David Titley
David Titley | |
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Titley in 2009 | |
| Born | 1958 (age 67–68) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Navy NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps |
| Scientific career | |
| Alma mater | Penn State, Naval Postgraduate School |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Meteorological Society since 2009 |
| Fields | Meteorology, oceanography |
| Institutions | U.S. Navy, NOAA Corps, Penn State |
| Thesis | Intensification and structure change of super Typhoon Flo as related to the large-scale environment (1998) |
David William Titley (born 1958) is a professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University and the founding director of their Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk. He was also NOAA's chief operating officer from 2012 to 2013. Before assuming these positions, he was a rear admiral in, and the chief oceanographer of, the U.S. Navy, in which he served for 32 years. He is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society.