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Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staffpj
Pages 21-26

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... Current committee assignments include NOAA's Integrated Surface Observing Systems, NOAA's Climate Change Data and Detection Research Element, and the American Meteorological Society's Applied Climatology. Roberta Balstad is a senior research scientist at Columbia University and director of the university's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
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... Ocean applications include skin sea surface temperature, the computation of surface currents from satellite images, mapping of geostrophic currents from satellite altimetry, and general air-sea interaction studies. The goal of Dr.
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... Her research examines various aspects of convective precipitation including life cycles of precipitation, hurricane rainfall, flash flood forecasting and mitigation; mesoscale modeling of volcanic ash dispersal; and wildfire forecasting. Much of her research utilizes data from satellite sensors (infrared, passive microwave, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission [TRMM]
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... Dr. Drobot currently is 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 long-range forecasting of summer ice conditions and U.S.
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... Dr. Staudt has also worked on studies addressing air quality management in the United States, research priorities for airborne particulate matter, the NARSTO Assessment of the Atmospheric Science on Particulate Matter, weather research for surface transportation, and weather forecasting for aviation traffic flow management.
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