Curriculum
Vitae
Updated 9 January 2015
John
Paul Monteverdi
CURRENT
POSITION: Professor
of Meteorology
Department of Earth & Climate Sciences[1]
San
Francisco State University
HONORARY
TITLE: Fellow,
California Academy of Sciences (Awarded 1995)
RECENT POSITIONS: Board
of Directors, Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology
Chair, Department of Earth & Climate Sciences, 1990-1998
San
Francisco State University
Co-editor, Weather and Forecasting, (1992-1998)
Member,
AMS Com Severe Local Storms (1992-1997)
UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS: Department of
Earth & Climate Sciences
San Francisco State University
1600
Holloway Ave., San Francisco CA 94132
UNIVERISTY
PHONE: (415)
338-7728
FAX NUMBER: (415)
338-7705
UNIVERSITY
EMAIL: montever@sfsu.edu
BUSINESS: Mayacamas Weather Consultants
BUSINESS
ADDRESS: 4425
View Street
Oakland,
CA 94611
BUSINESS
PHONE: (415)
882-9898; (510) 653-4320
BUSINESS
EMAIL: montever@comcast.net; mayacamas@mac.com
BUSINESS
WEBSITE: http://www.mayacamaswx.com/
ACADEMIC
BACKGROUND
1. Degrees
A.B., Geology,
June 1968, University of California, Berkeley. Emphasis: Physical
Science.
M.A.,
Geography, June 1970, University of California, Berkeley. Emphasis: Synoptic Climatology.
Ph.D.,
Geography. December 1977, University of California, Berkeley.
Emphases: Synoptic Meteorology and
Synoptic Climatology. (54 Quarter
Units of Residence completed at Department of Meteorology, San Jose State
University).
2. Dissertation
Topic
A
meteorological analysis of the variability of precipitation in the Great
Plains, USA
CERTIFICATIONS
1. Refereed
Certifications (Year of
Certification and Certifying Body Indicated)
1988. CERTIFIED CONSULTING METEOROLOGIST, AMS.
1972. CANDIDATE OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE
CERTIFICATE, UC Berkeley.
1972. PROFESSIONAL MEMBER, AMS.
1971. PROFESSIONAL
METEOROLOGIST, U.S. Civil Service.
2. Other
Certifications (Year of Certification and Certifying Body Indicated)
1970. COMMUNITY COLLEGE CREDENTIAL, State of
California.
AWARDS
(Year of Award
and Awarding Body Indicated)
February 2009.
PERFORMANCE SALARY INCREASE AWARD. San Francisco State University.
September
1999. PERFORMANCE
SALARY STEP INCREASE AWARD.
San Francisco State University.
January
1997. PERFORMANCE
SALARY STEP INCREASE AWARD.
San Francisco State University.
Spring
1989. MERITORIOUS PERFORMANCE AND
PROFESSIONAL PROMISE AWARD. San Francisco State University.
Spring
1986. MERITORIOUS PERFORMANCE AND
PROFESSIONAL PROMISE AWARD. San Francisco State University.
1985. COOPERATIVE OBSERVER COMMENDATION. National Weather
Service.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Refereed Publications
Monteverdi, J.P., Roger Edwards, and Gregory J. Stumpf, 2014: An Analysis of the 7 July 2004 Rockwell Pass, California, Tornado: Highest-Elevation Tornado Documented in the United States. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 3925–3943.
Monteverdi,
J. P., and R. Edwards,
2010: The redevelopment of a warm core structure in Erin: A case of inland
tropical storm formation. Electronic J. Severe Storms Meteor., 5 (6),
1–18.
Umscheid, M.E., J. P. Monteverdi, and J.M. Davies, 2006:
Photographs and analysis of an unusually large and long-lived firewhirl. Electronic J. Severe Storms Meteor., 1, no. 2, 1-13.
Shafer,
J. C., W. J. Steenburgh, J. A. W. Cox, and J. P.
Monteverdi, 2006: Terrain influences on synoptic storm structure and mesoscale precipitation distribution during IPEX IOP3. Mon.
Wea. Rev. In press., March
2006.
