Dale Leipper

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. 1950, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
M.A. 1939, The Ohio State University, mathematics
Certificates in Meteorology. 1943. UCLA and the University of Chicago, 1943-1944.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Dr. Leipper has experience as a weather forecaster and research officer, Captain, AAF, Aleutian Islands, Professor of Oceanography and Meteorology, Texas A&M, 1949 to 1968 (Department head 1949 to 1964) and at the Naval Postgraduate School, 1968 to 1980 (Department chairman 1968 to 1980) , then part time until 1990. Independent research 1990 to present utilizing facilities of the Desert Research Institute of the University and Community College System of Nevada. Research professor 1996 ---. Author: articles and reports on oceanography and marine meteorology. including currents in the Gulf of Mexico, hurricane-ocean interaction, ocean temperature, and west coast fog and stratus. See attached list for recent publications and reports.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Leipper, D. F. (1996).

Oceanography and Meteorology, Linkage at Texas A&M University, 1949-1964. Manuscript, 27 pages, 8 Figures.

Leipper, D. F. (1996).

Structure of the Lower Atmosphere over the Northern California Coast During Winter. Comments to the editor. Mon. Wea. Rev. 124 (7)

Leipper, D. F. (1995).

Fog forecasting Objectively in the California Coastal Area Using Libs. AMS J. Wea. & Forecasting Vol. 10, No. 4, p 741-762.

Leipper, D. F. (1994).

Fog on the U.S. West Coast: A Review. Bull. of the Amer. Meteor. Soc. Vol. 75, No. 2, p 229-240.

Leipper, D. F. and W.D. Nowlin, Jr.(1994).

Universities, Research Laboratories, and National Programs. Letter to the editor, Bull. of the Amer. Meteor Soc. Vol. 75, No. 7, p 1277-1278.