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Letter From Headquarters

Continuing to Improve Communication within the Society

n the June issue of BAMS, I wrote about how AMS cally pushed to the AMS Facebook page, making that President Peggy LeMone had chosen communica- an especially effective way to follow the blog posts I tion as the broad overarching theme of the 2011 in addition to other AMS news. You can also follow Annual Meeting, which will be held in Seattle this AMS news through Twitter (twitter.com/ametsoc). coming January. This meeting continues to be shap- The AMS home page has direct links to all of these ing into one that will be simply extraordinary, with new outlets. a great cluster of scientific conferences covering the While “The Front Page” and the AMS Facebook latest research results across many segments of our page allow comments on the stories and other pieces community, and with the communications theme posted there, they still represent more of a “push” of woven through the program in very innovative information than a true social site for the AMS com- ways. This month I want to address another aspect munity. We are indebted to Elise Schultz and Ben of communication. Schwedler for creating and maintaining the “Friends The AMS member survey conducted about a year of the American Meteorological Society” Facebook ago was one form of communication between AMS group—a site you can join to take full advantage of members and the Council. Recommendations were the social media platform (searching for “meteorologi- solicited from members about how the Society could cal” will allow you to quickly find the Friends of the better serve them (see the May BAMS, pages 657–673, AMS group). As I gain experience with Facebook, I for a summary of the results of the survey and the find myself becoming very excited about the pos- AMS Council response). In reviewing responses to the sibilities these new communications channels offer survey, it became clear that many AMS members are the Society. not as aware of the Society’s varied programs as many Let me close this column by reminding you that of us thought they were. We are not communicating the AMS is your Society. It will be as good as the well enough with the membership about the broad membership makes it, and those of us on the AMS array of really terrific activities underway through the staff look to you for continuing input on how to efforts of our members and the ways these programs make the Society better. I welcome your comments are impacting society at large. and questions and hope you will feel free to contact Closely related to the need for increased commu- me by phone (617-227-2426, ext. 220) or e-mail nication with the members, another strong message ([email protected]) about any issue. I would also that came through the survey responses was that the like to remind you to vote in the elections this fall for AMS needed to fully embrace social media and take our next president-elect and new Council members advantage of what it has to offer as a way to more so that the elected governance of the Society truly effectively communicate with the membership. We represents the membership. heard that message. The Society has launched an official AMS Facebook page—www.facebook.com/ ametsoc—and is now posting news and features about the Society and its programs there. The content created for the BAMS companion blog (“The Front Ke i t h L. Se i t t e r , CCM Page”), which launched about a year ago, is automati- Ex e c u t i v e Di r e c t o r

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Bob Ryan will be joining the ABC7/WJLA-TV weather from refineries into the Mississippi River. In 2005, he team in the Washington, D.C., region. Ryan will forecast received the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious for the 11:00 pm broadcast as well as play an integral Service, recognizing his contributions to the Weather role in the station’s weather coverage on WJLA’s new Service’s weather forecast and warning mission. Web site, www.TBD.com, and part of the 24/7 weather Before becoming NWS director, Hayes was a senior service provided by ABC7 to all-news WTOP radio. executive at the World Meteorological Organization Ryan has been forecasting weather in the Wash- in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was responsible for ington, D.C., region for more than 30 years. During the cooperative production and exchange of weather his career, Ryan has received numerous awards, forecasts among 189 mem- including regional Emmys for weathercasting and ber nations. In addition, the Ted Yates Emmy for outstanding service to the as an executive for Litton community. His alma mater, the University of Albany, PRC, he was responsible presented him with a Distinguished Alumni Award, for the development and and the AMS gave him The Charles Franklin Brooks deployment of the Ad- Award for his outstanding service. vanced Weather Interac- He began his career in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A tive Processing System, a side job as a broadcast meteorologist turned into a full- billion-dollar information time job as principal meteorologist for Boston’s WCVB- processing system used for TV. In 1978, Ryan became the first meteorologist to all NWS weather forecast regularly appear on NBC’s Today show. He started his and warning operations for career in the Washington, D.C., region in 1980. the United States. John L. Hayes Ryan is also actively involved professionally in his He began his profes- science. In 1996, he was elected president of AMS— sional career in the U.S. Air Force, advancing from the only broadcaster to have held this position. Ryan a weather forecast officer to senior air force weather has also served as the chair of the AMS Committee of leadership positions, including command of the Broadcast Meteorology, the commissioner of Profes- Air Force Weather Agency, which is responsible sional Affairs, and a member of the AMS Council. for weather forecast services for air force and army operations worldwide. In 1998, he was inducted into Bowling Green State University (BGSU) has named the Air Force Order of the Sword by the Air Force John L. Hayes as one of its “100 Most Prominent Weather enlisted corps, one of only 230 officers so Alumni.” Hayes, a 1970 BGSU alumnus, has been recognized. director of the NWS since 2007. He oversees the more than 4,500 employees responsible for weather Walter Munk, oceanographer and pioneer of marine forecasts and warnings for the country. He has also science as well as a longtime contributor to the Office served NOAA in several executive positions, and of Naval Research (ONR), received the prestigious 2010 played a key role in orchestrating the National Ocean Crafoord Prize in Geosciences from the Royal Swedish Service’s response to Hurricane Katrina, overseeing Academy of Sciences on 11 May in Stockholm. operations that supported opening the sea lanes into The ceremony, attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf the Port of New Orleans and the cleanup of oil spilled and Queen Silvia of Sweden, paid tribute to the career of Munk as a global leader through his work with ocean circulation, tides, and waves, and their role in Certified Consulting the Earth’s dynamics. Meteorologists (CCM) “The research and experimental programs that Dr. Munk has been involved in for over half a cen- 658 William Davis 2010 tury have paved the way for scientists wishing to 659 John Huhn 2010 understand the science of sound in the sea,” noted 660 Anthony Lupo 2010 661 Thomas Piazza 2010 Nevin Carr, ONR chief of naval research. “He truly 662 Jason Shafer 2010 is a pioneer.” 663 E. DeWayne Mitchell 2010 Since 1940, Munk has been with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of

