ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Owen Cruikshank, Assoc. Research Scientist

Room 6071, Engineering Building
email: owen.cruikshank@uwyo.edu 

Education:

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 2024

• M.S., Optics and Photonics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 2021

• B.S., Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 2018

Research Focus

Lidar hardware development and data processing techniques for atmospheric measurements.

Selected Publications:

• Cruikshank, O., Colberg, L., Repasky, K. S., Stillwell, R. A., Spuler S. M., (2024) Advancement and demonstration of a perturbative retrieval technique for temperature profiling in the lower troposphere using differential absorption light detection and ranging, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 18(3), https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.18.034514.

• Repasky, K. S., Cruikshank O., and Colberg L., (2022) Performance Modeling of a Diode-Laser-Based Direct-Detection Doppler Lidar for Vertical Wind Profiling. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 39, 1655–1668, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0001.1.

• Colberg L., Cruikshank O., Repasky K. S., (2022) Planetary boundary layer height retrieval from a diode-laser-based high spectral resolution lidar, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 16(2), https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.16.024507.