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Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
John A. Armstrong (NAE, Chair) retired from IBM the George E. Pake Prize of the American Physical
Society.
after a 30-year career with the world’s largest manufac-
turer of computers. He is internationally recognized as
James D. Doyle earned his B.S. degree in atmospheric
an expert in nonlinear optics, the statistical properties
science and mathematics from the University of Wiscon-
of laser light, picosecond pulse measurements and the
sin at Milwaukee in 1983 and M.S. and Ph.D. from the
multiphoton laser spectroscopy of atoms. He previously
Pennsylvania State University in 1986 and 1991, respec-
chaired the Committee on Partnerships in Weather
tively, in meteorology with an emphasis on mesoscale
and Climate Services, which produced the 2003 NRC
dynamics and numerical weather prediction. He joined
Report, Fair Weather: Effective Partnership in Weather
the Mesoscale Modeling Section of the Naval Research
and Climate Services. Dr. Armstrong holds an A.B.
Laboratory’s Marine Meteorology Division in 1992 and
in physics from Harvard College (1956) and a Ph.D.
has served as the head of the group since 1998. Since
(1961) from Harvard University for research in nuclear
joining NRL, he has conducted research on atmospheric
magnetic resonance at high pressures. He joined IBM
processes over complex terrain, coastal air-sea interac-
in 1963 as a research staff member. In 1976 he became
tion, and the development of high-resolution numerical
Director of Physical Sciences for the company and was
weather prediction models. He is one of the primary
responsible for a major part of IBM research in phys-
developers of the Navy’s Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere
ics, chemistry, and materials science. In 1980 he was
Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS), which is
appointed to the IBM Corporate Technical Commit-
used to support operational Navy and Department of
tee. In 1983 he was named Vice President of logic and
Defense interests globally, as well as basic research at
memory in the Research Division. In 1986 he became
NRL and numerous other universities and laboratories.
director of research and the following year was elected
Currently, he is leading efforts for improving the physical
IBM Vice President and Director of research. In 1989
understanding and prediction of mesoscale phenomena
he was elected a member of the Corporate Manage-
using both deterministic and probabilistic approaches.
ment Board and named Vice president of Science and
He is a past Chairman of the American Meteorologi-
Technology. Dr. Armstrong is a Fellow of the Optical
cal Society Committee on Mesoscale Processes and has
Society of America, the American Physical Society, the
served as an editor for the Monthly Weather Review and
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
subject matter editor for the Bulletin of the American
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the
Meteorological Society. He is a recipient of the 2008 Top
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is
Navy Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award and
a member of the National Academy of Engineering
is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. He
and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy
has over 100 peer-reviewed publications.
of Engineering Sciences. In 1989 he was awarded
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Pamela Emch is a Senior Staff Engineer/Scientist with and meteorology. Dr. Gail received his undergraduate
degree in physics and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Redondo
from Stanford University, where his research focused on
Beach, California. She works in Northrop’s Space
plasma physics in Earth’s magnetosphere. During this
Systems business area on weather, climate, and envi-
period, he spent a year as cosmic ray field scientist at
ronmental remote sensing and information technology
South Pole Station. Dr. Gail has served on a number
activities supporting the National Oceanic and Atmo-
of National Research Council committees including
spheric Administration, the National Aeronautics and
the “Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applica-
Space Administration, the Department of Defense,
tions from Space.” He serves on a variety of corporate
and international customers. From 2005 to 2007 she
and organizational boards including Peak Weather
was System Engineering, Integration, and Test Lead
Resources Inc., Women in Aerospace, Imaging Notes
on Northrop’s GOES-R PDRR Program. Before
magazine, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
working on GOES-R, Dr. Emch spent eight years on
Administration Advisory Committee on Commercial
Northrop’s NPOESS Program effort, the last two years
Remote Sensing (acting), and the National Aeronautics
of which she relocated to Washington, D.C. to serve
and Space Administration Applied Sciences Program
as Northrop’s system engineering and science interface
Advisory Group. He has published extensively on both
to the NPOESS government program office in Silver
technical and policy issues, and serves as Associate Edi-
Spring, Maryland. Prior to that Dr. Emch managed
tor for the SPIE Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
development of end-to-end physics/instrument/satellite
and Director of Industry Relations for the IEEE Geo-
remote sensing simulations, archives for environmental
science and Remote Sensing Society. Dr. Gail received
multimedia data, and led environmental data-collection
recent awards from GITA for best conference speaker
and application activities for hyperspectral airborne
and AGU for excellence in scientific journal review.
