Charles A. Doswell III (born November 5, 1945) is an American

meteorologist A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather. Those who study meteorological phenomena are meteorologists in research, while t ...

and prolific severe convective

storms A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), ...

researcher. Doswell is a seminal contributor, along with Leslie R. Lemon, to the modern conception of the

supercell A supercell is a thunderstorm characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone: a deep, persistently rotating updraft. Due to this, these storms are sometimes referred to as rotating thunderstorms. Of the four classifications of thunderstorms ( ...

, which was developed originally by

Keith Browning Keith Anthony Browning (born 31 July 1938) is a British meteorologist who worked at Imperial College London, the Met Office, and the University of Reading departments of meteorology. His work with Frank Ludlam on the supercell thunderstorm at ...

. He also has done research on

forecasting Forecasting is the process of making predictions based on past and present data. Later these can be compared (resolved) against what happens. For example, a company might estimate their revenue in the next year, then compare it against the actual ...

and forecast verification, especially for severe convective storms, and is an advocate of ingredients-based forecasting. Doswell was an early storm chaser; in fact, among the first scientific storm chasers, and still actively chases recreationally. He was a forecaster for the first project

VORTEX In fluid dynamics, a vortex ( : vortices or vortexes) is a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line, which may be straight or curved. Vortices form in stirred fluids, and may be observed in smoke rings, whirlpools in ...

in 1994/1995 and has produced more than 100 refereed publications and several contributions to books and encyclopedias. He edited the

American Meteorological Society The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the premier scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. Its mission is to advance th ...

Monograph ''Severe Convective Storms'' as well as coauthored two papers therein. Doswell is a semiprofessional photographer, with a special emphasis on storm photographs and also is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM). Doswell hosts the blues program
Juke Joint
' and co-hosts with Gene Rhoden the severe storms program
High Instability
' on the ShockNet internet radio station.ShockNet Radio

References

External links

CIMMS website

Personal website
an
blog

C. Doswell Enterprises
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doswell, Chuck American meteorologists University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Oklahoma alumni Storm chasers 1945 births Living people National Weather Service people