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2018 AWARDS
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98TH ANNUAL REVIEW, NEW FELLOWS, AND FEATURED AWARDS Sunday, 7 January 2018
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Elected Fellows
Michael Alexander Martha C. Anderson
Meteorologist, Research Physical Scientist,
NOAA/ESRL Physical USDA/ARS, Hydrology and
Sciences Division, Boulder, Remote Sensing Laboratory,
Colorado Beltsville, Maryland
After receiving his Ph.D. from After receiving a Ph.D. in
the University of Wisconsin- astrophysics from the University
Madison, Michael Alexander of Minnesota, Martha Anderson
was a research scientist at moved into the field of Earth
the University of Colorado remote sensing. Her current
before becoming a meteorologist at NOAA’s Earth research focuses on mapping water, energy, and carbon
System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. Mike fluxes at field to global scales using thermal band satellite
has researched El Niño and its effects on global air-sea imagery, with applications in water management, drought
interactions, ocean processes and their role in climate monitoring and crop yield estimation. She serves on the
variability, and the influence of climate change on science teams for the Landsat and ECOsystem Spaceborne
ecosystems. He greatly appreciates the talented scientists Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station
he has collaborated with on these diverse topics. (ECOSTRESS) missions.
3
Elected Fellows
Elizabeth J. Austin, CCM John A. Barth
President, Professor,
WeatherExtreme Ltd., Fall Brook, Oregon State University,
California Corvallis, Oregon
Elizabeth Austin, Ph.D., CCM, is Jack Barth is a professor at
President of WeatherExtreme Oregon State University, where
Ltd., and currently holds a he also serves as the Executive
Professorship at the University Director of OSU’s new Marine
of Nevada, Reno’s Atmospheric Studies Initiative. His research
Sciences Department. She is the seeks to understand the complex
chief meteorologist for the Perlan Project to fly a manned spatial structure and time variation of coastal ocean
glider to 100,000 feet. Elizabeth is an active member of circulation and water properties, and how these influence
the AMS and is currently serving on the AMS Council. She coastal marine ecosystems. Jack served as Editor of the
has served as chair of the Board of Certified Consulting Journal of Physical Oceanography. He received a Ph.D.
Meteorologists and is the current president of the in Oceanography in 1987 from MIT and the Woods Hole
NCIM-ACM. Oceanographic Institution.
4
Elected Fellows
Gordon Bonan Kenneth P. Bowman
Senior Scientist, Professor,
National Center for Atmospheric Texas A&M University, College
Research, Boulder, Colorado Station, Texas
Gordon Bonan is senior scientist Kenneth P. Bowman received
at the National Center for his Ph.D. degree in Geophysical
Atmospheric Research. His Fluid Dynamics from Princeton
research integrates ecological, University in 1984. He was a
biogeochemical, hydrological, National Research Council
and atmospheric sciences Postdoctoral Associate at NASA’s
to study terrestrial ecosystems, their responses to Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD from 1984
atmospheric change, and biotic processes that amplify or to 1985. After spending seven years at the University of
mitigate atmospheric change. His research discovers and Illinois, he moved to Texas A&M University, where he is
advances knowledge of the processes by which natural currently the David Bullock Harris Professor Geosciences in
and human-managed systems affect weather, climate, and the Department of Atmospheric Sciences.
atmospheric composition; represents this understanding in
Earth system models; and applies models to serve societal
needs.
5
Elected Fellows
Aiguo Dai Belay Berhane Demoz
Professor, Professor and Director,
University at Albany, SUNY, Department of Physics, Joint
Albany, New York Center for Earth Systems
Technology, University of
Dr. Dai obtained his Ph.D. in Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
Atmospheric Science from
Columbia University in 1996. Dr. Demoz holds a Ph.D. in
He worked over 15 years at Atmospheric Physics from the
NCAR before joining the faculty University of Nevada-Reno (DRI).
at SUNY Albany in 2012. As an He is Professor of Physics and
ISI highly cited researcher, his areas of research include Director of the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
climate variability and change, with a focus on precipitation, (JCET) at UMBC. He was at Howard University, serving as
drought and streamflow. He also studies the diurnal cycle, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies of Physics, PI for the
internal climate variability and human-induced climate Beltsville Research Campus and has worked in the private
change. industry as well as a civil servant at NASA/GSFC. He is
currently researching future lidar networks for weather.
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Elected Fellows
William E. Easterling Laura K. Furgione
Immediate Past Dean and Chief, Office of Strategic
Professor of Geography and Planning, Innovation, and
Earth System Science, Collaboration,
The Pennsylvania State DOC/U.S. Census Bureau,
University, University Park, Suitland, Maryland
Pennsylvania
Currently at the U.S. Census
Dr. William E. Easterling is Bureau, Laura Furgione’s
Assistant Director of NSF, distinguished career at
heading the Geosciences Commerce began in 1993. She
Directorate. An AAAS Fellow, he was previously dean of was Deputy Director of NWS 2010 to 2016. Other positions
the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and professor include intern WSO Kodiak and WFO Fairbanks, aviation
of geography and earth system science at Penn State. meteorologist Alaska Aviation Weather Unit, WCM WFO
Dr. Easterling was the founding director of the Penn State Morehead City, MIC WFO Juneau, and Alaska Region
Institutes of Energy and the Environment. He is an expert Director. She holds a B.S. in Atmospheric Science from the
on effects of climate change on Earth’s food supply, serving University of Missouri-Columbia, MPA from University of
twice as IPCC coordinating lead author. Alaska-Southeast, and is a certified Project Management
Professional.