instruments. Dr. Emch holds an M.S. degree in aero-
space engineering from the University of Southern Cali-
David Gochis is currently a Scientist-II at the National
fornia and a B.A. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in civil
Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo-
and environmental engineering from the University of
rado. Dr. Gochis is based in NCAR’s Research Appli-
California, Los Angeles, specializing in water resources
cations Laboratory, a group that looks for research and
with a minor in atmospheric sciences. She is the cur-
engineering solutions to problems relevant to society.
rent Past Chair of the American Meteorological Society
As a hydrometeorologist, he serves as a liaison between
(AMS) Board on Enterprise Economic Development,
hydrologists, who traditionally have strong engineering
a member of the Executive Committee of the AMS
backgrounds, and atmospheric scientists, who are typi-
Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise,
cally oriented toward scientific research. His research
and a Cochair of the Weather Coalition.
focuses on coupled hydrological and meteorological
William Gail is a Director in the Startup Business forecasting problems. Dr. Gochis earned an M.S. in
bioresources engineering from Oregon State Univer-
Group at Microsoft with responsibility for enabling
sity, with an emphasis on water resources and the agri-
breakthroughs in consumer software, having held
cultural applications of meteorology and atmospheric
similar positions within the Public Sector and Virtual
sciences. Afterward, he worked briefly for an engineer-
Earth organizations. He is also cofounder and Chief
ing firm, designing irrigation systems and assessing
Technology Officer of Global Weather Corporation,
water resources. He earned his Ph.D. in hydrology and
a private-label provider of precision weather forecast
water resources from the University of Arizona. From
information. He was previously Vice President of
Arizona, he moved to NCAR to work as a postdoctoral
the mapping products division at Vexcel Corpora-
researcher, and later became part of the organization’s
tion (where he initiated Vexcel’s 2006 acquisition by
permanent scientific staff. Dr. Gochis also serves as co-
Microsoft) and Director of Earth Science programs at
chair of the International CLIVAR panel on Variability
Ball Aerospace, where he was responsible for develop-
of American Monsoon Systems.
ing spaceborne instruments/missions for Earth science
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Hoshin Gupta specializes in systems analysis and American Meteorological Society (AMS) Committee
on Climate Services, the AMS Board of Economic
modeling for environmental science. His research is
Enterprise Development, the Board of the Interna-
focused on the methods for reconciling models with
tional Environmental Modeling and Software Society,
data, and on methods for dealing with predictive uncer-
the Editorial Board of the journal Environmental
tainty. His team has made contributions to hydrology
Modeling and Software, and the Executive Committee
and hydrometeorology for the National Science Foun-
of Carpe Diem West. She also serves on the Climate
dation (NSF), National Weather Service, and National
Working Group of the National Oceanic and Atmo-
Aeronautics and Space Administration. He also works
spheric Administration Science Advisory Board. Dr.
with economists and social scientists to develop coupled
Hartmann received her M.S. degree in water resources
models that support improved decision making under
management from the University of Michigan, and
uncertainty, particularly future (scenario) uncertainty,
her Ph.D. in hydrology and water resources from the
and is co-leader of the first-ever graduate program in
University of Arizona.
hydrometeorology. Dr. Gupta holds a B. Tech degree
in civil engineering (1979) from the Indian Institute of
Kevin Kloesel is Associate Dean for Public Service
Technology and M.S. (1982) and Ph.D. (1984) degrees
and Outreach in the College of Atmospheric and Geo-
in system engineering from Case Western Reserve
graphic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. He
University. He is a Fellow of the American Geo -
is responsible for outreach programs and tours for the
physical Union and current Editor of Water Resources
50,000 people that visit the National Weather Center
Research. He leads the New Model Approaches and
facility in Norman annually. In addition, he is an Asso-
Model Diagnostics groups of the International Asso-
ciate Professor in the College of Atmospheric and Geo-
ciation of Hydrologic Sciences (IAHS), is special Edi-
graphic Sciences with teaching and research interests
tor for Journal of Hydrology, and is on the Editorial
ranging from synoptic meteorology to societal impacts
Board of Benchmark Papers in Hydrology. In the past
and decision making in weather-impacted situations.
