Expert Meteorologist: Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D., California Weather Expert Witness, California Rainfall Expert, Rainfall Frequency Expert, Extreme Precipitation Expert Witness, Sun Glare Expert Witness, Preciitation Frequency Analysis, Sunset Expert

Expert Meteorologist
Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D. Forensic Expert Witness Meteorologist and Climatologist Weather Forecaster, Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist, and Research Meteorologist
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	CHARLES B. PYKE, Ph.D., Forensic Meteorologist and Climatologist, Expert Witness, Specialized Weather Forecaster, Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist, and Research Meteorologist, Climatologist, and Hydrometeorologist. Pioneer in the relationship of El Niño and La Niña to North American Weather, achieved through his post-doctoral research. Principal Scientist, Primary Expert Witness, and Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist (and other titles or positions) of: Associated Science Experts, LLC (Founder, Owner, Managing Member) American Weather & Hydrology, LLC and California Weather & Earth Sciences (Specialized Weather Forecaster) Structural Integrity Solutions, Inc. (Founding Partner, Chairman of the Board, and CFO) Environmental Science & Energy, Inc. (Founding Partner, President, and CEO) Assistant Professor of Climatology, California State University, Northridge, CA 1969-1970 and U.S. Air Force Air Weather Service Officer 1960-1973.

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FORENSIC DISCOVERY and EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY, EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, and PUBLICATIONS (Scroll down to view these items, or click on an underlined item in the grey-brown bar above) For a more detailed résumé, go to http://www.charlespyke.com For a complete. comprehensive, résumé, go to http://www.charlesbpyke.com

Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D. Expert Witness Meteorologist FORENSIC DISCOVERY and EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY: Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D., Meteorologist, and Principal Scientist and Primary Expert Witness of Associated Science Experts, LLC and American Weather & Hydrology, LLC, offers a variety of specialized meteorological services to the legal and insurance professions, government, business, industry, the media, and the general public. Dr. Pyke is a recognized, highly experienced meteorological expert in his field. He has more than 51 years of professional experience as a meteorologist, with hundreds of cases as a court-qualified expert witness since 1989. He has testified in court trials dozens of times and in depositions in even more cases. Most of his cases involve civil litigation (almost equally divided between plaintiff and defense), but Dr. Pyke has testified in numerous criminal cases (both prosecution and defense), including some high-profile cases, and in several arbitration hearings. He has served as expert on a number of insurance claims that did not go into litigation. Some of the meteorological elements and related atmospheric and light-level conditions which Dr. Pyke investigates in his forensic discovery include: Rain Snow Freezing rain Wind Lightning Hail. Fog Blizzards Dust storms Sand storms. Tornadoes Microbursts Severe thunderstorms. Sun glare Cloud cover Sunrise Sunset. Twilight Moonrise Moonset Moon phase. Extreme temperature Extreme humidity. Dr. Pyke can testify as an expert witness anywhere in the U.S., Canada, or in selected other countries. In addition to forensic discovery and expert witness testimony, Dr. Pyke can provide, as requested: Certified weather, satellite, radar, flood, sun, moon, and other data from a 30-trillion-byte data base. Expert data analysis; pinpoint data interpolation, and high-resolution data mapping. Scientific investigation of evidence. Visits to sites of crimes, accidents, floods, fires, wind damage, etc. Consultation with attorneys and other experts. Preparation of reports, tables, and charts, as requested. Dr. Pyke works closely with our forensic Hydrologic Engineer, William J. Trott, Ph.D., P.E., on cases involving rainfall and flooding. Dr. Pyke also works very closely with our data mapping, interpolation, and analysis expert, Meteorologist Timothy E. Wright. All three of these experts have served together as an expert trio on a number of rain-generated flood cases.