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Elected Fellows
Jim Gandy, CBM Georg A. Grell
Chief Meteorologist, Meteorologist,
WLTX-TV, Columbia, South NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder,
Carolina Colorado
Jim has been a broadcast Georg leads the model
meteorologist for over 42 years development branch of the
providing clear and accurate Global Systems Division of
information about forecasts NOAA/ESRL. He was one of the
and extreme weather events. main architects of the NCAR/
He graduated with a B.S. in PSU Mesoscale Model Version 5
meteorology from Florida State University and did post- (MM5), and contributed to the development of many other
graduate work at the University of South Carolina. Jim global and regional models. He received the Haagen-Smit
helped pioneer Climate Matters in 2010. This educated Prize in 2016 for a paper on air quality model development,
viewers about climate change and how it impacted and the outstanding scientific paper award from OAR
them. The program is now used by over 400 broadcast in 2017 for a paper on development of a convective
meteorologists worldwide. parameterization.
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Elected Fellows
Paul H. Gross, CCM, Jin Huang
CBM Chief, Earth System Science and
Meteorologist, Modeling (ESSM) Division,
WDIV-TV, Detroit, Michigan NOAA Climate Program Office,
Silver Spring, Maryland
Paul H. Gross is one of a handful
of AMS members to receive Jin Huang successfully directed
both the Certified Consulting large research programs
and Broadcast Meteorologist to advance intraseasonal
designations. He has chaired to interannual (ISI) climate
the AMS Board of Broadcast prediction (2001-2010).
Meteorology and the AMS Committee on the Station She led the integration between the atmosphere and
Scientist and, most recently, served on the AMS Best land/hydrologic fields and supported research on ISI
Practice on Winter Weather Committee. Gross has also predictability and processes. Jin developed and managed
been awarded eight Emmys by the Michigan Chapter of the NOAA research-to-operations transition activities (2011-
National Association of Television Arts and Sciences. 2016) by bridging the scientific, operational and application
communities. Her leadership has advanced U.S. short-term
climate prediction capability. Jin received her Ph.D. degree
from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.9
Elected Fellows
Gregory C. Johnson Ramesh K. Kakar
Oceanographer, Program Manager,
NOAA/Pacific Marine NASA Headquarters, Washington,
Environmental Laboratory, DC
Seattle, Washington
Ramesh Kakar is a Program
Gregory Johnson and his Manager and a former Weather
dedicated research group Focus Area leader in the Earth
collect and calibrate high quality Science Division at NASA
data for both Argo (autonomous Headquarters. He earned his
profiling floats) and GO-SHIP B.S. degree from the University
(repeated oceanographic transects). With awe and some of Delhi and Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming. Ramesh
trepidation, Dr. Johnson analyzes, from observations, the is the Program Scientist for several prominent NASA
oceans’ changing physical state. He has served as an IPCC satellites such as Aqua, GPM and CYGNSS. He has played
AR5 WG1 Lead Author and editor of the Global Oceans a leadership role in the development of innovative space
chapter for three annual State of the Climate reports. He and airborne instruments and selecting science teams to
earned his Ph.D. in Oceanography from the MIT/WHOI Joint exploit these.
Program.10
Elected Fellows
Gary S.E. Lagerloef Shian-Jiann Lin
Aquarius Principal Investigator, Physical Scientist,
Earth and Space Research, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid
Seattle, Washington Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton,
New Jersey
Co-founder (1995) Earth & Space
Research, Seattle, and Principal Dr. Shian-Jiann Lin received his
Investigator of the NASA Ph.D. from Princeton University
Aquarius Mission, launched in in 1989. He is the head of the
2011 to study the interactions weather and climate dynamics
between the water cycle, ocean group at NOAA/Geophysical
circulation and climate. Ph.D., Oceanography, University Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. His main interests are advanced
of Washington, 1984. Author of more than 60 scientific numerical methods for weather and climate modeling
publications/presentations and has served on NASA and improvement of hurricane long-term predictions via
Science Working Teams for satellite missions to measure high resolution global cloud-resolving approach. The FV3
sea level, Ocean Vector Winds, and the Tropical Rainfall dynamical core his team developed has been selected for
Measurement Mission. Member AMS, AGU, AAAS, TOS and the Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS).
IEEE.11
Elected Fellows
Kevin R. Petty Peter Pilewskie
Chief Science Officer, Professor,
Vaisala, Louisville, Colorado University of Colorado at Boulder,
Boulder, Colorado
Dr. Kevin R. Petty is the Chief
Science Officer for Vaisala. Kevin Peter Pilewskie joined the
is responsible for helping to University of Colorado in 2004
define Vaisala’s research and with a joint appointment in the
development strategy, setting Laboratory for Atmospheric and
technology research priorities, Space Physics (LASP) and in the
leading teams of scientists and Department of Atmospheric and
engineers, and supporting global product development Oceanic Sciences. He is Principal Investigator for the Total
efforts. Kevin earned his M.S. (1994) and Ph.D. (1997) in and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor and the LASP science
Atmospheric Sciences from Ohio State University and a B.S. lead on CLARREO Pathfinder. Prior to his arrival at the
(1989) in Mathematics/Secondary Education from Illinois University of Colorado, Peter spent 15 years at the NASA
College. Ames Research Center.12
Elected Fellows
Roger S. Pulwarty Yvette P. Richardson
Senior Scientist, Professor of Meteorology,
NOAA/OAR, Boulder, Colorado Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Education,
Roger S. Pulwarty is the Senior College of Earth and Mineral
Scientist in the NOAA/OAR Sciences, The Pennsylvania
Physical Sciences Division in State University, University Park,
Boulder, Colorado. His research Pennsylvania
focuses on weather, water,
climate, and early warning, in Yvette Richardson is a professor
the U.S., Latin America, and the of Meteorology at Penn State
Caribbean. Roger’s publications include co-edited books University and the Associate Dean for Undergraduate
on the science and management of hurricane and drought- Education in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.
