Dr. Gad Levy |
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North West Research Associates Senior Research ScientistAppointed: 2002 University of Phoenix Graduate School of Business Statistics FacultyAppointed: 2001 Oregon State University College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Atmospheric Sciences Associate Professor (affiliate)Appointed: 2001 |  |
Mailing AddressP.O. Box 3027 Bellevue, Washington 98008-3027United States | Contact Information |
Qualifications
CCM (# 501), American Meteorological Society, Certified Consulting Meteorologist, 1990.
M.S., Colorado State University, Atmospheric Sciences.
Ph.D., University of Washington, Atmospheric Sciences.
B.Sc., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Earth Sciences.
Expertise and Research Interests
Data assimilation, fusion and mining
Analytical and numerical modeling
Data analysis and statistical modeling
Weather and climate risk management
Management of science and technology
Boundary layer and climate dynamics
Air sea interaction and fluxes
Frontal theory and observations
Marine meteorology
Mesoscale and synoptic scale meteorology
Remote sensing of the ocean and atmosphere
Satellite meteorology
Analytical and numerical modeling
Data analysis and statistical modeling
Weather and climate risk management
Management of science and technology
Boundary layer and climate dynamics
Air sea interaction and fluxes
Frontal theory and observations
Marine meteorology
Mesoscale and synoptic scale meteorology
Remote sensing of the ocean and atmosphere
Satellite meteorology
Other Expertise
INVITED TALKS:
EOS/SPIE Symposium: Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Sea Ice, Barcelona, Spain, 2000.
National Academy of Science/National Research Council workshop on Massive Data Sets, (Washington, D.C. 1995)
AAAI Symposium on active learning (MIT, 1995)
VI Latin American Symposium on Remote Sensors (Bariloche, Argentina, 1989)
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS'98): Sensing and Managing the Environment (Seattle, 1998).
EOS/SPIE Symposium: Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Sea Ice, Barcelona, Spain, 2000.
National Academy of Science/National Research Council workshop on Massive Data Sets, (Washington, D.C. 1995)
AAAI Symposium on active learning (MIT, 1995)
VI Latin American Symposium on Remote Sensors (Bariloche, Argentina, 1989)
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS'98): Sensing and Managing the Environment (Seattle, 1998).
Future Research
SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- PORSEC Association: Scientific Organizing Committee (2004-) and Executive Secretary (2005-)
- Referee for The Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research, Monthly Weather Review, National Science Foundation, The Environmental Protection Agency, The Israel Research Council, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, The Netherland Remote Sensing Board (BCRS).
- Chairperson, Large scale Climate Dynamics session, Pan Oceanic Remote Sensing Conference & IOC/IOCARIBE Workshop, Nov. 27- Dec., 3, 2004.
- Visiting Scientist, Tel-Aviv Uni., Geophysics, August - September, 1992, 1994
- Visiting Scientist, University of Washington (Atmos. Sci.);
- NASA /Earth Science Systems (ESS) and Applied Information Systems Research Interdisciplinary Review Panel
- NASA Earth Observing Systems (EOS) atmospheres panel
- Co-Chair, flux and boundary layer modeling working group at the TOGA-COARE Int'l data workshop (Toulouse, France, 1994)
- Organizer, Oregon Center for Advance Technology Education (OCATE) free lecture series on Data Assimilation, Management, and Integration in Global Climate and Weather Models
- NASA Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences (CESDIS) Grand Challenge Applications review panel (atmosphere)
- USEPA atmosphere review panel
Community service: UN volunteer [environmental research] - Galapagos Islands (Ecuador); candidate to student parliament, Hebrew U.; offices held in localand national student organizations; CSU delegate to NAFSA; board of Crossroads International, OSU, initiated in that capacity a foreign scholar orientation program; coordinated an adoption case and later an adoption group for Amnesty International (AI) in Seattle; member of the Puget Sound development team and national human rights education task force for AI; facilitator for incoming foreign students at the UW, for high-school students before departure for a year abroad; charter member of community dialogue groups promoting Arab-Jewish and Israeli-Palestinian peaceful dialogue (Seattle committee for Israeli Palestinian Peace, American Coalition for Middle East Dialogue); active and board member of the Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS), UW; speaking engagements for high-school, college, and community groups on (throughout the years); founder of AI campus group at OSU after a 14 years of hiatus and its first faculty advisor.
