Name:  Heshmat Abdel Basset Mohamed Ahmed

 Date and Place of Birth:  30-11-1960     El-Mansura, Egypt.

  Nationality: Egyptian

  Present Institute: King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Meteorology , Environment and Arid Land Agriculture,

Department of Meteorology Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, P.O. Box 80208, Jeddah 21589

E-mail: heshmatm@yahoo.com ,                 Tel. No.   0567702957

 Permanent Institute:

  Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Science,

Department of  Meteorology and Astronomy

Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt. P.O. Box 11884

Tel. No.   02-4927763           Telefax. 00202 2629356

E-mail : heshmatm@yahoo.com

 Home address: 8 Ali Yassen St. Ain shams, Cairo, Egypt.

Tel. No. 02-4927763

    Academic Qualifications:

Degree

University

Year attended

Field of Specialization

Ph.D.

Cairo

1994- 1997

Dynamical Meteorology

M.Sc.

Cairo

1991- 1994

Meteorology

Diploma

Cairo

1986- 1987

Meteorology

B.Sc.

El-Mansura

1979- 1982

Mathematics

      Academic or professional positions:

Institution/Employer

Position

Dates of Employment

Al-Azhar University, Faculty of science

Assistant Professor

2002- Now

Al-Azhar University, Faculty of science

Lecturer

1997- 2002

Al-Azhar University, Faculty of science

Assistant Lecturer

1991- 1997

Egyptian Meteorological Authority

Research worker

1988- 1990

Egyptian, Meteorological Authority

Duty  forecaster

1985- 1987

Filed of activity:

         -            Synoptic, Dynamical Meteorology and NWP.

 

workshops, meeting and Conferences:

 

- Workshop on Extra- tropical and tropical limited area modeling. I.C.T.P.

      Trieste,  Italy. 22 October to 3 November 1990.

 

-  Workshop on tropical limited area modeling. I.C.T.P. Trieste, Italy. 20 October

      to 1 November 1996.

 

 - INM/WMO International Symposium on Cyclones and Hazardous weather in the

     Mediterranean. Palme De Mallocra. 14 to 17 April, 1997. 

 

-  Third international scientific conference. El- Azhar university.  1999                       

 

- Meteorology & Sustainable Development. Egyptian Meteorological Authority 1999.

 

- Fourth international scientific conference. El- Azhar university, 2001.

 

- Advanced course: CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION.

     Part I: Physical Aspects.  I.C.T.P. Trieste, Italy  12- 16 March   2001.

 

-  Course on "Inverse Methods in Atmopsheric Science". I.C.T.P. Trieste, Italy  1 - 12 

     October  2001.

 

- Workshop on the vulnerability and adaptation to sea level rise. Abu Dhabi, U. A. E. 8-12

May 2004.

 

 

The present employment and duties:

       Assistance Professor

 

 -  Duties:  1) Teaching courses in dynamical meteorology, NWP and synoptic.

                 

                  2) Research work including supervision of M.Sc and Ph.D thesis.

 

The present research problems:

- Studies of Energy budgets and energy conversions of  cyclonic systems.

-  Studies of desert depressions, their development, decay, and their source of  energy.

-  On the prediction of rainfall over KSA.

-   On the relation between  ozone and potential vorticity

List of publications:

1- Abdel Basset. H., 1994: Studies on atmospheric response to variations of some astronomical factors. M. SC thesis, Cairo University, Egypt, unpublished.

2- Abdel Basset. H., 1997: Effects of the rotational and divergent energy exchange on the local circulation of the atmosphere. Ph.D. thesis, Cairo University,

Egypt, unpublished.

3- Abdel wahab. M,M. Ibrahim and H. Abdel Basset, 1997: Energy budget associated with quasi- stationary cyclone in Mediterranean.INM/WMO International

           Symposium on Cyclones and Hazardous weather in the Mediterranean.

           Palma De  Mallocra. 14- 17 April 1997.

4- A. M. Lasheen, M. A. Ibrahim and H. Abdel Basset, 1998: The main feature of the general circulation for El Nino 1987 and La Nina 1988 in July. AL-Azhar Bull.

          Sci.  9(2), 467-481.

5- M. A. Ibrahim, A. M. Lasheen and H. Abdel Basset, 1998: Sensitivity of a middle latitude tropical wave interaction to moisture initial field. AL-Azhar Bull. Sci.

          9(2), 965-975.

6- H. Abdel Basset, M. A. Ibrahim and A. M. Lasheen, 1999:The role of jet stream in the energy budgets of two different cyclonic systems. AL-Azhar Bull. Vol. 10,

         No. 2(Dec.): pp. 991- 1026.