related risks, and national and international scientific Her research examines the dynamics of severe local storms
assessments. He has led landmark multidisciplinary from initiation through tornado genesis and maintenance
efforts, including NOAA’s Regional Integrated Sciences using numerical simulations and observations from multiple
and Assessments, and the National Integrated Drought field programs. She has served as an AMS Councilor and an
Information System. Editor for Monthly Weather Review. She is the current AMS
Planning Commissioner.13
Elected Fellows
Alexander Ryzhkov Michelle L. Santee
Senior Research Scientist, Senior Research Scientist and
CIMMS at the University of Supervisor, Stratosphere and
Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma Upper Troposphere Group,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Alexander Ryzhkov is a Senior California Institute of Technology,
Scientist at the Cooperative Pasadena, California
Institute for Mesoscale
Meteorological Studies at Michelle Santee is a Co-
the University of Oklahoma. Investigator on the Aura
He has received his Ph.D. Microwave Limb Sounder.
degree in radio physics from the St. Petersburg State With more than 140 peer-reviewed publications, her
University in Russia. His primary research interests include research interests include processes controlling trace gas
meteorological applications of Doppler polarimetric distributions in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere,
radars and he played a leading role in the development such as convective transport of boundary-layer pollutants,
of operational algorithms for quantitative precipitation stratosphere-troposphere exchange, and monsoon
estimation, hydrometeor classification, and severe weather circulations, as well as stratospheric polar processes such
warnings on the network of WSR-88D radars. as chlorine activation, polar stratospheric cloud formation,
denitrification and dehydration, and chemical ozone loss.
She received her Ph.D. in Planetary Science from Caltech.14
Elected Fellows
Benjamin David Santer Betsy Weatherhead
Research Scientist, Senior Scientist,
Lawrence Livermore National University of Colorado at Boulder,
Laboratory, Livermore, California Boulder, Colorado
Ben Santer is an atmospheric Betsy Weatherhead works across
scientist at Lawrence Livermore public, private and academic
National Laboratory. His sectors on scientific issues
research focuses on climate including weather, climate and
model evaluation, the use of environmental impacts. She
statistical methods in climate enjoys working across disciplines
science, and identification of natural and anthropogenic with advanced statistical techniques to address issues that
“fingerprints” in observed climate records. Santer’s early are important to scientific and societal interests. Her work
research on the climatic effects of combined changes in has included writing a cover article for Nature on ozone
greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols contributed to the recovery, collaborating with Inuit on the co-production of
historic “discernible human influence” conclusion of the knowledge and working on the Intergovernmental Panel on
1995 Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Climate Change.
Change.15
Elected Fellows
Fuzhong Weng Jeffrey S. Whitaker
Supervisory Physical Scientist, Meteorologist,
NOAA/NESDIS/Center for NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, Colorado
Satellite Applications and
Research, College Park, Jeff Whitaker is a research
Maryland meteorologist at the Physical
Sciences Division of the
Dr. Fuzhong Weng is the NOAA Earth System Research
chief of NOAA/STAR/Satellite Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.
Meteorology and Climatology His research is focused on the
Division. He received his use of ensembles in weather
atmospheric science Ph.D. degree in 1992 from Colorado forecasting and data assimilation.
State University. He was the recipient of the first NOAA
David Johnson Award in 2000 for his outstanding
contributions to satellite microwave remote sensing and
U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award in 2005
for his achievement in satellite data assimilation.16
Elected Fellows
Samuel P. Williamson
Senior Administrator (Retired),
Atmospheric Scientist and
Analyst, NOAA, Silver Spring,
Maryland
Served as NOAA’s Federal
Coordinator for Meteorological
Services and Supporting
Research (1998-2014). Led
significant interagency
advances in space weather, aviation and road weather,
wildland fire weather, tropical cyclone research, dispersion
modeling, mesoscale observations, data assimilation, and
multifunction phased array radar. Principal Planner/Director,
NEXRAD Joint System Program Office (1979-1991). Senior
Staff Associate, National Science Foundation (1992-94).
Senior Science Advisor, U.S. House of Representatives’
Committee on Science (1994-95). Presidential Rank Award;
NOAA Distinguished Career Award; Bronze Medal.17
The Award for Outstanding The Award for Outstanding
Chapter of the Year Student Chapter of the Year
Denver Boulder Iowa State University
Boulder, Colorado Ames, Iowa
For engaging with the community on topics For innovative efforts to support membership and
about weather and climate and for developing member growth and for helping the community
new initiatives to enhance membership and through educational outreach, fundraising, and
networking opportunities events for K-12 students18
The Award for an Exceptional Specific Prediction
Justin I. Pullin, Philip Warren, Rebecca A. DePodwin, Alexandria M. Davis
AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions
For an exceptional prediction of flash flooding in a challenging data-sparse environment that
prevented potentially dangerous train derailments and loss of life and property
Justin I. Pullin, Meteorologist, NOAA/National Rebecca A. DePodwin, Meteorologist
Weather Service, Tallahassee, Florida and Digital Media Product Manager, AccuWeather
A 2012 graduate of the University of Louisiana Monroe, Enterprise Solutions, State College, Pennsylvania
Justin Pullin continues his career in operational As a Product Manager, Becky leverages her
meteorology, now providing forecast services for the general public. meteorology experience and social media expertise to build engaging
Justin’s professional interests include operationally relevant research and innovative user-facing products across all digital platforms.
centered around severe weather, including the recent HailSTONE With an established social media presence, Becky shares weather
field project. Justin also has a keen interest in effective messaging insights with others to stimulate conversation - follow her @wx_becks
of weather information, remaining heavily involved in local efforts to on Twitter. Previously, her work as an operational meteorologist
improve this critical discipline of our field. included a comprehensive understanding and application of weather
forecasting, effective life-saving communications, and personalizing
Philip Warren, Senior Storm Warning the weather so people can improve their lives.
