**S.J. Camarata, Jr.**

**ESRI, Inc.**

**PO Box 8658 Bend, OR 97708**

**Corporate Headquarters**

**380 New York St.**

**Redlands, CA 92373**

[**scamarata@esri.com**](mailto:scamarata@esri.com)

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height="2.3645833333333335in"}

S.J. Camarata has over 25 years of executive management experience in
the GIS, software, Internet, services and mobile medical technology
industries. He is currently Director, Corporate Strategies with ESRI,
Inc., focusing on global corporate strategies and directions. SJ is also
on the Board of Directors of OGC, Inc. (OpenGIS Consortium, Inc.) and
the Board of Directors of NovaLIS Technologies, Inc.

H. Lee Dantzler, Jr.

PhD The Johns Hopkins University, Physical Oceanography

MA The Johns Hopkins University, Physical Oceanography

BS With Distinction United States Naval Academy

Dr. Dantzler has been the Director of NOAA's National Oceanographic Data
Center (NODC) in Silver Spring, MD since 2001 and is a member of the
Federal Senior Executive Service. The Center holds the world's largest
collection of oceanographic data, and is the source for the global and
coastal ocean climate data record. Center offices are located in Silver
Spring, MD; Bay St. Louis, MS; with detachments in Honolulu, HI,
Seattle, WA and New Orleans, LA. Dr. Dantzler serves on various
national, international and intergovernmental committees dealing with
global oceanographic data management, expanding the public's access to
environmental data, and meeting capacity building needs among NOAA's
national and international users. Prior to coming to NODC Dr. Dantzler
was on detail from the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics
Laboratory (APL) and served as the Director of NOAA's Ocean Research and
Applications Division, as Program Manager of NOAA's Ocean Remote Sensing
Program, and as the Special Assistant for Ocean Remote Sensing to the
Assistant Administrator, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service of NOAA. While at the Applied Physics Laboratory Dr.
Dantzler served as Supervisor of APL's Information Technologies Group
that focused on applied research in environmental decision support
technologies, distributed computing system technology support in human
decision making processes, and knowledge representation in
computer-based decision aids. Dr. Dantzler previously served on active
duty as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy where he served as
Special Assistant for Oceans and Atmosphere to the Chief of Naval
Research, as Ocean Programs Manager for the Oceanographer of the Navy;
as program and project manager in various oceanographic research
efforts; and, as a submarine officer. Married, two children.

***Mr. Todd A. Doehring***

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height="2.1659722222222224in"}

is a Manager at Centrec Consulting Group and has been with the firm
since 1991. Todd has worked on a variety of projects including model
design, development and implementation; database design and development;
economic and market research and analysis; and educational program
design, development and delivery. His modeling work includes design and
development of sophisticated credit analysis software used by
agricultural lenders and analysts as well as extensive experience in
developing and implementing simulation models for strategic decision
making used by senior management. Todd is also heavily involved in
Centrec Consulting Group\'s technology practice and training program
delivery, specifically in the areas of financial and agricultural credit
analysis.

ROBERT B. DUNBAR

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height="2.4993055555555554in"}

Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University

Victoria P. and Roger W. Sant Director of the Earth Systems Program

Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Environment and
Resources

Associate Chair, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences

Director, Stanford University Stable Isotope Lab

Senior Fellow, Institute of International Studies

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., 1981, Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

B.S., 1975, Geology (Special Honors), University of Texas, Austin

PRESENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

1\) Seasonal to multi-decadal climate variability (ENSO, Monsoons,
air-sea interaction)

2\) Paleoceanography/paleoclimatology/paleoecology

3\) Biogenic sedimentation on continental margins

4\) Climatic forcing of marine ecosystems

5\) Policy issues related to the coastal oceans, climate change and
anthropogenic effects

6\) Holocene biogeochemistry

FIVE RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Baker, P.A., Seltzer, G.O., Fritz, S.C., Dunbar, R.B., Grove, M.J.,
Cross, S.L., Tapia, P., Rowe, H.D., and J.P. Broda, 2000, The history of
South American tropical climate for the past 25,000 years from the
sedimentary record of Lake Titicaca (Bolivia/Peru), Science, 291:
640-643.