7- Abdel wahab. M and H. Abdel Basset, 2000: The effect of moisture on the kinetic energy of a Mediterranean cyclone. Theor. Appl. Climatol. 65, 17-36.

8- Abdel wahab. M and H. Abdel Basset, 2000: Energy Exchanges for Mediterranean Weather Systems.  Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 73, 1- 23.

 9- Abdel Basset. H and A. Gahein, 2000: On the relationship between ozone and cyclogenesis: case study. AL-Azhar Bull. Sci. Vol. 11, No. 1 (June): pp. 35-50.

10- Abdel Basset. H, A. M. Lasheen and A.Habib, 2001: Vertical axis tilt and cyclone development. AL-Azhar Bull. Sci, Proceeding of the 4th Int. Sci. Conf. 27- 29

            March 2001, PP. 181- 200.

11- Abdel Basset. H., 2001: Energy conversion of a desert depression. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 76, 203-222.

12- Abdel Basset. H and  A. Awad, 2001: Numerical simulation of a desert cyclone in the North Africa. AL-Azhar Bull. Sci. Vol. 12, No. 1 (June): pp. 161-180.

 

13- Abdel Wahab.M, H. Abdel Basset and A.M. Lasheen, 2002: On the mechanism of winter cyclongenesis in relation to vertical axis tilt.  Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 81, 103- 127.

14- Abdel Basset. H and A. Gahein, 2003: Diagnostic study on the relation between ozone and potential vorticity. Atmosfera. 16, 67- 82.

15- Khaled S. M. Essa,  H. Abdel Basset and M. H. Korany, 2003:  Estimation of ultraviolet-B using Fourier series. AL-Azhar Bull. Sci, Proceeding of the 5th

Int. Sci. Conf. 25- 27 March 2003, PP. 213- 221.

16- A. M. Lasheen, M. A. Ibrahim and H. Abdel Basset, 2003: Remarks related to Hadley and Ferrel cells. AL-Azhar Bull. Sci, Proceeding of the 5th  Int. Sci. Conf. 25- 27 March 2003, PP. 75- 81.

17- T. N. El-Hosary, A. Yousef  and H. Abdel Basset, 2004: The Effect of soil moisture and vegetation cover on energy conversions. Journal of Meteorology Vol. 29, No. 288. PP. 115- 125.

18- Abdel Basset. H, 2003: Diagnostic study of diabatic heating in relation to energy budget: Case study. (submitted)

 

19- Abdel Basset. H, T. N. El-Hosary and A. Yousef, 2005: The Influence of the Initial Soil Wetness and Vegetation Cover on the Short-Term Climate.                   AL-Azhar Bull.  Sci. Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jun.): PP, 121- 139.

 

20- Abdel Basset. H, 2005: The Rainfall over United Arab of Emirates. AL-Azhar Bull.  Sci. Vol. 16, No. 2 (Dec.): PP. 99- 129.

 

21- Abdel Basset. H, 2005: Potential vorticity Inversion and cyclogenesis: case study. AL-Azhar Bull.  Sci. Vol. 16, No. 2 (Dec.): PP. 99- 129.

 

22- Abdel Basset. H and M. H. Korany, 2006: Periodicity study of Erythemal Exposure data over Egypt. The international Journal of Meteorology Vol. 31, No. 306. PP. 57- 62.

 

23- Abdel Basset. H and H. M. Hasanen, 2006: Heat wave over Egypt during the summer of 1998. The international Journal of Meteorology Vol. 31, No. 308. PP. 133- 145.    

 

24- Abdel Basset. H and A. M. Ali, 2006: Diagnostics of cyclogenesis using potential    vorticity.    Atmosfera  19 (4), 213- 234.

 

25- Abdel Basset. H and M. H. Korany, 2006: UVB Radiation Forecast over Aswan. The international Journal of Meteorology Vol. 31, No. 314 . PP. 367- 378.

 

26- Hasanen. H. M and H. Abdel Basset, 2006: Variability of summer temperature over Egypt. International Journal of Climatology Vol. 26: PP. 1619- 1634. 

 

27-  Abdel Basset. H,  and A. Alamodi, 2006: Estimation of ultraviolet-B using Fourier series. JKAU: Met., Env. & Arid Land Agric. Vol. 17 No. 2, PP:103–    112.

 

28- Abdel Basset. H and M. H. Korany, (2007): The global and UVB radiation over    Egypt. Accepted to be published in  Atmosfera  (20 – 2 -2006)