Provider, Scientific Data and Precise Interpolation to Specific Locations

Facilitator,  Beach,  Bridge, and  Wetlands  Inspection  and  Restoration

Facilitator,  Dam,  Power  Plant, and  Public School  Inspection and  Reinforcement

Selected Scientific  Fields of Specialization and Services Offered:  Specific Topics (Keywords):

 More than 50 years of professional experience in meteorology, hydrometeorology, climatology, and related sciences, including:

«21 years of experience as an owner, manager, and/or principal scientist of five private weather companies, serving as a forensic meteorologist, weather forecaster, long-range weather outlook specialist, and research meteorologist, including many of the items in the first three paragraphs below:

«31 years of experience as a forensic meteorologist, with hundreds of cases as a court-qualified expert witness, with depositions and trial testimony in a large number of these cases. 

«48 years of experience as a weather forecaster and long-range weather outlook specialist, generating thousands of monthly, seasonal, and multi-seasonal weather outlooks and other specialized weather forecasts.

«49 years of experience as a research meteorologist and climatologist, generating hundreds of original research projects, studies, and publications, including a national award-winning air-sea interaction paper, many major storm and climate studies, a master's thesis, a doctoral dissertation, and a pioneering post-doctoral study, relating  El Niño  and  La Niña to weather patterns across North America.

«19 years of experience as a flood-control meteorologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

«13 years of experience as a U.S. Air Force and California Air National Guard weather officer, forecaster, and weather observer.

«7 years of experience as an Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Climatology at California State University, Northridge, California, and as a lecturer, teaching assistant, and laboratory assistant in Meteorology at University of California, Los Angeles.

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 Contact:    Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D.

American Weather & Hydrology, LLC and California Weather & Earth Sciences, toll-free, U.S. and Canada: (800) 843-7246, 

FAX:  Call (888) 786-7696 to obtain fax number.

e-mail:  Call (888) 786-7696 to obtain e-mail address..

Mailing address for Dr. Pyke:  P. O. Box 1747, Green Valley, AZ  85622-1747  USA.

Billing and payment address:  P. O. Box  292760, Phelan, CA  92329-2760  USA.

Résumé (C.V.)

Forensic Discovery, Analysis, and Expert Witness Testimony  for legal and insurance cases related to weather, floods, and

other natural phenomena – many hundreds of cases, including many dozen as a court-qualified Expert Witness. 

Occurrence of rain, snow, ice, or hail at specific times and places; amounts of precipitation over periods of time.

Temperatures:  daily high and low (max and min), temperature at a specific time and place.  Humidity, wind chill.

Clouds/sunshine; fog, smoke, dust, and other restrictions to visibility.

Wet, icy, or snow-covered ground or roadways, including conditions contributing to accidents, slip and fall, etc.

Weather conditions resulting in delays of construction activities or outdoor events.

Weather conditions contributing to fire (urban, vehicular, brush, forest).

Weather conditions or floods contributing to structural damage or failure.

Drought, floods, or extreme temperatures contributing to crop or livestock loss.

Public weather forecasts issued on specific dates for that date and/or future dates.

Drift of bodies or debris by river or ocean currents.

Sun glare, angle and position of sun or moon, moon phase. 

Sunrise/sunset, light levels affected by twilight cloud cover, and moonlight, reflection of city lights by clouds.

Connection of weather conditions to El Niño, La Niña, and other atmospheric and/or oceanic patterns.

Frequency or return period of various weather phenomena. 

Weather Forecasts and Seasonal Weather Outlooks: 

Customized weather forecasts for film production companies, major media events, construction and roofing, and many other applications.

Monthly and seasonal weather outlooks for the United States as a whole, for regions or states, and for specific locations (a specialty of Dr. Pyke).

Meteorological, Climatic, Hydrometeorological, and Other Scientific Research and Development:

[For details, see website http://www.amerweather.com ]  Go to Research pages. 

Climatic research and investigations of historical weather events, including storms and floods.

Development of storm and seasonal rainfall, snow melt, and wind for design of dams, reservoirs, and flood control channels, including Probable Maximum Precipitation for the worst-case flood scenario--critical to the safety of dams.    

[For details, see website http://www.hydrometeorology.com ]

Determination of anticipated adverse weather conditions for construction and other field operation projects.

Coordination and facilitation of: 

Global warming and climate change modeling.

[For details, see website  http://www.amerweather.com ]  Go to Research pages.

Meteorological and Hydrological Instrumentation, Flood-Warning and Tsunami Systems, plus Earthquake and Environmental Monitoring Systems:

Meteorological and hydrologic instrumentation - direct-reading and remote-reading:  development, manufacturing, and sales. 