Rowe, H.R., Dunbar, R.B., Mucciarone, D.A., Seltzer, G.O., Fritz, S.,
and P.A. Baker, 2002, Solar insolation, moisture balance and climate
change on the South American Altiplano since the Last Glacial Maximum,
Climatic Change, 54: 175-199.

Seltzer, G.O., Rodbell, D.T., Baker, P.A., Tapia, P.M., Fritz, S.C.,
Rowe, H.D., and Dunbar, R.B., 2002, Early Warming of Tropical South
America at the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition, Science, 296:
1685-1686.

Grumet, N.S., Guilderson, T.P., and R.B. Dunbar, 2002, Pre-bomb
radiocarbon variability inferred from a Kenya coral record, Radiocarbon,
44, 581-590.

Lutz, M., R. Dunbar, and K. Caldeira, Regional variability in the
vertical flux of particulate organic carbon in the ocean interior,
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16(3), 1037, doi:10.1029/2000GB001383,
2002.

Simon Evans

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Simon Evans joined the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
(ESRI) in 1999, where he held positions in the Professional Services
Division and the Software Development Division. Mr. Evans is currently
working in the ESRI Washington D.C. office as a NOAA Account
Representative. Before joining ESRI, Mr. Evans worked as a Royal Navy
Hydrographer, a Navigation Analyst, and a Consultant Hydrographer. He is
a graduate of Edinburgh University, Scotland where he received an M.Res.
in Natural Environment and GIS. He also earned a B.Sc. in Hydrography
and Marine Technology from Plymouth University, England.

Dr. Christopher Fox

![](media/image5.jpeg){width="1.95625in" height="2.5in"}Dr. Christopher
Fox is currently serving as Acting Director at the National Geophysical
Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. He is also a Principal Investigator
within the VENTS Program of NOAA\'s Pacific Marine Environmental
Laboratory, where leads a diversified program in marine mapping,
geophysics, and underwater acoustics. Dr. Fox is also an Associate
Professor at Oregon State University\'s College of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Sciences. Prior to his NOAA service, Dr. Fox worked for the
U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office and the U.S. Geological Survey. In
recognition of his efforts in developing the U.S. Navy\'s Sound
Surveillance System for environmental applications, Dr. Fox was awarded
the Department of Commerce Gold Medal in 1994. He received his Ph.D.
from Columbia University in marine geophysics and an M.S. from Brown
University in paleoclimatology.

Dr. George L. Frederick

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George L. Frederick, general manager for Vaisala Wind Profilers in
Boulder, Colorado began his career in meteorology as a weather officer
in the U.S. Air Force, after graduating from the Air Force Academy with
a degree in engineering science. He retired as the Commander of the Air
Weather Service after 30 years in the Air Force. During his military
career, he planned for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for weather
reconnaissance, developed the roadmap for modernization of the Air
Weather Service, and directed planning for weather support for B-2
bombers. He earned numerous awards for his work including the Bronze
Star and the Legion of Merit. Among his many roles within the scientific
community, he served as president of the American Meteorological Society
(AMS) and the National Weather Association, is an AMS fellow and has
served on the AMS Council and Executive Committee. He first studied
meteorology at UCLA and earned his master's degree in meteorology at the
University of Wisconsin. He was born in Sandusky Michigan and is married
to the former Sharon Reinelt of Argyle Michigan. They have two sons, a
daughter and three grandchildren.

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  \                                                                     
  Elbert W. Friday\                                                     
  \                                                                     
  2003 PRESIDENT\                                                       
  AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY**                                     

