Michael Davenport

Adjunct Instructor

Michael.Davenport@erau.edu

Department of Applied Aerospace Science

Worldwide College of Aviation

Areas of Expertise

Climatology, Applied Meteorology, Bioclimatology

Michael Davenport

Overview

I retired from the USAF after 25 years of active duty service as a special operator, leader, scientist and meteorologist. I was later employed for 13 years as a Department of the Air Force civilian leader—retiring in 2018. I now enjoy RVing, gardening, home renovation, re-learning Spanish, and spending time on the beautiful Northwest Florida waters. I began instructional duty for Embry-Riddle in 1994 at the Ft Campbell, KY ERAU-W campus, and have instructed classes periodically for the university since that time.

M.S. - Master of Science in Meteorology, Florida State University

B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry, Northern Arizona University

38 years of meteorological related duties in the government sector
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Teaching

  • PHYS 102: Explorations in Physics
PHYS 142, PHYS 102, WEAX 201

Research

A comparison of the vegetation response to rainfall in the Sahel and East Africa, using normalized difference vegetation index from NOAA AVHRR

SE Nicholson, ML Davenport, AR Malo - Climatic change, 1990


On the relation between rainfall and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for diverse vegetation types in East Africa

ML Davenport, SE Nicholson - International Journal of Remote Sensing, 1993