Contributor to improved dissemination of geophysical and climate data to K-14 and the public as part of the outreach effort of the Network for Education and Research in Oregon (NERO, 1995).
Organizer, Oregon Center for Advance Technology Education (OCATE) free lecture series (1994-1995).
Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC), editor (1996-); acting chief Editor, 1996-1997.
Undergraduate research advisor and mentor (University of Washington office for Undergraduate Research; Space grant and O.U.R. Earth projects).
CCM board mentor program
OSU Atmospheric Science faculty position search committee.
OSU Ph.D. program in hydrology committee member.
- PORSEC Association: Scientific Organizing Committee (2004-) and Executive Secretary (2005-)
- Referee for The Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research, Monthly Weather Review, National Science Foundation, The Environmental Protection Agency, The Israel Research Council, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, The Netherland Remote Sensing Board (BCRS).
- Chairperson, Large scale Climate Dynamics session, Pan Oceanic Remote Sensing Conference & IOC/IOCARIBE Workshop, Nov. 27- Dec., 3, 2004.
- Visiting Scientist, Tel-Aviv Uni., Geophysics, August - September, 1992, 1994
- Visiting Scientist, University of Washington (Atmos. Sci.);
- NASA /Earth Science Systems (ESS) and Applied Information Systems Research Interdisciplinary Review Panel
- NASA Earth Observing Systems (EOS) atmospheres panel
- Co-Chair, flux and boundary layer modeling working group at the TOGA-COARE Int'l data workshop (Toulouse, France, 1994)
- Organizer, Oregon Center for Advance Technology Education (OCATE) free lecture series on Data Assimilation, Management, and Integration in Global Climate and Weather Models
- NASA Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences (CESDIS) Grand Challenge Applications review panel (atmosphere)
- USEPA atmosphere review panel
Community service: UN volunteer [environmental research] - Galapagos Islands (Ecuador); candidate to student parliament, Hebrew U.; offices held in localand national student organizations; CSU delegate to NAFSA; board of Crossroads International, OSU, initiated in that capacity a foreign scholar orientation program; coordinated an adoption case and later an adoption group for Amnesty International (AI) in Seattle; member of the Puget Sound development team and national human rights education task force for AI; facilitator for incoming foreign students at the UW, for high-school students before departure for a year abroad; charter member of community dialogue groups promoting Arab-Jewish and Israeli-Palestinian peaceful dialogue (Seattle committee for Israeli Palestinian Peace, American Coalition for Middle East Dialogue); active and board member of the Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS), UW; speaking engagements for high-school, college, and community groups on (throughout the years); founder of AI campus group at OSU after a 14 years of hiatus and its first faculty advisor.
Contributor to improved dissemination of geophysical and climate data to K-14 and the public as part of the outreach effort of the Network for Education and Research in Oregon (NERO, 1995).
Organizer, Oregon Center for Advance Technology Education (OCATE) free lecture series (1994-1995).
Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC), editor (1996-); acting chief Editor, 1996-1997.
Undergraduate research advisor and mentor (University of Washington office for Undergraduate Research; Space grant and O.U.R. Earth projects).
CCM board mentor program
OSU Atmospheric Science faculty position search committee.
OSU Ph.D. program in hydrology committee member.
Industrial Relevance
Consultant, The Boeing Company, Applied Statistics Group, Mathematical and Computational Technology 2001-2003.
Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM #501), American Meteorological Society (1990-)
National Weather Service (NWS) industrial meteorologists and private meteorologicalservices listings.
Principal Consultant, VP DynamicInfo, LLC. (weather risk management) 1998-2001.
Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM #501), American Meteorological Society (1990-)
National Weather Service (NWS) industrial meteorologists and private meteorologicalservices listings.
Principal Consultant, VP DynamicInfo, LLC. (weather risk management) 1998-2001.