Monteverdi,
J. P., C. Doswell III, and G.S. Lipari, 2003: Shear parameter thresholds for
forecasting tornadic thunderstorms in northern and
central California. Wea. Forecasting, 18, 357-370.
Hanstrum, B. N., Mills, G.A., Watson, A., Monteverdi, J.P., and Doswell, C.A.III, 2002: The cool season tornadoes of California
and Australia. Wea.
Forecasting, 17,
705-722.
Monteverdi,
J.P., W. Blier, G. Stumpf, W. Pi and K.
Anderson, 2001: First WSR-88D
documentation of an anticyclonic supercell
with anticyclonic tornadoes: the Sunnyvale/Los Altos, California
tornadoes of 4 May 1998. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2805-2814.
Monteverdi,
J.P. and J.
Null, 1998: A balanced view of the impact of the 1997/98 El Ni–o on California
precipitation. Weather,
53, No. 9, 310-313.
Monteverdi,
J.P. and J.
Null, 1998: The Impact of the
1997-98 El Ni–o on Precipitation in the West. Natural Hazards
Observer. Volume XXII, Number 3--January 1998.
Monteverdi,
J.P. and S.
Johnson, 1996: A supercell thunderstorm with hook echo
in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Wea.
Forecasting, 11,
246-261.
Berg,
N., M. Heggli, and J. Monteverdi, 1995: The
influence of meteorology on rime and snow chemistry at a mountaintop site in
northern California. Water Air Soil Poll.,
81, 25-36.
Monteverdi,
J.P. and J. Quadros, 1994:
Convective and rotational parameters associated with three tornado
episodes in northern and central California.WEA.
FORECASTING., 9, 165-178.
Braun, S.A.
and J.P. Monteverdi, 1991:
An investigation of a mesocyclone-induced
tornado occurrence in northern California.
WEA. FORECASTING,
6, 13-31.
Monteverdi,
J.P., Braun, S.A., and
T.C. Trimble, 1988: Funnel clouds
in the San Joaquin Valley, California.
MON. WEA. REV. 116,
782-789.
Byrne, R.,
Granger, O., and J.P. Monteverdi, 1983: Recent rainfall trends on the margins of
the subtropical deserts: a
comparison of selected Northern Hemisphere regions. QUART.RES, 3,
1-12.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1976: The single air mass disturbance and
precipitation characteristics at San Francisco, MON. WEA. REV. 104, 1289-1296.
Monteverdi,
J.P., and B.L. Wood,
1973: The December 1972 freeze and
its effects on the eucalyptus forest of the Oakland-Berkeley Hills.WEATHERWISE. 26, 160-167.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1973: The Santa Ana weather type and extreme
fire hazard in the Oakland-Berkeley Hills.WEATHERWISE.
26, 118-121.
2. Refereed Technical Memoranda, Reviews
and Invited Conference Publications
Monteverdi,
J.P., 2005: Review of Tornadoes (by Michael Alalby).
Appears in Readings, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. July 2005, 7, pp. 998-1000.
Monteverdi,
J.P., and J. Null,
1997: El Ni–o and California
Precipitation. National
Weather Service Technical Attachment 97-31.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1996: Flood-producing storm types in
California. Invited Paper in
Preprints. Symposium on the
California Floods of
the Winter of 1994-1995. Sierra College, Rocklin, CA.
Monteverdi,
J.P. and J. Quadros, 1993:
Convective and rotational parameters associated with three tornado
outbreaks in northern and central California. National Weather Service Western
Region Tech. Mem., NWS-222.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1993: A case study of the operational
usefulness of the SHARP Workstation in forecasting a "cold-sector" mesocyclone-induced tornado event in northern California. National Weather Service Western
Region Tech. Mem., NWS-219.
Monteverdi,
J.P. and S.A.Braun, 1988:
An investigation of the 24 September 1986 "cold sector"
tornado outbreak in northern California.
National Weather Service Western Region Tech. Mem., NWS-203, 52 pp.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1986: Translation of German weather service
documents for D-Day. Proceedings of the Conference on the Role of Meteorology in the
D-Day Invasion. American Meteorological Society, Boston.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1984: Comparisons among three record-rain
producing storms in north-central California. Excerpted in "Summary of the
LANDSLIDES AND FLOODING CONFERENCE, Stanford University, August 1982". National Academy of
Sciences, Washington, D.C.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1980: The effects of the
physical environment on climate. JOUR.
