SCIENTIST AND METEOROLOGIST: CERTIFICATIONS
Education
2011, December: Ph.D. in Meterology at the School of Meteorology of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. Dissertation: ‘Integrated Role of the Urban Canopy on turbulent transfer with the roughness sub-layer from observations.’ Supervisor: Dr. Petra Klein. The research focused on the analysis of data from a 1-year long observational campaign of turbulent transfer using 13 sonic anemometers and a scintillometer, distributed across an urban street canyon structure.
2005, December: MSc. in Meterology at the School of Meteorology of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. Thesis: 'Modulation of Rainfall by the South American Altiplano Lakes'. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Douglas. Research focused on understanding the mechanisms that favored or suppressed lake-effect convective storms over Lake Titicaca.
1999, December: B.Sc. in Meteorology at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru. Top student in the Meteorology class. Second highest GPA-equivalent grade in the Science Faculty’s class.
additional education
2008, June: Les Houches Summer School in Atmospheric Boundary Layers, Les Houches, France. Summer school on Concepts, Observations and Numerical Simulations of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Les Houches, France 17-27 June 2008. Website: http://www.phys.uu.nl/ ~dop/summerschool/home.html.
2000, June: Numerical Weather Prediction Course, Weather Service, Lima, Peru. Nine-month course by Peru's National Weather Service (SENAMHI) as part of the project "Mejoramiento de la Capacidad de Pronóstico para la Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres en el Perú". Awarded a scholarship for a six-month internship at Penn State University to conduct research on the MM5 model.
peer reviews
- 2021, April: Vannia Aliaga-Nestares, Diego Rodriguez Zimmermann and Nelson Quispe Gutiérrez, 2021: “Behavior of ITCZ’s second band near the coast during the 2017 coastal El Niño”. Atmósfera Journal.
- 2016, March: Mariusz Zieliński, “Influence of Mean Rooftop Level Estimation Method on Sensible Heat Flux Retrieved from a Large Aperture Scintillometer over a City Centre” Boundary-Layer Meteorology.
- 2014, October: Danielle van Dinther, “Runaway wake vortex, crosswind, and visibility detection with a scintillometer at Schiphol airport.” Boundary-Layer Meteorology.
- 2014, January: Nathan Sparks: “Numerical simulations of daytime temperature and humidity crossover effects in London” Boundary-Layer Meteorology.
extended abstracts and posters
1) 2014/Feb: Galvez, J.M., M. Davison: “The Galvez-Davison Index for Convective Instability in the Tropics”. Poster. 2014 AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2-6 February 2014.
2) 2009/Jun: Galvez, J.M., S.C. Arms and P.M. Klein: “Innovative Laboratory for Research and Education in Urban Meteorology (ILREUM)”. Poster. 2009 Unidata Users Workshop: “Using operational and experimental observations in Geoscience Education.” UCAR, Boulder, CO, 8-12 June 2009.
3) 2006/Apr: Galvez, J.M., Raquel K. Orozco, Carmen R. Reyes and Michael W. Douglas: “Observed diurnal circulations and rainfall over the altiplano during the SALLJEX.” Poster and Extended Abstract. 8th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology. Foz do Iguazu, Brazil, 2006.
4) 2006/Apr: Galvez, J.M. and Michael W. Douglas: “Modulation of rainfall by Lake Titicaca using the WRF model.” Poster and Extended Abstract. 8th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology. Foz do Iguazu, Brazil, April 24-28 2006.
5) 2006/Apr: Galvez, J.M. and Michael W. Douglas: “Northward propagating surges east of the Andes during the SALLJEX.” Poster and Extended Abstract. 8th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology. Foz do Iguazu, Brazil, April 24-28 2006.
6) 2006/Apr: Raquel K. Orozco, John F. Mejia, Jose M. Galvez and Michael W. Douglas: “Plausible effects of Paleolake Tauca on the altiplano circulations and rainfall from WRF model simulations.” Poster and Extended Abstract. 8th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology. Foz do Iguazu, Brazil, April 24-28 2006.
7) 2006/Apr: Michael W. Douglas, John F. Mejia and Galvez, J.M.: “Accuracy of the NCEP Global Tropospheric Analysis (FNL) over Central South America based upon upper air observations collected during the SALLJEX.” Extended Abstract. 8th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology. Foz do Iguazu, Brazil, April 24-28 2006.
8) 2006/Jan: Galvez, J.M. et al.: “Diurnal variability of the cloud field over the VOCALS domain from GOES imagery.” Poster AND Extended Abstract. 86th AMS Annual Meeting, P1.3. Atlanta, GA, 2006.
9) 2006/Jan: Douglas, M.W. et al.: “The seasonal evolution of the diurnal variation of the low level winds around the Gulf of California. Is there a link to vegetation green-up during the wet season?” Extended Abstract. 86th AMS Annual Meeting, P1.3. Atlanta, GA, 28 January – 3 February 2006.
