Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D., Expert Witness Meteorologist, California Weather Expert Witness, California Rainfall Expert, Rainfall Frequency Expert, Sunset Expert, Sun Glare Expert Witness, Railroad Bridge Inspections, Preciitation Frequency Analysis

Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D.
Forensic Meteorologist and Expert Witness Weather Forecaster and Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist Pioneer in the relationship of El Niño and La Niña to North American Weather Provider, Scientific Data, Renewable Energy, and Infrastructure Inspections and Restoration
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	CHARLES B. PYKE, Ph.D., Forensic Meteorologist, Expert Witness, Customized Weather Forecaster, Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist. Research Meteorologist, Hydrometeorologist, and Climatologist. Pioneer in the relationship of El Niño and La Niña to North America Weather, achieved through his post-doctoral research. President / CEO of Environmental Science & Energy, Inc. Chairman of the Board / CFO of Structural Integrity Solutions, Inc. Owner, Associated Science Experts, LLC. Principal Scientist and Primary Expert Witness of this and two other companies. Former Assistant Professor of Climatology, California State University, Northridge. Former Flood Control Meteorologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Former U.S. Air Force Officer: Air Weather Service Meteorologist and Forecaster.

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Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D. Expert Witness Meteorologist, Weather Forecaster, Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist, and Research Meteorologist Capsule of Professional Experience: «Nearly 52 years of professional experience in meteorology, hydrometeorology, climatology, and related sciences, including: «1989-present: Owner, Manager, President / CEO, CFO, Chairman of the Board, and/or Principal Scientist of five private weather, environmental, and structural engineering companies and corporations. «1977-present: Forensic meteorologist and climatologist, with hundreds of cases as a court-qualified expert witness, and with depositions and court trial testimony in many of these cases. «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. «1960--present: Weather forecaster and long-range weather outlook specialist, generating hundreds of monthly, seasonal, and multi-seasonal weather outlooks, plus many thousand specialized weather forecasts. Now managing multi-year and multi-decadal ocean-atmosphere circulation modeling and providing multi-year weather outlooks, plus offering multi-decadal climate change outlooks. «2004-2011: Founding Partner, Senior Hydrometeorologist, and Climatologtist of The Hydrometeorology Associates. «1971-1990: Flood-control Meteorologist, Hydrometeorologist, and Climatologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. «1963-1971: Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Climatology at California State University, Northridge, California, and lecturer, teaching assistant, and laboratory assistant in Meteorology / Atmospheric Sciences at University of California, Los Angeles. «1960-1973: U.S. Air Force and California Air National Guard officer: Air Weather Service forecaster and weather observer. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Corporations in which Dr. Pyke is a major officer and Principal Scientist include: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENERGY, INC: Founding Partner, President, and CEO STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS, INC: Founding Partner and Chairman of the Board Companies and other businesses in which Dr. Pyke is a major participant, including Principal Scientist, include: ASSOCIATED SCIENCE EXPERTS, LLC: Founder, Owner, Managing Member, Principal Scientist, and Primary Expert Witness AMERICAN WEATHER & HYDROLOGY, LLC: Principal Scientist, Primary Expert Witness, and Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist CALIFORNIA WEATHER & EARTH SCIENCES: Principal Scientist, Primary Expert Witness, and Seasonal Weather Outlook Specialist - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Contact Information (if no immediate answer, allow 6-7 rings, as calls roll over to cell phone on ring number 3): Associated Science Experts, LLC (888) 786-7696 toll-free, or (520) 625-8316. Structural Integrity Solutions, Inc. (520) 625-8213. Environmental Science & Energy, Inc. (520) 625-8317. American Weather & Hydrology, LLC (520) 625-2424. California Weather & Earth Sciences (520) 625-2424. Dr. Charles Pyke, cellular (520) 310-9931 - receives direct calls or roll-over calls from any of the above numbers.. 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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SPECIALTIES -- METEOROLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY, HYDROMETEOROLOGY, and RELATED SCIENCES: Forensic Discovery, Analysis, and Expert Witness Testimony for litigation and criminal cases – 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, and Seismic Data, plus Pinpoint Interpolation to Specific Locations: Scientific and engineering data of all types from a 30,000 gigabyte data base, with archives back to 1948, along with high-resolution data mapping, graphing, and tabulation, plus precise, pinpoint interpolation to specific locations far from data measurements, and detailed expert data analysis. Weather Forecasts and Seasonal Weather Outlooks: Customized weather forecasts for film production companies, major media events, roofing and construction, wineries, agriculture, and numerous other applications. Monthly and seasonal weather outlooks (a specialty of Dr. Pyke), issued for the United States as a whole, for regions or states, or for specific locations. Now providing multi-year weather outlooks Meteorological, Hydrometeorological, Climatic, and Other Scientific Research and Development: Climatic frequency analyses, climatic research and investigations of historical weather events, including storms and floods. Development of storm, seasonal, and probable maximum rainfall, snow melt, and wind for design of dams, reservoirs, and flood control channels. Research projects and studies in meteorology, hydrometeorology, climatology, and related scientific fields. Flood Warning Systems and Earthquake and Environmental Monitoring Systems: Design and development of state-of-the-art remote-telemetry flood warning systems and other warning and monitoring systems. Management of Other Scientific and Engineering Experts: Management of meteorologists, climatologists, hydrologists and hydrologic engineers, chemical engineers, entomologists, infrastructure inspectors, and reconstruction engineers, and other specialists. Management of weather modeling specialists and multi-year ocean-atmosphere circulation modeling specialists, including Global Warming and Thermo-Haline Ocean Circulation modeling. Education and Training: Coordination and facilitation of Certified Hazardous Materials Training and Certified Weather Observers programs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: SUMMARY: General experience (nearly 52 years total) includes: Hundreds of cases as a court-qualified Expert Witness since 1989, with depositions and court trial testimony in a great many of these cases. More than a thousand other forensic meteorological investigations. Many thousands of specialized weather forecasts for hundreds of different types of applications. Hundreds of monthly, seasonal, and other long-range weather outlooks. Now providing multi-year weather outlooks and offering multi-decadal climate outlooks. Numerous meteorological and climatological research projects, studies, and public lectures on meteorological topics. Included is a four-year post-doctoral study at UCLA, under Prof. J. Bjerknes, pioneering the relationship of El Niño and La Niña to North American weather.

