Roger A. Pielke

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Roger A. Pielke Sr.
Born	(1946-10-22) October 22, 1946 (age 78) United States
Alma mater	Towson State College (B.A., 1968), Pennsylvania State University (M.S., 1969; Ph.D., 1973)
Known for	land and sea interactions with atmosphere, atmospheric dynamics, climate change, RAMS
Awards	Leroy Meisinger Award (1977), Abell New Faculty Research and Graduate Program Award (1984), Abell Research Faculty Award (1987–88)
Scientific career
Fields	Meteorology, Climatology, Earth System Science
Institutions	University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado State University, Duke University, University of Virginia, NOAA Experimental Meteorology Lab
Thesis	A three dimensional numerical model of the sea breezes over South Florida : a thesis in Meteorology
Notes
Son Roger A. Pielke (Jr), political scientist (public policy and science, politicization of science, environment-society interactions)

Roger A. Pielke Sr. (born October 22, 1946) is an American meteorologist with interests in climate variability and climate change, environmental vulnerability, numerical modeling, atmospheric dynamics, land/ocean – atmosphere interactions, and large eddy/turbulent boundary layer modeling. He particularly focuses on mesoscale weather and climate processes but also investigates on the global, regional, and microscale.