Charles A. Doswell III

Charles A. Doswell III (b. November 5, 1945)[1][2] is an American meteorologist and prolific severe convective storms researcher. Doswell is a seminal contributor, along with Leslie R. Lemon, to the modern conception of the supercell, which was developed originally by Keith Browning.[3] He also has done research on forecasting and forecast verification, especially for severe convective storms, and is an advocate of ingredients-based forecasting.

Chuck Doswell
Born	(1945-11-05) November 5, 1945 Elmhurst, Illinois, US
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison,[1] University of Oklahoma[1]
Known for	Severe convective storms and tornado research
Scientific career
Fields	Meteorology
Institutions	National Severe Storms Forecast Center, Environmental Research Laboratories, National Severe Storms Laboratory, C. Doswell Enterprises
Thesis	The Use of Filtered Surface Observations to Reveal Subsynoptic Scale Dynamics (1976)
Doctoral advisor	Yoshikazu Sasaki
Notable students	Roger Edwards, Richard Thompson

Doswell was an early storm chaser; in fact, among the first scientific storm chasers, and still actively chases recreationally. He was a forecaster for the first project VORTEX in 1994/1995 and has produced more than 100 refereed publications and several contributions to books and encyclopedias. He edited the American Meteorological Society Monograph Severe Convective Storms as well as coauthored two papers therein.

Doswell is a semiprofessional photographer, with a special emphasis on storm photographs and also is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM). Doswell hosts the blues program Juke Joint and co-hosts with Gene Rhoden the severe storms program High Instability on the ShockNet internet radio station.[4]