WASHINGTON –
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory senior scientist and meteorologist, James Doyle, Ph.D., was awarded a session in his honor in recognition of his “tremendous contributions to mountain meteorology research” from the American Meteorological Society at the biennial Mountain Meteorology Conference, Boise, Idaho, July 23.
Presented by Robert Fovell, AMS Mountain Meteorology Conference Chair, the citation reads as follows:
“Dr. Doyle has been a pillar in the Mountain Meteorology community for decades. His work has formed the foundation of many numerical studies of mountain waves, jets, and more; indeed, his seminal work on the dynamics of mountain wave induced rotors has inspired many new researcher scientists. More recently, he has made tremendous contributions to the mountain forecasting community. Over the years, Dr. Doyle has also been involved in many of the canonical field campaigns in Mountain Meteorology, and is always an active leader as well as an extremely supportive member of the Mountain Meteorology field.”
As senior scientist at NRL’s
Marine Meteorology Division located in Monterey, California, Doyle leads basic and applied research teams focused on atmospheric processes, predictability and is one of the lead developers of innovative weather and coupled models, including the Navy’s operational COAMPS mesoscale and COAMPS-TC tropical cyclone prediction systems, and the next-generation NEPTUNE prediction system.
At the conference, there was a special session in honor of Doyle, with speakers highlighting his contributions to the science. Doyle’s presentation at the AMS conference, entitled
“Mountain Waves and Predictability: Current Understanding and Challenges,” illustrates mountain wave and downslope windstorm cases generated by flow impinging on the Sierra Nevada in the U.S. and the Southern Alps in New Zealand and were the locations for the field experiments T-REX (Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment) and the Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment (DEEPWAVE), respectively.
“Mountains waves can have an important impact on the atmosphere because of their fundamental role in the generation of downslope windstorms and rotors,” says Doyle. "The demand for more accurate environmental forecasts in mountainous regions at longer lead times is greater than ever due to potentially large economic and societal impacts.”
A Fellow of the AMS, Doyle has served in leadership roles in national and international field programs including T-REX and DEEPWAVE, as well as the North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment (NAWDEX), THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC), Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment (TCI), and Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification (TCRI). He is an elected member of the International Commission on Dynamical Meteorology.
Doyle received his Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science/Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and master’s and doctorate degrees in Meteorology from Penn State University. He has authored and co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications. His honors and awards include the NRL Alan Berman Outstanding Research Publication Awards (13 total); Dr. Delores Etter Award for Top Navy Scientists and Engineers of the Year; Terrestrial Atmosphere Ocean Science Most Cited Article Award; NASA Group Achievement Award; and Arthur E. Bisson Prize for Naval Technological Achievement.
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