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Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 75-82

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... He was also a member of the National Science Board from 1996 to 2002 and served on its Special Commission on the Future of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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... From 2002 to 2003, she assisted the U.S. Climate Change Science Program in drafting its strategic plan; she was particularly Instrumental in shaping the chapter on decision support, a new emphasis for the program.
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... His past NRC service includes a 2003 Review of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Sciences Enterprise Strategic Plan; membership on BASC, the Committee on Metrics for Global Change Research, and the Committee on Solar and Space Physics; and chair of the Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research.
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... Climate Modeling, the Special Fields and interdisciplinary Engineenug Peer Committee of the NAE, and the Committee on Weather Research for Surface Transportation.
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... She made some of the first measurements in the Antarctic that showed thatchlorofluorocarbons wereresponsibleforthe stratospheric ozone hole, and she pioneered the theoretical understanding of the surface chemistry that causes it. In March 2000, she received the National Medal of Science, the United States' highest scientific honor, for "key insights in explaining the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole." Her cunrent research focuses on chemistry-climate coupling, and she serves as co-chair of Working Group I of the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which seeks to provide scientific infommation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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... Dr. Wallace is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has chaired several NRC panels including the Panel on Reconciling Temperature Observations, the Panel on Dynamic Extended Range Forecasting, and the Advisory Panel for the Tropical Ocean/Global Atmosphere (TOGA)
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... S Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan and the longstanding Climate Research Committee.
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