Robert Davies-Jones

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.[3]

Bob Davies-Jones
Davies-Jones (left), Jerry Straka (center), and Erik Rasmussen (right) during Project VORTEX on 14 April 1994.
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipBritish
American (1983)
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham (B.Sc., 1964)
University of Colorado Boulder (Ph.D. 1969)
Known forTornadic supercell dynamics and tornadogenesis
AwardsNOAA Distinguished Career Award;[1] Nikolai Dotzek Award[2]
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology
InstitutionsNational Severe Storms Laboratory
ThesisThe Linear Theory of Thermal Convection in Horizontal Plane Couette Flow (1969)

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). Davies-Jones earned the NOAA Distinguished Career Award[1] and in 2018 the Nikolai Dotzek Lifetime Achievement Award by the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL).[2]

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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. Lifetime Achievement Nikolai Dotzek Award 2018 for Bob Davies-Jones
  3. "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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