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PANEL TO REVIEW THE WORLD DATA CENTER-A FOR METEOROLOGY AND THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER
RICHARD D. ROSEN,
Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.,
Chair
BYRON A. BOVILLE,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NORMAN CANFIELD,
University of Maryland
GENE CARL FELDMAN,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SARA J. GRAVES,
University of Alabama-Huntsville
RICHARD S. LINDZEN,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
GERALD L. POTTER,
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
KELLY REDMOND,
Western Regional Climate Center
FERRIS WEBSTER,
University of Delaware
National Research Council Staff
ANNE M. LINN, Program Officer
CHARLENE E. ANDERSON, Administrative Assistant
COMMITTEE ON GEOPHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
FRANCIS BRETHERTON,
University of Wisconsin,
Chair
VERA ALEXANDER,
University of Alaska
GUY BRASSEUR,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
PETER CORNILLON,
University of Rhode Island
W. JEFFREY HUGHES,
Boston University
MALCOLM K. HUGHES,
University of Arizona
KENNETH C. JEZEK,
Ohio State University
MARCIA K. MCNUTT,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
WILLIAM PARTON,
Colorado State University
THOMAS A. POTEMRA,
The Johns Hopkins University
JOANNE SIMPSON,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
SOROOSH SOROOSHIAN,
University of Arizona
JOHN TOWNSHEND,
University of Maryland
National Research Council Staff
ANNE LINN, Program Officer
CHARLENE E. ANDERSON, Administrative Assistant
BOARD ON EARTH SCIENCES AND RESOURCES
J. FREEMAN GILBERT,
University of California, San Diego,
Chair
GAIL M. ASHLEY,
Rutgers University
THURE CERLING,
University of Utah
MARK P. CLOOS,
University of Texas at Austin
NEVILLE G. W. COOK,
University of California, Berkeley
JOEL DARMSTADTER,
Resources for the Future
DONALD J. DEPAOLO,
University of California, Berkeley
MARCO T. EINAUDI,
Stanford University
NORMAN H. FOSTER,
Independent Petroleum Geologist, Denver
CHARLES G. GROAT,
Louisiana State University
DONALD C. HANEY,
University of Kentucky
ANDREW H. KNOLL,
Harvard University
PHILIP E. LAMOREAUX,
P.E. LaMoreaux and Associates, Inc.
SUSAN LANDON,
Thomasson Partner Associates, Denver
MARCIA K. MCNUTT,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J. BERNARD MINSTER,
University of California, San Diego
JILL D. PASTERIS,
Washington University
EDWARD C. ROY, JR.,
Trinity University
National Research Council Staff
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THOMAS M. USSELMAN, Associate Staff Director
WILLIAM E. BENSON, Senior Program Officer
KEVIN D. CROWLEY, Program Officer
BRUCE B. HANSHAW, Program Officer
ANNE M. LINN, Program Officer
LALLY A. ANDERSON, Staff Assistant
CHARLENE E. ANDERSON, Administrative Assistant
JUDITH L. ESTEP, Administrative Assistant
SHELLEY A. MYERS, Project Assistant
COMMISSION ON GEOSCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES
M. GORDON WOLMAN,
The Johns Hopkins University,
Chair
PATRICK R. ATKINS,
Aluminum Company of America
PETER S. EAGLESON,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
EDWARD A. FRIEMAN,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
W. BARCLAY KAMB,
California Institute of Technology
JACK E. OLIVER,
Cornell University
FRANK L. PARKER,
Vanderbilt/Clemson University
RAYMOND A. PRICE,
Queen's University at Kingston
THOMAS A. SCHELLING,
University of Maryland
LARRY L. SMARR,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
STEVEN M. STANLEY,
The Johns Hopkins University
VICTORIA J. TSCHINKEL,
Landers and Parsons
WARREN WASHINGTON,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
EDITH BROWN WEISS,
Georgetown University Law Center
National Research Council Staff
STEPHEN RATTIEN, Executive Director
STEPHEN D. PARKER, Associate Executive Director
MORGAN GOPNIK, Assistant Executive Director
JEANETTE A. SPOON, Administrative Officer
SANDI FITZPATRICK, Administrative Associate
ROBIN ALLEN, Senior Project Assistant
