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Leonard Pietrafesa

Unpaid Emeritus

College of Sciences

Varsity Research Building 1710A

Bio

Climate Conditions and Weather Events; Climate, Weather and implications for Human Health; Mosquito and Vector Borne Diseases Affecting Human Health and Weather & Climate Factors; Science and Public Policy; Sea Level Variability and Rise and Relationships with Climate Factors; Physical Weather and Climate Factors Affecting Biotic Systems, Fish distributions; Sunspot Variability; Western Boundary Current Dynamics; Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Coastal Storm Formations; Oceanic Heat and Climate; Tropical Cyclone Frequencies of Occurrence and Intensification; Assessing Renewable Energy in Coastal Zones via Observations and Modeling; Creating a Renewable Energy Forecast System; Seasonal to Sub-Seasonal Frequency Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Forecasting; Global Surface Temperatures and Attribution