[For details, see website  http://www.environmentalscienceandenergy.com  ]

Design and development of state-of-the-art computerized remote-telemetry flood warning systems and other warning systems and monitoring systems.  For details, see websites http://www.environmentalscienceandenergy.com and http://www.hydrometeorology.com ]

Climatic, Meteorological, Hydrologic, Seismic, and Coastal / Oceanic Data, plus Pinpoint Interpolation to Specific Locations:    

Provision of scientific and engineering data of all types from one of the most extensive data bases available, with archives back to 1948, plus precise, pinpoint interpolation to specific locations far from data measurements, along with detailed expert data analysis..

Renewable Energy Development:

Coordination and facilitation of wind energy, solar energy, hydroelectric energy, and other renewable energy development for communities, utilities, major airports, harbors, marinas, government complexes, universities, and large businesses.

Now launching into state-of-the-art, high-tech local wind, solar, and hydroelectric energy development for individual homes, farms, schools, smaller businesses, and local airports. 

Now launching into state-of-the-art, high-tech ocean wave and tidal energy energy development for coastal communities and regional power grids.  

Beach, Shoreline, Port, Harbor, Marina, Wetlands, and Coral Reef Protection and Restoration:

Coordination and facilitation of civil engineers, coastal engineers and others in the evaluation of beach erosion and harbor siltation conditions and hazards, and in the protection and restoration of beaches, shorelines, waterfronts, harbors, marinas, wetlands, channels, and coastal waterways.   

Bridge, Dam, Highway, and Public Works Infrastructure Repair or Replacement:

Coordination and facilitation of civil engineers and others in the evaluation of construction defects or deterioration of bridges, dams, highway, streets, underground water and sewer pipes and other public works infrastructure, and in the repair or replacement of these facilities. 

Construction Defects Analysis, Seismic Hazards Analysis, and Structural Integrity Inspections:

Design, coordination, and facilitation of civil engineers, seismologists, and others in the evaluation of construction defects analysis and seismic hazards analysis of structures of all types throughout the world. 

Coordination and facilitation of civil engineers, seismologists, and others in the evaluation of construction defects analysis and seismic hazards analysis of structures of all types throughout the world. 

Structural integrity and structural safety inspections of bridges, dams, power plants, public schools, and all other types of buildings and facilities throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Environmental Planning, and Water Resources Conservation:

Coordination and facilitation of civil engineers, environmental scientists, and others in environmental planning and the conservation of natural resources.  Environmental impact reports, environmental impact statements, and environmental site assessments throughout most of the world.

Water Reclamation:

Coordination and facilitation of civil engineers, hydrologic engineers, and others in reclamation projects and facilities:  new and existing, throughout the world..

Management of Other Scientific and Engineering Experts:

Management of meteorologists, climatologists, air quality and air pollution specialists, hydrologists and hydrologic engineers, wind energy experts, solar energy experts, wave and tidal energy experts, scientific instrumentation specialists, environmental scientists, geologists, seismologists, geotechnical engineers, oceanographers, civil engineers, coastal engineers, entomologists, pest control specialists, website designers, and other specialists.  Coordination of teams of expert witnesses in forensic discovery and testimony, for litigation, criminal cases, and insurance claims.  Launching into the coordination of teams of specialists in inspection, hazards determination, construction, reconstruction, and restoration of beaches, ports, harbors, marinas, lagoons, wetlands, coral reefs, bridges, highways, dams, power plants, transmission lines, oil rigs, and public works infrastructure. 

Education and Training: 

Management of, and participation in, Public Lectures, Public Awareness Programs, and The Visiting Science Professor Program.

Coordination and facilitation of Certified Hazardous Materials Training programs.

Coordination and facilitation of Certified Weather Observations for film production, outdoor concerts, sports events, and other outdoor activities..

Management of training programs on various meteorological, hydrologic, environmental, renewable energy, and related topics.

Management and participation in creation of specialized scientific software and textbooks, and in television, DVD,  and Internet science documentaries.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Many thousands of specialized weather forecasts for hundreds of different types of applications.

Hundreds of seasonal and other long-range weather outlooks.

Founding Partner, President, CEO, and Principal Scientist, 2009-

Principal Scientist, Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist, and Primary Forensic Meteorologist / Primany Expert Witness, 2009-

California Weather & Earth Sciences

Principal Scientist, Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist, and Primary Forensic Meteorologist / Primary Expert Witness, 2004-

Founder, Owner, Managing Member, Principal Scientist, Forensic Meteorologist, and Primary Expert Witness, 1999-

Numerous cases as a court-qualified Expert Witness, with forensic meteorology discovery and investigations, depositions, and court trial testimony, 1999-. 

