Ted
Yamada, Ph.D.
President 
Dr. Yamada, one of the world's leading experts in atmospheric airflow
research and modeling, is the Founder and
President of YSA. Dr. Yamada is the chief developer of YSA's HOTMAC/RAPTAD.
In March 2004, Dr. Yamada served as a member
on one of the six Independent Review panels for the Army's Basic Research
Review. This in-house exploration focuses on Army-unique research for
the Future Force.
Dr. Yamada was invited as a subject-matter
expert and panelist during a meeting of the OFCM (Office of the Federal
Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research) Joint
Action Group for the Atmospheric Transport and Diffusion Modeling (Research
and Development Plan) (JAG/ATD(R&DP)) on January 2004.
From 2000 - 2004, Dr. Yamada was the chairman of the AMS Committee on
Meteorological Aspect of Air Pollution. He has been invited by the Hong
Kong Environmental Protection Department, universities, and institutions
in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand to present seminars on air pollution
modeling over complex terrain and atmospheric boundary layer modeling.
Seminar attendees included an international group of regulatory agencies,
environmental consulting companies, industries, and research institutions
Dr. Yamada joined Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1981, where he led
the mesoscale modeling team. From 1976 to 1981, he worked on developing
a three-dimensional atmospheric model for airflows over the complex terrain
at Argonne National Laboratory.
As a member of the research staff at Princeton University from 1972 to
1976, he developed the Mellor-Yamada turbulence closure scheme in collaboration
with Professor George Mellor. The model has been used worldwide for atmospheric
and oceanographic applications. The publication, "Development of
a Turbulence Closure Model for Geophysical Fluid Problems" by Mellor
and Yamada (1982), is considered one of the most widely cited papers in
its field.
In 1984, Dr. Yamada was honored with highest distinction by the Meteorological
Society of Japan for his contributions to the understanding of the atmospheric
boundary layer by using the turbulence-closure model. He also received
The Distinguished Service Award in 1990, the highest honor bestowed on
alumni from Colorado State University.
Ted's bio in Japanese
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