LP Photography
Weather/Nature Photos


Curriculum Vitae
Lionel Peyraud
Address: Av. Choiseul 8, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
E-mail: l.peyraud@bluewin.ch
Tel: +41 79 373 92 85

Work experience
Weather Forecaster - MeteoSwiss National Weather Service, Geneva, Switzerland
2001 - present
Weather forecast at the Geneva regional forecasting office. 24 hr forecasting/nowcasting operational duties, responsible for lake weather warnings, participate in severe thunderstorm research, active in implementation of new model forecasting fields
Ground Handling Agent - Jet Aviation, Geneva, Switzerland
1994 - 1998
Responsible for organizing turnaround logistics of aircraft for various airlines. Load & balance information, providing pilots with weather and flight information (passengers, luggage, cargo).
Languages
English
French
Hobbies
Playing saxophone
Sports (tennis, golf, curling)
Nature/weather photography
Education
Met Office College, Reading, UK
2001
Texas A&M University , College Station, TX
1998 - 2001
Master of Science degree in Atmospheric Sciences
Rutgers University - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
1988 - 1992
Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology
Conferences & Publications
4th European Conference on Severe Storms, ECSS 2007, Trieste, Italy, 10-14 Sept. 2007
Oral presentation : Analysis of the 18 July 2005 tornadic supercell over the Lake Geneva region
6th European Conference on Severe Storms, ECSS 2011, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 3-7 Oct. 2011
Oral presentation : Severe convection checklist for warning operations at the MeteoSwiss forecasting offices
7th European Conference on Severe Storms, ECSS 2013, Helsinki, Finland, 3-7 June 2013
Oral presentation : August 1st 2012 convective episode over eastern France and western Switzerland: observations, forecasts and model deficiencies
Workshops
1st European Severe Storms Laboratory ESSL Testbed 2012, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, June 2012
Forecaster training, evaluation of forecast tools, a platform for interaction between researchers, forecasters and product developers
4th European Severe Storms Laboratory ESSL Testbed 2015, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, June 2015
Forecaster training, evaluation of forecast tools, a platform for interaction between researchers, forecasters and product developers
2010 - present
2010 - present