Résumé (C.V.) of Dr. Pyke

FORENSIC SPECIALTIES -- METEOROLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY, and HYDROMETEOROLOGY: Forensic Discovery, Analysis, and Expert Witness Testimony for legal and insurance cases related to weather, floods, sun glare, twilight, moonlight, and other natural phenomena – many hundreds of cases as a court-qualified expert witness, including testimony in many dozens of court cases and even more depositions. Rain, snow, ice, hail, wet, icy, or snow-covered ground or roadways, temperatures, cloud cover, sun glare, sunset, sunrise, moon phase, fog, drought, floods. Frequency or return period of precipitation and various other weather phenomena. Climatic, Meteorological, Hydrologic, Seismic, and Coastal / Oceanic Data, plus Pinpoint Interpolation to Specific Locations: Provision of scientific and engineering data of all types from one of the most extensive data bases available (30 terabytes, or 30,000 gigabytes), with archives back to 1948, along with high-resolution data mapping, plus precise, pinpoint interpolation to specific locations far from data measurements, and detailed expert data analysis. Meteorological, Climatological, Hydrometeorological, and Other Scientific Research and Development: Climatic research and investigations of historical weather events, including storms and floods. Development of intense storm precipitation, snowmelt, and wind for design of dams, reservoirs, and flood control channels, including Probable Maximum Precipitation for the worst-case flood scenario--critical to the safety of dams. Research projects and studies in meteorology, climatology, and hydrometeorology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: SUMMARY: General experience includes: «More than 51 years of professional experience in meteorology, hydrometeorology, climatology, and related sciences, including: «1977-present: Forensic meteorologist and climatologist, with hundreds of cases as a court-qualified expert witness, (most of them as a Designated Expert Witness), and with court trial testimony in dozens of these cases and depositions in even more cases. «1960-present: Weather forecaster and long-range weather outlook specialist, with thousands of monthly, seasonal, and multi-seasonal weather outlooks and other specialized weather forecasts. «1961-present: Research meteorologist and climatologist, with hundreds of original research projects, studies, and publications, including a national award-winning air-sea interaction paper, many major storm and climate studies, a master's thesis, a doctoral dissertation, and a pioneering post-doctoral study, relating El Niño and La Niña to weather patterns across North America. «1989-present: Owner, Manager, President / CEO, Executive Vice President, or Chairman of the Board, as well as Principal Scientist, of seven private weather, environmental, and structural engineering companies, and a hydrometeorological organization. «1971-1990: Flood-control meteorologist, hydrometeorologist, and climatologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. «1960-1973: U.S. Air Force and California Air National Guard weather officer: weather forecaster and weather observer. «1963-1971: Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Climatology at California State University, Northridge, California, and as a lecturer, teaching assistant, and laboratory assistant in Meteorology / Atmospheric Sciences at University of California, Los Angeles.

DETAILS of FORENSIC EXPERIENCE (listed in reverse chronological order): For details of Dr. Pyke's meteorological experience, including forensic meteorology, weather forecasting, and research, go to http://www.charlespyke.com

American Weather & Hydrology, LLC and California Weather & Earth Sciences Principal Scientist, Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist, and Primary Forensic Meteorologist / Primary Expert Witness, 2004- Experience and services offered include: Many dozens of cases as a court-qualified Expert Witness, with forensic meteorology discovery and investigations, depositions, and court trial testimony. Forensic discovery and investigations as court-qualified Expert Witnesses, including depositions and expert testimony by Dr. Pyke and other experts, managed by Dr. Pyke, in meteorology, hydrology, seismology, geotechnical engineering, environmental sciences, entomology, and other sciences and engineering.

Associated Science Experts, LLC Founder, Owner, Managing Member, Principal Scientist, Forensic Meteorologist, and Primary Expert Witness, 1999- Experience includes: Numerous cases as a court-qualified Expert Witness, with forensic meteorology discovery and investigations, depositions, and court trial testimony, 1999-.

Continental Weather & Earth Sciences, Inc. (plus predecessor company names) President, Chief Executive Officer, and Principal Stockholder, 1989-2004. Chairman of the Board, 1989-1999. Principal Scientist, Primary Expert Witness, Primary Forecaster, and Seasonal Outlook Specialist, 1989-2004. Experience includes: Hundreds of cases as a court-qualified Expert Witness, including depositions and trial testimony in a great many of these cases. Many hundreds of other forensic meteorological investigations.


