Donald W. Burgess
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Donald W. Burgess (born 1947) is an American meteorologist who has made important contributions to understanding of severe
tornadoes, radar observations and techniques, as well as to training other meteorologists. He was a radar operator during the first organized storm chasing expeditions by the University of Oklahoma (OU) in the early 1970s and participated in both the VORTEX projects.[2]
Biography
Burgess was born in 1947 in
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
(CIMMS) at the University of Oklahoma.
Burgess has appeared on Storm Track magazine. He was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society in 1993.[1]
Burgess is married and has two children.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Awards and Honors". National Severe Storms Laboratory. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ^ Murnan, James (May 12, 2009). "VORTEX2". That Weather Show. NOAA Weather Partners. Archived from the original on 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ^ a b Haines-Stiles, Geoff; Erna Akuginow (2005). "Don Burgess". Biographies. Passport to Knowledge. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
- ^ "VORTEX2". Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ^ "Tri-State Tornado Reanalysis". Research: Forecast Improvements. CIMMS. Mar 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
External links
- Donald W. Burgess at IMDb
- Interview with Don Burgess May 1998 NSSL Norman, OK by Roy Britt
- VORTEX2 Archived 2020-11-25 at the Wayback Machine