Meteorologist, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions,
Wichita, Kansas Alexandria M. Davis, Lead Storm Warning
Meteorologist, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions,
Philip Warren received a B.S. in Atmospheric Science
Wichita, Kansas
from the University of Oklahoma in 2008. Since then he
has been employed as an operational meteorologist at AccuWeather Alexandria (Ali) Davis received her B.S. in Meteorology
Enterprise Solutions in Wichita, Kansas, where he provides forecasts in 2011 from Valparaiso University. Ali began her career
and real-time weather warnings for clients throughout North America. with AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions in Wichita, Kansas in 2012 and
was promoted to Lead Storm Warning Meteorologist this past fall.
Her current duties include issuing warnings across North America,
assembling and issuing multi-day weather forecasts, and briefing
clients on imminent hazardous weather impacts.19
The Louis J. Battan The Louis J. Battan
Author’s Award Author’s Award K-12
Kristine C. Harper Karen de Seve
Associate Professor of History, Florida State University, Creative Force, Creative Content Studio,
Tallahassee, Florida Summit, New Jersey
For Make It Rain, a compelling For Little Kids First Big Book of
account of political battles Weather, captivating readers
waged over weather with an engaging format,
modification and their fun activities, and insightful
implications for evidence-based photographs that accurately
policymaking and for climate illustrate weather phenomena
change interventions
Karen de Seve weaves tales
Kristine C. Harper, a of science into books, articles,
meteorologist and exhibitions and scripts that
oceanographer turned historian encourage viewers to interact
of science, is Associate Professor with information and not just
of History at Florida State University. Her research focuses passively consume it. As a staff and freelance writer, Karen
on the history of atmospheric and related sciences in has told science stories for National Geographic, Wildlife
the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the Cold Conservation Society, American Museum of Natural History
War and the federal government’s influence on science. and Liberty Science Center, PBS and others. Karen has a
Harper’s first book was Weather by the Numbers: The B.S. from Cornell University and an M.A. from New York
Genesis of Modern Meteorology. She received her Ph.D. in University. Winter is her favorite season!
History of Science from Oregon State University.20
The Award for Distinguished Science Editor’s Award
Journalism in the Atmospheric and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Related Sciences
James G. LaDue
Maggie Koerth-Baker Meteorologist Instructor and Team Leader,
Senior Science Reporter, FiveThirtyEight, Minneapolis, NOAA/National Weather Service/Warning Decision
Minnesota Training Division, Norman, Oklahoma
For “Tornado Town, USA”, a For detailed, insightful, and
thoughtful and comprehensive constructive reviews that
investigation of the statistics of substantially improved several
tornado touchdowns, providing manuscripts
a unique perspective on a
captivating topic of societal Improving warnings is one of
relevance the passions that leads James, a
lead instructional meteorologist
Maggie Koerth-Baker is at the Warning Decision Training
senior science reporter for Division, to develop and teach
FiveThirtyEight.com. courses to forecasters on a
diverse array of topics that
range from radar applications to severe storms. His course
development also motivates him to research new methods
in warning decision making. He is also the Chair and
founder of the joint ASCE/AMS standards Committee on
Wind Speed Estimation.21
Editor’s Award Editor’s Award
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Journal of Hydrometeorology
Isobel J. Simpson Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter
Research Specialist, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, Research Scientist, Advanced Radar Research Center,
California University of Oklahoma/NOAA National Severe Storms
Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma
For consistently thorough For thorough, thoughtful
and constructive reviews reviews of a large number of
that significantly improved manuscripts, completed in a
manuscripts submitted to the timely manner
BAMS State of the Climate
Supplement Pierre Kirstetter is a Research
Scientist at the Advanced Radar
Isobel Simpson received her Research Center at the University
Ph.D. in micrometeorology at of Oklahoma and affiliated with
the University of Guelph and has NOAA/National Severe Storms
been an atmospheric chemist Laboratory. He has background
at University of California, Irvine in radar and satellite meteorology
since 1997. She has flown on several NASA airborne and hydrology. He got his Ph.D. at Grenoble Alps University,
missions and her research focuses on global trace gas France in 2008. His research focuses on the remote
monitoring, regional biomass burning, and urban air quality sensing of atmospheric precipitation to study water cycle
in North America, Asia, and the Middle East. She is an processes, extreme precipitation and flood events.
Associate Editor of Elementa and a member of the WMO
Global Atmosphere Watch Reactive Gases Group.22
Editor’s Award Editor’s Award
Journal of Hydrometeorology Weather and Forecasting
Daniel J. McEvoy Brian Etherton
Assistant Research Professor, Climatology, Regional Weather Specialist, Jupiter Technology Systems
Climatologist, Desert Research Institute/Western Incorporated, Boulder, Colorado
Regional Climate Center, Reno, Nevada
For timely, insightful, detailed, For upholding the high scientific
and rigorous reviews that standards of the journal with
improved several manuscripts thorough, insightful, and succinct
focusing on drought reviews of submissions on
numerical weather prediction
Dr. Dan McEvoy received and ensemble prediction
his bachelor’s degree in systems
environmental science from
Plattsburgh State University of Brian Etherton has a career
New York in 2004. He received focused on the generation
his master’s degree (2012) and and application of probabilistic
Ph.D. (2015) in atmospheric numerical weather prediction
science at the University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. McEvoy to a number of different applications to meet the needs
is currently working as the Regional Climatologist at of numerous end users. Having earned his Ph.D. in
the Desert Research Institute/Western Regional Climate Meteorology at The Pennsylvania State University under
Center. His primary research topics include drought advisor Dr. Craig Bishop, he has worked in the academic
monitoring, seasonal drought prediction, and mountain sector, public sector, and private sector. He is extremely
hydrometeorology. grateful for his wife, Dana, and his two children, Carter and
Maya.23
Editor’s Award Editor’s Award
Journal of Climate Journal of Climate
Yu Kosaka Joel R. Norris
Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
Komaba, Japan
For providing an extraordinary For frequent and high-quality
number of insightful and helpful reviews on various topics in
reviews that improved the quality clouds and climate
of manuscripts
Joel Norris is a Professor of
Yu Kosaka is an associate Atmospheric and Climate
professor at Research Center Science at the Scripps Institution
for Advanced Science and of Oceanography at the
Technology at The University University of California, San
of Tokyo. She received her Diego. He received a B.S. in
doctorate from The University Geophysics from Caltech and a
of Tokyo in 2007, and was Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences
a postdoc at University of Hawaii (2009-2012) and from the University of Washington. His primary research
an assistant project scientist at Scripps Institution of interests include boundary layer cloud processes, decadal
Oceanography (2012-2014). She works on climate variability of cloudiness, and cloud feedbacks on the
variability, air-sea interactions, teleconnections, and climate system.
