Anton Kruger

Joined the College of Engineering: 1995

Education: Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Iowa, 1992
M.Eng., Electrical Engineering, Potchefstroom University, 1986
B.Eng., Electrical Engineering, Potchefstroom University 1984

Special Fields of Knowledge:  Geophysical measurements; visualizing and managing large geophysical data sets; particle image volocimetry and image processing; embedded systems.

Present Research Interests: Rain drop size distribution measurements; development of archival precipitation data sets for the GCIP; particle image velocimetry for ice modeling; PC-based laser control for particle images velocimetry.

Selected Publications:

• Hauet, A., A. Kruger, W.F. Krajewski, A.A. Bradley, M. Muste, J-D. Creutin, and M. Wilson, An experimental system for real-time discharge estimation using an image-based method, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 13(2), 105–110, 2008.
• Kruger A., S.G. Khandelwal, A. A. Bradley, “AHPSVER: A Web-Based System for Hydrologic Forecast Verification,” Computers & Geosciences, 33(66), 739–748, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2006.10.005, June 2007.
• Kruger, A., R. Lawrence, and E. C. Dragut, “Building a Terabyte NEXRAD Radar Database for Hydrometeorology Research,” Computers & Geosciences, 32(2), 247–258, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2005.06.001, March 2006.
• Krajewski, W. F., Anton Kruger, Clelia Caracciolo, Peter Golé, Laurent Barthes, Jean-Dominique Creutin, Jean-Yves Delahaye, Efthymios I. Nikolopoulos, Fred Ogden and Jean-Paul Vinson, “DEVEX-disdrometer evaluation experiment: Basic results and implications for hydrologic studies,” Advances in Water Resources,Volume 29(2), 311–325,  doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.03.018, February 2006.
• Kruger A, and W.F. Krajewski, “Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer: A Description,” Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 19, 602–617, May 2002. doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<0602:TDVDAD>2.0.CO;2 

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Member, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR); American Meteorological Society (AMS).