Vitae of Randall M. Dole

Randall M. Dole
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Physical Sciences Division
R/PSD
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305

Work phone:	(303) 497-5812
Home phone:	(303) 530-2762
Fax:	(303) 497-7013
Email:	Randall.M.Dole@noaa.gov

Professional Experience

10/2005 - present	Chief Scientist and Deputy Director Physical Sciences Division NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
10/1995 - 09/2005	Director NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center
5/95 - 9/95	Acting Director, Supervisory Meteorologist NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center
8/91 - 4/95	Meteorologist NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center
7/89 - 8/91	Associate Professor (Meteorology) Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7/83 - 6/89	Assistant Professor (Meteorology) Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2/82 - 7/83	Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Earth and Planetary Physics Harvard University
9/76 - 12/81	Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Education

1982	Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Meteorology.
1975	B. Sc., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Atmospheric Sciences.

Honors

2006	NOAA Bronze Medal Award, for "developing an integrated state, local and federal strategy for a National Integrated Drought Information System endorsed by the Western Governors' Association."
2002	U. S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal Award, for "Developing the NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center into a unique and valuable national resource for climate research."
1999	NOAA Bronze Medal Award, for "Extraordinary Contributions to the Design, Development and Implementation of the El Niño Rapid Response Project"
1995	NOAA Outstanding Performance Award.
1993	NOAA Sustained Superior Performance Award.
1990	M.I.T. Award for Outstanding Teaching, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
1982	M.I.T. Carl-Gustav Rossby Award, for "the most outstanding thesis submitted to the Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography in 1982."
1995-present	University of Colorado, Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
1982	Cornell University, Graduate with Honors and Distinction.
Honorary societies	Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Psi, Hoh-nun-de-kah (Cornell honorary society).
Other	NCAR Summer Fellow, 1978. Invited Speaker: Numerous universities, meteorological research laboratories, operational forecasting centers (NMC and ECMWF), AMS symposia. Capitol Hill Briefings: Drought causes, characteristics, and predictions. Local and National Press Briefings: Newspaper, radio, and television (including national and international networks), on droughts, El Niño - Southern Oscillation, and other extreme climate and weather events. Invited Contributor: Six book chapters.

Additional Professional Activities

2007	Member, U.S. Delegation, for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I Fourth Assessment Report, ÒClimate Change 2007: The Physical Science BasisÓ.
2006	U.S. Government expert reviewer, IPCC WG1 Fourth Assessment Report.
2006-present	NOAA Executive Committee on Drought.
2006-present	AMS Ad Hoc Committee on Education Planning.
2006-present	CENR USGEO Subcommittee "Near-term Opportunity" task force on Drought.
2005-present	Co-chair, AMS 2007 Annual Meeting Presidential Forum: "Climate Variations and Changes as Manifested by Changes in the Weather."
2005-present	NOAA THORPEX Executive Committee.
2005-present	Oversight Board, NOAA Climate Test Bed.
2005-present	Executive Board, Columbia University Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR).
2005-present	CIRES Division Director, "Weather and Climate Dynamics".
2005-present	CIRES Executive Committee.
2005-present	Chair, Author team, and Lead agency representative, CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.3: "Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change."
2003-present	Core team member for plan to develop a National Integrated Drought Information System.
2001-present	Co-chair interagency working group, "Climate Variability and Change" and "Climate Modeling" components of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program
1995-present	Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder.
2005	Member, CENR Subcommittee for Disaster Reduction "Grand Challenge" task force on Drought.
2005	Member, CENR USGEO Subcommittee "Near-term Opportunity" task force on Drought.
2003-2004	Member, NOAA Science Team on May 4-10, 2003 Tornado Outbreak.
2002-2003	Chair, Council of OAR-Boulder Laboratory Directors
2002-2003	Chair, Tenant Directors Board, David Skaggs Research Center
2001-2003	Co-Lead Author, for "Climate Variability and Change" and contributing author to "Climate Modeling Strategy" chapters of the U.S. Climate Change Science Plan (CCSP).
1997-2001	Co-Lead, NOAA Strategic Planning Team, "Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts."
1996-1999	Advisory Committee, NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis; Chair, 1997-1999.
1997	Scientific Organizing Committee, WMO WWRP Conference on Dynamical Extended Range Forecasting, Toulouse France.
1996	Member, University of Colorado Center for Chaos and Complexity.
1996-1998	CIRES Career Track Development Committee.
1995-1996	CU/CIRES Faculty Search Committee.
1994-1996	AMS Committee, Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability.
1994-1996	Editor, Monthly Weather Review.
1986-1993	Associate Editor, Monthly Weather Review.
1991	Scientific Advisory Panel, NOAA Dynamical Extended Range Forecast (DERF) Project CORE Proposal.
Scientific Organizations	American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, Royal Meteorological Society.

