Vita of Randall M. Dole

Randall M. Dole
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories
Physical Sciences Laboratory
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 Laboratory NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories
1/2008 - 10/2008	Acting Deputy Director for Research NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories
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

2010	Fellow, American Meteorological Society
2008	NOAA Administrator's Award, "For outstanding leadership in and dedication to developing U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Products integrating climate research for decision support."
2007	Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award, "For superior federal service for designing and implementing the consolidation of six research organizations in Boulder, Colorado into the new NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory."
2006	Department of Commerce 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	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	Department of Commerce 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: Seven book chapters.

Additional Professional Activities

2009-present	NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office Advisory Board
2009-present	NWS Science and Technology Infusion Program – Climate Team
2009	Co-chair, NOAA team to develop a vision for climate services in NOAA
2008-present	External Advisory Board, Cornell University Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
2008-present	Steering Committee, Pacific Climate Information System (PaCIS).
2008-present	NCAR Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory Advisory Panel
2008-present	NOAA Climate Service Development Team.
2008	NOAA Tiger Team to evaluate options for a National Climate Service.
2007-present	NOAA Climate Goal capability lead, "Analysis and Attribution."
2007-present	NOAA Climate Executive Board
2007	U.S. Delegation, for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I Fourth Assessment Report, "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis."
2006-present	AMS Ad Hoc Committee on Education Planning.
2006-present	ESRL Science and Technology Council
2006	U.S. Government expert reviewer, IPCC WG1 Fourth Assessment Report.
2006-present	NOAA Executive Committee on Drought.
2005-present	NOAA THORPEX Executive Committee.
2005-present	NOAA Climate Test Bed Oversight Board.
2005-present	Executive Board, Columbia University Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR).
2005-present	CIRES Associate Director, "Weather and Climate Dynamics Division".
2005-present	CIRES Executive Committee.
2005-2008	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."
2005-2006	CENR USGEO Subcommittee "Near-term Opportunity" task force on Drought.
2005-2006	Co-chair, AMS 2007 Annual Meeting Presidential Forum: "Climate Variations and Changes as Manifested by Changes in the Weather."
2005	CENR Subcommittee for Disaster Reduction "Grand Challenge" task force on Drought.
2003-2005	Core team member for plan to develop a National Integrated Drought Information System.
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).
2001-present	Co-chair interagency working group, "Climate Variability and Change" and "Climate Modeling" components of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program
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	University of Colorado Center for Chaos and Complexity.
1996-1998	CIRES Career Track Development Committee.
1995-1996	CU/CIRES Faculty Search Committee.
1995-present	Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder.
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, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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.
Earth system analysis and reanalysis.
Application of weather and climate information in decision-making.

Selected Publications

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., 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., and N. D. Gordon, 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., 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., 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.

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

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., 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, 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.

Waliser, D. , S. Schubert, A. Kumar, K. Weickmann, and R. Dole, 2003: "Modeling, Simulation, and Forecasting of Subseasonal Variability." NASA/CP-2003-104606, Vol, 25, 62 pp.

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., 2008: "Linking Weather and Climate." Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology and Weather Analysis and Forecasting: A Tribute to Fred Sanders, L. Bosart and H. Bluestein, eds. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 02108. pp. 297-348.

Dole, R. M., M. Hoerling and S. Schubert, eds., 2008: Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC. 136 pp.

Dole, R., 2008: Preface. In: Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes for Observed Change. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [Randall Dole, Martin Hoerling, and Siegfried Schubert (eds.)] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, pp. XI-XIV.

Dole, R., M. Hoerling, and S. Schubert, 2008: Executive Summary. In: Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes for Observed Change. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [Randall Dole, Martin Hoerling, and Siegfried Schubert (eds.)] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, pp. 1-4.

Dole, R., and M. Hoerling, 2008: Introduction. In: Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes for Observed Change. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [Randall Dole, Martin Hoerling, and Siegfried Schubert (eds.)] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, pp. 5-10.

Dole, R., M. Hoerling, and S. Schubert, 2008: Recommendations. In: Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes for Observed Change. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [Randall Dole, Martin Hoerling, and Siegfried Schubert (eds.)] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, pp. 93-104.

Shapiro, M., J. Shukla, M. Beland, J. Church, R. Dole et al, 2009: An Earth-System Prediction Initiative for the 21st Century. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., accepted.

Brunet, G., M. Shapiro, B. Hoskins, M. Moncrieff, R. Dole, et al, 2009: Toward a seamless process for the prediction of weather and climate: the advancement of sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., accepted.

Solomon, S., R. Dole, R. Feely, I. Held, W. Higgins, J. Payne, E. Shea, U. Varanasi, and M. Westley, 2009: A vision for climate services in NOAA. Fisheries, 34 (12), 607-609.

Trenberth, K. E., R. Dole, Y. Xue, K. Onogi, R. Dee, M. Balmaseda, M. Bosilovich, S. Schubert, W. Large, 2010: Atmospheric reanalyses: A major resource for ocean product development and modeling. In Proc. "OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison D.E. and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306.