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|   | Dr. Elbert W. Friday, director of the Board on Atmospheric        |
|   | Sciences and Climate, National Research Council, Washington,      |
|   | D.C., is the President of the American Meteorological Society in  |
|   | 2003.                                                             |
|   |                                                                   |
|   | Dr. Friday was appointed as the Director of the Board on          |
|   | Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) in July 1998. The BASC is |
|   | that component of the National Research Council established to    |
|   | advance understanding of the earth\'s atmosphere and climate, to  |
|   | help apply this knowledge to benefit the public, and to advise    |
|   | the federal government on problems and programs within the        |
|   | Board\'s areas of expertise.                                      |
|   |                                                                   |
|   | Prior to joining BASC, Dr. Friday served as Assistant             |
|   | Administrator for the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research  |
|   | (OAR) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In  |
|   | this position as Director of NOAA Research, he was responsible    |
|   | for research and development programs that support and enhance    |
|   | both current and future NOAA services.                            |
|   |                                                                   |
|   | Dr. Friday served as Assistant Administrator for Weather Services |
|   | and as Director of the National Weather Service (NWS) from 1988   |
|   | until 1997 where he was responsible for every aspect of providing |
|   | an effective weather, climate, and flood warning system for the   |
|   | Nation. His work there earned him the Federal Executive of the    |
|   | Year Award from the Federal Executive Institute Alumni            |
|   | Association in 1993, the National Weather Association\'s 25th     |
|   | Anniversary Award in 2000, and the AMS\'s Cleveland Abbe Award in |
|   | 1998.                                                             |
|   |                                                                   |
|   | Dr. Friday served in the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1981, where  |
|   | among many duties he was detachment commander in South Vietnam,   |
|   | acting squadron commander in Thailand, and chief weather officer  |
|   | in the Special Projects Division of the Air Force Global Weather  |
|   | Center at Offutt AFB in Nebraska. He received numerous military   |
|   | medals, including a Bronze Star, a Defense Superior Service       |
|   | Medal, and two Meritorious Service Medals.                        |
|   |                                                                   |
|   | Dr. Friday is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and |
|   | served as AMS Councilor from 1987-1989.                           |
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Thomas R. Karl

Director, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center

United States Department of Commerce

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height="2.0833333333333335in"}

Thomas R. Karl was born and raised in Evergreen Park, Illinois. He
received his B.S. degree in Meteorology from Northern Illinois
University, DeKalb, Illinois in 1973, his Masters Degree from the
University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1974, and was awarded an honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters from North Carolina State University in
2002.

Dr. Karl currently serves on, and has contributed to, numerous
committees including Chair of NOAA's Council on Long-Term Climate
Monitoring (1997-Present); Program Director of Climate Change Data and
Detection, NOAA's Office of Global Programs (1995-Present); Climate
Research Committee (1991-Present, Chair 1997-1999); and National
Research Council's Committee on Science of Climate Change (2001). In
addition to Dr. Karl's participation on various committees, he has also
given numerous media interviews, testimonies to the U.S. Congress, and
briefings to cabinet level officials, the Vice President, and the
President of the United States. He is a fellow of the American
Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union, and a
National Associate of the National Research Council. In 2002, he was
elected to serve on the Council of the American Meteorological Society.

Dr. Karl is author of many climatic atlases and technical reports, and
has well over 100 published articles in various scientific journals.
These articles deal with topics ranging from seasonal climate prediction
to ozone transport near the surface. He has also served as Editor of the
Journal of Climate (1997-2000) and Lead Author of several IPCC reports,
and in addition to his contribution to numerous journals, Dr. Karl has
also served as Editor or Contributor to 11 commercial textbooks on
topics ranging from the 1988 U.S. drought to global climate observing.

Dr. Laura Kong

![](media/image9.jpeg){width="1.4201388888888888in" height="1.7in"}Dr.
Laura Kong is the Director on the NOAA/NWS International Tsunami
Information Center in Honolulu, HI, Dr. Kong held previous positions
with the University of Tokyo Earthquake Research Institute, the USGS
Hawaii Volcano Observatory, the University of Hawaii Institute of
Geophysics, and the Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
(PTWC). Dr. Kong has also served as a Hawaii State Tsunami Advisor and
as a Hawaii co-representative of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation
Program Steering Committee. She is a graduate of Punahou School and
Brown University. She received her Ph.D in marine seismology from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution.

Kenneth E. Kunkel, Illinois State Water Survey

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| **KENNETH KUNKEL\                         | +---------------------+  |
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|                                           | | **Interests:**\     |  |
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|                                           | | and change, climate |  |
|                                           | | extremes, boundary  |  |
|                                           | | layer meteorology   |  |
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|                                           | | **Education:**\     |  |
|                                           | | PhD                 |  |
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Ken Kunkel has held a variety of positions at the Illinois State Water
Survey since 1988, including Director of the Midwestern Regional Climate
Center and Director of the Office of Applied Climatology. Currently, as
Head of the Atmospheric Environment Section, Ken manages a 25
professional staff performing research on climate variability and
change, regional climate and air quality modeling, small-scale
atmospheric phenomena, and atmospheric chemistry.

