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Carlyle H. Wash
Professor Emeritus
Mail Code: MR/Wx
Department of Meteorology
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-7776
Email: wash (at) nps.edu
Web: www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/Meteorology
EDUCATION:
PhD - University of Wisconsin, 1978
Meteorology
MS - University of Wisconsin, 1975
Meteorology
BS - University of Wisconsin, 1969
Meteorology
NPS EXPERIENCE:
  • 1991 - present: Professor, Department of Meteorology
  • 1996 - 2004: Chair, Department of Meteorology
  • 1991 - present: Professor, Department of Meteorology
  • 1984 - 1991: Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology
  • 1980 - 1980: Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
  • 1994 - 1994 - Senior Scientist/Lecturer, COMET, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  • 1979 - 1980 - Assistant Scientist and Lecturer, Space Science and Engineering Center, and Department of Meteorology, Univ of Wisconsin
  • 1973 - 1978 - Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Department of Meteorology, Univ of Wisconsin
  • 1970 - 1973 - U.S. Navy Ensign and Lieutenant(JG), Weather Forecaster and Satellite Training Officer, Fleet Weather Facility Suitland, MD
TEACHING INTERESTS:
  • Weather Analysis and Forecasting
  • Remote Sensing
  • Meteorological Satellite Data Applications
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Synoptic and Mesoscale Meteorology; Weather Forecasting
  • Remote Sensing with Applications to Forecasting
  • Marine Meteorology
AWARDS:
  • Elected Councilor, American Meteorological Society, 2004-2007.
  • Naval Postgraduate School Award for Outstanding Instruction, October 1992
  • Sigma Xi
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Regents Scholarship to Univ of Wisconsin, 1965-1969
  • American Meteorological Society Macelwane Award (second place) undergraduate paper competition, 1970
  • Navy Achievement Medal, 1972
  • Participant, National Center for Atmospheric Research Colloquium on Weather Forecasting, Summer 1976
BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:
  • Councilor, American Meteorological Society, 2004-2007
  • Chair, COMET Advisory Panel, 2004-2007
  • UCAR Membership Committee, 2003-2006, Chairman (2006)
  • Associate Editor, Weather and Forecasting, 1987-1996
  • Editor, Special Military Issue, Weather & Forecasting, June 1992
  • Subject Matter Expert, COMET, for the Distance Learning Modules-- MARINE METEOROLOGY, 1992-1996
  • Co-Lead Instructor, COMET COMAP Mesoscale Class-94-2, August-November 1994.
  • Co-Lead Instructor, COMET Special Mesoscale Course, sponsored by U.S.Navy and National Weather Service, October 1992.
  • Member, UNIDATA Policy Committee, 1992-1996
  • Member, COMET Residence Program Policy Committee, 1994-1998
  • Reviewer for NSF, ONR and NOAA proposals
  • Reviewer for numerous professional journals.
  • Numerous other NPS, UCAR, COMET, AMS and other committee posts.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
  • Pickett, Mark H., W. Tang, C. Wash and L. Rosenfeld, 2003: QuikSCAT Satellite Comparisons with Near-Shore Wind Data off the US West Coast. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20, 1869-1879.
  • Wash, Carlyle H.: Enhanced Opportunities for Officer Education. Air Force Observer, .Nov 2003, pp 28-30.
  • Davidson, K.L. and C.H. Wash, 1998: Describing the Coastal Optical Properties with in situ and Remote Measurements. Naval Research Reviews, Volume Two, 1998.
  • Hirschberg, P. A., Parke, M. C., Wash, C. H., Mickelinc, M., Spencer, R. W., and Thaler, E., 1997, The Usefulness of MSU3 Analyses as a Forecasting Aid: A Statistical Study, Weather and Forecasting, June 1997.
  • Complete List of Refereed Publications
KEYWORDS/TECHNOLOGIES:
  • Keywords: Weather Forecasting, Synoptic Meteorology, Marine Meteorology, Satellite Meteorology



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