WATER AIR SOIL POLL.,
12, 23-27.
3. Papers Presented at Conferences and
Symposia
Stumpf, C.J. and J. P. Monteverdi, 2011: Shear and Buoyancy Parameters for
California Tornadoes From 1951—2011. To be presented at: 92nd American
Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)
Stumpf, C.J. and J. P. Monteverdi, 2011: A Case for Reclassifying the F-Rating of
Two Damaging Tornadoes: The 1951 Sunnyvale and the 1983 Los Angeles Convention
Center Tornadoes.. To be presented at: 92nd American
Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)
Monteverdi,
J. P., Umscheid, M. and E. Bookbinder, 2010: Two tornadic thunderstorms in ostensibly weak deep layer shear
environments in southeastern Colorado: cyclic supercells
of May 25 (Kiowa County) and May 31 (Baca County) 2010 (Poster P10.15). AMS
25th Conference on Severe Local Storms to be held 11-15 October,
2010 in Denver, CO.
Monteverdi,
J.P., and R. Edwards,
2008: HYPERLINK "http://tornado.sfsu.edu/Activities/SLS_Conference_2008/index.html"Documentation of the
overland reintensification of Tropical Storm Erin
over Oklahoma, August 18, 2007. Paper number: P4.6. 24th Conf. Sev. Local Storms, 27-31 October,
2008, Savannah, Georgia
Monteverdi,
J.P., E. Polito, M. Gough, R. Bethke, and
T. Seddon, 2008: HYPERLINK
"http://tornado.sfsu.edu/Activities/SLS_Conference_2008/index.html"An Analysis of a
Prolific Tornado-producing Cyclic Supercell
Thunderstorm in Thayer County Nebraska, May 24, 2004. Paper number:
P3.1, 24th Conf. Sev. Local Storms, 27-31 October, 2008, Savannah, Georgia.
Polito, Elizabeth, K. Tanner and J. P.
Monteverdi, 2008: HYPERLINK
"http://tornado.sfsu.edu/Activities/SLS_Conference_2008/index.html"Assessing middle
school and college students' conceptions about tornadoes and other weather phenomena.Paper number: P7.2.
24th Conf. Sev. Local Storms, 27-31 October, 2008, Savannah, Georgia.
Monteverdi,
J.P., R.
Edwards, G. Stumpf and D. Gudgel,
2006: An analysis of the 7 July 2004 Rockwell Pass, CA tornado: highest
elevation tornado tocumented in the US. 23rd Conf. Sev. Local Storms, Preprints, St. Louis,
MO.
Monteverdi,
J.P., K. Saussy, A. Cross, C. Meherin, C. Medjber and S. Lau, 2006: An analysis of the 22 May 2004
Furnas County, Nebraska tornadic supercell.
23rd Conf. Sev. Local Storms,
Preprints, St. Louis, MO.
Blier, W., Monteverdi, J. and J. Null, 2005: The Historic San
Francisco Flood of 25 February 2004. Amer Met Soc National Meeting, January 2005.
Frieberg, E. and J. Monteverdi, 2005: Relationship of Warm Season
Cycles in Onshore Pressure Differences to Temperatures in North-central
California. Amer Met Soc
National Meeting, January 2005.
Gose, E., Frieberg, E., Meherin,
C., and J. Monteverdi, 2005: Production of Television Forecasts for San
Francisco State University Campus Television and the World Wide Web. Amer Met Soc National Meeting,
January 2005.
Landolt, Scott D., Porter, Daniel L. and John P. Monteverdi, 2004:
An Analysis of the June 23rd, 2002, Brown County, South
Dakota Tornadic Cyclical Supercell.
Preprints, P10.5, 22nd AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA
Schlaepfer,
Theodore, B. and John P. Monteverdi, 2004: Radar Documentation of a
Cyclic Tornadic Supercell
in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Preprints, P7.5, 22nd
AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA.
Monteverdi,
J.P., W. Blier, G. Stumpf, W. Pi and K.