Keywords
COS Keywords:
Air - Sea Boundary Interactions, Atmospheric Sciences, Boundary Layers, Business, Business Statistics, Climatology, Data Analysis, Data Fusion, Data Mining, Environmental Planning Or Policy, Marine Meteorology, Mathematical Modeling, Meteorology, Numerical Models, Remote Sensing, Statistics.Additional Terms:
Analytical Modeling, Environmental Policy, Marine Meteorology, Mesoscale Synoptic Dynamics, Planetary Boundary Layer, Remote Sensing, Scatterometer, Weather Front.Languages
(Reading, Writing, Speaking)
English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Hebrew: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Spanish: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
German: (None, None, Functional)
Memberships
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
European Geophysical Society
European Optical Society
International Society for Optical Engineering
Honors and Awards
2008, PORSEC Distinguished Service Award,
Pan Ocean Remote Sensing (PORSEC) Association
2005, Internationl scientist of the year accolade,
International Biographical Centre of Cambridge
2005, Citation, Who's Who in America,
Marquis Who's Who,
60th Anniversary Edition
1998-2001,
Citations,
Who's Who in Science and Engineering,
Marquis Who's Who, 4th & 5th editions,
Science and Engineering
1995, Invited Speaker,
National Academy of Sciences,
Massive Data Sets
Academic Excellency,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Scholarships,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Honors List (Cum Laude),
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Summer Research award for Outstanding Students,
Faculty of Mathematics & Sciences,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Science
Meirbaum Award,
Meirbaum Foundation,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Oceanography
Elizabeth Gould Award,
Foundation for International Understanding Through Students,
International Understanding
Previous Positions
2001-2003, Boeing Company,
PhantomWorks,
Mathematical & Computational Technology,
Applied Statistics
1996-2000, Associate Professor,
Oregon State University,
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
1993-2000, Senior Research Scientist,
University of Washington
1990-1996, Assistant Professor,
Oregon State University
1988-1989, Research Associate,
Oregon State University
1984, Teaching Assistant,
University of Washington
1982-1988, Research Associate,
University of Washington
1981-1982, Research Assistant,
Colorado State University
Funding Received
- National Science Foundation (NSF): Integrating Heterogeneous Geophysical Data by Combining Error Structure: An Interdisciplinary Pilot Project, Mar 1995 to Feb 1998.
- USWRP (NASA/NOAA/NSF): Improving oceanic storm forecasting and analyses through assimilation of remote sensing data, Jan 1998 to Dec 2000.
- Oregon Joint Graduate Schools of Engineering (OJGSE): Network for Education and Research in Oregon (NERO): Improve dissemination of Geophysical data, Jan 1995 to Jan 1996.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Analysis of RADARSATC-band Synthetic Apature Radar (SAR) data, Feb 1995 to May 2000.
- OSU Research Council: Modeling the Interaction between the Sea Surface and the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Apr 1997 to Jun 1998.
- (Alaska SAR Facility): Detection and Climatology of Planetary Boundary Layer Processes in SAR data: Expansion to Storm Environment, 2005 to .
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): FRAM: A new Basin Scale Model of Sea-Ice Dynamics, 2004 to .
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Decohesion Model of Sea Ice based on Field Data, 2004 to .
- National Science Foundation (NSF): An improved Marginal Ice Zone Model, 2004 to .
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Multi Sensor Study of Sub-footprint Variability in Remotely Sensed Fluxes, 2002 to 2004.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Earth System Science - OUREarth, 1997 to 2000.
- NASA (JPL): Study of the use and impact of NSCAT winds on the analysis of mid-latitude ocean storm systems and related atmospheric and oceanic dynamics, 1995 to 1999.
- Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education (OCATE): Data Assimilation, Management, and Integration in Global Climate and Weather Models - a Colloquium Series, 1994 to 1995.
- AF Phillips Lab.: Subgrid Variability and Parameterizations of Coastal Zone Meteorology for Large-Scale Models, 1994 to 1995.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): A WETNET study of winds, storms and air-sea flux modeling, 1993 to 1996.
- United States Department of Commerce (DOC): The Effects of Tropical Boundary Layer Processeson the Large Scale Tropical Circulation, 1992 to 1996.
- CalTech President Fund for Innovative Research: The relationship between low level convergence and evaporation, 1991 to 1992.