EDUCATION and ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: University of California, Los Angeles: Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Research Meteorologist (post-doctoral), 1972-1976, under Dr. Jacob Bjerknes, world-renowned professor, author, and founder of modern meteorology. Doctoral Student, 1965-1972, of Prof. Jacob Bjerknes. Graduate Student, 1963-1965, of Prof. Jacob Bjerknes. Undergraduate Student, 1956-1957, 1958-1961, and 1962-1963. Degrees, Research, and Publications: Research, Meteorology (post-doctoral), 1972-1976. *Pioneering discoveries of how El Niño* and La Niña affect weather and precipitation patterns from California to Georgia: Research Publication (under Dr. J. Bjerknes, Professor Emeritus of Meteorology, UCLA) on Effects of Equatorial Pacific Ocean Temperatures on Weather Patterns in the Western and Southern United States. Ph.D., Meteorology, 1972. Dissertation (under Prof. Bjerknes): Analysis of Seasonal Distribution of Precipitation in the Western United States and Baja California. M.A., Meteorology, 1965. Thesis (under Prof. Bjerknes): Precipitation Patterns of California: correlations, climatic variations. B.A., Meteorology, 1963; Physics Minor. Won national MacElwane Award for undergraduate air-sea interaction paper, "On the Role of Air-Sea Interaction in the Development of Cyclones," (under Dr. Joanne Malkus, Professor of Meteorology, UCLA [later, Dr. Joanne Simpson]). Additional research publication, UCLA,** 1969 (under Dr. W. Bonner, Associate Professor of Meteorology; co‑authored with W. Bonner and R.J. Hickey): Analysis of major flood-producing January 1969 storms in Southern California.

Military Education. U.S. Air Force: Advanced Weather Officer Course, 1969. U.S. Air Force: Squadron Officer Course, 1963. U.S. Air Force: Air Traffic Control Course, 1961. U.S. Air Force: Chanute Technical Training Center: Meteorological Observations / Weather Mapping Course, 1960. U.S. Navy: General Engineering, Military Engineering, and special U.S. Marine Corps Field Training, U.S. Naval Academy, 1957-1958. U.S. Army: Reserve Officer Training Corps, General Military Engineering and Training, 1956-1957.

Preparatory Education. Beverly Hills High School, Physical Sciences and Mathematics Majors, 1952-1956: Honor Graduate. Beverly Hills High School was consistently ranked academically and scholastically as No. 1 in the United States during the years 1952-1956.

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS: Author of hundreds of forensic discovery/analysis reports for litigation and insurance cases, ASSOCIATED SCIENCE EXPERTS, LLC, American Weather & Hydrology, LLC, California Weather & Earth Sciences, and Continental Weather & Earth Sciences, Inc., 1989-present. [Some of these reports have been published by the courts or the insurance companies.] Author of thousands of meteorological, climatic, and other studies and reports for various clients, ASSOCIATED SCIENCE EXPERTS, LLC, American Weather & Hydrology, LLC, California Weather & Earth Sciences, and Continental Weather & Earth Sciences, Inc., 1989-present. [Some of these reports have been published by the clients.] Contributing author of hundreds of other such reports. Author or contributing author of hundreds of Situation Reports on storms, floods, earthquakes, and other events, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1971-1989. Contributing author of numerous U.S. Army Corps of Engineers General Design Memoranda, Storm Studies, Environmental Impact Statements and Reports, Survey Reports, Water Control Manuals, Construction Design Manuals, and other publications, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, 1971-1989. Author of Sepulveda Dam Water Control Manual, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, 1987. Author of comprehensive Storm Studies, Parts I and II, for Storms of August 1951 and September 1970, Central Arizona, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, 1974. Author of a number of Air Weather Service manuals and other publications, U.S. Air Force, 1960-1973

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, active [a], recent [r], and past [p} include: American Meteorological Society [a]. California Weather Association [r]. American Water Resources Association [r]. Los Angeles Geographical Society [r]. National Weather Association [p]. Sigma Xi [p]. Air Force Association [p]. National Guard Association of California [p].

EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES CURRENTLY PROVIDED by DR. PYKE and his companies include: EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY: Forensic Discovery and Expert Witness Testimony in Meteorology, Climatology, Floods, Hydrology, Earthquakes, Ocean and Coastal Conditions, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Entomology, and other specialties. SCIENTIFIC DATA, PRECISION DATA INTERPOLATION, HIGH-RESOLUTION DATA MAPPING, AND EXPERT DATA ANALYSIS: Climatic, Meteorological, Hydrologic, Seismic, and Coastal / Oceanic Data from a very extensive data base (30 terabytes, or 30,000 gigabytes), with archives going back to 1948, along with high-resolution data mapping, plus pinpoint data interpolation to specific locations, and detailed expert data analysis. Contact Information: American Weather & Hydrology, LLC (800) 843-7246 (toll-free), cellular (760) 684-5761, alternate (888) 786-7696 (toll-free). Associated Science Experts, LLC (855) 625-2424 (toll-free) or (520) 625-2424. Dr. Pyke Cellular (520) 310-9931. FAX: Call (520) 625-8316 to obtain fax number. e-mail: Call (520) 625-8316 to obtain e-mail address. Mailing address: P. O. Box 1747, Green Valley, AZ 85622-1747 USA.

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