Anderson, 2000: First WSR-88D
documentation of an anticyclonic supercell
with anticyclonic tornadoes: the Sunnyvale/Los Altos, California
tornadoes of 4 May 1998. In Submission For Review, Mon. Wea.
Rev.
Monteverdi,
J. P., C. Doswell III, and G.S. Lipari, 2000: Shear parameter thresholds for
forecasting California tornadic thunderstorms.
Preprints---20#th# AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms,.
Lipari, G.S.,
and J.P. Monteverdi, 2000: Convective and shear parameters associated with
northern and central California tornadoes during the period 1990-94. 20th AMS
Severe Local Storms Conf., Orlando, FL
Schlaepfer, T. and J.P. Monteverdi, 2000:A
case study of a well-documented right-moving tornadic
supercell in the San Joaquin Valley, California. 20th
AMS Severe Local Storms Conf., Orlando, FL., this volume..
Monteverdi,
J.P., Hanstrum, B., Doswell, C.,
Watson, Andrew and G. Lipari: 1998: Cool Season Tornadoes in Austrailia:
Comparison with California cases.
Presented at the 1998 Severe Storms Conference, American Meteorological
Society, Sept. 14, 1998.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1993: Convective and rotational parameters
associated with two mesocylone-induced tornado
outbreaks in north-central California.
Presented at the 1993 Severe Local Storms Conference, St. Louis, October 4.
Monteverdi,
J.P. and J. Quadros, 1993:
Convective and rotational parameters associated with three tornado
episodes in northern and central California. Presented at 1993 PACLIM Conference, Asilomar, April.
Monteverdi,
J.P. and E. Seibel,
1984: A documentation of
oceanographic and meteorological anomalies on the West Coast during the El Nino
event of 1982-83. SYMPOSIUM ON THE EL NINO EVENT OF 1982-1983. American Association for the Advancement
of Science, Annual Meeting, San Francisco State University, June 1984.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1983: Synoptic controls of
recent warm season precipitation increases in a rainfall-sensitive
agricultural region of California. SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS IN THE SEMIARID REGIONS
OF THE UNITED STATES. American Association for the Advancement of
Science, Annual Meeting, Logan, Utah, June 1983.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1982: Comparisons among three record-rain
producing storms in north-central California. CONFERENCE ON
LANDSLIDING AND FLOODING, Stanford University, August 1982.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1980: An overview of the significance,
patterns and meteorological controls of the precipitation variability of the
Central Valley of California.
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting,
Davis, CA, June 1980.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1978: A drought and an end to the
drought. Association of American Geographers,
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 1978.
4. Laboratory
Manuals
Monteverdi,
J.P. and J. Michaelsen, 1979: A
satellite photo atlas of selected weather patterns. California Book Co., Ltd., Berkeley, CA,
95 pp.
Monteverdi,
J.P., 1974: Synoptic meteorology of California weather anomalies. California Book Co., Ltd., Berkeley, CA,
415 pp.
Monteverdi,
J.P., Vannucci, S. and L. Gummerson,
1970: Descriptive meteorology of California weather anomalies. California Book Co., Ltd., Berkeley,
CA. Two volumes: Vol. 1, 75 pp;
Vol. 2, 225 pp.
