 1999.
  • Morton, D.J., "Development of Parallel Adaptive Finite Element Implementations for Modeling Two-Phase Oil/Water Flow." In High Performance Computing Systems and Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
  • Morton, D.J., Z. Zhang, L.D. Hinzman, S. O'Connor, "The Parallelization of a Physically Based, Spatially Distributed Hydrologic Code for Arctic Regions." In Proceedings of the 1998 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Atlanta, GA, February 27 - March 1, 1998.
  • Morton, D.J. "Low-Cost Scientific Computing at Small Colleges and Universities," Journal of Computing In Small Colleges, 12(4):120-126, 1997.
  • Morton, D.J., J. Tyler. "Minimizing Development Overhead With Partial Parallelization," IEEE Parallel & Distributed Technology. Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall 1996, pp. 15-24.
  • Morton, D.J. "The Use of Linux and PVM to Introduce Parallel Computing in Small Colleges and Universities," Journal of Computing In Small Colleges . Vol. 11, No. 7, 1996, pp. 13-19.
  • Morton, D.J., J. Tyler, and J.R. Dorroh. "A New 3D Finite Element For Adaptive h-Refinement in 1-Irregular Meshes," International Journal For Numerical Methods in Engineering. Vol. 38, 1995, pp. 3989-4008.
  • Morton, D.J., K. Wang, D.O. Ogbe. "Lessons Learned in Porting Fortran/PVM Code to the Cray T3D," IEEE Parallel & Distributed Technology. Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1995, pp. 4-11.
  • Morton, D.J., J.M. Tyler, A.T. Bourgoyne, and P.A. Schenewerk. "An Adaptive Finite Element Methodology For 2D Simulation of Two-Phase Flow Through Porous Media." In Proceedings of the 1994 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Phoenix, AZ, March 6-8, 1994, pp. 357-362.

    Other Papers and Presentations

  • Morton, D., A. Tipka, J. Kusmierczyk-Michulec, R. Schoemaker, Development of Software Simulation Pipeline for High Resolution Atmospheric Transport Modeling, e-Poster in Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Science and Technology Conference 2023, Vienna, Austria, 19-23 June 2023.
  • Morton, D., W. Sommerer, J. Kusmierczyk-Michulec, R. Schoemaker, A. Tipka, Performance Enhancement of Flexpart Atmospheric Transport Model for GPU Environment, e-Poster in Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Science and Technology Conference 2023, Vienna, Austria, 19-23 June 2023.
  • Morton, D., J. Wolff, M. Harrold, K. Fossell, J. Halley-Gotway, M. Kavulich, "A Python API for Launching WRF Service Components in the AWS Cloud," in 102nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 23-27 January 2022.
  • Morton, D., J. Wolff, M. Harrold, K. Fossell, J. Halley-Gotway, M. Kavulich, "A Docker / Amazon Web Services Implementation of Numerical Weather Prediction Services," in American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 13-17 December 2021.
  • Morton, D., A Report on the Deployment of Numerical Weather Prediction Services in the Amazon Cloud, Seminar for Developmental Testbed Center, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 10 November 2021.
  • Morton, D., J. Wolff, K. Fossell, J. Halley-Gotway, M. Kavulich, M. Harrold, "Building NWP Cloud Services to Ease the Task of Running Custom Simulations," National Weather Association 2021 Annual Meeting, Tulsa, OK, 21-25 August 2021.
  • Morton, D., D. Arnold, P. Bourgouin, J. Kusmierczyk-Michulec, Methods to Assess the Value of High Input Resolution in Atmospheric Transport Models", e-Poster in Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Science and Technology Conference 2021, Vienna, Austria, 28 June - 02 July 2021.
  • Morton, D., "Implementation of WRF as a Service in the AWS Cloud", in UCAR Software Engineering Assembly Improving Scientific Software Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 22-26 March 2021.
  • Morton, D., D. Arnold, P. Bourgouin, "Scientific evaluation of the benefits of increase in resolution for IDC's ATM tools and launching interface", Poster, in Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Science and Technology Conference 2019, Vienna, Austria, 24-28 June 2019.
  • Morton, D., D. Broderson, J. Zhu, "Cloud-based NWP for multiple on-demand experiments, ensembles and rapid event response", poster in National Weather Association 2017 Annual Meeting, Garden Grove, CA, 18-21 September 2017.
  • Morton, D., D. Arnold, "Putting FLEXPART to REST: The Provision of Atmospheric Transport Modeling Services", (PDF poster), poster in European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015.