he was Executive Director of Semi-Arid Hydrology
He led the team that won the Innovations in American
and Riparian Areas (SAHRA), the first NSF Center
Government Award from Harvard University and the
in hydrological science, which coordinated the activities
Ford Foundation for their work with the emergency
of 400 scientists and 110 students from 17 institutions,
management community in Oklahoma. Currently, he
and served as President of the IAHS Commission on
works directly with thousands of K-12 students and
Coupled Land-Atmosphere System (ICCLAS), and
teachers, as well as hundreds of emergency manage-
as Chair of the American Geophysical Union Surface
ment agencies in finding appropriate applications for
Water Committee.
weather data in local education and decision making.
Holly Hartmann is Director of the Arid Lands Infor- He also serves as Director for the largest state climate
office in the country, the Oklahoma Climatological
mation Center at the University of Arizona, where she
Survey, and previously served as Director of the Florida
is a coinvestigator at the Climate Assessment for the
Climate Center in Tallahassee, Florida. He has a B.S.
Southwest (CLIMAS) and led the scenario develop-
in engineering science from the University of Texas at
ment team at the Science and Technology Center for
Austin and an M.S. and Ph.D. (1990) in meteorology
the Sustainability of SAHRA. Dr. Hartmann’s research
from The Pennsylvania State University.
has focused on making climate and water research more
usable, based on engagement with stakeholders, devel-
Nicholas Lampson served as a member of the U.S.
opment of decision support resources and tools, and
House of Representatives in Texas’ Districts 9 and 22
transition of decision support into sustainable opera-
from 1997 to 2009. During his five terms in Congress,
tions. Current projects address climate and hydrologic
Lampson was Chairman of the House Science Com-
forecasts, climate change scenario planning and risk
mittee’s Subcommittee on Energy and the Environ-
management, water policy in the U.S. West, and collab-
ment which has oversight of the National Weather Ser-
orative software development. She is a member of the
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vice. He has a strong focus on energy issues, particularly He supported FEMA in several exercises and served in
alternative energy and acknowledges the important role several Disaster Field Offices, most notably to Puerto
weather observations and forecasting play in managing Rico and Florida in response to Hurricane Georges.
an energy grid heavily reliant on alternative energy.
Gordon McBean is a Canadian atmospheric scientist
Congressman Lampson’s diverse background provides
a unique perspective on the social aspect of weather and Professor at the University of Western Ontario,
forecasting. He is an active proponent of business and and Chair for Policy in the Institute for Catastrophic
economic growth. Both before and after his tenure in Loss Reduction. Previously Gordon Dr. McBean was
Congress, Congressman Lampson advocated for issues the Assistant Deputy Minister, Meteorological Service
of planetary concern and now serves in advisory posi- of Canada (MSC); Professor and Head, Department of
tions to a green energy company and a company aim- Oceanography, University of British Columbia; Profes-
ing to launch a satellite to measure solar flares to warn sor and Chairman, Atmospheric Science Programme,
Earth of pending damage. As a Congressman, he was University of British Columbia; and Senior Scientist,
active in many issue-oriented Congressional caucuses. Canadian Climate Centre, MSC. Dr. McBean has
received many distinguished awards including the
John W. Madden was appointed in January 2007 as Order of Canada, the MSC Patterson Medal and
the Director of the Division of Homeland Security and CMOS President’s Prize and has been elected a Fel-
Emergency Management for the State of Alaska. This low of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian
followed a year as the Deputy Director for Homeland Meteorological and Oceanographic Society and the
Security within the division. His mission is to protect American Meteorological Society. Dr. McBean has
lives and property from all hazards including terror- chaired and been a member of enumerable national
ism as well as to provide response and comprehensive and international scientific committees, including the
recovery from all disasters. His state service follows a National Research Council Committee on Partner-
distinguished career in seven federal agencies. Most ships in Weather and Climate Services and Chair of
recently, he served with the Transportation Security the International Scientific Committee for the World
Administration as Assistant Federal Security Director Climate Research Programme. He is now chair of
for Operations. He coordinated security policies, proce- the ICSU-ISSC-UNISDR Science Committee for
dures, plans, and exercises with federal, state, and local Integrated Research on Disaster Risk program and
agencies throughout Alaska. Mr. Madden served in the President of START International. He has published
U.S. Army for three years including twenty months in extensively. Dr. McBean received his Ph.D. in phys-
V ietnam performing aviation direct support. After his ics and oceanography from the University of British
military service, he joined the U.S. civil service with Columbia.