1102 | August 2010 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC California, San Diego, where he received a doctor- For the Crafoord Prize, which is on par with ate degree in oceanography. He has worked with the Nobel achievement, Munk received about $560,000 ONR’s Ocean Battlespace Sensing Department for for his contributions in the pioneering of ocean- more than 50 years on a number of projects related ography research and understanding. The Cra- to long-range ocean acoustics, acoustic propagation, foord Prize fund was established in 1980 by a and wave studies. donation to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sci- To mark his accomplished career, ONR, in con- ences from Holder Crafoord. It recognizes achieve- junction with the Oceanography Society and the ment in astronomy, mathematics, biosciences, and Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy, founded geosciences. the Walter Munk Award, which is granted each year Munk’s other awards include the National Medal to scientists and researchers in the oceanography of Science, the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, the field. Recipients are selected based on their signifi- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and cant original contributions to the understanding of the Prince Albert I Medal in the physical sciences of physical ocean processes related to sound in the sea; the oceans. significant original contributions to the application Munk is currently promoting a program that of acoustic methods to that understanding; and studies acoustic tomography underneath glaciers. outstanding service that fosters research in ocean Basically, he envisions being able to map the under- science and instrumentation. Munk received the side of glacier structures, a science that has yet to be first award in 1993. fully explored.

Obituaries

orihiko “Nori” Fukuta, 78, passed away 3 May and demonstrated the important effect of electric- 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah, from renal failure ity on the coalescence and orientation of plate and N caused by a rare disease known as Goodpasture’s column crystals. In addition to his ability to conduct Syndrome. Nori was born and educated in Japan laboratory work, Nori was and received his B.S. in chemistry (1954) and M.S. also an excellent theoretician Norihiko “nori” (1956) and Ph.D. (1959) in physical chemistry from who could explain the physi- Fukuta Nagoya University, Japan. Following graduation, he cal meanings of experimental 1931–2010 served in several public and private-sector teaching results on the basis of simple and research positions at institutions around the theoretical models. Before his retirement, Nori world, including Imperial College, London (under pursued the possible breakdown of Planck’s law fol- the direction of Sir B. J. Mason); Commonwealth lowing the principle of quantum mechanics. He was Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation able to lay the theoretical foundation for this quest, (CSIRO), Sydney, Australia; Meteorology Research and demonstrated his scientific curiosity and ability Inc., Altadena, California; and the University of to penetrate a specific subject. Denver. He became a professor in the University of Nori was passionate about weather modification, Utah Department of Meteorology (now Department especially cloud and fog seeding. He held several of Atmospheric Sciences) in cloud-seeding-related patents in 1977 and Professor Emeritus in the United States, Canada, Aus- 2001. He was named a Fellow of In Memoriam tralia, and Japan, and famously the AMS in 1998. William R. Biggers mounted his fog-seeding equip- Nori was one of the world’s 1919–2010 ment on his car for neighbor- leading cloud physicists, and he Robert J. Burnash hood demonstrations during 1931–2010 pioneered investigations into Salt Lake City’s dreaded “inver- Paul Humphrey droplet and ice crystal nucle- 1920–2010 sions.” For several years, Nori ation and growth. He set up a Aksel Wiin Nielsen served as an advisor for cloud- world-class diffusion chamber 1924–2010 seeding projects in western for the growth of ice crystals China, where hail-suppression