Website Authoring
1996-Present. Department of Geosciences
HYPERLINK
http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/geosciences.html http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/geosciences.html
2000: Circulation Singularity in La Ni–a
Winters
HYPERLINK
http://home.earthlink.net/~montever/Singularity/DecFeb.html http://home.earthlink.net/~montever/Singularity/DecFeb.html
2000: La Ni–a May-June Composites from
the Period 1951-1999: Foreshadowing of Great Plains Spring Patterns 2000
HYPERLINK
http://home.earthlink.net/~montever/LaNinaComposites/Composite2000.html http://home.earthlink.net/~montever/LaNinaComposites/Composite2000.html
2000: The Pitfalls of Improper Use of PVA
and "Overrunning" To Account for Precipitation
HYPERLINK
http://home.earthlink.net/~montever/Jan23_00/Jan23.html http://home.earthlink.net/~montever/Jan23_00/Jan23.html
2000. Sunnyvale F2 Tornado: First Documentation of an Anticyclonic Tornado with an Anticyclonic
Supercell)
HYPERLINK "http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/StormChasing/Cases/Sunnyvale/Sunnyvale.html"
http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/StormChasing/Cases/Sunnyvale/Sunnyvale.html
1999: Composite 500 mb and Surface Fields in El Ni–o and La Ni–a
Years: A Comparison
HYPERLINK http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/StormChasing/cases/EN_LN_Patterns/pattern_comparison.html
http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/StormChasing/cases/EN_LN_Patterns/pattern_comparison.html
1998. La Ni–a and California Precipitation
(with Jan Null)
HYPERLINK http://www.wdc.ndin.net/calnina.html
http://www.wdc.ndin.net/calnina.html
1997:El
Ni–o and California Precipitation (with Jan Null)
HYPERLINK
http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/elni–o.html http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/elni–o.html
1996-2005. Personal Storm Pages
http://tornadochase.org
University Public Relations
Numerous
interviews with local radio, television and print media on topics ranging from
El Ni–o and La Ni–a, tornadoes, tornado chasing, California flood events,
drought, hurricanes and global warming.
Television: Local: KTVU,
KGO, KPIX. KRON, KQED
National: NBC, CBS, Discovery Channel, Oklahoma
City NBC, Bangor, Maine CBS
Radio: Local: KCBS, Live 105, KGO, KQED, KFOG
Print and Web Media:
Numerous citations—CNN, San Francisco Chronicle, Examiner, San
Jose Mercury News, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Professional Activities
1. Field Activities
1985
to Present Time. Annual trips (between
5 and 17 days) to the Great Plains to study and document tornadic
severe thunderstorms.
1987
to Present Time. Impromptu trips into
the Central Valley to document strong or severe thunderstorm features.
2. Visiting
Appointments
Spring
2000. Visiting Scientist. National Weather
Service Forecast Office, Monterey, CA.
Spring
2000. Visiting Scientist. National Severe Storms Laboratory,
Norman, Oklahoma.
Spring
1990. Visiting Scientist. National Weather
Service Forecast Office, Redwood City, CA.
Spring
1990. Visiting Scientist. National Severe Storms Laboratory,
Norman, Oklahoma.
3. Grants
Received
2010. Oliphant,
Andrew (P.I.), Monteverdi, J.P. [co PI with Clements, C. SJSU], 20101,
NSF — Major Research Instrumentation, CSU MAPS, ÒAcquisition of a Mobile
Atmospheric Sounding System for Cross Campus UseÓ, Co-PI, ~$700,0001998. CET
Grant.California Weather Events Web Cast Studies and
Web Sites, with D. Dempsey. ($7000)
2000. Rasmussen, Erik (CIMMS) and Straka, Jerry (Oklahoma University)
(Monteverdi,
John, Leader, Probe 3), NSF Severe Thunderstorm Electrification
and Precipitation Project, Spring 2000 (Living Expenses, Per Diem Support).
1999. Rasmussen, Erik (CIMMS) and Straka, Jerry, NSF, Project VORTEX, Spring
1999 (Monteverdi, John, Field Activity Participant), May 1999.
1997. CET Grant.California
Weather Events: WWW-Based Case
Studies and Prototype Exercises, with D. Dempsey. ($7000)
1996. CET
Grant. World Wide
Web Authoring in the University, with D. Dempsey and O.
Garcia. ($3000)
National
Science Foundation, Instrumentation and Lab Improvement Grant, with O. Garcia and D. Dempsey. SUN Sparc
Station (5 workstations + networking) ($56000)
1994. Justified Equipment Proposal. Tecktronic Dye-sublimColor Printer. ($15000)
1993. Justified Equipment Proposal. Weather Graphics Lab
SUN-Sparc IPX. ($13000)
1992. Justified Equipment Proposal. Weather Graphics Lab
SUN-Sparc IPX. ($13000)
1991. COMET. COOP. With
WSFO, Redwood City. ($4000)
1991. COMET. Partners. With John Plankinton, WSFO, Redwood
City. ($3800)
1990. COMET. COOP. With WSFO, Redwood
City.
1990. COMET. Partners. With E. Jan Null, WSFO, Redwood City.
1989. State Lottery Grant. Weather Graphics Lab Laser Printer. ($3800)
1988. State Lottery Grant. Weather Graphics Lab
Satellite Looping Facility.
