Charles B. Pyke,
Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Primary Forensic Meteorologist
and Expert
Witness, and Primary Seasonal Forecast Specialist of
American Weather & Hydrology, LLC, dba California Weather & Earth
Sciences. Owner
and Managing Member of
Associated Science Experts, LLC.
Manager and Principal Scientist of
Environmental Science & Energy.
Dr. Pyke has more than 48 years of
professional experience in meteorology and climatology, specializing in
weather forecasting, long-range weather outlooks,
precipitation, and flood-warning system design, plus education, forensic
sciences team management, and forensic discovery and expert testimony.
Education. Charles
B. Pyke earned a B.A., an M.A., and a Ph.D. Degree, all in
Meteorology,, at UCLA. He won a national award for undergraduate
research, then studied under the world-famous meteorology professor, Dr.
Jacob Bjerknes, for his Master's and Ph.D. on western North American
precipitation distribution.
In a
four-year post-doctoral research program under the professorship of Dr. Bjerknes,
Dr. Pyke pioneered the
relationship of El Niño and La Niña to weather patterns in
the United States, from California to Georgia.
Experience. Between 1960 and
1989, Dr. Pyke was an Air Force weather officer, an Assistant Professor at
California State University, Northridge, and a flood-control meteorologist
for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, before becoming President,
CEO, and Principal Scientist of
Continental Weather & Earth Sciences,
Inc., as well as its principal owner and a member of its Board of
Directors, where he served through June 2004.
Current Affiliations. Dr.
Pyke is the Principal Scientist, Primary Forensic Meteorologist and Expert
Witness, and Seasonal Forecast Specialist of
American Weather & Hydrology
dba
California Weather & Earth Sciences, LLC.
Dr. Pyke prepares
American Weather's and California Weather's long-range weather outlooks (2 weeks to 14 months), many of the Daily Weather Planner
forecasts,
and special weather forecasts for the film industry, Disneyland,
Disney's California Adventure, and Walt Disney World, the Super Bowl, the Academy Awards, the
Emmys, the Rose Parade, the Rose Bowl, the National Football League
Kickoffs, agriculture, construction,
power companies, family festivals, farmers' markets, and other special
events.
In the course of his forensic discovery and expert witness testimony, Dr. Pyke obtains and analyzes certified weather data, prepares forensic
meteorological reports, and testifies in court for numerous cases
involving rain, wind, ice, snow, fog, blowing dust, extreme temperatures,
sunrise and sunset, twilight, and moonlight.