Ken holds a B.S. degree (1972) in physics from Southern Illinois
University-Edwardsville and M.S. (1974) and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in
meteorology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ken has performed
research on atmospheric optical phenomena as a research meteorologist at
the Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory at White Sands Missile Range. During
1982-1988, he served as the New Mexico State Climatologist and had a
research and teaching appointment as an Associate Professor at New
Mexico State University.

Ken has performed research on a wide range of atmospheric science
issues. Recent research has focused on climate variability, extremes,
and change. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed
scientific journals including *Climatic Change, Journal of Climate,
Journal of Applied Meteorology, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Remote
Sensing of the Environment, and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology*. In
addition, Ken has written three book chapters and has published numerous
articles in the proceedings of scientific conferences and symposia.

Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.)\
\
A native of Philadelphia, Pa., and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy
(Class of \'64), Vice Admiral Lautenbacher has served in a broad range
of operational, command and staff billets. Operational tours include
Division Officer in USS WASP (CVS-18), and USS HENRY B. WILSON (DDG-7),
a second tour on the USS HENRY B. WILSON (DDG-7) as Department Head, and
Executive Officer of USS BENJAMIN STODDERT (DDG-22). Areas of expertise
include Anti-submarine Warfare, Anti-air Warfare, and Naval Surface Fire
Support, with expertise gained during a number of deployments to the
Western Pacific and Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.\
\
Command experience includes tours as Commanding Officer of USS HEWITT
(DD-966), Commander Naval Station Norfolk, Commander of
Cruiser-Destroyer Group Five with additional duties as Commander, U.S.
Naval Forces Central Command Riyadh, during Operations Desert Shield and
Desert Storm, where he was in charge of Navy planning and participation
in the air campaign. As Commander U.S. Third Fleet, he introduced Joint
training to the Pacific with the initiation of the first West Coast
Joint Task Force Training Exercises (JTFEXs). A leader in the
introduction of cutting edge information technology, he pioneered the
use of information technology to mount large-scale operations using sea
based command and control. He was the architect of the USS CORONADO
transformation to a prototype Joint Command and Control ship (JCC), a
founding father of the current Fleet Battle Experiment program, and
originator of the Sea Based Battle Laboratory concept for significantly
reducing the time to move technology to the fleet.\
\
Staff duties include higher education as well as significant assignments
in senior management. Vice Admiral Lautenbacher attended Harvard
University receiving MS and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Mathematics. He was
selected as a Federal Executive Fellow and served at the Brookings
Institution. He served as a guest lecturer on numerous occasions at the
Naval War College, the Army War College, the Air War College, The
Fletcher School of Diplomacy, and the components of the National Defense
University.\
\
As a Cost Analyst in OSD Systems Analysis, he became an expert in
building cost estimating models for major acquisition programs with
specialization in aircraft R&D and procurement. He was one of the
original members of the Cost Analysis Improvement Group (CAIG)
independent cost estimating effort. As Assistant for Strategy with the
CNO Executive Panel, and Program Planning Branch Head in the Navy
Program Planning Directorate, he continued to hone his analytic skills
resulting in designation as a specialist both in Operations Analysis and
Financial Management.\
\
As a Flag Officer he served as Deputy Chief of Staff for
Management/Inspector General on the staff of Commander in Chief U.S.
Pacific Fleet; and Director of Force Structure, Resources, and
Assessments (J-8) on the Joint Staff, where he contributed to the
development of the Base Force and was a prime architect of the Bottom Up
Review military force structure. He also served as director, Office of
Program Appraisal, on the Staff of the Secretary of the Navy and his
last assignment on active duty was Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
(Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments) personally responsible
for developing the Navy Future (five) Years Program and \$80B annual
budget. These positions resulted in the development of significant
expertise in federal government processes within both the Executive and
Legislative branches.\
\
After transitioning to the civilian sector, he formed his own management
consultant business, and worked principally for Technology, Strategies &
Alliances Inc. He was President and CEO of the Consortium for
Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) before joining NOAA Monday,
Dec. 10, 2001. This not-for-profit organization has a membership of 65
institutions of higher learning, and a mission to increase basic
knowledge and public support across the spectrum of ocean
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|   | **RONALD D. MCPHERSON**                                            |
|   |                                                                    |
|   | **EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR**                                             |
|   |                                                                    |
|   | **AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY**                                |
|   |                                                                    |
|   | ![](media/image13.png){width="1.2604166666666667in"                |
|   | height="1.6354166666666667in"}Ronald D. McPherson has been the     |
|   | executive director of the American Meteorological Society since    |
|   | January 1999. McPherson joins the AMS after a nearly 40 year       |
|   | career with the National Weather Service. He retired as director   |
|   | of the National Weather Service=s National Centers for             |
|   | Environmental Prediction (NCEP) in Camp Springs, Md., in July      |
|   | 1998.                                                              |
|   |                                                                    |
|   | He first joined the NWS as a staff meteorologist in Austin, Texas, |
|   | in 1960. He worked his way through the organization serving as an  |
|   | aviation forecaster at the San Antonio forecast office, a research |
|   | meteorologist in the Development Division at the National          |
|   | Meteorological Center (now NCEP), liaison for the Forecast Systems |
|   | Laboratory in Boulder, Colo., and chief of the Meteorological      |
|   | Operations Division. He served as deputy director for the National |
|   | Weather Service from 1988 to 1990 and then became director of NCEP |
|   | in 1990.                                                           |
|   |                                                                    |
|   | McPherson has long been active within AMS. He became a member in   |
|   | 1960 and was elected a Fellow in 1992. He was a Councilor from     |
|   | 1991 to 1994, and a member of the Executive Committee from 1992 to |
|   | 1994. He was an at-large member of the Publications Commission     |
|   | from 1990 to 1996, and chaired an ad hoc committee on meetings     |
|   | from 1993 from 1995. In 1997, he served as president of the        |
|   | Society and has been a member of the Executive Committee and       |
|   | Council since 1996.                                                |
|   |                                                                    |
|   | McPherson also has been extensively involved with the World        |
|   | Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a  |
|   | U.S. delegate to the WMO, where he served on its Commission on     |
|   | Basic Systems in 1988. He was the principal U.S. delegate in the   |
|   | WMO VI Meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1990. He headed the U.S.     |
|   | delegation to the WMO 11th Session of the WMO Commission for       |
|   | Atmospheric Sciences in 1994 and was a U.S. delegate to the WMO    |
|   | Congress XII in 1995.                                              |
|   |                                                                    |
|   | A native of Orange, Texas, McPherson earned his B.S. degree in     |
|   | meteorology in 1961, his M.S. degree in environmental engineering  |
|   | in 1964, and his Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences in 1968 from the    |
|   | University of Texas in Austin. His research and findings on        |
|   | numerical weather prediction, emphasizing data assimilation, have  |
|   | been published in a number of AMS journals, including the *Journal |
|   | of Applied Meteorology, Monthly Weather Review*, and the *Bulletin |
|   | of the American Meteorological Society.*                           |
|   |                                                                    |
|   | McPherson is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including |
|   | the Department of Commerce Silver Medal in 1980. He was recognized |
|   | for Meritorious Executive by President Clinton in 1993.            |
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Dr. Hal Palmer

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height="2.7291666666666665in"}

Dr. Hal Palmer is the senior marine scientist with Veridian Systems,

Herndon, VA. He has nearly 40 years experience as a consultant,

researcher and teacher in marine geology and oceanography. His work in

marine environmental analyses has often required NOAA data and products

in support of local to regional studies world-wide.