- AFGL: Marine Boundary Layer Parameterizations for Large-Scale Models, 1991 to 1993.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Mesoscale Storms/Fronts Study with Satellite winds, WETNET data distribution point for SSM/I satellite data, 1989 to 1992.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Coupled Atmosphere/Ocean Processes and Primary Production in the Southern Ocean, 1989 to 1991.
Publications
- Levy, G., M. Coon, G. Nguyen and D. Sulsky (2008) Metrics for evaluating linear features, Geophysical Research Letters, 35 (L21705), 10.1029/2008GL035086
- Levy, G., J. Gower (2008) Preface, Satellite observations of the atmosphere, the ocean and their interface: climate, natural hazards and management of the coastal zone, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29 No. 21 (0143-1161), 6085-6090
- Gad Levy, Jim Gower, guest editors, Satellite observations of the atmosphere, ocean and their interface in relation to climate, natural hazards and management of the coastal zone, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Journal Special Issu, Oxon, UK, Taylor & Francis, 29 No 21(0143-1161), 6083-6436, Nov 2008
- Coon, M., R. Kwok, G. Levy, M. Pruis, H. Schreyer, and D. Sulsky (2007) Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (AIDJEX) Assumptions Revisited and Found Inadequate, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112 (C11S90)
- Levy, G. and J. Patoux (2006) Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Frontal Dynamics over the Ocean, International Symposium of Remote Sensing 2006 Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference, Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference Association; Korean Society of Remote Sensing, Seoul, South Korea, Korean Society of Remote Sensing, 1003-1006 pages
- Coon, M. R. Kwok, G. Levy, M. Pruis, H. Schreyer, D. Sulsky, and L. Tudal (2006) A new sea ice model: pancakes to metrics, Eos Trans. AGU, 87 ((52)), H23I-03
- Levy, G., M. Coon, and D. Sulsky (2006) Metrics for linear kinematic features in sea ice, Eos Trans. AGU, 87 ((52)), H31D-1462
- Levy G. and T. J. Dunkerton. (2005) Observations of Near-Equatorial Symmetric Stability from Scatterometer-Vector Winds: An Illusive connection to Atmospheric Convection, NASA Ocean Wind Vector Science Team meeting, JPL
- Foster, R., G. Levy, D. Long (2005) Sub-scatterometer footprint variability estimated by SAR and in situ measurements, NASA Ocean Wind Vector Science Team meeting, JPL
- Levy G. and J. C. Alpert (2005) The Impact Of Scatterometer-Based Sub-Grid Flux Parameterization On Medium Range Global Forecasting In The Operational NCEP GFS, NASA Ocean Wind Vector Science Team meeting, JPL
- Levy G. and J. C. Alpert (2005) Model Sensitivity to Space- and in situ- based sub-grid Flux Parameterization, 9th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), Boston, American Meteorological Society, 8 pages
- Levy G. (2004) Data Assimilation and Validation in Ice Models, AGU Fall meeting - Special FRAM session and project meeting
- Levy G. and T. J. Dunkerton. (2004) Satellite Observations of Near-Equatorial Symmetric Instability, GAYANA, an International Journal of Biodiversity Oceanography, and Conservation, 68, 420
- Levy G. and T. J. Dunkerton. (2004) Satellite Observations of Near-Equatorial Symmetric Instability, Pan Oceanic Remote Sensing Conference & IOC/IOCARIBE Workshop, Concepcion, Chile, PORSEC 2004
- Levy, G., Ek, M., Wind wave relationship in non equilibrium sea states, 4, 2721-2723, 21 Jul 2003
- Levy G. and M. B. Ek (2003) Wind-wave Relationship in Non-equilibrium Sea States, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IEEE, 1437-1438 pages
- Zeng, L, Levy, G, Beating the Norm, Environmental Finance, 20-23, October 2001
- Levy G, M. B. Ek, The simulated response of the marine atmospheric boundary layer in the western Pacific warm pool region to surface flux forcing, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 7229-7241, 04 2001
- Levy G, Boundary Layer Roll Statistics from SAR, Geophysical Research Letters, 28(10), 1993-1995, 2001
- Contributor, Glossary of Meteorology, 2nd Edition, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 2000