  • Morton, D., D. Arnold, "flexCloud: Deployment of the FLEXPART Atmospheric Transport Model as a Cloud Saas Environment", in European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 27 April-02 May 2014.
  • Morton, D., W.R. Bolton, J. Young, L. Hinzman, "Application of a catchment characterization hydrologic model for exploring parameter sensitivities in a boreal forest, discontinuous permafrost ecosystem," Poster, in American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 09-13 December 2013.
  • Morton, D., M. Krysta, J. Kusmierczyk-Michulec, D. Arnold, "Comparison of Depositing and Non-Depositing Processes for Atmospheric Transport Modeling of Radionuclides," Poster, in Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Science and Technology Conference 2013, Vienna, Austria, 17-21 June 2013.
  • Morton, D., D. Arnold, P. Webley, G. Wotawa, B. Stunder, "Unified Model Intercomparisons for Volcanic Ash Transport Modeling," in 15th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, Madrid, Spain, 06-09 May 2013.
  • Morton, D., M. Krysta, J. Kusmierczyk-Michulec, D. Arnold, "Benchmarking of FLEXPART and HYSPLIT for radionuclide transport in the atmosphere," Poster, in European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013, Vienna, Austria, 07-12 April 2013.
  • Morton, D., K. Harrison, B. Zavodsky, S. Chou, M. Hu, "Assessment of Data Assimilation with the Prototype High Resolution Rapid Refresh for Alaska (HRRRAK)," Poster, 13th Annual WRF Users' Workshop, Boulder, CO, 26-29 June 2012.
  • Morton, D., M. Krysta, "Analysis of FLEXPART performance in an operational atmospheric transport modeling environment at CTBTO," Poster, in European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April 2012.
  • Arnold, D., D. Morton, I. Schicker, P. Seibert, M. W. Rotach, K. Horvath, J. Dudhia, T. Satomura, M. Mueller, G. Zaengl, T. Takemi, S. Serafin, J. Schmidli, S. Schneider (2012): High Resolution Modelling in Complex Terrain. Report on the HiRCoT 2012 Workshop, Vienna, 21-23 February 2012. BOKU-Met Report 21 , 42 pp. ISSN 1994-4179 (Print), ISSN 1994-4187 (Online). Available at http://www.boku.ac.at/met/report/BOKU-Met_Report_21_online.pdf
  • Morton, D., D. Arnold, I. Schicker, C. Dierking, K. Harrison, "Very High Resolution Numerical Prediction of Wind Shear Event in the Complex Terrain Around Juneau Alaska," in American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 05-09 December 2011.
  • Morton, D., K. Harrison, B. Zavodsky and G. Jedlovec. "Assimilation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Data into the Prototype High Resolution Rapid Refresh for Alaska (HRRRAK), Poster, in National Weather Association 36th Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, 15-20 October 2011.
  • Morton, D., D. Arnold, I. Schicker, K. Harrison, C. Dierking, and E. Petrescu, "Issues in Very High Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction over Complex Terrain in Juneau, Alaska," Poster, in National Weather Association 36th Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, 15-20 October 2011.
  • Morton, D., B. Bolton, L. Hinzman, J. Cabler, "Computational Development of Cold Regions Regional-Scale Hydrologic Model," Poster, in Climate and Earth System Modeling (CESM) Principal Investigators Meeting, Washington, D.C., 19-22 September 2011.
  • Liu, Shizhou, Ágnes Mika, Wenyu Gong, R. Hanssen, Franz Meyer, Don Morton, and Peter W. Webley. "The role of weather models in mitigation of tropospheric delay for SAR interfermetry." In 2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 2562-2565. IEEE, 2011.
  • Arnold, D. , D. Morton, I. Schicker, J. Zabloudil, O. Jorba, K. Harrison, G. Newby, and P. Seibert (2011): WRF benchmark for regional applications.. [Poster] [12th WRF Users' Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA, June 20 - 24, 2011] In: National Center for Atmospheric Research, http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/workshops/WS2011/Extended%20Abstracts%202011/P6_Arnold_ExtendedAbstract_11.pdf
  • Harrison, K., D. Arnold, I. Schicker, D. Morton and C. Dierking, "Very high-resolution WRF simulations of a wind shear event in complex terrain at Juneau, Alaska," Poster, 12th Annual WRF Users' Workshop, Boulder, CO, 20-24 June 2011.