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|   | |              | fax: 732-445-0006\                |         |   |   |   |
|   | |              | email: drobins@rci.rutgers.edu    |         |   |   |   |
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|   | |              | homepages:\                       |         |   |   |   |
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|   | |              | //climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover>\ |         |   |   |   |
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|   | |              | ://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim> |         |   |   |   |
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|   |   **EDUCATION**                                                  |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   |   Ph.D., Geology\      1984 Columbia University\                 |   |   |
|   |   M.S., Geology\       1981 Columbia University\                 |   |   |
|   |   B.S., Geology        1977 Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA      |   |   |
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|   | **ACADEMIC POSITIONS** (1984-present)                            |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   | 1999- Member, Center for Environmental Prediction, Department of |   |   |
|   | Environmental\                                                   |   |   |
|   | Sciences, Cook College, Rutgers                                  |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   | 1996- Chair, Dept. Geography, Rutgers University (on leave       |   |   |
|   | 7/99-6/00)                                                       |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   | 1995 Professor, Dept. Geography, Rutgers                         |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   | 1995- Associate Director for Climatology, Walton Center for      |   |   |
|   | Remote Sensing and Spatial                                       |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   | Data Analysis, Cook College, Rutgers                             |   |   |
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|   | 1994- Graduate Faculty, Environmental Sciences Program, Rutgers  |   |   |
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|   | 1991- New Jersey State Climatologist                             |   |   |
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|   | 1990- Member, Quaternary Studies Program, Rutgers                |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   | 1989- Graduate Faculty, Meteorology Program, Rutgers             |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   | 1989- Graduate Faculty, Geography Program, Rutgers               |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   | 1994-98, 01 Director, Graduate Program, Department of Geography, |   |   |
|   | Rutgers                                                          |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   | > 1991-95 Associate Professor, Dept. Geography, Rutgers          |   |   |
|   |                                                                  |   |   |
|   | 1988-91 Assistant Professor, Dept. Geography, Rutgers            |   |   |
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|   | 1988 Visiting Scientist, United States National Climatic Data    |   |   |
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|   | 1984 Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth          |   |   |
|   | Observatory, Columbia\                                           |   |   |
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|   | **Research Interests**                                           |   |   |
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|   | Primary research interests are in climate and climate change; in |   |   |
|   | particular, state and regional climate and climate change        |   |   |
|   | issues, hemispheric and regional snow cover dynamics,            |   |   |
|   | interactions of snow cover with other climate elements, the      |   |   |
|   | dynamics of solar and terrestrial radiative fluxes at and close  |   |   |
|   | to the surface of the earth, and the collection and archiving of |   |   |
|   | accurate climatic data.                                          |   |   |
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|   | **Research Grants**                                              |   |   |
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|   | 1983-present: served as the principal investigator, co-principal |   |   |
|   | investigator or sponsor on 40 research\                          |   |   |
|   | grants totaling \$5,315,623.                                     |   |   |
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|   | Recent grants include\                                           |   |   |
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|   | 2002-2004 Trends and Variability of Global Snowfall and Snow     |   |   |
|   | Cover. NOAA.\                                                    |   |   |
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|   | 2002-2003 The NJ Mesonet: Enhanced Monitoring of New Jersey      |   |   |
|   | Precipitation. New\                                              |   |   |
|   | Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.\                  |   |   |
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|   | 2001-2004 A Hybrid Approach for Evaluating and Predicting        |   |   |
|   | Interactions Between the                                         |   |   |
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|   | Seasonal Snow Pack and the Atmosphere. NASA.\                    |   |   |
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|   | 2001-2002 NJ DroughtWatch: Precipitation Data for Drought        |   |   |
|   | Monitoring. NJ Geological\                                       |   |   |
|   | Survey, NJ Department of Environmental Protection.\              |   |   |
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|   | 2000-2003 A Blended Northern Hemisphere Snow Dataset. NOAA.\     |   |   |
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|   | 2000-2002 Collaborative Research on the Snow-Soil                |   |   |
|   | Moisture-Monsoon Relationship. NSF.\                             |   |   |
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|   | 2000-2001 Roadway Weather Information Sites. New Jersey          |   |   |
|   | Department of Transportation.\                                   |   |   |
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|   | 1999-2002 Evaluation of Snow Simulations in the Second Phase of  |   |   |
|   | the Atmospheric Model\                                           |   |   |
|   | Intercomparison Project (AMIP II). NSF.\                         |   |   |
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|   | 1997-2000 Eastern United States Climate and Atlantic Sea Surface |   |   |
|   | Temperatures. NSF.\                                              |   |   |
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|   | 1997-1999 Validation of Old and New Satellite Global Snow Cover  |   |   |