monsoon dynamics.24
Editor’s Award Editor’s Award
Journal of Climate Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Richard L. Smith Javier Fochesatto
Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alaska
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
For insightful reviews of a For providing valuable reviews
number of manuscripts involving that helped the decision-
new statistical methodologies making process, particularly in
controversial situations
Richard Smith’s early training
was in operations research and Javier Fochesatto, Professor
statistics, but from an early stage of Atmospheric Sciences at
of his professional career, he the Geophysical Institute and
was interested in applications to College of Natural Science
climatology and the environment. and Mathematics University
His statistical interests include of Alaska Fairbanks. Ph.D.
time series, spatial statistics and in Physics from University of
extreme value analysis, and he has had many collaborators Paris VI Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du
through the EPA, NCAR and Berkeley Lab. For the past CNRS - Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France and Electronic
eight years he has been Director of SAMSI, one of NSF’s Engineer, Buenos Aires, Argentina. His area of research and
mathematical sciences institutes in North Carolina. academic specialization is on Atmospheric Boundary Layer,
Micrometeorology and Laser based systems for optical
remote sensing of the atmosphere.25
Editor’s Award Editor’s Award
Monthly Weather Review Monthly Weather Review and Weather and Forecasting
Heather M. Archambault Clark Evans
Associate Director, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, University of
Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
For frequent, exceptional, and For thorough, constructive,
in-depth reviews, with particular and insightful reviews of
recognition for assisting the an impressive number of
editors manuscripts
Heather Archambault is the Clark Evans is an Associate
Associate Director of NOAA’s Professor and the Assistant
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Chair for Atmospheric Science
Laboratory in Princeton, New at the University of Wisconsin-
Jersey. She previously served as Milwaukee. His research interests
a program manager in the include mesoscale predictability,
NOAA Climate Program Office. mesoscale convective dynamics,
Her research interests primarily concern the dynamics and tropical cyclone prediction and analysis. He serves as
and predictability of tropical–extratropical interactions the incoming Vice Chair of the AMS Committee on Weather
leading to extreme weather events. Heather earned an Analysis and Forecasting. He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
M. S. and Ph.D. in atmospheric science from the University degrees in Meteorology from Florida State University in
at Albany, SUNY, and a B.S. in meteorology from Penn State 2004, 2006, and 2009, respectively.
University.26
Editor’s Award Editor’s Award
Journal of Physical Oceanography Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Samuel M. Kelly Valérie Bonnardot
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Duluth, Lecturer, LETG-Rennes, Université Rennes2, Rennes,
Duluth, Minnesota France
For insightful and helpful For an exceptionally detailed
reviews across a spectrum review of a challenging
of sub-disciplines in physical submission that encouraged the
oceanography, with particular authors and provided valuable
recognition for assisting the ideas for improving their
editors manuscript
Sam studies inertial waves and Valérie Bonnardot is a Lecturer
turbulence in the oceans and in Physical Geography at the
large lakes. This work combines Department of Geography of the
observations, theory, and University of Rennes 2 in France
modeling. Since 2014, he has since 2012. Her research is
been an Assistant Professor in the University of Minnesota affiliated to the UMR LETG of CNRS. She spent eight years
Duluth’s Large Lakes Observatory and Physics Department. at the Institute for Soil Climate and Water of the Agricultural
He received a Ph.D. in physical oceanography from Oregon Research Council in South Africa. She is involved in
State University in 2011. different European Research projects dealing with climate
change and impacts on viticulture.27
Editor’s Award Editor’s Award
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Ali Tokay Gang Chen
Research Associate Professor, University of Maryland Associate Professor, University of California, Los
Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland Angeles, Los Angeles, California
For frequent and in-depth For numerous constructive,
reviews of manuscripts related timely, and well-written reviews
to precipitation microphysics and of manuscripts on large-scale
estimation, and remote sensing atmospheric dynamics
using radar
Dr. Gang Chen is an Associate
Dr. Tokay is currently a Research Professor in the Department
Associate Professor at the of Atmospheric and Oceanic
University of Maryland Baltimore Sciences at University of
County (UMBC) through the California, Los Angeles. He
Joint Center for Earth Systems received his bachelor’s degree
Technology and is affiliated with from Peking University in 2002
the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems. and Ph.D. degree from Princeton University in 2007. Prior
He is a research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight to UCLA, he worked as postdoctoral fellow at MIT and
Center and member of NASA precipitation science team. held faculty position at Cornell University. His research
Tokay is currently chairing the AMS Radar Meteorology area is atmospheric and climate dynamics, focusing
Committee and serving as an associate editor of Journal of on atmospheric circulation and chemical transport in a
Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. changing climate.28
Editor’s Award Editor’s Award
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Weather, Climate, and Society
Shuguang Wang Helen Greatrex
Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University, Associate Research Scientist, International Research
New York, New York Institute For Climate and Society, Columbia University,
New York, New York
For consistently excellent, For excellent reviews that
careful, and constructive reviews encouraged the authors and
on a wide variety of topics that provided clear guidance to
helped authors improve their improve their manuscripts
manuscripts
Helen Greatrex works as an
Dr. Wang is an associate research Associate Research Scientist
scientist at Columbia University. within IRI’s financial instruments
He was awarded Ph.D. in 2008 team. Her research focuses
at Texas A&M University, and B.S. on tropical rainfall estimation,
in 2000 at Nanjing University, exploring how weather data
China. His current research is used within agricultural risk
focuses on tropical meteorology, atmospheric dynamics, management and index insurance. Helen has also worked
subseasonal weather forecast, and numerical modeling. with the Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP)
and Statistics for Sustainable Development (Stats4SD).
