Phone: 970-491-8681 Fax: 970-491-8449 Email: gray (at) atmos.colostate.edu Research Web Site Publications

• Ph.D. in Geophysical Sciences - 1964 - University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
• M.S. in Meteorology - 1959 - University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
• B.S. in Geography - 1952 - George Washington University - Washington, D.C.

Professor Gray joined the CSU Department of Atmospheric Science in 1961 after spending four years as a research assistant in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Chicago. He began his career as an Air Force Officer forecasting weather.

• Tropical cyclones
• Tropical meteorology
• Seasonal weather prediction
• Climate change

Professor Gray's research involves tropical cyclone genesis, structure changes, intensity variations, and motion. He heads the Tropical Meteorology Project which produces a yearly forecast for tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic basin. He also studies seasonal weather prediction and the physical processes associated with the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and monsoon variability.

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

• American Meteorological Society (AMS) - Fellow
• CSU Jack E. Cermak Graduate School Award for Outstanding Advisor - 1992
• AMS Banner I. Miller Award - Co-Recipient - 1993
• AMS Jule L. Charney Award - 1993
• Neil Frank Award of the National Hurricane Conference - 1995
• Eighth IMO Lecture to the Twelfth World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Congress - Invited Lecturer - 1995
• Person of the Week - ABC Television - 1995
• Colorado Chapter of Achievement Reward College (ARC) Scientist - 1995