($8500)
1988. State Lottery Grant. Distinguished Visiting
Lecturer Funds. ($650 for C.
Doswell)
1987. Student Computer Work Station
Funds. Weather
Graphics Lab. ($9500)
1983. School of Science Development
Grant. Modems and
Graphics Equipment. ($650)
School
of Science Development Grant. Weather Station. ($1100)
4. Conferences
Attended
November
2006. 23rd Conference on
Severe Local Storms,
St. Louis.
October
2004. 22nd
Confere3nce on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA.
September
2000. 20th
Conference on Severe Local Storms, Orlando, Florida.
January
2000: Annual Conference, American
Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA.
September
1998: 19th Conference on
Severel Local Storms, Minneapolis, MN.
January
1998. Annual
Conference, American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ.
December
1997. VORTEX
Results Workshop. Asilomar. Invitational Conferences Sponsored by the National Severe Storms
Laboratory and the NSF.
June
1997. Weather Forecasting and Mesoscale Processes.
Invitational Conference Sponsored by the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research and NSF.
February
1996. 18th
Conferences on Severe Local Storms.
San Francisco, CA.
June 1995. Symposium on the California Floods of the Winter of
1994-1995. Sierra College, Rocklin, CA.
January 1993. Annual Conference, American Meteorological Society, Anaheim, CA.
5. Chairmanships
Held
January
2004-Present Time: Chair, College
of Science and Engineering Grade Appeals Comittee
Fall
2002-Present Time: Hiring,
Retention and Promotion Committee, Geosciences
Summer
1990-1998. Chair,
Department of Geosciences.
February
1996. Local Coordinator, 18th
Conference on Severe Local Storms
June 1993. Cochair. El Nino Symposium.
AAAS Meetings, SFSU.
Spring
1993. University
Academic Assessment for Dean James Kelley.
Fall
1989. Department
of Geosciences Curriculum Committee.
Fall
1989-Spring 1989. Chair. Department of
Geosciences Hiring, Retention, Promotion Committee.
Fall
1987-Spring 1988. Department of
Geosciences Computer Committee.
Summer
1987. Acting Chair. Department of
Geosciences. San Francisco
State University.
Spring
1986. Acting Chair. Department of
Geosciences. San Francisco
State University.
Summer
1984. Acting Chair. Department of
Geosciences. San Francisco
State University.
1984. Cochair. El Nino Symposium.
AAAS Meetings, SFSU.
1983-1987. School of Science Development Committee.
1981-1982. School of Science Development Committee.
1980. Air Pollution Section, AAAS Meetings, UC
Davis.
1979-1980. Northern California Chapter. American
Meteorological Society.
1979. Session 1. Sixth Environmental
Symposium on the Impact of Man on Climate.
Professional Organizations
1. Professional
Organizations--Membership
American
Meteorological Society, Professional Member
California
Academy of Science
Gamma Theta
Upsilon, National Geography Honorary
2. Professional
Organizations--Participation
1989. Science Fair Committee. American
Meteorological Society, Northern California Chapter.
1982-1983. Treasurer. American
Meteorological Society, Northern California Chapter.
1979-1982. Head. Science Fair
Committee. American Meteorological Society, Northern California Chapter.
1979-1980. Chair. American
Meteorological Society, Northern California Chapter.
1978-1979. Program Chair. American
Meteorological Society, Northern California Chapter.
3. Professional
Meetings--Organization
November 2006,
Session Chair, 23rd Conference on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis.
October
2004. Session Chair. 22nd
Confere3nce on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA.
September 2000 Session
Chair, Tornado Forecasting in non-Great Plains Environments, ---20#th# AMS
Conference on Severe Local Storms,.Orlanado,
FL.
1998: Slide Presentation Coordinator. 19th
Conference on Severe Local Storms, Minneapolis, MN.
1996. Local coordinator. 18th CONFERENCE ON
SEVERE LOCAL STORMS. American Meteorological Society. San Francisco, CA..
1994. Co-chair of SYMPOSIUM ON THE 1991-1993
EL NINO EVENT. ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE PACIFIC DIVISION.
