Randolph J. Evans
Certified Consulting Meteorologist
Melbourne, Florida
Randolph Evans is Certified Consulting Meteorologist with
over
25 years of experience in various meteorological projects ranging from
air pollution dispersion modeling and analysis to forensic meteorology
and expert witness. (View Resume)
Mr.
Evans was certified by the American
Meteorological Society in 1991 (#482). He is available to meet
your
various meteorological consulting needs. Mr. Evans is an
independant
meteorological consultant specializing in providing the following
meteorological services:
- Forensic Meteorology
- Investigation of weather-affected events including accidents
and property damage
- Data analysis of wind, precipitation, temperature
- Accident reconstruction
- Expert Witness
- Court testimony and deposition experience
- Obtaining certified weather records
- Data Analysis
- Use of standard meteorological practices
- Analyses available for radar data and other archived data
- Mesoscale Modeling
- Experience running and analyzing numerous mesoscale models (
e.g. RAMS,
ARPS, MM5, WRF)
- Air Quality Dispersion Modeling
- Expertise in multiple dispersion models (CALMET/CALPUFF,
AERMET/AERMOD,
HYSPLIT, HPAC/SCIPUFF, SLAM)
- Meteorological data collection
- Weather Forecasting
- Short term forecasting of rain events with a few hours lead time
- Medium range forecasting for 1 to 7 days
- Long range or seasonal forecasting and climatological analyses
- Weather Observing
- Rainfall and temperature observations for weather insurance
support
- Data collection and reporting capabilities
- Climatological Analysis
- Analyses of past events and liklihood of occurrence
- Forecasts for seasonal events
Consulting Projects
Summary of recent consulting projects:
- Expert witness for Brevard
County
School
Board
Conducted analyis of rainfall for a
period
of days for a case involving the occurrence of rain and its effect on a
personal injury. Courtroom testimony led to successful outcome for the
School Board.
- Expert witness for Cocoa Beach Condominium
Conducted analysis of high winds in an
insurance dispute between a condominium and an insurance company.
Depostions
led to a successful settlement for the condominium.
- Weather forecasting for McDonalds/Disney World for large
insurance
company
Provided operational weather
forecasting
to McDonald's convention for insurance due to cancellation of large
Disney
World events. Forecasting prevented hasty cancellation during the
passage
of thunderstorms.
- Climatological data analysis for Florida Power and Light cold
weather
analysis
Conducted analysis of extreme low
temperature
events in Florida for Florida Power and Light to support their
discussions
with the Public Service Commission.
- Weather observer for major
motion
picture
for weather insurance
Relationship to ENSCO, Inc.
Mr. Evans is currently a full time employee of ENSCO,
Inc. His independent consulting work is done on a
non-interference
and no conflict of interest basis with customers, clients, and
competitors
of ENSCO with the support of ENSCO management. For customers
seeking
extensive computing resources or projects requiring considerable
manpower
or other specialized skills, work can be contracted through ENSCO.
ENSCO
is a $100-million, approximately 800 person company providing
innovative
engineering, science, and technology solutions for government and
industry.
ENSCO has a large meteorological staff as well as scientist and
engineers
in the fields of software, mathematics, statistics, chemistry, physics,
biology, and seismology. Contact Mr. Evans for details.
Projects with ENSCO, Inc.
Mr. Evans has participated in numerous and various projects during his
22-year employment with ENSCO. Many of these are described in the
Curriculum
Vitae.
Some highlights are:
meteorological data analysis
air pollution and boundary layer specialization
transport and diffusion studies
mesoscale modeling
software development/validation
geographic information systems
directed various research, development, and operational projects
Publications
Meteorological
and photochemical modeling of ozone and
carbon monoxide episodes for the Paso del
Norte airshed. Part I: Mesoscale modeling
GEMS: An airborne
system for urban environmental
monitoring.
Estimation of
the average surface heat flux over an
inhomogeneous terrain from the vertical velocity variance
Investigation
of the Cold Episode of December 1989: Comparison
with Other Cold Episodes in Florida
Delta II
Explosion Plume Analysis at Cape
Canaveral, FL:
Evaluation of Meteorological and Dispersion Modeling System
Linking
a hazardous spills model to a geographic
information system (GIS)
Using The RAMS
Mesoscale Model For Meteorological Input
Into A Photochemical Model For O3 And CO Episodes For The El Paso, Texas
/ Juarez, Mexico
Region
The
implementation and evaluation of the Emergency
Response Dose Assessment System (ERDAS) at Cape Canaveral Air
Station/Kennedy
Space Center
Operational
implementation and continued evaluation of
mesoscale and dispersion modeling system at Cape Canaveral Air
Station/Kennedy
Space Center
Ozone
transport in Northern Alaska
LOMPUFF: A
source term and diffusion model for Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station/Kennedy Space Center
Recognition of
Pollutant Transport Patterns Using
Principal Components
The
Meteorological Monitoring System (MMS)
The
Meteorological Monitoring System (MMS) for Kennedy
Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Using mesoscale model
data as input to AERMOD
The structure of
the convective planetary boundary layer
over urban terrain
The effects of
topographical and gridded density on
mesoscale model performance
Contact Randy Evans to discuss your consulting and expert witness needs.
