B.S., State University of New York at Albany, 1976
M.S., State University of New York at Albany, 1978
- National Weather Service Forecast Office, Boston, MA 1978-79
- National Weather Service Office of Hydrology, Silver Spring, MD 1979-1981
- National Weather Service, Techniques Development Lab, Silver Spring, MD 1981-1984
- National Meteorological Center, Camp Springs, MD 1984-1986
- Weather Research Program, ERL, Boulder, CO 1986-1989
- Forecast Systems Laboratory, ERL, Boulder,CO 1989-present
I have worked both in the field and at headquarters of the National Weather Service. In Boston, I performed tasks related to making forecasts and assisting the operations of the forecast office. My function at the office of Hydrology was to perform research into preparing maximum precipitation estimates over river basins. In the techniques development lab, I was involved with developing model output statistics (MOS) guidance products. At the National Meteorological Center (now known as NCEP), I was a forecaster preparing surface analyses and heavy precipitation forecasts. I also served as a research scientist in the techniques development group of the forecast division. I then moved to the weather research program under the direction of Bob Maddox where I worked closely with the National Weather Service. We performed research into the origin and evolution of flash-flood producing storms and I participated in teaching the National weather Service flash-flood forecasting class. At FSL, I've performed numerous tasks throughout the years related to operational weather research and data quality. In particular, I have been involved with the quality of radiosonde data and am a working member of the National Weather Service's data review group for radiosondes. In addition, I have worked on projects related to aviation weather forecasting (turbulence and icing) and have worked with voice PIREPs, ACARS, and profiler data. I have published numerous papers in the literature on the topics of my research. Most recently, I have published a paper regarding voice PIREPS and their use in avaition weather forecasting.