10) 2005/Oct: Galvez J. M. et al: “The WRF model as a tool to understand mesoscale processes over the poorly-sampled South American altiplano.” Poster and Extended Abstract. AMS 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, P2M.4., Alburquerque, NM, 22-29 October 2005.
publications and manuscripts
- 2023: Alex Lamers, Sunitha Devi, Monica Sharma, Robbie Berg, José Manuel Gálvez, Zifeng Yuc, Tarik Kriat, Sareti Cardos, David Grant and Lorenzo A. Moron, 2022: Forecasting Tropical Cyclone Rainfall and Flooding Hazards and Impacts. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 12(2), 100-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2023.06.005.
- 2021: Equisha Glenn, Thomas M. Smith, Jose M. Gálvez, Michel Davison, Keneshia Hibbert and Jorge E. González: Tropical Convection in the Caribbean and Surrounding Region during a Regional, Warming Sea-Surface Temperature Period, 1982–2020. Hydrology 2021, 8(2), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8020056
- 2018: Aldo S. Moya-Álvarez, José M. Gálvez, Andrea Holguín, René Estevan, Shailendra Kumar, Elver Villalobos, Daniel Martínez-Castro and Yamina Silva, 2018: Extreme Rainfall Forecast with the WRF-ARW Model in the Central Andes of Peru, Atmosphere 2018, 9(9), 362; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9090362.
- 2016: José M. Gálvez, and Michel Davison: “The Galvez-Davison Index for Tropical Convection” Submitted to Weather and Forecasting. 25pp.
- 2014: Petra M. Klein and José M. Gálvez: “Flow and turbulence characteristics in a suburban street canyon” Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 20pp.
- 2011: José M. Gálvez, Petra M. Klein and Sean C. Arms: “Integrated Role of the Urban Canopy on turbulent transfer with the roughness sub-layer from observations” PhD Dissertation. School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. 140pp.
- 2009: José M. Gálvez: “Experimental and Numerical Studies of Turbulent Transfer in the Urban Roughness Sublayer: Observations and their Application to Improve an Urban Boundary Layer Parameterization Scheme Implemented into the WRF Model.” PhD Research Prospectus. School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK. 75pp.
- 2005: José M. Gálvez: “The Modulation of Rainfall by the South American Altiplano Lakes.” Master’s Thesis. School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK. 101 pp.
talks and conference manuscripts
1) 2021/Mar: Galvez, J.M., Talk: “Fenómenos en Sudamérica asociados al cambio climático y herramientas para su monitoreo”. Oral Presentation. Online Workshop “El rol que cumplen los Servicios Meteorológicos ante la ocurrencia de eventos extremos asociados al cambio climático”, organized by the Dirección Meteorológica de Chile. 26 March 2021.
2) 2017/Sep: Galvez, J.M., Talk: “Aplicaciones del Software Libre en las Ciencias Atmosféricas”. Colegio de Ingenieros del Perú. 22 de Setiembre de 2017.
3) 2017/Sep: Galvez, J.M., Talk: “Lecciones del Niño Costero 2017”. Colegio de Ingenieros del Perú. 03 de Mayo de 2017.
4) 2017/Jan: Galvez, J.M., and M. Davison: "The WPC International Desks: Training in Weather and Climate Forecasting since 1988". Oral Presentation. Conference of Education. AMS 97thAnnual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 25 January 2017.
5) 2016/Dec: Galvez, J.M and D. Beardsley: "Forecasting – Methodologies and Products". Talk. World Bank, Washington D. C., 5 December 2014.
6) 2016/Nov: Galvez, J.M: "International Desks R2O Projects: the Galvez-Davison Index and the Weather and Forecasting Guide” Oral Presentation. WPC/NCEP, College Park, MD, 21 November 2014.
7) 2014/Mar: Galvez, J.M., M. Davison, S. Santos da Silva: "The Galvez-Davison Index for Convective Instability in the Tropics, and validation across Latin America – Spanish and English versions". Oral Presentations via Webinar. Visit View Online Sessions, College Park, MD, March 2014.
8) 2014/Mar: Galvez, J.M., M. Davison, S. Santos da Silva: "The Galvez-Davison Index for Convective Instability in the Tropics, and validation across Latin America - Spanish version". Oral Presentation. WPC/NCEP, College Park, MD, March 2014.
9) 2010/Aug: Galvez, J.M., P.M. Klein, S. C. Arms and B. L. Bridges: "Observational studies of turbulent transfer processes across the urban canopy". Oral Presentation and Extended Abstract. AMS Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment. Keystone, CO, 1-6 August 2010.
10) 2009/Jan: Galvez, J.M., P.M. Klein and S.C. Arms: “Scintillometry applied to urban studies: evaluation of scintillometer measurements made at a sub-urban site”. 89th AMS Annual Meeting, theme: “Urban Weather and Climate: Now and the Future”. Oral Presentation. J3.2. Phoenix, AZ, 10-15 January, 2009.
11) 2008/Jun: Galvez, J.M., P.M. Klein and S.C. Arms: “Turbulent heat fluxes in the atmospheric surface layer: comparison of scintillometer measurements with eddy-covariance and gradient methods”. Oral Presentation. AMS 18th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 10A.3. Stockholm, Sweden, 9-13 June, 2008.
12) 2005/Jun: Galvez J.M. et al: “Measuring and monitoring the mesoclimate of tropical locations: field observations from the South American altiplano during the SALLJEX.” Oral Presentation. AMS 13th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 6.2. Savannah, GA, 20-24 June 2005.