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David Dowell | |
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Alma mater |
Texas A&M University (B.S., 1991) University of Oklahoma (M.S., 1994; Ph.D., 2000) |
Known for | Tornado and meteorological data assimilation research |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Meteorology |
Institutions | NSSL, NCAR, CIMMS, ESRL |
David C. Dowell is American atmospheric scientist recognized for research on tornado structure and dynamics and on tornadogenesis. He participated in both of the VORTEX projects. [1]
Dowell studied computer science at Texas A&M University (TAMU), earning a B.S. summa cum laude in 1991 with a minor in meteorology. He was awarded a M.S. and a Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma (OU) in 1994 and 2000, respectively. He was on the steering committee, was a principal investigator (PI), and was field coordinator (FC) for the VORTEX2 field project in 2009-2010. [2] Dowell is a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) at OU. [3] He was a contributor to Storm Track magazine.
This article may rely excessively on sources
too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being
verifiable and
neutral. (May 2014) |
David Dowell | |
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Alma mater |
Texas A&M University (B.S., 1991) University of Oklahoma (M.S., 1994; Ph.D., 2000) |
Known for | Tornado and meteorological data assimilation research |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Meteorology |
Institutions | NSSL, NCAR, CIMMS, ESRL |
David C. Dowell is American atmospheric scientist recognized for research on tornado structure and dynamics and on tornadogenesis. He participated in both of the VORTEX projects. [1]
Dowell studied computer science at Texas A&M University (TAMU), earning a B.S. summa cum laude in 1991 with a minor in meteorology. He was awarded a M.S. and a Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma (OU) in 1994 and 2000, respectively. He was on the steering committee, was a principal investigator (PI), and was field coordinator (FC) for the VORTEX2 field project in 2009-2010. [2] Dowell is a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) at OU. [3] He was a contributor to Storm Track magazine.