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Appendix B: Biographical Information
Pages 11-14

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... He is past chair of the NSF Observing Facilities Advisory Panel, the AMS Committee on Severe Local Storms, and UCAR's Scientific Program Evaluation Committee, and a past member of the AMS Board of Meteorological and Oceanographic Education In untvers~es. He Is also the author of a textbook on synoptic-dynamic meteorology and Tornado Alley, a book for the scientific layperson on severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
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... He also was instrumental in the design and initiation of USGS programs including the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, Global Change Hydrology Program, and Watershed Modeling Systems Program. He has served as Chief, Branch of Systems Analysis of the Water Resources Division, USGS, Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Research and External Coordination of the USGS.
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... He was an invited speaker and breakout session chair for the Tropical Cyclones Session at a recent Workshop on Changes in Extreme Weather and Climate Events organized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Jay La~vrimore became Chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
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... Platt is a Professor of Geography and Planning Law at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Chair of the Natural Disasters Roundtable. He has served on other NRC committees including the Committee on Flood Insurance Studies, the Committee on Water Resources Research Review, the Committee on a Levee Policy for the National Flood Insurance Program, the Committee on Managing Coastal Erosion, and the Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Plan.
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