Dr. Leonard J. Pietrafesa Associate Dean, Profesor Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences

Associate Dean, Profesor Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences

College Of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (PAMS)

Box 8201

Phone: (919) 515-7777 (o)

Fax: (919) 515-7855 (f)

Email: Len_Pietrafesa@ncsu.edu

Areas of Interest: Observations and Modeling of Non-Linear Couplings of Atmospheric, Oceanic, Estuary, Hydraulic Coupled Systems, Oceanic and Atmospheric Weather and Climate Phenomena and Impacts, , Wind-Wave-Current Coupled Interactions, Precipitation and River Discharge, Relationships between Climate Conditions and Weather Events and Human Health, Science and Public Policy.

Education:

1965 BS, Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT) Physics & Mathematics

1967 MS, Boston College/University of Chicago (Boston, MA/ Chicago, IL) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

1973. 
      PhD,University of Washington (Seattle, WA) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Advisors: Dr. M. Rattray, Dr. J.D. Smith, J.M. Wallace, J. Holton, R. Fleagle,
      

Industry Employment:

1965, 1966, 1968 Weston Geophysical Engineers, Boston, MA. (Projects: US Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Verification; New England Power Blackout; Panama Canal Expansion Assessment; West Australia Harbor; Preservation of Old Man on the Mountain

Academic Experience:

01/06- Associate Dean, External Affairs, PAMS/NCSU

01/2000- 12/05 Director, Office of External Affairs, PAMS/NCSU

7/1989-12/2000 Head, Dept. of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences/NCSU

5/1988-8/1989 Associate Dean for Research, PAMS

7/1988-6/1989 3^RD Director, University Honors Council

7/1992-12/1996 Director, Southeast University Consortium for Severe Storms

7/1981- Full Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

7/1976 – 6/1981 Tenured Associate Professor, Departments of GeoSci and Marine Science & Engineering

7/1973 –6/1976 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geosciences

06/05- Oklahoma Mesonet & Climate Advisory Committee

01/04-02/06 American Meteorological Society, Chair, Education Advisory Comm.

01/04-05 American Meteorological Society, Co-Chair 2005 AMS Annual Conference

on Living in the Coastal Zone (with M. Davidson)

02/04-07 Member, American Geophysical Union Council on Public Affairs

07/03-04 Chair, National Center for Environmental Prediction Ocean Modeling

Review Panel

10/02-2/09 Board of Trustees (BoT) of University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Elected twice)

06/02- 11/06 Chair, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Science Advisory Board (FACA approved)

10/02-05 UCAR BoT representative to UCAR University Relations Committee

08/00- University Member Representative to UCAR

06/01-02 Chair, NOAA/ National Geodetic Research Program Review Team

05/2002- Member, NOAA/ Climate Monitoring & Diagnostics Laboratory

Review Team

6/1998-07 Member (now Chair), NOAA) Science Advisory Board (FACA approved)

3/1997-07 Member, National Water Initiative Task Force of National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC)

11/1999 - Member, now Secretary of NASULGC Executive Committee on Food, Environment and Natural Resources

11/1996-11/97 Chair, NASULGC Board on Oceans and Atmosphere

Professional Organizations:

1. 
   American Meteorological Society –Elected Fellow
   
2. 
   Sigma Xi (past local chapter president)
   
3. 
   Phi Kappa Phi
   
4. 
   American Association for the Advancement of Science
   
5. 
   Society for Non-Linear Mathematics
   
6. 
   American Geophysical Union
   
7. 
   Oceanography Society (Charter- Lifetime member)
   

1) Bohm, E., L.J. Pietrafesa, L., J. Churchill, T.S. Hopkins, L. Xie: Continental Margin Slope Sea Level and Flow Field Variability Induced by Lateral Movements of the Gulf Stream in the Southern Middle Atlantic Bight. 2006. Deep Sea Research 2) T. Yan, L. Xie, L. J. Pietrafesa, and T. Karl, 2005: The climatology and interannual variability of North Atlantic hurricane tracks. J. of Climate. 3) Xie, L., T.Yan, and L.J. Pietrafesa, 2005: The effect of the Atlantic sea surface temperature dipole mode on hurricanes: Implications for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Geophysical Research Letters. 4) Pietrafesa, L.J., D. Dickey, L. Xie. 2005. The Variability of Water Level on the US East Coast. Solutions to Coastal Disasters. Amer. Assoc. of Civil Engineers.5) T. Yan, L. Xie and L. Pietrafesa, 2005. Relationships between Western North Pacific typhoon activity and Tibetan Plateau winter and spring snow cover. Geophysical Research Letters.

Atmospheric Observations in the Coastal Ocean of NC sub-contract from UNC

Wilmington CORMP Program; 2) NOAA $5,378,500, 5/1/02-4/30/07 Carolina Coastal

Observation and Prediction System subcontract form the Univ. South Carolina Caro

COOPS Program; 3) NOAA $225,000, 9/02-9/06 Determination of a Fish Recruitment

Index; 4) NOAA $1,775,000 9/03-9/07 Climate & Weather Impacts on Society & the

Environment; National Severe Storms Lab, $140,000, 5/2004-9/2007. CI-FLOW.

0% salary on all presently.

Peng, M .,J. Pietrafesa., S. Bao and D. Porter 2007, Digital elevation data and hurricane induced inundation forecast (in press)