The Global Warming
and Climate Change
Hoax
By Ronald E. Hughes  
October 18th 2009

                                        Captain Ronald E. Hughes, USN (Retired)
                                                  ronehughes@Yahoo.com


    Commander, Naval Oceanography Command, Bay St. Louis, MS.  1981-82.  
    •        Second Echelon Flag Command responsible for all Naval Weather Service and Naval Oceanographic Office Activities,
              providing global Meteorological and Oceanographic support to U.S. Navy Operating Forces and the Shore Establishment.
    •        Lifted glass ceiling for active-duty women, IAW Chief of Naval Operations directive to second echelon commanders.
    •        Installed online Meteorological and Oceanographic support to the Navy Command Center.
    •        Preserved Naval Weather Service.

    Deputy Oceanographer of the Navy (CNO-OP-952B, Wash., D.C. 1979-81.
     •      Planned and programmed Naval Oceanography Command upgrades funded by President Reagan’s initial budget, including:    
     •      Replacement of all Naval Oceanographic Office Ships.
     •      First supercomputer, dedicated to ocean circulation predictions, at the Naval Oceanographic Office.  
     •      Preserved Naval Weather Service.

    Commanding Officer, Fleet Numerical Weather Central, Monterey, CA 1976-79.
    •        Provided Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic analysis and prognostic charts to Naval Weather Service Centrals,
             Facilities and Detachments.
    •        Installed operational super-computer models:
            “Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System”  (NOGAPS).
    •       “Global Spectral Ocean Wave Prediction Model” (GSOWM)
    •       “Optimum Path Aircraft Routing System” (OPARS)
    •        Provided backup for the National Weather Service, National Meteorological Center.
    •        Preserved Naval Weather Service.

    Automated Environmental Prediction System Project Manager, Naval Air Systems Command, Crystal City, VA. 1975-76.
    •        Managed development of meteorological and oceanographic software including NOGAPS, GSOWM and OPARS.

    Operations Officer.  Naval Weather Service Command, Washington, D.C.  1971-75.
         •       Responsible for quality and timeliness of Meteorological and Oceanographic predictions for U.S. Navy Operating Forces and
            the Shore Establishment worldwide.

    Operations Officer and Executive Officer. Fleet Weather Central, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 1967-1971.
    •        Responsible for quality and timeliness of Meteorological and Oceanographic products for U.S. Navy Operations in the Pacific
             Ocean region.

    Computer Duty Officer, Fleet Numerical Weather Central, Monterey, CA.  1964-66.
    •        Hurricane/Typhoon Tracking Project Officer.
    •        Created and Directed “Computer Products Training Course” for Naval Weather Service Forecasters.
    •        Authored “Naval Weather Service Computer Products Manual,” Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR 50-1G-522, 1967.

    Forecast Duty Officer, Fleet Weather Central Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1961-1963.
    •        Prepared Meteorological and Oceanographic analysis and prognostic charts for the North Pacific Ocean, including: Surface
             wind, pressure, sea surface temperature, significant wave height, surf height and upper level winds to 40,000 feet.

    B.S. Meteorology/Oceanography (with distinction). U.S. Navy Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.  1959-61.

    Naval Aviator. 1952-59.
    •        Instructor Pilot. 1957-59.  
    •        Patrol Plane Commander. 1956-57.  ASW and Reconnaissance over North Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Arctic
             Ocean.