|   | Products. NOAA.\                                                 |   |   |
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|   | 1996-1998 Extended Spatial and Temporal Analyses of Snow Cover.  |   |   |
|   | NOAA                                                             |   |   |
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|   | **PUBLICATIONS**                                                 |   |   |
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|   | Author or co-author of approximately 140 articles, over half in  |   |   |
|   | peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Selected publications  |   |   |
|   | over the past 5 years include:                                   |   |   |
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|   | Leathers, D.J., T.L. Mote, A.J. Grundstein, D.A. Robinson, K.    |   |   |
|   | Felter, K. Conrad & L. Sedywitz (2002) Associations between      |   |   |
|   | continental scale snow cover anomalies and air mass frequencies  |   |   |
|   | across eastern North America. *International Journal of          |   |   |
|   | Climatology*, 22, 1473-1494.                                     |   |   |
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|   | Brown, R., B. Brasnett, & D. Robinson (2001) Development of a    |   |   |
|   | gridded North American daily snow depth and snow water           |   |   |
|   | equivalent dataset for GCM validation. *Proceedings of the       |   |   |
|   | 58^th^ Eastern Snow Conference*, Ottawa, Ontario, 333-340.       |   |   |
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|   | Hartley, S. & D.A. Robinson (2000) A shift in winter season      |   |   |
|   | timing in the northern Plains as indicated by temporal analysis  |   |   |
|   | of heating degree days. *International Journal of Climatology*,  |   |   |
|   | 20, 365-379.                                                     |   |   |
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|   | Easterling, D.R., T.R. Karl, K.P. Gallo, D.A. Robinson, K.E.     |   |   |
|   | Trenberth, & A. Dai (2000) Observed climate variability and      |   |   |
|   | change of relevance to the biosphere, *Journal of Geophysical    |   |   |
|   | Research*, 20,101-20,114.                                        |   |   |
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|   | Robinson, D.A. & A. Frei (2000) Seasonal variability of northern |   |   |
|   | hemisphere snow extent using visible satellite data.             |   |   |
|   | *Professional Geographer* , 51, 307-314.                         |   |   |
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|   | # Frei, A. & D.A. Robin                                          |   |   |
|   | son (1999) Northern hemisphere snow extent: regional variability |   |   |
|   |  1972 1994. International Journal of Climatology, 19, 1535-1560. |   |   |
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|   | Frei, A., D.A. Robinson & M.G. Hughes (1999) North American Snow |   |   |
|   | Extent: 1900-1994. *International Journal of Climatology*, 19,   |   |   |
|   | 1517-1534.                                                       |   |   |
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|   | Frei, A. & D.A. Robinson (1998) Evaluation of snow extent and    |   |   |
|   | its variability in the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison         |   |   |
|   | Project. *Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres*, 103,     |   |   |
|   | 8859-8871.                                                       |   |   |
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|   | Serreze, M.C., M.P. Clark, D.L. McGinnis & D.A. Robinson (1998)  |   |   |
|   | Characteristics of snowfall over the eastern half of the United  |   |   |
|   | States and relationships with principal modes of low-frequency   |   |   |
|   | atmospheric variability. *Journal of Climate*, 11, 234-250.      |   |   |
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|   | Leathers, D.J., M.A. Palecki, D.A. Robinson & K.F. Dewey (1998)  |   |   |
|   | Climatology of the daily temperature range annual cycle in the   |   |   |
|   | United States. *Climate Research*, 9, 197-211.                   |   |   |
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|   | **PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY**                                        |   |   |
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|   | ***Appointed/elected positions** (1993-present)**:***            |   |   |
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|   | 2002- President Elect: American Association of State             |   |   |
|   | Climatologists                                                   |   |   |
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|   | 2000- Advisory Panel: NOAA Climate and Global Change Program -   |   |   |
|   | Climate Change Data and Detection Element                        |   |   |
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|   | 1999- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Drought  |   |   |
|   | Policy Committee                                                 |   |   |
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|   | 1999- Key contributor: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |   |   |
|   | (climate monitoring chapter)                                     |   |   |
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|   | 1996- Chair, Ad hoc MODIS Cryosphere Advisory Committee          |   |   |
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|   | 1997-2000 Chair, American Meteorological Society Committee on    |   |   |
|   | Polar Meteorology and\                                           |   |   |
|   | Oceanography                                                     |   |   |
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|   | 1997-98 Member, National Research Council Panel on the           |   |   |
|   | Modernization of the U.S. Cooperative Climate Observing Program  |   |   |
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|   | 1996-98 Chair, Climate Specialty Group, Association of American  |   |   |
|   | Geographers                                                      |   |   |
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|   | 1993-97 Member, National Research Council Global Energy and      |   |   |
|   | Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel                             |   |   |
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|   | ##### NEW JERSEY STATE CLIMATOLOGIST RESPONSIBILITIES            |   |   |
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|   | Maintain an active research program related to New Jersey        |   |   |
|   | climate.                                                         |   |   |
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|   | Collect and archive New Jersey climatic data.                    |   |   |
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|   | Through various outreach programs, provide climate education and |   |   |
|   | information to the citizens of New Jersey. Includes giving       |   |   |
|   | approximately 300 interviews each year to the media.             |   |   |
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**GREGORY S. WILSON**

