David Schultz: Homepage (NSSL)

Surfing on the Upper Mountain Fork River in Oklahoma

Dr. David M. Schultz

Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, and
Mesoscale Applications Group
Forecast Research and Development Division
National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
U.S. Department of Commerce

NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory/FRDD, Suite 4356
120 David L. Boren Blvd
Norman, OK 73072-7326

phone: (405) 325-6136
fax: not known at this time
Room: National Weather Center 4360
david.schultz@noaa.gov

NOTE NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER!!!!!!

Starting on 1 November 2006, I will be Professor of Experimental Meteorology at the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Division of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Helsinki for a year, maybe longer.
Goals:
to develop a program in synoptic and mesoscale meteorology in Finland, formerly the home of the great Erik Palmen. I will be coteaching an intensive short course on the Helsinki Testbed, a unique collection of instruments placed around Helsinki for very small mesoscale analysis and forecasting. I will be organizing a summer course for graduate students from around the world on mesoscale meteorology in summer 2007.
I will also help bridge the gap between the forecasters and the scientists at FMI and initiate research projects that benefit operational forecasting. This will involve mentoring students and forecasters on their research projects.
Prof. David Schultz
Erik Palmenin Aukio 1
P.O. Box 503
FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
ph: +358-50-919-5453
Room: Dynamicum 4A01d

Adjunct Full Professor, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
Editor, Monthly Weather Review
Assistant Editor and Co-Founder, Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology
National Research Council Research Advisor
Contributor, Canoe & Kayak magazine
Past-President, Board of Directors, Norman Arts Council
Former Coordinator, NWC Seminar Series and Colloquium

The NSSL Historical Weather Data Archives

The Increasing Costs of AMS Conferences

The Mysteries of Mammatus Clouds by Schultz and Coauthors

The Synoptic Regulation of Dryline Intensity by Schultz, Weiss, and Hoffman

On the Use of Indices and Parameters in Forecasting Severe Storms by Doswell and Schultz

Climatology of Elevated Severe Convective Storms by Kate Horgan et al.

Fred Sanders Symposium: Photos and the Science of Cold Fronts

Welcome to my homepage. Here at NSSL, I perform research within the confines of the general topic of Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology. The goal of synoptic-dynamic meteorologists is not only to forecast the weather, but to explain how and why the weather works the way it does. In this way, we understand why our weather forecasts are successful or not so successful, and find methods to improve the science of weather forecasting. I am primarily an observationalist, but my research, where appropriate, also entails numerical modeling (both idealized and real-data) and the development of theory and tools (methods, equations) for meteorological diagnosis.