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Appendix B: IPY Committee Biographies
Pages 41-44

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... National Committee for the International Polar Year. David Bromwich is a senior research scientist and director of the Polar Meteorology Group at the Byrd Polar Research Center of the Ohio State University.
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... His professional experience includes petroleum geological studies, field geological mapping, structural geological and seismic interpretation, permafrost, methane hydrate, and borehole temperature profile research. Other specialties include year-round studies of the physical properties of sea ice near Barrow, Alaska; and temperature, salinity and crystallographic profiles of first- and multi-year sea ice and documentation of freeze-up, ice movement events, and spring thaw.
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... Smith consults on science policy and management. As an organization executive, chair, or member of advisory committees, and a science and technology policy consultant, he is a leader in developing effective national and international science and technology policies and an expert in theory and practice of providing scientific advice to governments and international organizations.
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... Dr. Drobot will be joining the University of Colorado in December 2004, where he will continue researching interannual variability and trends in Arctic sea ice conditions and how low-frequency atmospheric circulation affects sea ice distribution, short-range forecasting of Great Lakes ice conditions, and biological implications of sea ice variability.


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