Academic Teaching and Advisory Experience

Advisory	Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Primary Thesis Advisor: completed degrees: 5 Ph.D., 3 M.Sc. Numerous Ph.D. Committees (atmospheric sciences and civil engineering/hydrology)
Teaching	Courses: Introduction to Meteorology (two semester, undergrad/grad), Seminar on Weather Prediction, Introductory and Advanced Synoptic Meteorology, Cyclogenesis, Topics in the Physics of Atmospheres. Seminar series: Sources for low-frequency variability: observations and theories.

Research Interests

Drought; causes and potential predictability.

Weather-climate connections.

Methods for diagnostic analysis and climate attribution.

Application of weather and climate information in decision-making.

Selected Publications

Dole, R. M., 1983: Persistent anomalies of the extratropical Northern Hemisphere wintertime circulation. Large-Scale Dynamical Processes in the Atmosphere, B. J. Hoskins and R. P. Pearce, eds., Academic Press, NY, 95-109.

Dole, R. M., 1983: Asymmetries in persistence between positive and negative anomalies in persistent anomaly regions. Predictability of Fluid Motions, G. Holloway and B.J. West, eds., Am. Inst. of Physics, NY, 181-204.

Dole, R. M., and N. D. Gordon, 1983: Persistent anomalies of the extratropical Northern Hemisphere wintertime circulation; geographical distribution and regional persistence characteristics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 111, 1567-1586.

Dole, R. M., 1986: Persistent anomalies of the extratropical Northern Hemisphere wintertime circulation: structure. Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, 178 - 207.

Dole, R. M., 1986: The life cycles of persistent anomalies and blocking over the North Pacific. Adv. in Geophys., 29, 31-69.

Dole, R. M., 1987: Persistent large-scale flow anomalies. Part I: Characteristics of developments. The Nature and Prediction of Extratropical Weather Systems. Volume II. European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, England. pp. 27 - 72.

Dole, R. M., 1987: Persistent large-scale flow anomalies, Part II: Relationships to variations in synoptic-scale eddy activity and cyclogenesis. The Nature and Prediction of Extratropical Weather Systems. Volume II. European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, England. pp. 73 - 122.

Dole, R. M., and P. N. Neilley, 1988: Relationships between large-scale flow anomalies and variations in synoptic-scale eddy activity and cyclogenesis. Palmen Memorial Symposium on Extratropical Cyclones and Their Role in the General Circulation of the Atmosphere. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA 02108, 50-53.

Dole, R. M., 1989: Life cycles of persistent anomalies. Part I: evolution of 500 mb patterns. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 177-211.

Engholm, C. D., E. R. Williams and R. M. Dole, 1990: Meteorological and electrical conditions associated with positive cloud-to-ground lightning. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 470-487.

Dole, R. M., and R. X. Black, 1990: Life cycles of persistent anomalies. Part II: The development of persistent negative height anomalies over the North Pacific Ocean. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 824-846.

Dole, R. M., and P. Neilley, 1991: Variations in synoptic scale eddy activity during the life cycles of persistent flow anomalies. Preprint Volume, First International Winter Storms Symposium. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA 02108. pp. 56-61.

Morgan, M., P. Neilley and R. M. Dole, 1991: Scale interactions and diabatic processes during the development of an Atlantic blocking event. Preprint Volume, First International Winter Storms Symposium. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA 02108. pp. 62-65.

Neilley, P. N., and R. M. Dole, 1991: Interactions between the large-scale flow and synoptic-scale eddies during the life cycles of blocking. Preprint Volume, First International Winter Storms Symposium. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA 02108. pp. 50-55.

