DARYL O’DOWD – Consulting Industrial Meteorologist

WEATHERDYNE INTERNATIONAL

Background:

Daryl O'Dowd is the principle consulting meteorologist for Weatherdyne International and holds
degrees in Geology and Meteorology from Queen's University (1984) and the University of Alberta (1995).
With extensive international aviation and weather modification experience, he is accredited by the
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) as a consulting meteorologist.
With full international NAFTA and EU access, he provides consulting services in:

Weather Modification:

• severe storm forecasting - hail, wind and flood risk

• radar meteorology - storm tracking, seeding aircraft control and positioning

• radar software - TITAN installation and training

• past project evaluation - results verification and cost-benefit analysis

• equipment acquisition - aircraft, ground-generators, radar and weather systems

• ground-based seeding - proposals, custom equipment design, field operations

• training - theory and practice, night operations, forecasting, air traffic control

• bid preparation - rain and snow enhancement, hail suppression

• accidental weather modification - airborne aerosol sampling, ground source identification

• staffing - providing technicians, meteorologists, pilots and electronic engineers

Industrial Meteorology:

• outdoor concert, film and sporting events - on-site weather monitoring, weather loss insurance claim validation

• wind farm radar conflict resolution - airspace investigation, technical solutions, stakeholder consultation, leveraging

• land acquisition - wind farm lease and option negotiation

• wind profile measurement - static and dynamic SODAR programs

• weather forecasts - construction, large equipment transit, sporting events, energy demand

• climate change risk - cyclic and episodic events, including El Nino impact on renewable energy

• forensic reconstruction - accident investigation, expert witness services

• staffing - providing IT weather specialists, industrial meteorologists and weather
  observation technicians for short and long term projects

Aviation Weather:

• aircraft routing - storm, ash, visibility and ceiling considerations

• training - general and custom programs for flight operations, dispatch and ground school

• aerial survey forecasts - cloud coverage, turbulence, flightline cross-wind estimates

• remote site forecasts - geophysical crew deployment and recovery

• pilot briefings - charts, satellite, sigwx, radar, international tafors and metars

• accident investigation - forensic reconstruction, expert witness services

• radar meteorology - storm tracking, aircraft radio control, hazard avoidance

• staffing - providing weather modification, fire, camera and skydive pilots, and CARS
  and FAA certified dispatchers

Clients and Projects:

Past clients and projects include the hail suppression program of the Alberta Research Council, paleoclimate and
potential field studies for the Geological Survey of Canada, rain enhancement and aerosol sampling over the
City of Istanbul for SOAR, weather observations and pilot briefings with Environment Canada, international
severe weather forecasting and aircraft control for WMI, ice-nuclei studies and weather-modification operations
for the State of Texas, aircraft routing and global aviation and marine forecasting as Director of Meteorological
Operations for Skyplan, ground-generator (cloud-seeding) operations with Irving P. Krick and Associates, survey
flight planning and forecasts for INTERMAP and Morgan Air, bid proposals for AMEC and Kenn Borek Air, appearances
on Access and CBC Television, wind energy and SODAR prospecting for Canadian renewable energy interests including
VisionQuest/TransAlta, radar-wind farm conflict remedy for GENIVAR, weather-related fatality investigations in
Alberta and BC for legal and insurance interests, climate specialty studies for national and international mining
and utility companies, including ENMAX and INCO-Vale, and most recently on-site weather observing and briefing
services for the National Hockey League (NHL) in Calgary and other outdoor summer concert events.

Media Services:

Daryl O'Dowd provides both commissioned and free-lance photographic and copy services to all major
Canadian newspapers, including the Ottawa Citizen, the Toronto Star, the National Post and the Globe & Mail,
and is technical writer for the UK magazine Meteorological Technology International.

Recent Technical Publications:
 

 SODAR and Wind Turbines (2010)

 RADAR and Cloud Seeding (2011)

 Hail Cannons (2011)

 RADAR and Wind Turbines (2012)

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