She holds a Ph.D. and PgDip in agrometeorology from the
University of Reading (UK), and an MPhys in Astrophysics
from the University of Manchester (UK).29
The Spiros G. Geotis
Student Prize
Nicholas F. McCarthy
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Queensland,
Queensland, Australia
For his paper, “The Bushfire
Convective Plume Experiment: A
Mobile X-band Field Campaign
into Fire-Driven Convection in
Australia
Nicholas is a Ph.D. Candidate
from the University of
Queensland (Australia), School
of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, Atmospheric
Observations Research Group.
He leads the field-based Bushfire Convective Plume
Experiment, which seeks to understand the processes
of large fires and pyroconvection with a mobile X-band
Doppler radar. Collaborators on his Ph.D. include the
Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland Fire and
Emergency Services, and Country Fire Authority where he
works imbedded for the duration of his Ph.D.98TH ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET Wednesday, 10 January 2018
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The Robert E. Horton Lecturer in The Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial
Hydrology for 2018 Lecturer for 2018
Gerald R. North George N. Kiladis
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M Research Meteorologist, NOAA/ESRL, Physical Sciences
University, College Station, Texas Division, Boulder, Colorado
For pioneering contributions to For influential observational
understanding the statistical studies of tropical-extratropical
nature of precipitation and to wave dynamics and leadership
measuring precipitation from in the field of large-scale tropical
space meteorology
Gerald R. North has a Ph.D. in George Kiladis is a research
Physics (1966) from the University meteorologist at the Physical
of Wisconsin. He was a physics Sciences Division of the
professor at the University of NOAA Earth System Research
Missouri-St. Louis (1968-1978), Laboratory. His work focuses
during which he took a sabbatical on the dynamics of the tropical
leave to NCAR, and converted to climate science. He was a atmosphere and ocean, and involves comparisons of
research scientist at NASA/GSFC, 1978-1986. He has been observations with theory and models. His interests include
a professor at Texas A&M University from that time until his equatorial waves, tropical–extratropical interaction, and the
retirement in 2016. His research focuses on mathematical coupling between convection and large-scale circulations.
and statistical problems in climate. Dr. Kiladis has served on several AMS committees and also
as an editor of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.32
The Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer in
Interdisciplinary Sciences for 2018
Clara Deser
Senior Scientist, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado
For effective communication
of the evolving state of climate
research in a wide range of
interdisciplinary fora
Dr. Clara Deser is a Senior
Scientist and Head of the Climate
Analysis Section at the National
Center for Atmospheric Research.
She studies global climate
variability and climate change,
with an emphasis on interactions
between the atmosphere, ocean and cryosphere. Dr.
Deser is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and
the American Meteorological Society (AMS), and received
AMS’s Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award and Editor’s Award
for the Journal of Climate.33
Special Award
Tropical Cyclone Satellite Analysis Team, Naval Research Laboratory
For providing a unique suite of satellite Jeffrey D. Hawkins, Satellite Meteorological Applications Section Head
passive microwave products to the global (Retired), Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division,
tropical cyclone community via a tailored
Monterey, California
web site enabling enhanced storm
monitoring Thomas F. Lee, Casual Employee, COMET Program, Boulder, Colorado
Kim Richardson, Physical Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Marine
Meteorology Division, Monterey, California
Buck Sampson, 7542 Section Head, Naval Research Laboratory, Marine
Meteorology Division, Monterey, California
F. Joseph Turk, Radar Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasedena,
California
John Kent, Webmaster, Science Applications International Corp., Monterey,
California
Melinda Surratt, Researcher, Naval Research Laboratory, Marine
Meteorology Division, Monterey, California
Joshua H. Cossuth, Meteorologist, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory,
Washington, D.C.
Song Yang, Meteorologist, Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology
Division, Monterey, California
Jeremy Solbrig, Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Research in
the Atmosphere, Ft. Collins, Colorado
Richard Bankert, Meteorologist, Naval Research Laboratory, Marine
Meteorology Division, Monterey, California34
The Award for Outstanding Services The Award for Excellence in Science
to Meteorology by a Corporation Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist
Prescient Weather Ltd Alex V. Garcia, CBM
Prescient Weather Ltd, State College, Pennsylvania Chief Meteorologist, KABB Television, San Antonio, San
Antonio, Texas
For providing the south
Texas audience with easy-to-
understand tutorials on how
For scientific creativity and technological innovation in
our atmosphere works and the
transforming climate data, climate variability predictions,
changes we are seeing in Earth’s
and climate simulations into probability products valued by
climate
the user community
Alex Garcia is the Chief
Prescient Weather Ltd provides information and strategies
Meteorologist and Weather Team
to manage climate risk and opportunity. The latest science,
Leader for KABB/WOAI in San
data sets, and information technology are combined
Antonio, Texas. Alex has served
in three products to confer advantage to customers
on the AMS Board of Broadcast
sensitive to climate variability. The World Climate Service
Meteorology as a panelist. He presently serves on the
provides customers, including some of the world’s largest
AMS Board on Continuing Professional Development
electric utilities, with reliable, probabilistic subseasonal
and will assume the Chairmanship in 2018. He was the
and seasonal forecasts. CropProphet brings quantitative
2016 recipient of the National Weatherperson of the Year
weather-based techniques to yield forecasts. ClimBiz will
Award from FLASH and the 2017 AMS Award for Broadcast
provide climate change insight to enterprises seeking long-
Meteorology.
term resilience.The Award for The Henry T. Harrison Award for Outstanding 35
Broadcast Meteorology Contributions by a Consulting Meteorologist
Brad Panovich John F. Henz, CCM
Chief Meteorologist, WCNC-TV NBC Charlotte, Charlotte, Certified Consulting Meteorologist, Self Employed,
North Carolina Phoenix, Arizona
For passionate devotion to For an exemplary career
informing his on-air audience dedicated to providing
and for extensive use of social innovative, cross-disciplinary
media to educate the public consulting services with
about meteorology great integrity to a diverse
clientele while advancing
Brad Panovich is the Chief the societal applications of
Meteorologist at NBC Charlotte hydrometeorology
and an Adjunct Professor in the
Meteorology Department at John F. Henz is a Certified
the University of North Carolina Consulting Meteorologist (#270,
Charlotte. Brad holds the AMS 1980) and Fellow (2014) of AMS.
