Author of some 90 publications and reports on oceanography and marine meteorology. including currents in the Gulf of Mexico, hurricane-ocean interaction, ocean temperature variations, and forecasting of west coast fog and stratus.
Leipper, D. F. , D. Weygand, J. Millard, and B. Leipper (1999): West coast fog and stratus events at air terminals and related weather summaries. Preprints of the AMS eighth conference on aviation, range and aerospace meteorology. 10-15 January, Dallas, Texas. 5 pages.
Leipper, D. F. (1998) ; Hot spells and their role in forecasting weather events on the U. S. west coast. Preprints of the AMS Second Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic prediction and processes, 11-16 January 1998, Phoenix, AZ. 6 pages.
---------- D. Koracin, J. Frye, V. Isakof, and P. Saha, (1998): Simulations of atmospheric dynamics during the coastal waves program in June 1996, Preprints of the AMS Second Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic prediction and processes, 11-16 January 1998, Phoenix, AZ. 6 pages.
----------. (1996): Oceanography and Meteorology, Linkage at Texas A&M University, 1949-1964. Manuscript, 27 pages, 8 Figures.
---------- (1996): Structure of the Lower Atmosphere over the Northern California Coast During Winter. Comments to the editor. Mon. Wea. Rev. 124, No.7, July.
---------- (1995).: Fog forecasting Objectively in the California Coastal Area Using Libs. AM J. Wea. & Forecasting, Vol. 10, No. 4, p 741-762.
---------- (1994).: Fog on the U.S. West Coast: A Review. Bull. of the Amer. Meteor. Soc. Vol. 75, No. 2, p 229-240.
----------. and W.D. Nowlin, Jr.(1994): Universities, Research Laboratories, and National Programs. Letter to the editor, Bull. of the Amer. Meteor Soc. Vol. 75, No. 7, p 1277-1278.
-----, 1982: West coast marine fog; a warm or a cold water phenomena? First International Conference on Meteorology and Air/Sea Interaction of the Coastal Zone, May 10-14. The Hague, Netherlands. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass., Preprint Volume, 331-336.
_____ , 1980a: Coastal fog forecasting at Monterey, California; an open-ended, objective, 3 to 6 day approach. Eighth Conference on Weather Forecasting and Analysis, June 10-13, Denver. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Preprint Volume, 306- 309.
_____, 1980b: Day to day and place to place changes in low level atmospheric structure off southern California. AMS Second Conference on Coastal Meteorology, January 30-February 1. Los Angeles. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Preprint Volume, 58-62.
-------. (1972): Hurricane heat potential of the Gulf of Mexico. Journ. of Phy. Oceano., Vol. 2, No. 3, July, p. 218-224.
-------, (1970): A sequence of current patterns in the Gulf of Mexico. Journ. of Geophy. Res., Vol. 75, No. 3, January 20, p. 637-657.
-------.(1968): The sharp smog bank and California fog development. Bull. of the Amer. Meteor. Soc., Vol. 49, No. 4, p 354-358.
-------. (1967): Observed ocean conditions and Hurricane Hilda, 1964. Journ. of the Atmos. Sciences, Vol. 24, No. 2, March, p. 182-196.
-------. (1961): Oceanography ---A definition for academic use. Trans. Amer. Geophy. Union, Vol. 42, No. 4, December, p. 429-431.
-------. (1950): The establishment of the Department of Oceanography in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Trans., Amer. Geophy. Union, Vol. 31, No. 5, October, p. 789-791.
--------, (1948): Fog development at San Diego, California. Journal of Marine Science, Vol. VII, No. 3, November 15, p.337-346.
-------, (1948): California stratus forecasting correlations , 1935 and other years. Bull of the Amer. Meteorl Soc., Vol. 29, No. 6, June, p. 294-297.
-----, et al, 1948: Fog forecasting on coasts. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, DOC, Final fog project report, S4345, R332, 48-10.
San Diego area, 1948, 1968 articles, still in use by Navy, see assessments.
Monterey MRY, 1995 publication. Assessment by lead forecaster, first S.O.O. (Barnes, Reynolds). Simple MRY Fog Forecasters Guide, 1999.
Aleutian Islands (North Pacific): AF Report submitted 1945. Open ocean: Atlantic and Pacific,reports by Calspan, Jung, Noonkester.
Recent reports: Utilizing technology of 1998-2000 such as widespread use of JAVA, new data availability.
Quantitization: AutoLIBS, Soundings analysis.(FAA final report but not funded by FAA)
Back to: Dale F. Leipper main page