Gary Klaassen joined York University in 1986 after an Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. He has a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Toronto and a B.Sc. in Physics from University of Waterloo.
Research Interests
Dr. Klaassen’s major research interests are in wave dynamics, stratified shear flows, the transition to turbulence, cloud dynamics and mesoscale meteorology. A variety of theoretical and numerical models are being employed to study the evolution and stability of nonlinear disturbances in the atmosphere. The goal is to improve our understanding the complex nature of small-scale flows, and their interactions with the larger scales associated and weather and climate systems.
Selected Publications
Majdzadeh, M. and Klaassen, G.P. (2019) An Analysis of the Hines and Warner-McIntyre-Scinocca Nonorographic Gravity Wave Drag Parameterizations, Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc. 145, 2308-2334.
Klaassen, G. P.(2009). Testing Lagrangian Theories of Internal Wave Spectra. Part I: Varying the Amplitude and Wavenumbers. J. Atmos. Sci.66: 1077–1100.
Yau, K.-H., Klaassen, G.P. and Sonmor, L. J. (2004). Principal Instabilities of Large Amplitude Inertio-gravity Waves. Phys. Fluids. 16: 936-951.
Medvedev, A.S., and Klaassen, G.P.(2001). Realistic Semiannual Oscillation Simulated in a Middle Atmosphere Model. Geophys. Res. Lett.28: 733-736.
Sonmor L. J. and Klaassen, G. P. (1997). Toward a unified theory of gravity-wave stability. J. Atmos. Sci. 54:
2655-2680.
Medvedev, A. S. and Klaassen, G. P. (1995). Vertical evolution of gravity-wave spectra and the parameterization of associated wave drag. J. Geophys. Res.100: 25841–25853.
