B.S. Physics, University of Missouri at Rolla - 1965
B.S. Meteorology, St. Louis University - 1967
M.S. Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University - 1972
Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University - 1974
Professional Experience:
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Cloud Physics Research Center,
University of Missouri, Rolla, Missouri 1963-65
Computer Operator, Computer Center, University of Missouri, Rolla,
Missouri 1964-65
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric Science,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 1970-74
Consulting Meteorologist, Western Scientific Services, Inc., Fort
Collins,Colorado 1973-74
Consultant to the Colorado Governor's Advisory Panel on Weather
Modification 1977
Meteorologist, Bureau of Reclamation, Division of Atmospheric
Resources Research, Denver, Colorado 1974-82
Christian Heritage College - Professor and Academic Dean 1982-89
U.S. Air Force Faculty/Graduate Student Summer Research Program.
Appointment to Air Force Geophysics Laboratory in Boston, Massachusetts
Summer 1985
$20,000 Research Grant awarded under U.S. Air Force Mini-grant
program to study attenuation of a millimeter wave length satellite
signal in precipitation 1986
Institute for Creation Research - 1989-2012 Scientist and Chief Operating Officer
(2004-2006)
See below for list of Publications and video at bottom summarizing
his research and career:
A Study of Ice Crystal Concentrations in Convective Elements of
Winter Orographic Clouds, with L. O. Grant, Third Conference on Weather
Modifications, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1972.
A Case Study of Ice Crystal Multiplication by Mechanical Fracuring,
with L. O. Grant, International Cloud Physics Conference, London,
England, 1972.
Ice Crystal Multiplication in Convective Elements of Winter
Orographic Clouds, Master's Thesis, Colorado State University, 1972.
An Investigation of Precipitating Ice Crystals from Natural and
Seeded Orographic Clouds, with C. L. Hartzell and Gerald Mulvey, 4th
Conference on Weather Modification, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1974.
The Generation of Secondary Ice Particles in Clouds by
Crystal-Crystal Collision, Ph.D. Thesis, Colorado State University,
1974.
Generalized Criteria for Seeding Winter Orographic Clouds, with James
A. Moore, 6th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather
Modification, Urbana, Illinois, 1977.
Generalized Criteria for Seeding Winter Orographic Clouds, with James
A. Moore, Journal of Applied Meteorology, v. 35, n. 11, 1978.
The Generation of Secondary Ice Particles in Clouds by
Crystal-Crystal Collision, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, v. 17,
n. 12, 1978.
Larry Vardiman - Page 3 Preliminary Meteorological Measurements in
Support of the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project, Conference on Sierra
Nevada Meteorology, South Lake Tahoe, California, 1978.
Summary Results of Preliminary Studies and Calibration Seeding in the
Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project, 7th Conference on Inadvertent and
Planned Weather Modification, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 1979.
A Case Study of the Hallet-Mossop, Ice Multiplication Process in the
Sierra Nevada, with J. H. Humphries, 7th Conference on Inadvertent and
Planned Weather Modification, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 1979.
Reanalysis of "Generalized Criteria for Seeding Winter Orographic
Clouds," with D. Rottner, and J. A. Moore, Journal of Applied
Meteorology, v. 19, n. 7, 1980.
Reply to Comments on "Generalized Criteria for Seeding Winter
Orographic Clouds," with D. Rottner, and J. A. Moore, Journal of Applied
Meteorology, Reply to Comments on "Reanalysis of 'Generalized Criteria
for Seeding Winter Orographic Clouds,'" with Donald Rottner and James A.
Moore, Journal of Applied Meteorology, v. 20, n. 2, 1981.
The PET Parade (A Case Study of Cloud types on 6 February 1978 in the
Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project), 8th Conference on Inadvertent and
Planned Weather Modification, Reno, Nevada, 1981.
Supercooled Water and Ice Crystal Distributions over the Central
Sierra Nevada, with Mark Heggli, 8th Conference on Inadvertent and
Planned Weather Modification, Reno, Nevada, 1981.
A Scenario for Exploratory Seeding Experiment on Post-frontal
Convection in the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project, with John Marwitz,
8th Conference on Inadvertent and planned Weather Modification, Reno,
Nevada, 1981.
Supercooled Liquid Water and Ice Crystal Distributions Within Sierra
Nevada Winter Storms, with Mark Heggli, Ronald E. Stewart, and Arlen
Huggins, Journal of Applied Meteorology, v. 22, n. 11, 1983.
A Comparison of Measured and Calculated Attenuation of 28 GHZ Beacon
Signals in Three California Storms, with Matthew Peterson,Final Report
for the 1985 U. S. Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program, August,
1985. 20 pp.
Larry Vardiman - Page 4 Case Study Analyses of Millimeter Wave Length
Attenuation, Final Report for the 1986 USAF-UES Mini-Grant Research
Program, December 1986, 160 pp.
Radiative Equilibrium in an Atmosphere with Large Water Vapor
Concentrations, with David Rush, Proceedings of the Seventh Conference
on Atmospheric Radiation, 1990, p. 212.
The Age of the Earth's Atmosphere by Larry Vardiman (Spiral-bound -
May 1990)
1993
Ice Cores and the Age of the Earthy by Larry Vardiman (Paperback -
July 1993)
1996
Sea-Floor Sediment and the Age of the Earthy by Larry
Vardiman (Paperback - 1996)