Ron Przybylinski

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Ron Przybylinski
Born(1953-09-15)September 15, 1953
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
DiedMarch 12, 2015(2015-03-12) (aged 61)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materSaint Louis University (B.S., 1977; M.S., 1981)
Known forWeather radar and squall line research
AwardsNOAA Distinguished Career Award, Charles L. Mitchell Award[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology
InstitutionsNational Weather Service
Thesis A Case Study of Intense Convection Occurring on 4 July 1978 in North Dakota  (1981)
Academic advisorsYeong-Jer Lin

Ronald William Przybylinski (September 15, 1953 – March 12, 2015) was an American

mesovortices, related quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) structures and processes, as well as QLCS related tornadoes. He also was an expert on technical aspects of weather radar
and applications to both operational meteorology and research.

Biography

Przybylinski was born near South Bend, Indiana to Casimir and Helen (née Jaworski) Przybylinski, and he graduated from Washington High School in 1972.[1]

Przybylinski earned his degrees at

straight-line winds component of the COMET Cooperative Project with Saint Louis University as well as involved with the Cooperative Institute for Precipitation Systems (CIPS). He was an organizer of and participant in the Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment (BAMEX) of 2003[2]
and a researcher with the Pre-STORM Project of 1985.

Przybylinski was a leading expert on quasi-linear convective systems (QLCS), bow echoes, and

mesoscale convective vortices (MCV), rear-inflow jets (RIJ), line echo wave patterns (LEWP), and high-precipitation (HP) supercells.[4] He was also a leading scientist on tornadoes more generally and was on the NWS Quick Response Team (QRT), a group of experts who rush to assess damage from particularly damaging tornadoes.[5]

Przybylinski actively trained meteorologists, for example, participating heavily in the National Center for Atmospheric Research COMET training (particularly on bow echoes), as well as mentored and collaborated with university students, both graduate and undergraduate. He was dedicated to bridging operational and research meteorology, making significant contributions in bringing research findings to weather warning and forecasting. He published dozens of scientific papers and hundreds of conference presentations. He served on the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Severe Local Storms Committee and as a Councilor of the National Weather Association (NWA). Przybylinski received the NOAA Distinguished Career Award in 2013, the Charles L. Mitchell Award from the AMS in 2012, the T. Theodore Fujita Research Achievement Award from the NWA in 2003, and the NWA Operational Research Award in 1989.[6]

Przybylinski was an avid amateur radio operator, he dabbled in storm chasing, and he enjoyed gardening, in his spare time. He died of cancer while being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Ron Przybylinski, 1953 - 2015". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
  2. doi:10.1175/BAMS-85-8-1075
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  3. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1995)010<0203:TBEONS>2.0.CO;2
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  4. ^ Przybylinski, Ron; A. D. Lese; S. J. Weiss (2014-11-06). "A Brief Overview of the History of Convective Lines and Bow Echoes from the 1950s to Now. A Review of the Advancement of Research of Convective Systems and Transfer of Knowledge to Operational Meteorology". 27th Conf Severe Local Storms. Madison, WI: American Meteorological Society.
  5. ^ "Remembering Ron Przybylinski]". National Weather Service. Mar 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
  6. ^ "Ronald (Ron) W. Przybylinski" (PDF). National Weather Association. Mar 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
  7. ^ Doswell III, Charles A. (2015). "Ron Przybylinski: 1953-2015". Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 96 (6).

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