Nielsen, J. W., and R. M. Dole, 1992: A survey of extratropical cyclone characteristics during GALE. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 1156-1167.

Dole, R. M., 1992: "Deformation in Planetary Scale Flows". Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop. Norman, OK, Oct. 18-23, 1992. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, CAC/NMC. pp. 294-299.

Black, R. X., and R. M. Dole, 1993: The dynamics of large scale cyclogenesis over the North Pacific Ocean. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 421-442.

Dole, R. M., 1993: The potential sensitivity of extended range predictions to errors in planetary scale deformation. Proceedings of Workshop on Extended Range Prediction, June 8-10, 1993, Airlie, VA, pp. 29-32.

Dole, R. M., J. S. Whitaker, and K. L. Paine, 1994: Mechanisms for storm track variability. Part I: Diagnostic studies. The Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones. Volume II . S. Gronas and M. A. Shapiro, eds. Bergen, Norway, pp. 12-17.

Whitaker, J. S., R. M. Dole, and K. L. Paine, 1994: Mechanisms for storm track variability. Part II: Model studies. The Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones. Volume II . S. Gronas and M. A. Shapiro, eds. Bergen, Norway, pp. 97-101.

Lyon, B. F., and R. M. Dole, 1995: A comparative study of the intense summer heat wave/droughts of 1980 and 1988. J. Climate, 8, 1658-1676.
Whitaker, J. S. and R. M. Dole, 1995: Organization of storm tracks in zonally-varying flows. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 1178-1191.

Cai, M., R. M. Dole, K. L. Paine, and J. S. Whitaker, 1996: Dynamics of systematic errors in the National Meteorological Center medium range forecast model. Mon. Wea. Review, 124, 265-274.

Dole, R. M., 1996: Blocking. Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 10016, pp. 93-99.

Dole, R.M., 1999: "Prospects for drought forecasts in the United States." Drought: A Global Assessment. D.A. Wilhite, Ed. Routledge Publishers, London. Volume 1: pp. 83-99.

Wolter, K., R.M. Dole, and C.A. Smith, 1999: Short-term climate extremes over the continental U.S. and ENSO. Part I: Seasonal temperatures. J. Climate, 12, 3255-3272.

Black, R.X., and R.M. Dole, 2000: Storm tracks and barotropic deformation in climate models. J. Climate, 13, 2712-2738.

Chen, P., M. P. Hoerling and R. Dole, 2001: The origin of summertime subtropical anticyclones. J. Atmos. Sci., 15, 1827-1835.

Schubert, S., R. Dole, H. van den Dool, M. Suarez, and D. Waliser, 2002: "Prospects for improving forecasts of weather and short-term climate variability on subseasonal (2-week to 2-month) time scales." NASA Technical Report series on global modeling and data assimilation. NASA/TM-2002-104606, vol. 23, 171 pp.

Dole, R. M., 2003: "Predicting Climate Variations in the Interior West: What are our Prospects?" Water and Climate in the Western United States, W. Lewis, Ed. University of Colorado Press, Boulder, CO, pp. 9-28.

Pulwarty, R.S., K.L. Jacobs, and R.M. Dole, 2004: "The hardest working river: Drought and critical water problems in the Colorado River Basin." Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management, D. Wilhite, editor. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, NY, pp. 249-286.

Hamill, T.M., R. Schneider, H.E. Brooks, G. Forbes, H. Bluestein, M. Steinberg, D. Melendez, and R. Dole, 2005: The May 2003 Extended Tornado Outbreak. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 86, 531-542.

Hamill, T.M., R. Schneider, H.E. Brooks, G. Forbes, H. Bluestein, M. Steinberg, D. Melendez, and R. Dole, 2005: Supplement to: The May 2003 Extended Tornado Outbreak. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 86, ES3-ES16.
Waliser, D., K. Weickmann, R. Dole, et al., 2006: The Experimental MJO Prediction Project. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 87, 425-431.

Dole, R.M., 2007: "Linking Weather and Climate." To appear in: AMS Monograph in honor of Frederick Sanders, L. Bosart and H. Bluestein, co-editors. Am. Met. Soc., Boston, MA.

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