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Dr. Wilson is President of Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems and
Executive Vice President for Research and Technology and Chief Scientist
at Baron Services Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama. The Baron Companies
develop commercial weather radar and associated analysis and display
systems, data and technology for broadcast, government and international
customers. He is also Senior Research Scientist at the University of
Alabama-Huntsville, National Space Science and Technology Center. He
earned a B.S., M.S. and PhD in meteorology at Texas A & M University in
1974, 1975 and 1979, respectively, and received management training from
Penn State, Harvard and MIT. Prior to his current positions, he was
employed by NASA for 22 years where he conducted remote sensing research
and also managed NASA research organizations and programs. His
professional areas of research and technology include severe local
storms, fluid dynamics, remote sensing systems, image processing and
communication of scientific information. Dr. Wilson has been a long-term
member of several professional societies during his career including the
AMS, NWA and the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA) where he served on many technical committees, published research
papers and attended associated meetings. Some special awards and honors
include the Webby Award, Institute for Digital Arts and Sciences:
Science Communications Web Site-1999, the Hammer Reinvention Award, Vice
President Gore, National Performance Review --1995, the NASA Exceptional
Scientific Achievement Medal --1989, NASA Special Service Award --1987
(Leader, Challenger Image Processing Team), and the NASA Director's
Commendation --1984 (Experiment Development for Spacelab). Some of his
scientific and leadership accomplishments include congressional
testimony regarding global warming and remote sensing systems,
development of remote sensing national policy directives, and the
creation of the Global Hydrology and Climate Center as well as the
National Space Science and Technology Center. Dr. Wilson was born in
Spartanburg, SC, has two children and enjoys hiking, boating, camping,
and white water rafting.

**Gregory W. Withee**

> **Assistant Administrator for**

**Satellite and Information Services**

**National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)**

U.S. Department of Commerce

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Mr. Withee is the Assistant Administrator for NOAA's Satellite and
Information Services. He leads the U.S. civil operational environmental
satellite program which supplies the Nations weather and environmental
satellite data; and also leads three National environmental data
centers, which archive and make accessible climate, ocean, and
geophysical data and products.

Mr. Withee has worked in other areas at NOAA, the private and university
sectors, and the UN system. He has authored more than 100 publications
and reports and has received numerous awards, including two Presidential
Rank Awards for extraordinary performance in the Senior Executive
Service.

Steven J. Worley

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Received educational background in meteorology at the University of
Wisconsin, Madison, and in oceanography at the University of Alaska,
Fairbanks and Texas A&M University. Participated in numerous field data
collection projects on the Great Lakes and all Oceans except the Indian.
Performed data analysis and data management for over 25 years, including
being co-principle investigator of the International Comprehensive
Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (I-COADS) project. For the past 15 years
active in data management at the NSF National Center for Atmospheric
Research, as part of a team responsible for 20 TB of scientific research
data archived in approximately 500 different datasets.