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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 167-172
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from Purdue University in 1977. His research interests are in dynamics of geophysical columnar vortexes ranging in scale from small dust devils to fire whirls, with a focus on tornadoes; application of laser-Doppler velocimetry to laboratory measurements in experimental fluid mechanics; earth science education at all levels; meteorological measurements and instrumentation, especially surface instruments for weather observations; post-event analyses of tornadoes and tornado-producing thunderstorms; and experimental fluid mechanics as applied to atmospheric problems.
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He has also served on the Transportation Research Board's Committee for the Study of the Regulation of Weights, Lengths, and Widths of Commercial Motor Vehicles and currently serves on that board's Re search and Technology Coordinating Committee. Bradley R
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He has written and presented widely throughout Canada, the United States, and in other countries on road weather services. Over the last several years he has championed the establishment in Canada of a national integrated open network of road weather information systems jointly funded by Transport Canada and the provinces and territories.
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in meteorology from New York University and did her graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. At NESDIS she has been a scientist in the Satellite Applications Laboratory, manager of the Satellite Field Services Station in Anchorage, Alaska, chief of the Environmental Products Group, technical adviser and then acting chief of the User Affairs Office, chief of the Physical Science Branch, and chief of the Atmospheric Research and Applications Division.
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He coordinates activities associated with the installation and implementation of the statewide Road Weather Information System. This role includes developing procedures and training programs, serving as project manager on research projects, and coordinating program activities with field personnel.
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Dr. Staudt has also worked on stud ies addressing air quality management in the United States, research priori ties for airborne particulate matter, the NARSTO Assessment of the Atmospheric Science on Particulate Matter, and weather forecasting for aviation traffic flow management.
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