American Association for the Advancement of Science. SFSU.
1984. Co-chair of SYMPOSIUM ON THE 1982-1983
EL NINO EVENT. ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE PACIFIC DIVISION.
American Association for the Advancement of Science. SFSU.
1980. Chair. AIR POLLUTION SECTION.
SECTION W (AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY)..ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE PACIFIC DIVISION.
American Association for he Advancement of Science. UC Davis.
1979. Chair. SESSION 1. SIXTH ENVIRONMENTAL
SYMPOSIUM ON THE IMPACT OF MAN ON CLIMATE. Mountain View.
Consulting
Activities
1. Forensic
Meteorology
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Industries, Inc. Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP
Sawaya v. A. W. Chesterton Co., et al.. PAUL, HANLEY &
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BUECHERT V SANCHEZ ET AL., Tarkington, O'Neill, Barrack and Chong.
MICHAEL
DEMPSTER V. A. W. CHESTERTON CO., ET AL., Levin, Simes
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MELVIN
MENDAROS
NATIONAL
UNION AND LEXINGTON INS. V. PG&E, Morison-Knox Holden and Prough,
SHEAFFER V.
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BAY VIEW APTS. V. COLORWORKS COLLEGATE PAINTERS, INC. ET AL., Tarkington,
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CAL-WALL
MOULDING CO. V. BENJAMIN MOORE, ET AL. (2002AT00300-E), Burnham/Brown, Mr.
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PROVISION
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SAN DIEGO
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2001
HALKYARD
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GIBBINS V. LES
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GILSON V.
WINSTON: CNA 4501: Burnham and Brown, Oakland.
MONTGOMERY
WARD V. SUDLER: Clapp Moroney Attorneys at Law
SCOTTSDALE
INSURANCE V. R.E.M. TRUCKING, Davidovitz &
Bennett, San Francisco.
SELMAN V.
LOWRY: Selman and Breitman, San Francisco.
VAN ZANT V.
MAZDA ET AL.: OÕReilley,
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1999
WAGGONER V.
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SHEA HOMES V.
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AETNA V.
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LILIENTHAL V.
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Law Offices of
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LIBERTY MUTUAL
V. BIRMINGHAM BUILDERS, Laughlin, Falbo,
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STANKEY V.
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GROSSMAN
v REGAL TENTS. Levinson& Kaplan, Encino, CA.
PEOPLE V.
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PEREZ V.
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VARIOUS
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HAIRO V.
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1989
The Jennings
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HASSELTINE V.
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GOODE
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BAUERLE V.
WELLS FARGO BANK. Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold.
DUQUE V.
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1988
GARBEZ V.
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PILOTTI V.
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AETNA
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FIREMAN'S
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GOODRICH
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TUAN V. CITY
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BRIDGES
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1986
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BYRNE V. CITY
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PANTANO V.
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1985
LINTON V. CITY
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SAYERS V. SAN
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CNA
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CARLMONT
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2002-Present
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Beach Rainfall Estimates.
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DONALD
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GILLIAM. Review
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WEATHER
FORECASTS. Mayacamas Vintners, Napa, CA.
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Bedford
Property Investors, WEATHER FORECASTS
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WEATHER DATA,
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Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
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RAINFALL,
WIND FORECASTS. LaSha Inc.,
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CLIMATOLOGY OF THE BRISBANE AREA. Southwest Diversified, Inc.
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Creekside Development, Santa Rosa
Riverfront
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Parker Ranch
Development, Saratoga
Holly Sugar
Development, Union City
1977
Brassfield Development, Fremont
Citation
Development, Fremont
Fuller
Development, Fremont
1976
Ferrarri Brothers Waste Disposal Site, Mountain
View
Chevron Oil
Dry Creek Exploratory Geothermal Development, Middletown
1975
Republic
Geothermal Development, Middletown
Newhall
Proposal, Mountain View
Coyote Valley
Development, San Jose
Langmuir
Shopping Center, Milpitas
1974
Burmah Oil and Gas Geothermal Development,
Middletown
Norwood Creek
Development, San Jose
San Carlos
Homes Development, Redwood City
Hagen Condo
Proposal, Santa Clara
1973
John Gull
Subdivision, San Jose
Williams Condo
Proposal, Santa Clara
Avco Community Development, San Jose
Santa Monica
Lands/Fig Garden Proposal, Fresno
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2007. Chasing Storms. Keynote Address,
Northern California Chapter, American Meteorological Society.