the Department of the Navy. He worked in program
David J. McLaughlin is Professor of electrical and
and project management with the Naval Weapons
Engineering Support Activity, Naval Electronic Sys- computer engineering at the University of Massachu-
tems Command, and the Joint Cruise Missile Project setts, Amherst and Director of the National Science
Office. After earning his degree in political science, Foundation Engineering Research Center for Collab-
he joined the Department of Energy working on fos- orative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA).
sil fuels programs and research and development into CASA is a partnership among academic, industry, and
alternative fuels. In 1982, he elected to move to Alaska government researchers from 20 different organiza-
with the National Weather Service. He supported their tions pursuing the fundamental knowledge, enabling
operations throughout Alaska and traveled extensively technologies, and system-level prototypes behind a
to maintain the remote weather observation sites. He new dense radar network technology that has the
next worked for the Alaskan Region of the Federal potential to revolutionize how we detect, track, fore-
Aviation Administration as the Executive Staff to the cast, warn, and respond to hazardous weather events.
Regional Administrator. He also ensured continuity of Dr. McLaughlin received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees
operations for all FAA operations under all hazards. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in
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1984 and 1989, respectively. He spent the period to 1961. Upon discharge he entered graduate school
from 1989 through 1999 on the engineering faculty at Colorado State University (CSU), Department
at Northeastern University and joined the University of Atmospheric Science, earning his Ph.D. in 1968
of Massachusetts electrical and computer engineering with research interests in hydrometeorology, tropical
faculty in January of 2000 where he was the first recipi- meteorology, and climate studies. He remained at
ent of the UMass College of Engineering Armstrong CSU as a faculty member until 1972 when he joined
Professional Development Professorship and he served the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
as Director of the Microwave Remote Sensing Labo- tion’s (NOAA) Global Atmospheric Research Pro-
ratory (MIRSL). His research and teaching interests gram (GARP) Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE)
include radar design, systems engineering, and policy- project office as the science coordinator for the U.S.
mediated dense radar networks. He is a Distinguished contribution to this international field project involv-
Lecturer for the American Institute of Aeronautics and ing some 13 countries. He was awarded the Depart-
Astronautics (AIAA) and was named a Distinguished ment of Commerce Gold Medal for his work on
Faculty member by the University of Massachusetts, GATE. In 1976 he moved to the World Meteorologi-
Amherst Alumni Association. He has held research cal Organization (WMO) in Geneva, Switzerland, to
fellowships at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory participate in the International Joint Planning Staff
and the U.S. Air Force Rome Laboratory and recently for GARP and to undertake the task as manager of the
completed a sabbatical as an Engineering Fellow at International Operations Center for the First GARP
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. Global Experiment, an effort involving virtually every
country in the world. He returned to NOAA in 1981
Adrian E. Raftery (NAS) is Professor of Statistics and as Director of the National Weather Service (NWS)
Sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Climate Analysis Center at the National Meteoro-
He was born in Ireland, and obtained a B.A. in math- logical Center. He was elected President of the WMO
ematics (1976) and an M.Sc. in statistics and operations Commission for Climatology serving for 8 years in
research (1977) at Trinity College Dublin. He obtained this capacity. In 1982 he took the position of Direc-
a Doctorate in mathematical statistics in 1980 from the tor of the Office of Meteorology in the NWS. This
Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France. Dr. office oversaw the NWS service programs and was
Raftery has published over 150 refereed articles in sta- responsible for planning and coordination with, and
tistical, meteorological, and other journals. His research between, the six regional offices. In 1989 he returned
focuses on the development of new statistical methods t o WMO as the Director of the World Weather
for the social, environmental, and health sciences, Watch (WWW) Department which was responsible
including methods for probabilistic weather forecasting for organizing and coordinating all Member States
and the evaluation of weather forecasts. He is a member to implement WMO’s Basic Systems comprised of
of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the Global Observing System, the Global Telecom-
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow munications System, and the Global Data Processing
of the American Statistical Association, and a Fellow of System and WMO’s associated service programs. In
the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He is a former 1994 he was appointed Director of NOAA’s Environ-
Coordinating and Applications Editor of the Journal mental Research Laboratories (ERL). After retiring
of the American Statistical Association. from NOAA in 1999 he has been a consultant inter-
nationally on topics including the Global Climate
James L. Rasmussen spent three years as a weather O bserving System, the continued development of
officer in the U.S. Air Force following his graduation the World Weather Watch, and the organization and
from St. Olaf College in 1958. Assigned to the Air management of meteorological and climate services.
