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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Dr. Robert Fovell, a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences with the University of California, Los Angeles, gave a lecture to members of the military and national meteorological community aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 22.
In addition to meteorology and oceanography analyst forecasters from MCAS Miramar and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, personnel from the National Weather Service, the San Diego Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and the Fleet Weather Center, San Diego attended the lecture entitled “Santa Ana Winds in Southern California.”
"Fovell had created some instructional DVDs that we purchased as training aids a while back,” said Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Lester, the METOC training staff noncommissioned officer with Headquarters and Headquarters squadron, and a Bonita, Calif., native. “I decided to reach out and ask him to help in a partnership between UCLA and the Marine Corps with regards to a meteorology certificate program.”
Fovell, received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois and completed his post-doctoral research work at the University of Washington before finally teaching at UCLA for the past 22 years.
“I want the Marines to get a better understanding of the Santa Ana winds in the surrounding area,” said Lester. “I also hope they will know how to better forecast the onset and temperature of the winds.”
The event lasted approximately an hour and a half before a detailed question and answer session where Fovell addressed similar weather patterns found in other locations.
“My lecture focused on the Santa Ana winds, with respect to the LA basin,” said Fovell. “I wanted to explore how they vary from event to event, why the big events are particularly rare and if we can predict future big events.”
Fovell has received numerous awards and is the recipient of the 2012 American Meteorological Society Teaching Excellence award.
“Because he is such an admired and respected person in the meteorological community, the potential to have him incorporated in our Marine’s training program is one of the best things we could ask for,” said Staff Sgt. Nate Kramer, a senior METOC instructor with H&HS, and a Jasper, Ind., native. “We are really grateful and excited to have him here talking to us.”
For more information regarding Fovell’s research on the Santa Ana winds visit http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/~fovell/ASother/mm5/SantaAna/winds.html
| Date Taken: | 08.22.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 08.24.2012 13:49 |
| Story ID: | 93766 |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Hometown: | LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US |
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