- Levy, G, Air-sea fluxes from satellite sensors: calibration, time, space, and scale transitions, 4172(SPIE), 1-11, 2000
- Levy, G, Regional climatology of wind-driven atmospheric boundary layer rolls from SAR observations, CERSAT News, Topic 17(Special issue No. 11), 2 pp, 2000
- Levy, G, D. Vickers, Surface fluxes from Satellite Winds: Modeling Sub-scale Enhance ment from Spatial and Temporal Observations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104(C9), 20,639-20,650, 15 Sep 1999
- Levy, G., C. Pu, P. D. Sampson, Statistical, Physical, and Computational Aspects of Massive Data Analysis and Assimilation in Atmospheric Applications, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (JCGS), 8(3), 559-574, September 1999
- Levy, G., C.B. McCandlish, D. Vickers, The Relation between Ageostrophy and Bound ary Layer Structure in the Western Pacific Trades, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 91(2), 323-335, May 1999
- Foster R.C, G. Levy, The contribution of organized roll vortices to the surface wind vector in baroclinic conditions, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 55(8), 1466-1472, 15 Apr 1998
- Levy, G, Imaging Boundary Layer Roll Signatures for Climate Application, Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 3, 1437-1438, 07 1998
- Levy, G, R.A. Brown, Detecting Planetary Boundary Layer Rolls from SAR, Remote Sensing of the Pacific Ocean by Satellites, 128-134, 1998
- Levy G. (chapter editor & lead author), Oceanic Resource Management by Satellite Remote Sensors, Chapter 5, Remote Sensing of the Pacific Ocean by Satellites, PORSEC(Book II), 371-411, 1998
- Zeng L, G. Levy, On Temporal Averaging Of Polar Orbiting Satellite Data, Advances in Space Research, 19(3), 537-540, 1997
- Levy G., C. Pu, P. D. Sampson, Massive Data Assimilation/Fusion in Atmospheric Models and Analyses: Statistical, Physical, and Computational Challenges, Mathematical Science, 93-102, 1996
- Levy G, D.S. Battisti, The symmetric stability and the low level equatorial flow, The Global Atmosphere and Ocean System, 3/4, 341-354, 1995
- Zeng L, G. Levy, Space and time aliasing structure in mean polar-orbiting satellite data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100(D3), 5133-5142, 1995
- Levy G., Southern Hemisphere low level wind circulation statistics from the Seasat scatteromete, Anneles Geophysicae, 12, 65-79, 1994
- Levy G, Trends in satellite remote sensing of the Planetary Boundary Layer, Trends in Atmospheric Sciences, 1, 337-347, 1992
- Levy G, R. A. Brown, Southern Hemisphere synoptic weather from a satellite scatterometer, Monthly Weather Review, 119, 2803-2813, 1991
- Levy G, F. S. Tiu, Thermal advection and stratification effects on surface winds and the low level meridional mass transport, Journal of Geophysical Research, 95(C11), 20247-20257, 1990
- Levy G., Surface dynamics of observed maritime fronts, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 46(9), 1219-1232, 01 May 1989
- Garner S.T., G. Levy, C. S. Bretherton, Comments and reply on a theory of the evolution of surface cold fronts, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 46, 1874-1875, 1989
- Levy G, C.S. Bretherton, On a theory of the evolution of surface cold fronts, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 44, 3413-3418, 1987
- McMurdie L.A., G. Levy, K. B. Katsaros, On the relationship between scatterometer derived convergence and atmospheric moisture, Monthly Weather Review, 115, 1281-1294, 1987
- Levy G., A study of the dynamics of maritime fronts using remotely sensed wind and stress measurements, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. Atmospheric Sciences, 157, 1987
- Brown, R.A, G. Levy, Ocean surface pressure fields from satellite sensed winds, Monthly Weather Review, 114, 2197-2206, 1986
- Levy, G, R.A. Brown, A simple objective analysis scheme for scatterometer data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 91, 5153-5158, 1986
- Levy, G, W.R. Cotton, A numerical investigation of mechanisms linking glaciation of the ice phase to the boundary layer, Journal of Climatology and Applied Meteorology, 23, 1505-1519, 1984
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