Harold E. Brooks

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birth_date = March 11, 1959
birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri
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fields = Meteorology
workplaces = National Severe Storms Laboratory, University of Oklahoma
alma_mater = University of Cambridge, William Jewell College
Columbia University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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known_for = Severe convective storms, tornado climatology, weather forecasting
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Harold Edward Brooks (b. March 11, 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American meteorologist whose research is concentrated on severe convective storms and tornadoes, particularly severe weather climatology, as well as weather forecasting.cite web |last=Brooks |first=Harold |title=Vita (no publications) |publisher=National Severe Storms Laboratory |url=http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/users/brooks/public_html/vita.html |accessdate=2008-04-02 ]

Brooks began his higher education career at William Jewell College, studying physics and mathematics, achieving a B.A., "summa cum laude", in 1982. Whilst there he studied abroad at the University of Cambridge, passing Part 1 of the tripos in Archaeology and Anthropology in 1980. In 1985 he earned a M.A. and M.Phil. at Columbia University from the Atmospheric Sciences Program within the Department of Geological Sciences. This was followed by doctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, culminating in a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences in 1990. During this period Brooks worked as a laboratory assistant, graduate assistant, rapporteur, and graduate research assistant. Brooks is a member of Sigma Xi.

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* [http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/users/brooks/public_html/ NSSL webpage]
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