DETAILS (listed in reverse chronological order): Corporate and Company experience includes:
Structural Integrity Solutions, Inc. Founding Partner, Chairman of the Board, CFO, and Principal Scientist, 2011- Dedicated to the structural integrity of bridges (including railroad bridges), roads, dams, power plants, natural gas pipelines, oil refineries, public schools, transmission lines, and many other structures, plus preservation and restoration of beaches, wetlands, coral reefs, and other coastal interests. Includes: Coordination and facilitation of civil engineers and other specialists in the inspection and evaluation of defects or deterioration of bridges including railroad bridges) and other structures and infrastructure, and in the repair or replacement of these structures and infrastructure. Research and studies in beach erosion, deterioration of coastal seawalls, breakwaters, bridges (including railroad bridges), dams, and infrastructure worldwide, and recommendations for repair, reconstruction, restoration, or replacement..

Environmental Science & Energy, Inc. Founding Partner, President, CEO, and Principal Scientist, 2009- Low-cost renewable energy development, including ocean wave and tidal energy, wind and solar energy, hydroelectric, and geothermal. A wide variety of climatic, meteorological, hydrologic, seismic, coastal, and ocean data from a very extensive data base (30 terabytes, or 30,000 gigabytes), archived back to 1948, plus precise, high-resolution data mapping and graphing, pinpoint interpolation of these data to specific locations far from actual data measurements, along with detailed expert data analysis. Environmental Planning, environmental site assessment, environmental impact statements and reports, and natural resources conservation programs. Flood warning systems, earthquake monitoring systems, tsunami monitoring systems, and environmental monitoring systems. Global warming and climate change modeling; thermo-haline circulation modeling. Meteorological, hydrologic, and other scientific instrumentation -- both direct-reading and remote-reading. Certified hazardous materials training. and certified weather observations.

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 provided include: Many dozens of cases as a court-qualified Expert Witness. Forensic discovery and investigations, including depositions and expert testimony by Dr. Pyke and other experts, managed by Dr. Pyke, in meteorology, hydrology, seismology, geotechnical engineering, entomology, and other sciences and engineering. Meteorological, hydrologic, and other scientific data in support of forensic discovery and expert testimony, including pinpoint data interpolation to specific locations, broadcast-quality high-resolution data mapping and graphing, and expert data analysis. Hundreds of seasonal and other long-range weather outlooks for the U.S. as a whole, for regions or states, and for specific locations. Now managing multi-year ocean-atmosphere circulation modeling and providing multi-year weather outlooks, plus offering global warming climate change modeling. Thousands of specialized weather forecasts for film production companies, major events, construction and roofing, wineries, agriculture, and many other applications, including the Daily Weather Planner ©. Some clients include: Major Media Events, including - among many others - Super Bowl, Presidential Inauguration, Rose Parade, Rose Bowl, Academy Awards, Disneyland and Walt Disney World holiday shows, and other special events. Feature Films in U.S.A. and overseas: Life of Pi (Taiwan and India)), Rambo (Thailand), Incredible Hulk (Brazil), Prince Caspian (Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovenia), Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Mexico), Vantage Point (Mexico), The Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe (Czech Republic and Poland), Hidalgo (Morocco), and The Matador (Mexico), plus many produced in the United States, including The Game Plan, Seabiscuit, The Rookie, The Scorpion King, Collateral, Double Jeopardy, Sex in the City, The Alamo, Stuart Little, The Truman Show, and others. Television Series (USA): True Blood and Hung., plus various pilots. Hundreds of filmed commercials. Hundreds of roofing and construction companies, plus wineries and agricultural interests. Flood Control and Water Districts. Weather alerts and warnings. Research and studies in meteorology, climatology, hydrology, chemical engineering, oceanography, entomology, and other scientific and engineering fields.