Seal of Approval and a B.S. Degree from The Ohio State He provides specialized hydro-meteorological, extreme
University. His broadcast career started in Dayton, Ohio weather and forensic services. John served as a USAF
then to Traverse City, MI, New Orleans, LA, and the past 15 weather officer (1968-1971). He earned B.S. Meteorology
years in Charlotte, NC. (Wisconsin, 1968) and M.S. Atmospheric Science (Colo.
State, 1974). John was president of GRD Weather Center,
Henz Kelly & Associates and Henz Meteorological Services
from 1974-2000. He was Atmospheric Science Practice
Leader-HDR Engineering (2001-2010) and Senior Scientist-
Dewberry Consultants (2010-2016).36
The Helmut E. Landsberg Award The Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Biometeorology
J. Marshall Shepherd Jose Dolores Fuentes
Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, University
and Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program, University Park, Pennsylvania
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
For uncovering the significance
For major advances in and workings of key interactions
understanding urban impacts among flora, fauna, and
on rainfall climatology and for the atmosphere and their
assessing the socio-economic role in regional and global
value of urban precipitation environmental change
forecasts
Jose D. Fuentes is a professor in
Dr. Shepherd is the Georgia the Department of Meteorology
Athletic Association and Atmospheric Science at The
Distinguished Professor at Pennsylvania State University. He
The University of Georgia and received his graduate degrees in
Director of the Atmospheric micrometeorology from the University of Guelph, Canada,
Sciences Program. He is the host of The Weather Channel’s and his bachelor of science from Millersville University,
“Weather Geeks” and a Contributor to Forbes magazine. Pennsylvania. Fuentes teaches micrometeorology and
He was the 2013 AMS President and a past recipient of the biometeorology, and pursues research on the processes
Charles Franklin Brooks and Charles E. Anderson Awards. controlling emissions, transport, deposition, and chemistry
He was a scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center of reactive gases. His field studies occur at places such as
prior to his university tenure. the Brazilian rainforest and high Arctic.37
The Award for Outstanding Contribution The Charles L. Mitchell Award
to the Advance of Applied Meteorology
Joel N. Myers Daniel Keeton
President and Founder, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, Meteorologist-In-Charge, NOAA/National Weather
Pennsylvania Service, Sacramento, California
For over five decades of For leading change and nurturing
dedication to delivering the next generation of forecasters
forecasts and customized during a distinguished, three-
weather information to industry, decade career with the National
agriculture, and the public Weather Service
Dr. Myers created AccuWeather Dan is a 1987 graduate of
in 1962 and has overseen its Oregon State University. His
global growth for 55 years, today career with the National Weather
reaching 2 billion people through Service began as a Meteorologist
traditional and digital media and Intern in Barrow, Alaska.
thousands of companies. Joel He held various leadership
received three degrees from Penn State, was a faculty positions with the National Weather Service throughout
member for two decades and an active trustee for 33 years. the western U.S. during the past three decades. Currently,
He funded the creation of the state-of-the-art Penn State he’s Meteorologist-In-Charge at the Sacramento Weather
Joel N. Myers Weather Center, dozens of scholarships, Forecast Office where he feels lucky to lead a team of
several campus landmarks, and supports many charities. amazingly talented, dedicated professionals.38
The Francis W. Reichelderfer Award The Nicholas P. Fofonoff Award
Christopher C. Balch Emily Shroyer
Space Scientist, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Associate Professor, CEOAS, Oregon State University,
Center, Boulder, Colorado Corvallis, Oregon
For distinguished contributions to For developing clear and
understanding and forecasting quantitative understanding of a
space weather phenomena and range of ocean processes that
developing operational products shape the marine environment
valued by stakeholders and its coupling to the
atmosphere
Christopher Balch is a Space
Scientist at NOAA’s Space Dr. Emily Shroyer is an Associate
Weather Prediction Center. Professor at Oregon State
His 34-year career with NOAA University and a sea-going
has primarily been in SWPC’s oceanographer with interests in
operational forecast center, small-scale ocean dynamics. Dr.
with more recent work focused on the development of Shroyer received a B.S. in Physics from the University of
operational geomagnetic data, services and products, Alaska, Fairbanks (2000), was a Peace Corps volunteer in
the transition of physics-based models to operations, and Ghana from 2001-2003, and received a Ph.D. from Oregon
special support for the electrical power industry. Dr. Balch State in 2009. She was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Woods
received his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Hole Oceanographic Institution from 2009-2011, prior to
Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department. returning to OSU as a faculty member.39
The Henry G. Houghton Award The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award
Francina Dominguez Trude Storelvmo
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Associate Professor, Yale University, New Haven,
Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Connecticut
For pioneering contributions to For outstanding advances in
terrestrial hydrometeorology and understanding the role of mixed-
improving our understanding of phase processes in cloud-climate
land-atmosphere interactions feedbacks
As a hydroclimatologist, Francina Trude Storelvmo is a climate
Dominguez’ work focuses scientist, focusing her research
on the interactions between on the role of aerosol particles
the land and the atmosphere, and clouds in Earth’s climate.