  • Morton, D., O. Nudson, D. Bahls, P. Johnsen, D. Arnold and I. Schicker, "Grand-scale WRF Testing on the Cray XT5 and XE6," in Cray User Group Proceedings, Fairbanks, Alaska, 23-26 May 2011.
  • Harrison, K., D. Arnold, I. Schicker, D. Morton and C. Dierking, "A high resolution WRF simulation of a post-frontal topographically enhanced wind shear event at Juneau International Airport," poster, International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Aviemore, Scotland, 23-27 May 2011.
  • Harrison, K., D. Arnold, I. Schicker, D. Morton and C. Dierking, "A high resolution WRF simulation of a post-frontal topographically enhanced wind shear event at Juneau International Airport," poster, The Alaska Weather Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 15-16 March 2011.
  • Morton, D., E. Petrescu, C. Dierking, "The High Resolution Rapid Refresh for Alaska (HRRRAK)" The Alaska Weather Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 15-16 March 2011.
  • Petrescu, E., C. Dierking, D. Morton, "A prototype implementantion of the high resolution rapid refresh for Alaska," 91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 23-27 January 2011.
  • Morton, D., C. Dierking and E. Petrescu, "A Prototype Implementation of the High Resolution Rapid Refresh for Alaska," Poster, National Weather Association 35th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 02-07 October 2010.
  • Morton, D., O. Nudson, D. Bahls and G. Newby, "The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model as a Tool for Evaluating HPCMP Assets and Capabilities in Grand Scale Numerical Weather Prediction," 2010 DoD HPCMP Users Group Conference, Schaumburg, IL, 14-17 June 2010.
  • Gong, W., Meyer, F., Webley, P. W., Morton, D., & Liu, S. (2010, July). Performance analysis of atmospheric correction in InSAR data based on the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF). In 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 2900-2903). IEEE.
  • Morton, D., O. Nudson, D. Bahls and G. Newby, "Use of the Cray XT5 Architecture to Push the Limits of WRF Beyond One Billion Grid Points" in Cray User Group Proceedings, Edinburgh, Scotland, 24-27 May 2010.
  • Morton, D., "Weather and Climate Activities in Alaska's State-of-the-Art High Performance Computing Environment," High Performance Computing in Weather and Climate, Beijing, China, 22 March 2010.
  • Morton, D., E. Stevens, "A Numerical Weather Prediction Study of the Tanana Valley Jet Near Big Delta, Alaska," The Alaska Weather Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 09-10 March 2010.
  • Morton, D., O. Nudson, D. Bahls, G. Newby, "Pushing WRF to Its Computational Limits," The Alaska Weather Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 09-10 March 2010.
  • Morton, D., M. Jacobi and G. Newby, "VolksWRF - A Weather Modeling Portal for the General Public," Poster, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 December 2009.
  • Morton, D., "Weather and Climate Activities in Alaska's State-of-the-Art High Performance Computing Environment," 2nd OFES International Workshop and ESC-IPRC Joint Workshop on Computationally Intensive Modeling of the Climate System, Honolulu, HI, 09-10 December 2009.
  • Morton, D. and J. Zhang, "An Evaluation of Observational Data Assimilation in Alaska WRF Operational Forecasts," Poster, National Weather Association 34th Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA, 17-22 October 2009.
  • Morton, D., O. Nudson, and C. Stephenson, "Benchmarking and Evaluation of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model on the Cray XT5" in Cray User Group Proceedings, Atlanta, GA, 04-07 May 2009.
  • Morton, D., "Comparison of ARSCwrf Surface Variables with Observations" The Alaska Weather Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 10-12 March 2009.
  • Newby, G., D. Morton, "Performance Evaluation of Emerging High Performance Computing Technologies using WRF," Poster, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 December 2008.
  • Morton, D., M. Loeffelbein, E. Petrescu, "A Comparison of the Northern Rockies Mesoscale Model with Regional Observations," 12th Great Divide Weather Workshop, Billing, MT, 7-9 October 2008.
  • Morton, D., E. Stevens, and E. Petrescu, "Will WRF at High Resolution Capture Fairbanks' January 2008 Major Snowfall Event?" The Little Alaska Weather Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 12-13 May 2008.
  • Molders, N., D. Morton, G. Newby, E. Stevens, and M. Stuefer, "Nowcasting and Forecasting Alaskan Weather," Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, April 2008, pp. 515-519.
  • Morton, D., "A Beginner's Venture into Skijoring - From Fairbanks to Western Montana," Paw Prints & Ski Tracks, Newsletter of the Alaska Skijoring and Pulk Association, February 2008.