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-. Several meteorological research projects and reports. Other services offered by Dr. Pyke and other scientific specialists of Associated Science Experts, LLC include: Public lectures, scientific textbooks and software, and scientific documentaries for TV, DVD, and Internet. Research and studies in meteorology, climatology, hydrology, seismology, oceanography, entomology / pest control, and other scientific and engineering fields.

The Hydrometeorology Associates Founding Partner, Senior Hydrometeorologist and Climatologtist, 2004-2011. Hydrometeorological research and studies: In-depth analyses of historical storms, moisture importation, and orographic uplift in the generation of extremely heavy precipitation. Development of Probable Maximum Precipitation and other design storms for the safety of dams and for use in reservoir and channel design and renovation.

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: Many hundreds of other forensic meteorological investigations, including hundreds as a court-qualified Expert Witness, with depositions and trial testimony in a great many of these cases.. Many thousands of specialized weather forecasts for hundreds of different types of applications, including special forecasts for nuclear fallout exercises. Hundreds of seasonal and other long-range weather outlooks. A major hydroclimatological study of maximum historical storms in the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, and their applications to reservoir and drainage design in Utah. Numerous other meteorological, hydrometeorological, and climatological research projects, including numerous climatic studies for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) projects.

Government, university, and military experience includes:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District: Reservoir Regulation Section and Hydrologic Engineering Section. Meteorologist (civilian), 1971-1990. Specialized forecasts for flood control, water resources, and construction, including Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts and nuclear fallout contingency exercises. Monthly, seasonal and other long-range weather outlooks. Forensic meteorological testimony in court as an expert witness on historical storm events. Design and development of state-of-the art remote-telemetry flood-warning systems. Publication of flash flood warning brochures (in English and Spanish) for public awareness in communities and for distribution to campers and others visiting flood-prone recreation areas. Development of probable maximum precipitation, standard project storm, and other design storm rainfall, snowfall, snowmelt, and wind for dams, reservoirs, flood-control channels, and levees, including 100-year and other frequency rainfall computations. Preparation of Storm Studies, Part 1 and Part 2, for historic rain events in the southwestern United States. Determination of anticipated adverse weather conditions for construction and other field operation projects. Preparation and publication of water control manuals for reservoir operations. Explanation and demonstration of the above items at public meetings and hearings. Meteorological, hydrometeorological, and climatic research on many projects, with published reports.

California State University, Northridge: Department of Geography. Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Climatology, 1969-1970.

University of California, Los Angeles: Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Lecturer, Laboratory Associate, Research Assistant, and Teaching Assistant, 1964-1971.

U.S. Air Force and California Air National Guard: Military Air Transport Service and Military Airlift Command. Air Weather Service Officer / Weather Forecaster and Chief Forecaster, 1963-1973. Formulation of policies for Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard weather operations. Supervision of Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard weather officers Daily weather briefings to Air Force pilots for flying missions of many types: local, cross-country, and overseas. Daly weather forecasts and other support to various Air Force Bases and regional centers for routine and emergency base operations and flight operations. Service in Gulfport, MS, 1969, before, during, and after Hurricane Camille, which involved special detailed weather predictions for the landfall of the hurricane (more specific, more up-to-the-minute, and more accurate than those of the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service), plus special support of the disaster operations of the Mississippi and Alabama Army National Guard. Specialized weather forecasts for nuclear fallout contingencies. Preparation of analyzed weather maps over North America and the Pacific Ocean. Meteorological research on various projects, with published reports. Air Weather Service Observer and Chief Observer, 1960-1963. Served on active duty stateside during Berlin Crisis, 1961-1962. Supervision of Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard weather observers. Comprehensive weather observations and reports at numerous Air Force Bases and the worldwide transmission of local and regional meteorological conditions. Preparation of analyzed weather maps over North America and the Pacific Ocean. Meteorological research on various projects, with published reports.

