Ron Holle

Ron Holle is a meteorologist at Global Atmospherics, Inc. (GAI) in Tucson, Arizona. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in meteorology from Florida State University, and took additional coursework at the University of Miami. Ron worked with NOAA research laboratories in Silver Spring, Maryland; Coral Gables, Florida; Boulder, Colorado; and Norman, Oklahoma before coming to GAI. He has analyzed cloud-to-ground lightning data from ground-based detection networks as they relate to radar echoes, rainfall, flash floods, and winter weather, as well as developing lightning climatologies over several years.

Ron has also worked extensively in meteorological education issues, particularly those relating to lightning safety and the demographics of lightning victims and damages. He has published 50 formally-reviewed journal papers and book articles, and over 150 informal papers; many of these are related to lightning safety and demographics. Ron has spoken on lightning safety to many groups such as the Lightning Strike and Electric Shock Survivors International, technical conferences of the American Meteorological Society, medical conferences, and school and civic groups. He has appeared on national cable television programs on lightning, as well as had numerous interviews with reporters from magazines and newspapers.