Other services offered by Dr. Pyke and other scientific specialists of Associated Science Experts, LLC include:

Founding Member, Senior Hydrometeorologist and Climatologtist, 2004- 

Services offered by Dr. Pyke, Dr. Tomlinson, and Dr. Jensen include:

Hydrometeorological research and studies: 

In-depth analyses of  historical storms, including Part I and Part II depth-area-duration storm studies.

Analysis of the roles of moisture importation and orographic uplift in the generation of extremely heavy precipitation.

Development of design storms for use in reservoir and channel design and renovation. 

Development of Probable Maximum Precipitation for the safety of dams.

Re-evaluation of previously adopted Probable Maximum Precipitation for the safety of existing dams.

Other hydrometeorological and hydroclimatic research and studies.

Forensic discovery and expert testimony on all of the above topics. 

Go to  The Hydrometeorology Associates,   The Safety of Dams,  Extreme Rain,  and  Applied Weather Associates, LLC.

Chairman of the Board, 1989-1999.

Experience includes:

Hundreds of cases as a court-qualified Expert Witness, including depositions and trial testimony in a great many of these cases.

Many hundreds of other forensic meteorological investigations.

Many thousands of specialized weather forecasts for hundreds of different types of applications, including special forecasts for nuclear fallout exercises.

Hundreds of seasonal and other long-range weather outlooks.

One major hydroclimatological study of maximum historical storms in the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, and their applications to reservoir and drainage design in Utah.

Numerous other meteorological, hydrometeorological, and  climatological research projects, including numerous climatic studies for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) projects.

Publication of reports on forensic cases, meteorological investigations, and research projects.  .

Meteorologist (civilian), 1971-1990.

Customized forecasts for flood control, water resources, and construction, including Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts and nuclear fallout contingency exercises.

Monthly, seasonal and other long-range weather outlooks.

Forensic meteorological testimony in court as an expert witness on historical storm events.

Design and development of state-of-the art remote-telemetry flood-warning systems.

Development of public awareness of flood and flash flood potential in numerous communities

Publication of flash flood warning brochures (in English and Spanish) for distribution to campers and others visiting flood-prone recreation areas. 

Development of probable maximum precipitation for the design of dams and reservoirs, including spillways. 

Development of standard project storm precipitation for the design of dams, reservoirs, and flood-control channels.

Development of other design storm rainfall, snowfall, snowmelt, and wind for dams, reservoirs, flood-control channels, and levees, including 100-year and other frequency rainfall computations.  Studies included areas from a few square miles to the entire Colorado River basin. 

Performance of Storm Studies, Part 1 and Part 2, for historic rain events in the southwestern United States.

Determination of anticipated adverse weather conditions for construction and other field operation projects.

Preparation and publication of water control manuals for reservoir operations.

Explanation and demonstration of the above items at public meetings and hearings.

Meteorological, hydrometeorological, and climatic research on many projects. 

Publications of research, storm design, and flood-warning system development papers.   

U.S. Air Force and California Air National Guard:  Military Air Transport Service and Military Airlift Command.

Air Weather Service Officer / Weather Forecaster and Chief Forecaster, 1963-1973.

Air Weather Service Observer and Chief Observer, 1960-1963.  Served on active duty stateside during Berlin Crisis, 1961-1962.

Formulation of  policies for Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard weather operations.

Supervision of  Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard weather officers and weather observers.

Weather briefings to Air Force pilots for flying missions of many types:  local, cross-country, and overseas.

Weather forecasts and other support to various Air Force Bases and regional centers for routine and emergency base operations and flight operations.

Service in Gulfport, MS, 1969, before, during, and after  Hurricane Camille, which involved special detailed weather predictions for the landfall of the hurricane (more specific, more up-to-the-minute, and more accurate than those of the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service), plus special support of the disaster operations of the Mississippi and Alabama Army National Guard.

Specialized weather forecasts for nuclear fallout contingencies.

Comprehensive weather observations and reports at numerous Air Force Bases and the worldwide transmission of local and regional meteorological conditions.

Meteorological research on various projects.

Publications of meteorological research papers. 

Lecturer, Laboratory Associate, Research Assistant, and Teaching Assistant, 1964-1971.

Assistant Professor, Meteorology, 1969-1970.

EDUCATION and ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS:

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

Mailing address for Dr. Pyke:  P. O. Box 1747, Green Valley, AZ  85622-1747  USA.