  • Morton, D., E. Petrescu, "The Northern Rockies Mesoscale Model (NRMM)," 11th Great Divide Weather Workshop, Great Falls, MT, 2-4 October 2007.
  • D. Morton, J. Krieger, X. Fan, M. Shulski, J. Zhang, and A. Klene, "A Study of the Effects of Data Assimilation on Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling in the Beaufort Sea Region," Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, San Diego, California, 10-13 September 2007.
  • J.R. Krieger, J. Zhang, X. Fan, D.J. Morton, A. Klene, and M.D. Shulski, "Modeling the Beaufort Sea Coastal Wind Regime Using MM5 and WRF," Poster, Ninth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, St. John's, Newfoundland, 28 May - 01 June 2007.
  • Klene, A.E., D.J. Morton, J. Zhang, X. Fan, J.R. Krieger, M.D. Shulski, "Initial evaluation of real-time weather forecasts for the Beaufort Sea Region, Alaska," Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 April 2007.
  • Fan, X., J. Krieger, D. Morton, J. Zhang, M. Shulski, A. Klene, "Simulating Beaufort Sea Coastal Wind Events Using MM5 and WRF," The Great Alaska Weather Modeling Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 13-15 March 2007.
  • Webley, P., D. Morton, K. Dean, R. Petersen, "Using WRF Forecasts in Operational Dispersion Modeling of Volcanic Ash," The Great Alaska Weather Modeling Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 13-15 March 2007.
  • Morton, D., N. Molders, "Tradeoffs in Resolution versus Computational Resources in Modeling a Tanana Valley Wind Event," The Great Alaska Weather Modeling Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 13-15 March 2007.
  • Petrescu, E., D. Morton, "Investigating the Treatment of Winter Inversions by WRF," The Great Alaska Weather Modeling Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, 13-15 March 2007.
  • Morton, D., P.W. Webley, K. Dean, R. Peterson, "The Use of High Resolution NWP data for Dispersion Modeling of Airborne Volcanic Ash and Tephra Fallout," American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11-15 December 2006.
  • Morton, D., E. Petrescu, A. Klene, "Studying the Effectiveness of the WRF NWP Model in Forecasting Events in Western Montana," 10th Great Divide Weather Workshop, Billings, MT, 3-5 October 2006.
  • Morton, D., A. Klene, E. Petrescu, E. Stevens, G. Newby, P. Webley, R. Peterson, "Challenges in Using WRF as an Operational and Research Tool for High Resolution NWP in Alaska and Montana," Poster, 7th WRF Users' Workshop, Boulder, CO, 19-22 June 2006.
  • Morton, D., P. Johnsen, "High-Resolution Weather Modeling in Rugged Regions," Supercomputing '05 (SC|05), Seattle, WA, 13-18 November 2005.
  • Morton, D., E. Petrescu, "High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction in Challenging Terrain," 9th Great Divide Weather Workshop, Great Falls, MT, 25-27 October 2005.
  • Morton, D., E. Petrescu, B. Nordgren, "Real-Time High-Resolution Weather Modeling in 'Rugged' Regions," in Cray User Group Proceedings, Albuquerque, NM, 16-19 May 2005.
  • Morton, D, J. Parham, "Engaging Undergraduates in Computational Science Activities Early in Their Undergraduate Careers," UM CAS Graduate Student and Faculty Research Conference, Missoula, MT, 10 April 2004.
  • Parham, Jennifer R., D. Morton, "Scientific Computing in Climate Modeling," Association of American Geographers 2003 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003.
  • Morton, D, J. Tyler, "Potential Application of Dynamically Adaptive Grids for Subsurface Process Modeling," Subsurface Science Symposium 2002, Boise, ID, 14-16 October 2002.
  • Morton, D., G. Robinson, J. Shuckra, J. Parham, T. Warburton, "Building and Maintaining Critical Mass for Research Programs in the Frontier Regions," American Association for the Advancement of Science, 53rd Arctic Science Conference, Fairbanks, AK, 18-21 September 2002.
  • Morton, D.J., J. Parham, J. Sauer, "Montana Rockies Center for Computational Science," poster, DOE-EPSCoR Workshop, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 5-6 June 2002.
  • Edberg R., G. Robinson, J. Parham, D. Morton, J. Shuckra, T. Warburton, F. Gilfeather, "Collaborative High Performance Computing Course Using The Access Grid," Access Grid Retreat 2002, San Diego, CA, 4-5 March 2002.
