Robert Lipschutz
Research Assoc. IV, Sr. Prog./Analyst
Office: D.Skaggs Resch. Cntr., Rm 2B106
Phone: (303) 497-6636
Fax: (303) 497-7259
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Robert Lipschutz
Global Systems Division/Information Technology Services
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO  80305-3328
Biography

Bob Lipschutz received his BS (1974) and MS (1980) in Meteorology from Penn State University. He was a Scientific Assistant in the Atmospheric Physics Section at Argonne National Laboratory from1974 to 1976, working on several boundary layer meteorology field projects. After leaving Penn State, where he worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Meteorology following completion of his MS, Bob was on CIRA's NOAA/PROFS team from 1981 to 1983. His early work at PROFS involved assuring quality of the 22-station PROFS Mesonet, and developing systems to acquire and decode surface and upper air (SAO and RAOB) data from theFAA604 service. He then began developing software to process NCARCP-2 Doppler radar data, and creating a framework to prototype and validate WSR-88D (NEXRAD) Radar Product Generator (RGP) algorithms, including Storm Segments, Mesocyclone, and Tornado Vortex Signature. This initial radar work led to creation of a distributed real-time Doppler radar subsystem to generate products for display on the PROFS and FSL weather workstations, and later to development of the NEXRAD Product Interface system that acquired Level-III radar products from the NEXRAD RPG for display on the Pre-AWIPS system, which was deployed operationally at the Norman, OK, NWS Forecast Office.

 Since re-joining CIRA in 1997, Bob's work has included directing development of GOES GVAR and WSR-88D Level-II acquisition systems, and generally collaborating with other members of NOAA/ ESRL Global Systems Division's Data System Group on a variety data ingest, processing, and distribution tasks in support of numerous projects throughout GSD, including MADIS, RUC, LAPS, RTVS, and SOS.
 
Bob serves as the Production Control Manager for GSD's Central Facility real-time data systems, managing the configuration and operation of several dozen data processing Linux servers that currently handle some 700 GBytes of data per day.
 
His area of expertise focuses on meteorological data acquisition and processing systems, with experience handling WSR-88D, GVAR, and NOAAPORT data streams, as well as such acquisition and distribution protocols as ftp, http, LDM.
Selected Publications

Lipschutz, R.C., and C. MacDermaid, 2005: Recent advances in the FSL Central Facility data systems. 21st Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., CD-ROM, P2.25.

 MacDermaid, C., R.C. Lipschutz, P. Hildreth, R.A. Ryan, A.B.
Stanley, M.F. Barth, and P.A. Miller, 2005: Architecture of MADIS data processing and distribution at FSL. 21st Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, San Diego, CA, Amer.
Meteor. Soc., CD-ROM, P2.39.
 
Lipschutz R.C., J.B.Lewis, J.L.Long, and A.W.Sundelin, 1997: The GOES Local Groundstation System at FSL. 13th Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Long Beach, CA. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 307-310.
 
Pedigo, J., Z.Chai, G.Duska, J.Edwards, R.Lipschutz, D.Osburn, A.Stanley, and G.Wahl, 1994: Real-time acquisition and management of Meteor. data - new systems being developed at the Forecast Systems Laboratory. 10th Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Nashville, TN, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 330-335.
 
Lipschutz, R.C., 1993: WSR-88D applications on the Norman Pre-AWIPS workstation. 26th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 332-334.
 
Lipschutz, R.C., G.J.Edwards, and D.L.Davis, 1991: FSL's NEXRAD Product Interface Subsystem. 7th Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, New Orleans, LA. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 167-172.
 
Smith, J.K. and R.C.Lipschutz, 1990: Performance of the NEXRAD precipitation algorithms in Colorado during 1989. 8th Conf. on Hydrometeorology, Kananaskis Park, Alberta, Canada, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., 184-188.
 
Lipschutz R.C., E.N.Rasmussen, J.K.Smith, J.F.Pratte, and C.R.Windsor, 1989: PROFS' 1988 real-time Doppler products subsystem. 24th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Tallahassee, FL.
Amer. Meteor. Soc., 211-215.
 
Rasmussen, E.N., J.K.Smith, J.F.Pratte, and R.C.Lipschutz, 1989:
Real time precipitation accumulation estimation using the NCAR
CP-2 Doppler radar. 24th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Tallahassee, FL. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 211-215.
 
Windsor, C.R., J.F.Pratte, R.C.Lipschutz, and R.L.Alberty, 1986:
The PROFS Doppler radar real-time processing and display system.
2nd Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Miami, FL. Amer.
Meteor. Soc., 72-77.
 
Lipschutz, R.C., J.F.Weaver, J.F.Pratte, and G.E.Moore, 1986: An operational differential reflectivity product for hail identification at PROFS. 11th Conf. on Weather Forecasting and Analysis, Kansas City, MO. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 160-164.
 
Lipschutz, R.C., J.F.Pratte, and J.R.Smart, 1986: An operational ZDR-based precipitation type/intensity product. 23rd Conf. on Radar Meteorology and the Conf. on Cloud Physics, Snowmass, CO.
Amer. Meteor. Soc., JP91-JP94.
 
Pratte, J.F., R.C.Lipschutz, C.R.Windsor, R.L.Alberty, and G.R.Gray, 1985: Real-time implementation of Doppler radar products at PROFS. 14th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Indianapolis, IN. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 113-116.
 
Panofsky, H.A., D.Larko, R.C.Lipschutz, G.Stone, E.F.Bradley, A.J.Bowen, and J.Hojstrup, 1982: Spectra of velocity components over complex terrain. Quart. J. R. Meteor. Soc., 108, 215-230.
 
H.A.Panofsky, R.C.Lipschutz, and J.Norman, 1979: On characteristics of wind direction fluctuations in the surface layer. 4th Symposium on Turbulence, Diffusion, and Air Pollution, Reno, NV. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1-4.
 
Panofsky, H.A., C.A.Egolf, and R.C.Lipschutz, 1978: On characteristics of wind direction fluctuations in the surface layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 15, 439-446.
 
Wesely, M.L. and R.C.Lipschutz, 1976: A method for estimating hourly averages of diffuse and direct solar radiation under a layer of scattered clouds. Solar Energy, 18, 467-473.
 
Wesely, M.L. and R.C.Lipschutz, 1976: An experimental study of the effects of aerosols on diffuse and direct solar radiation received during the summer near Chicago. Atmospheric Environment, 10, 981-987.
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