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A Little About Me...

Dr. Pinhas Alpert, Professor in Atmospheric Sciences

My Office Phone is: 972-3-6407380

My Fax is: 972-3-6409282

My E-mail is: pinhas@post.tau.ac.il
 

Date and place of birth: Sept. 28, 1949, Jerusalem
Married with Rachel (+8) and live in Moshav Bet-Gamliel

Publications

 

New books:
New Book on the Factor Separation Method, 2011 PDF FILE
New book "rain and Wind"- on Meteorology and Weather in Jewish tradition and modern science (in Hebrew), 2009 PDF FILE


Interviews:

Education:

  • B.Sc. - 1967-1970, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Mathematics-Physics and Computer Sciences
  • M.Sc. - 1970-1972, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Physics-Elecrooptics
  • Ph.D. - 1977-1980, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Meteorology

Academic and Professional Experience:

  • 1972-1977 - Israel Defence Forces, Forecasting, Major.
  • 1977-1980 - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Meteorology, Instructor
  • 1980-1982 - Harvard University, Cambridge Mass. USA. Dynamic Meteorology, Post-doctoral
  • 1982 - Tel Aviv University, Geophysics & Planetary Sci., Lecturer
  • Feb.-July 1983, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA. Meteorology (CIMMS), Post-doctoral Fellow
  • Dec. 1986 - June 1987, NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, USA Laboratory for Atmospheres, Visiting Scientist
  • 1987 - Tel Aviv University, Geophysics, Senior Lecturer
  • June-Sept. 1987 - Reading University, Reading, England, Meteorology, Visiting Scientist
  • July-Sept 1992 - Penn-State University, University Park, USA, Meteorology Visiting Scientist
  • 1993 - Tel Aviv University, Geophysics, Associate Prof.
  • 1995-1997 - NASA - Goddard, Data Assimilation Office, NRC Senior associate
  • 1998 - Tel Aviv University, Geophysics, Professor
  • 2006-2008 - Tel Aviv University, Geophysics, Professor, Head
  • 2008 - Tel Aviv University, Porter School for Environmental Studies, Professor, Head

Membership in Professional Societies:

  • 1978 - American Meteorological Society - Student Member
  • 1978 - Israel Meteorological Society
  • 1981 - American Meteorological Society - Member
  • 1988 - European Geophysical Society.
  • 1991 - Council Member of the Israel Meteorological Society.
  • 1994 - Royal Meteorological Society
  • 2000- Council Member of the Israel Meteorological Society.

Membership in International Committees:

  • 1992, Organizing Committee of Yale Mintz Memorial Symposium
  • 1993-97, Vice-Chairman for the "Mediterranean Cyclone Project - Steering Group" of the World Meteorological Organization MCP-SG/WMO
  • 1995, Organizing Committee of Jehuda Neumann Memorial Symposium
  • 1996-7, Organizing Committee of WMO International Symposium on Cyclones in the Mediterranean
  • 1997- Coordinator of Israel Space Agency for NASA EOSDIS Node
  • 1998- NASA TOMS Science Team
  • 1999, Organizing Committee of 2nd Gentner Symposium on Geoscience
  • 1999-present, Head, Regional Center for NASA EOSDIS in Israel
  • 2000-present, MEIDEX Cooperating Investigator. MEIDEX= MEditerranean Dust EXperiment; Also the Israeli Astronaut Experiment
  • 2000-present, MEDEX Steering Committee. MEDEX=MEDiterranean EXperiment WMO/WWRP Project
  • 2001-present GLOWA - Jordan River Project, Head in Israel
  • Israel representative in the European Science Foundation (ESF) project: Mediterranean Climate Variability and Predictability (MEDCLIVAR)
  • 2005-present Member of MEDCLIVAR International Steering Committee
  • 2008- Member of the HyMex International Scientific Steering Committee

Research Topics:

  • Atmospheric Dynamics
  • Climate and Climate Change
  • Mesoscale Modeling
  • Numerical Weather Prediction
  • Factor Separation Club

Dynamic&Synoptic Laboratory

 

Collaborations:

  • NASA/Goddard
    • Data Assimilation Office
    • Soil Moisture
    • Dust and Models
  • NASA EOSDIS Node in Israel- Coordinator by the Israel Space Agency
  • Florida State University: Monsoon and Mediterranean Cyclones, Dust Modeling
  • Louvain - la - Neuve, Belgium: Climate Change over S. Israel


    • We have developed a new method in analyzing atmospheric model simulations entitled "Factor Separation Method". The method is currently used by several groups in US (CSU, Univ. of Washington, NASA), Canada, Belgium, Spain, Israel.

    An e-mail group of over 40 users of the method was established in 1996. You can join the group by writing to me.

Professional Academic and Awards:

  • 1965- Israel Psalms Champion for youth
  • 1967- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Distinction Prize
  • 1970- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Distinction Prize
  • 1974- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Grant
  • 1975- Goethe Institute, Munchen, Germany Prize
  • 1980-82- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Fellowship
  • 1982- NATO Advanced Study Institute Grant
  • 1983- The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA Fellowship
  • 1995-97- NASA/Goddard, Greenbelt, US NRC Senior Associate
  • 1998- American Men and Women of Sciences (AMWS Book)
  • 2003-08- NASA Goddard Flight Center Goddard Fellow
  • 2004- World Jewish Academy of Sciences Honorary Member
  • 2007-09- Board of Governors 0f Tel-Aviv University Member as the Senate Delegate
  • 2009- We won the Popular Science Award - Best of What's New in the Security topic for our Flood Warning Invention: Here is the popular science's link: http://www.popsci.com/bown/2009/product/flood-warning

pinhas@post.tau.ac.il