  • Kucera, B.A., D. Morton, R. Edberg, N. Jovanovic, "Expanding the AG Community in a Closed Universe," In Proceedings of AG Technical Retreat 2001, Argonne, IL, 30-31 January 2001.
  • Morton, D., G. Prabu, D. Sandholdt, L. Slater, "The Integrative Role of COW's and Supercomputers in Research and Education Activities," in 41st Cray User Group Proceedings, 24-28 May 1999.
  • Morton, D.J., L. Hinzman, E. Lilly, Z. Zhang, D. Goering, "Coupling of Parallel Thermal and Hydrologic Models for Arctic Ecosystems." Poster presentation, Supercomputing '98, Orlando, FL, 7-13 November 1998.
  • Hinzman, L.D., D.L. Kane, E.K. Lilly, D.J. Goering, Z. Zhang, and D. Morton. "Modeling Spatially Distributed Coupled Hydrologic and Thermal Processes." Poster presentation in American Association for the Advancement of Science International Cooperation in Arctic Research: Detecting Global Change and Its Impacts in the Western Arctic - 49th Arctic Science Conferences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 25-28 October 1998.
  • Morton, D.J., L.D. Hinzman, E.K. Lilly, Z. Zhang, D. Goering, "Coupling of Thermal and Hydrologic Models for Arctic Regions on Parallel Processing Architectures." In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on GeoComputation, Bristol, UK, 17-19 September 1998.
  • Morton, D.J. "A Heterogeneous SPMD Adaptive Finite Element Code for Simulating Multiphase Flow Through Porous Media - Linux and Cray T3E Implementations.'' Poster presentation, Supercomputing '97, November 16-21, 1997, San Jose, CA.
  • Morton, D.J. "A Portable SPMD Code For Adaptive Finite Element Methods in Parallel Computing Environments." Poster presentation, Supercomputing '96, November 17-22, 1996, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Morton, D.J. "Supercomputing Applications on a Linux Workstation Cluster." 85th Annual Technical Meeting, Oklahoma Academy of Science, November 8, 1996, Oklahoma City, OK.
  • Morton, D.J. "An Integrated Scheme for the Distribution of Adaptive Finite Element Code in a Heterogeneous Computing Environment." Electronic poster presentation, Supercomputing '95, December 4-8, 1995, San Diego, CA.
  • Wang, K., D.O. Ogbe, A.S. Lawal, D.J. Morton, "Multigrid Approach for Petroleum Reservoir Simulation on the Cray T3D," in Proceedings of Cray User Group Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, September 1995.
  • Morton, D.J., J.M. Tyler, A.T. Bourgoyne, and P.A. Schenewerk. "A Distributed Implementation of a Finite Element Approach for the Computer Simulation of Two-Phase Flow Problems." Third SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, February 8-10, 1995, San Antonio, TX.
  • Morton, D.J., J.M. Tyler, A.T. Bourgoyne, and P.A. Schenewerk. "Development and Implementation of Portable, Distributed Finite Element Methods on a Workstation Cluster and the Cray T3D Supercomputer." 83rd Annual Technical Meeting, Oklahoma Academy of Science, November 12, 1994, Norman, OK.

    Miscellaneous

  • Morton, D.J., K. Wang, D.O. Ogbe. "Development, Porting, and Optimization of a Distributed Direct Solver For the Cray T3D Supercomputer." ARSC Technical Report 94-001, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 99775, 1994.
  • Morton, D.J., J.M. Tyler, A.T. Bourgoyne, and P.A. Schenewerk. "Analysis and Implementation of a Portable and Versatile Approach for Distributing Transient and Nonlinear Finite Element Computations in Multiprocessor Environments." Department of Computer Science Technical Report 94-001, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, 1994.
  • Grymes, J.M. III, D. Morton, and R.A. Muller. "An Interactive Thornthwaite Water Budget Program For The IBM-PC." LOSC 93-1. Louisiana Office of State Climatology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1993.
  • Iyengar, S.S., L. Prasad, and D.J. Morton. "Structure Of Genetic Algorithms In Biological Systems." In Structuring Biological Systems: A Computer Modeling Approach. Ed. S. Sitharama Iyengar, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 1992.

    Professional Society Memberships

  • American Meteorological Society, European Geosciences Union, American Geophysical Union, National Weather Association, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

    Interests

  • Finding solitude, hanging out in the outdoors with my dogs, running, hiking, science, reading.