Robert Davies-Jones

Bob Davies-Jones

Davies-Jones (left), Jerry Straka (center), and Erik Rasmussen (right) during Project VORTEX on 14 April 1994.
Residence England
Citizenship British
American (1983)
Nationality British
Fields Meteorology
Institutions National Severe Storms Laboratory
Alma mater University of Birmingham (B.Sc., 1964)
University of Colorado Boulder (Ph.D. 1969)
Thesis The Linear Theory of Thermal Convection in Horizontal Plane Couette Flow (1969)
Known for Tornadic supercell dynamics and tornadogenesis
Notable awards NOAA Distinguished Career Award[1]

Robert Peter Davies-Jones is a British atmospheric scientist who substantially advanced understanding of supercell and tornado dynamics and of tornadogenesis. A theoretician, he utilized numerical simulations as well as storm chasing field investigations in his work as a longtime research meteorologist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Oklahoma.[2]

Davies-Jones received a B.Sc. in physics from the University of Birmingham in 1964 and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1969. From 1969-1970 Davies-Jones did a post-doc at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) before embarking on a long career at NSSL in 1970. He retired from NSSL in 2009 where he remains an emeritus researcher and continues to publish some papers. Davies-Jones is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

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References

  1. ↑ Cobb, Susan (16 December 2013). "NSSL scientist (retired) receives NOAA Distinguished Career Award". People News. National Severe Storms Laboratory. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Bob Davies-Jones, NSSL tornado expert to retire". Hot Items. National Severe Storms Laboratory. 15 Dec 2008. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
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