Force Institute of Technology he graduated with a B.S. He has served in various capacities in the American
in meteorology from the University of Utah (1959) Meteorology Society (Counselor, Commissioner, and
and served as a weather officer at the 8th Air Force Fellow). He was awarded the CSU William E. Mor-
Forecast Center at Westover Air Force Base from 1959 gan Alumni Achievement Award.
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Paul L. Smith is Interim Director of the Institute president of ClimaData Corporation, a commercial
weather firm providing specialized forecasts for govern-
of Atmospheric Sciences (IAS) at the South Dakota
ment, industry, and media. Mr. Toohey-Morales is a
School of Mines and Technology. He started as a
Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)
research engineer in the IAS, working his way up the
and currently serves on the AMS Fellows Commit-
ladder as chief engineer to engineering group head and
tee. From 2004 to 2010 he served as AMS Commis-
senior scientist, to become the Director of the Insti-
sioner on Professional Affairs, overseeing the Society’s
tute in 1981. He served in that position until 1996, at
certification programs, its continuing education efforts,
which time he retired from full-time duties and was
as well as the private and public sector meteorolo-
designated Professor Emeritus. Dr. Smith was also
gist boards. He is part of the National Oceanic and
named the facility manager for the National Science
Atmospheric Administration Science Advisory Board’s
Foundation supported T-28 Research Aircraft Facil-
Environmental Information Services Working Group.
ity, which was housed at the IAS, and served in that
D uring his 27-year professional career, Mr. Toohey-
position from 1985 to 2005. He then retired but was
Morales has worked in the public sector (as a forecaster
called back to duty as Interim Director for the South
for the National Weather Service) and in the private
Dakota 2011 fiscal year. He has taught radar meteorol-
sector (as a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and a
ogy, physical meteorology, and microwave engineer-
broadcast meteorologist). He also participates within
ing. Dr. Smith’s major research interests are in radar
the academic sector as an adjunct professor of meteo-
meteorology, cloud physics, and weather modification.
rology. He attained his B.S. in atmospheric sciences
He chaired the National Research Council Committee
from Cornell University in 1984. World Meteoro-
on Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD, the
logical Organization (WMO)-sponsored training at
Committee to Assess NEXRAD Flash Flood Fore-
the National Hurricane Center and the University of
casting Capabilities at Sulphur Mountain, California,
Miami in 1988 garnered him several credits of masters-
and the Committee on the Evaluation of the Multi-
level meteorology courses. He attained his AMS Certi-
function Phased Array Radar Planning Process. Paul
fied Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) designation in
Smith has received the Award for Meritorious Civilian
1997. He is one of only a handful of AMS members
Service, U.S. Air Force Air Weather Service (1975);
with both the CCM and Certified Broadcast Meteo-
the Editor’s Award, Journal of Applied Meteorology,
rologist (CBM) accreditations. Mr. Toohey-Morales
American Meteorological Society (1992); the Thun-
is Past-President of the National Council of Industrial
derbird Award, Weather Modification Association
Meteorologists (NCIM), as well as a member of the
(1995), and was named a National Associate by the
National Weather Association (NWA) and the Inter-
National Research Council (2004). He was selected
national Association of Broadcast Meteorologists. In
as the American Meteorological Society’s Remote
2005, he served as private-sector envoy to the U.S. Del-
Sensing Lecturer for 2006. Dr. Smith has more than
egation at the 57th WMO Executive Council meeting
70 refereed publications in engineering and scientific
in Geneva, Switzerland. He won the AMS Award for
journals or books and presented more than 100 papers
Outstanding Contribution to Applied Meteorology in
at professional society meetings.
2007, the AMS Award for Broadcast Meteorology in
John Toohey-Morales is chief meteorologist at WTVJ- 2004, and the NWA Broadcaster of the Year Awar
TV NBC-6 in Miami, Florida. He is also founder and