MAY 2005. Tornado Research in
the Field. Keynote
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NOVEMBER
2004. California
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APRIL
1999: Auntie Em,
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FEBRUARY
1998. How ÒTwisterÓ Got It
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JUNE
1996. Diagnosing Patterns Favorable
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MAY 1994. Great Plains West: Sacramento Valley Tornadoes. Weekly Seminar. Department of Meteorology, San Jose State
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JULY
1993. Weather and
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DECEMBER
1992. Use of the
SHARP Workstation in forecasting a northern California tornado event. Presented to the National Weather
Service Lead Forecasters, Redwood City, CA.
JUNE
1992. An
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Service Lead Forecasters, Redwood City, CA.
FEBRUARY
1992. The October 20, 1991 East Bay
Hills Fire: Meteorological
Overview. Seminar. Department of Engineering, University of
California, Berkeley.
NOVEMBER
1990. A Mesocyclone-Induced Tornado in Northern California. Seminar. Department of Meteorology, San Jose
State University.
JULY
1990. San Francisco Bay Area
Climate: Is it Changing? Naturalists of the
East Bay Park District.
FEBRUARY
1990. Operational
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NOVEMBER 1988.
The September 24,
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JULY
1988. Climate of
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MAY 1987. Chasing Severe Thunderstorms: An Oklahoma Odyssey. Commemorative Lecture
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MAY 1986. Severe Thunderstorms
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San Francisco State University.
FEBRUARY
1986. Chasing Severe
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Series. Department
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NOVEMBER
1985. Normal and Abnormal West
Coast Weather Patterns. American Meteorological Society, Northern California Chapter.
NOVEMBER
1984. Departmental
Tea, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University. West Coast Climate: Is it Changing?
OCTOBER
1984. Departmental
Seminar, Department of Meteorology, San Jose State University. The Impact of
Anomalously Warm Sea-Surface Temperatures on West Coast Synoptic Patterns.
OCTOBER
1984. El NIno
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AUGUST
1984. KCBS
Afternoon Magazine.
APRIL
1984. The Bay
Area Climate Explained.
National Audobon Society.
JANUARY
1984. Synoptic
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DECEMBER
1983. Whither Weather? Army Corps of
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OCTOBER
1982. The Storm of January
1982: A comparison with other major
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MARCH
1981. Pacific Ocean: Bane and Boon to Weather Forecasters. Cal Academy of
Sciences.
OCTOBER
1980. Normal and Abnormal
California Weather Patterns. Department of Geography Seminar, UC Berkeley.
MAY 1980. Mt. Saint Helens. KTVU-TV Panel
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MAY 1980. Satellite Views of Normal and Abnormal
West Coast Meteorological Patterns.
Department of Meteorology, San Jose State University.
MAY and MARCH
1980. The
California Environment. ESL, UC Extension.
MAY 1978. A Panel Discussion on
the Drought of 1975-77. Department of Meteorology, San Jose State
University.
MAY 1978. A Drought and an End to a Drought. University of
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OCTOBER
1977. California
Weather Extremes. Lawrence
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AUGUST
1977. The Weather and Climate of
the San Francisco Bay Region. University of California Alumni
Society.
APRIL
1977. Weather
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Pertinent Work Experience
1987-Present. PROFESSOR OF
METEOROLOGY, SFSU.
1978-1986. ASSOCIATE and ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
METEOROLOGY, SFSU.
1973-Present. Consulting Meteorologist.
1973-1978. Earth Science Consultant. ENVIROS INC., Los Altos, CA.
1978.
LECTURER, Department of Geography, UC Davis.
1973-1978. LECTURER and ACTING INSTRUCTOR. Department of Geography, UC Berkeley.
1974-1978. INSTRUCTOR. University of
California Extension, Berkeley.
1969-1978. WEATHER OBSERVER and STAFF RESEARCH
ASSOCIATE. Department of Geography,
UC Berkeley.