EDUCATION and ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: University of California, Los Angeles: Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Degrees, Research, and Publications, including Applications to Weather Forecasting and Climatic Variations: Research Meteorologist (post-doctoral), 1972-1975, under Dr. Jacob Bjerknes, world-renowned professor, author, and founder of modern meteorology. *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. Major applications to long-range weather forecasting. Doctoral Student, 1965-1972, of Dr. Jacob Bjerknes, Professor Emeritus of Meteorology, UCLA, leading to: Ph.D., Meteorology, 1972. Dissertation (under Prof. Bjerknes): Analysis of Seasonal Distribution of Precipitation in the Western United States and Baja California. Significant applications to the understanding of seasonal climates and to quantitative precipitation forecasting. Graduate Student, 1963-1965, of Dr. Jacob Bjerknes, Professor of Meteorology, UCLA, leading to: M.A., Meteorology, 1965. Thesis (under Prof. Bjerknes): Precipitation Patterns of California: correlations, climatic variations. Applications to geographic sizes of West Coast storms and the necessity that some locations will be dry while others several hundred miles to the north or south are wet. Applications to storm forecasting and to decadal variations in Pacific storm tracks. Undergraduate Student, 1956-1957, 1958-1961, and 1962-1963, leading to: 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 (and now the late) Dr. Joanne Simpson). Major application to the understanding of the development of oceanic storms when fed by cold air pouring out from land masses, and to the forecasting of oceanic storms, including "perfect storm" scenarios. Additional research publication, UCLA, 1969** (under Dr. William D. Bonner, Associate Professor of Meteorology; co‑authored with W. D. Bonner and R.J. Hickey): Analysis of major flood-producing January 1969 storms in Southern California. Major applications to the forecasting of intense western U.S. storms, and to the determination of probable maximum precipitation, standard project storms, and 100-year rainfall.

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. Winner of American Spirit of Honor Medal. U.S. Navy: General Engineering, Military Engineering, including special U.S. Marine Corps Field Training, U.S. Naval Academy, 1957-1958. U.S. Army: Reserve Officer Training Corps, General Military Training and Engineering, 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 meteorological and climatic discovery/analysis reports and other studies for litigation and insurance cases and for other 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 courts, insurance companies, or other clients.] Author of numerous U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Situation Reports on storms, floods, earthquakes, and other events, plus author or contributing author of many General Design Memoranda, Storm Studies, Environmental Impact Statements and Reports, Survey Reports, Water Control Manuals, Construction Design Manuals, and other publications, 1971-1989. 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].

SCIENTIFIC SERVICES CURRENTLY PROVIDED and OFFERED by DR. PYKE and his companies include: EXPERT TESTIMONY: Forensic Discovery and Expert Witness Testimony in Weather, Floods, Chemical Engineering, Entomology, and other specialties. SCIENTIFIC DATA, MAPPING, GRAPHING, AND EXPERT ANALYSIS: Climatic, Meteorological, Hydrologic, and Seismic Data from a 30,000 gigabyte data base, with archives dating back to 1948, along with high-resolution data mapping and graphing, plus pinpoint data interpolation to specific locations, and detailed expert data analysis. METEOROLOGICAL AND HAZMAT SERVICES: Customized Weather Forecasts and Seasonal Weather Outlooks: Special weather forecasts and outlooks for the film industry and for major events, such as the Presidential Inauguration, Academy Awards, the Super Bowl, the Tournament of Roses, BCS College Championship Football Games, Miss America Pageant, Boston Fourth of July, New York Times Square New Year's Eve, plus Disneyland and Walt Disney World entertainment, the roofing and construction industries, and agriculture. Global Warming and Climatic Change Modeling, along with Thermo-Haline Ocean Circulation Modeling and its implications to major changes in climate and sea levels. Certified Weather Observers and Certified Hazardous Materials Training. RENEWABLE ENERGY; STRUCTURAL INSPECTION and RESTORATION: Ocean Wave and Tidal Energy Development; Local Wind, Solar, Hydroelectric, and Geothermal Energy Development and Generation. Bridge, Highway, Dam, Power Plant, Public School, Refinery, and Public Works Infrastructure Inspection, Reinforcement, and Reconstruction in the U.S. and throughout the world. *Included are annual railroad inspections (required by Federal Railroad Administration' Bridge Safety Standards, #49 CFR, Parts 213 and 237).* Beach, Shoreline, Harbor, Marina, and Wetlands Inspection, Protection, and Restoration for coastal communities, beach resorts, public and private beaches, and harbors. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES: Environmental Planning and Natural Resources Conservation, plus environmental impact reports, environmental impact statements, and environmental site assessments. Meteorological and Hydrologic Instrumentation, direct-reading and remote-reading, including flood-warning systems for communities and floodplains. Water Reclamation for governments, communities, and water users. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SERVICES: Research & Development, Studies, and Other Services in a variety of meteorological, climatic, hydrologic, seismic, environmental, oceanographic, entomological, structural, and other scientific fields. Public Lectures, plus Scientific Textbooks, Software, and Documentaries.

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