and specifically, on changes Specifically, she works on
in hydrology and climate due questions related to aerosol
to land surface changes and indirect effects, cloud-climate
greenhouse gas emissions. The two primary lines of feedbacks, climate engineering and climate sensitivity. She
research in her group look at land-atmosphere interaction has published ~45 papers in peer-reviewed journals to
from two perspectives: 1) the effect of climate variability and date, contributed to Chapter 7 (on clouds and aerosols) of
change, primarily extreme events, on surface hydrology and the last IPCC report (IPCC AR5), and was among the group
2) the effect of changes in surface hydrology on climate. of experts scoping the upcoming IPCC report (AR6).40
The Joanne Simpson The Kenneth C. Spengler Award
Mentorship Award
Ken Carey Betsy Weatherhead
Vice President, Science and Engineering Business Units, Senior Scientist, University of Colorado at Boulder,
ERT, Inc., Laurel, Maryland Boulder, Colorado
For generous, energetic, and For creating linkages and
thoughtful mentoring of hundreds fostering open communication
of students and early-career about forecast improvements
professionals throughout a among the public, private, and
distinguished career academic sectors of the weather
enterprise
Carey has over 35 years of
military and civilian career Betsy Weatherhead has worked
experience including working to improve weather forecasts by
with NOAA Satellites, Data and bringing together experts from
Information Service, National the public, private and academic
Weather Service, and Joint sectors within the AMS Board on
Center for Satellite Data Assimilation to create solutions for Enterprise Communication. She co-chaired four Summer
weather readiness and strengthen partnerships. He worked Community Meetings, founded and originally chaired the
for Department of Defense launching missiles and space Forecast Improvement Group and continues to support
crafts and completed operations analysis for the Presidential women and under-represented groups for professional
Quadrennial Defense Research program. Throughout his advancement. Her scientific interests focus on applying
career, he has provided mentorship to meteorology students statistical techniques to problems including trend detection,
and young professionals leading to fulfilled livelihoods. forecast verification and modes of variability.41
The Charles E. Anderson Award The Cleveland Abbe Award For
Distinguished Service to Atmospheric Science
by an Individual
Vernon Morris
Professor, Howard University, Washington, D.C. Ghassem R. Asrar
Director, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, University of Maryland,
For tireless promotion of
College Park, Maryland
programs that provide enhanced
research and academic For exceptional leadership of
opportunities for minorities major activities at NASA and the
in atmospheric science, and World Climate Research Program
enhancing access to science in that advanced climate science
underserved communities and its relevance to society
Dr. Morris is a Professor of Ghassem Asrar is the director of
Chemistry and Atmospheric Joint Global Change Research
Sciences at Howard University. Institute, a partnership between
He is the Founding Director Pacific Northwest National
of the Atmospheric Sciences Program and the Director Laboratory and University of
of a NOAA cooperative science center for Atmospheric Maryland. Prior to this position,
Sciences and Meteorology. He also maintains adjunct he served as the director of World Climate Research
academic appointments at several institutions. Passionate Program in Geneva, Switzerland and Deputy Administrator
about broadening the participation of underrepresented for USDA Agricultural Research Service, following 22 years
groups in STEM, he has guided the research for more than of service in Earth and Space sciences with NASA. He has
150 students with many receiving advanced degrees in published more than 200 scientific and technical papers
science or medicine. and books in open literature.42
The Edward N. Lorenz Teaching The Charles Franklin Brooks Award
Excellence Award
Susan C. van den Heever David R. Smith
Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Associate Professor (Retired), Formerly of the Oceanography
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Department, United States Naval Academy
For enduring passion for For longstanding service to
teaching and mentoring, for the Society through initiation
engaging students both inside of, and passionate dedication
and outside the classroom, and to, its education programs and
for unrelenting dedication to activities
training future scientists
David Smith has dedicated much
Sue van den Heever joined of his professional career to the
the CSU faculty in 2008. Her educational initiatives of the
research interests include the American Meteorological Society.
microphysical and dynamical He served as co-Director of the
processes of convective Maury Project since 1994 and
storms, aerosol-cloud interactions, and the numerical on the instructional staff of Project ATMOSPHERE and all
parameterization of such processes. She teaches classes DataStreme programs. He chaired the Board on Outreach
in cloud physics, cloud dynamics and mesoscale modeling and Pre-college Education, served on the Board of Higher
and oversees the development of the RAMS model. She Education and the Program Co-Chair for the Symposium on
is an author of the book “Storm and Cloud Dynamics” and Education (20 years) and the Commissioner for Education
is currently an editor of the Journal of the Atmospheric and Human Resources.
Sciences.43
The David and Lucille Atlas Remote The Hydrologic Sciences Medal
Sensing Prize
Dara Entekhabi Witold F. Krajewski
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Cambridge Massachusetts The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
For scientific and technical For foundational contributions
leadership in providing remote to radar hydrometeorology, and
sensing data and in their use for leading the only center in the
to address basic questions in United States dedicated to flood
hydrological science research
Dara Entekhabi received B.S. Witold F. Krajewski is the Rose
and M.S. degrees from Clark & Joseph Summers Chair in
University and a Ph.D. degree Water Resources Engineering
from MIT. He is currently the at the Civil & Environmental
Bacardi and Stockholm Water Engineering at the University of
Foundations Professor at MIT. Iowa. He is Director of the Iowa
He is the Science Team lead for the NASA’s Soil Moisture Flood Center. His research spans rainfall estimation, rainfall-
Active and Passive satellite mission (launched January runoff modeling and prediction, uncertainty quantification
2015). His research includes data assimilation and land– and hydroinformatics. He is Fellow of AMS and AGU
atmosphere interaction. He is a Fellow of the AMS, AGU and in 2012 served as Chair of the Board of Directors of
and IEEE societies. He is a member of the NAE. the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of
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