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY August 2010 | 1103 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC programs have been viewed by a number of Chinese to Weather Modification, and served as editor for meteorologists and government officials to be rela- Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols. He was a skilled tively successful. skin-diver, an avid tennis player and skier, and an A dedicated professor, Nori served as the supervi- excellent gardener. Nori is survived by his wife, Yoko, sor for 20 graduate students, published more than 100 one brother, and three sisters. journal articles, authored the Japanese Meteorological —Jim Steenburgh, Kathy Roberts, and Society book, Weather Engineering—New Approach Kuo-Nan Liou

ri Schwarz passed away peacefully at Queensway retired from that activity in 1994, he was appointed Carleton Hospital, Ottawa, on 2 May 2010 at executive director emeritus (an honor of which U the age of 89. He was born in Vienna, Austria, he was very proud), and on 22 July 1920. he continued to work for In 1938, following the Anschluss of Austria with CMOS on a part-time basis Germany, Uri left to study in Italy, and then moved to until a few months before Palestine, where he studied at the Technical Univer- his death. sity, Haifa. With the outbreak A kind, thought- Uri Schwarz of World War II, he joined ful, charming man who 1920–2010 the Royal Air Force where he spoke English, German, trained as a meteorologist and Dutch, Hebrew, Italian, served in Egypt and in Persia. and French, he could pun After the war, he joined the Palestine Meteorologi- in several languages and cal Service and—with the establishment of the state loved to write limericks for Uri Schwarz of Israel—the Israeli Air Force and subsequently the any occasion. Israeli Meteorological Service, in charge of aeronauti- His wife, Jetti Flora cal meteorology. Deen, predeceased him in 1997. Uri will be very In 1957, he joined the International Civil Aviation much missed by his friends and former colleagues in Organization (ICAO), working first at its headquar- Israel, Montreal, and Ottawa, and particularly by his ters in Montreal and then in the European Regional relatives in the United States, Holland, and Germany: Office in Paris, returning to Montreal as chief of David and Jane Balton (Becca and Tim), Ruth Balton the Meteorology Section in 1967. After retiring (Billy), Sylvia Deen and Jan Ruijter, Vicky Fitzgerald, from ICAO in 1982, he moved to Ottawa, where he and Susie Schoenwiese, as well as by his longtime became executive director of the Canadian Meteo- friend in Montreal, Averill Craig. rological and Oceanographic Society. Although he —Bob Jones

Publications BAMS Again Ranks Number 1 in Impact Factor For the second year in a row, BAMS in 2009 took the top spot in the Thompson Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)’s Impact Factor rankings in the “meteorology and atmospheric sciences” category. The impact factor, or IF, is a measure reflecting the ratio of the average number of citations to citable articles published in science and social science journals (for more information, go to http://thomsonreuters.com/products_ services/science/science_products/a-z/journal_citation_reports.) Devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the ISI (now part of Thomson Reuters), the IF is calculated yearly and journals are ranked taking into account two years of citations. The total number of citations for BAMS in 2009 was 9,074, and its IF was 6.123. The IF is primarily used to compare different journals within a field, with larger impact factors suggesting greater influence, or impact, in the field. Four other AMS journals placed in the top twenty for 2009, with Journal of Climate coming in at number nine, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences at thirteen, Journal of Hydrometeorology at fourteen, and Monthly Weather Review at twenty. The newest AMS journal, Weather, Climate, and Society, will appear in the IF rankings for the first time in 2011, when there are sufficient citation data to calculate a score.

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AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY August 2010 | 1105 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC Jay S. Fein and Louis W. Uccellini are the 2010 candidates for AMS president-elect; the candidates for AMS councilor are Pamela G. Emch, Peter J. Lamb, Patricia A. Phoebus, Paul A. Pisano, Warren L. Qualley, William L. Read, Christopher S. Velden, and H. Joe Witte. To help the membership select its leaders, the Society asked the candidates to answer the following ques- tion, “What do you see as the challenges facing the Society, and how would you address them if elected?” Following are their responses, along with a brief biographical sketch of each.

AMS Presidential Candidates

Jay S. Fein he AMS stands high among professional societies worldwide. Its accomplishments are a source of pride for our profession and an indication that the Society will continue to excel in these exciting and chal- T lenging times. Societal demands for weather and climate information and services have grown dramatically. Never before has it been so important for our academic, public, and private sectors to work Jay S. Fein together in providing scientifically based, well-interpreted, and clearly Ja y S. Fe i n earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Rutgers University. His transition from communicated climate and weather mechanical engineering to meteorology was information and services. The AMS inspired while serving in the U.S. Air Force as an is in a unique position to motivate operational weather forecaster. He earned his and lead in these areas because of the Ph.D. (1972) in meteorology from The Florida combined research, prediction, and State University (FSU) and then joined the School services strengths of its academic, of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma (OU). public, and private sectors. He was on leave-of-absence from OU from Our science, applications and 1976 to 1980 while serving in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) at the National Sci- services are interdisciplinary and ence Foundation (NSF) as the associate program have grown more so as we address director for the Global Atmospheric Research issues related to climate variability Program. He divided his time between NSF and and change. This is an appropriate OU, working with his students as they completed time for the AMS to develop a bal- their dissertation research. Fein became a federal anced approach for increasing the employee in 1980, serving as an NSF program interdisciplinarity of its members director in ATM, where he is currently working on special projects related to meteorology and climate. His work at NSF included serving as the U.S. delegate while maintaining its strong sup- or member of various World Meteorological Organization commissions, boards, port services for our core disci- and programs. He has been the NSF liaison to various National Research Coun- pline of meteorology. Our Society’s cil/National Academy of Sciences boards, committees, and panels. outstanding education and student Fein joined the AMS while a graduate student at FSU and has served the programs offer particularly attrac- Society as president of the Central Oklahoma Chapter, member and chair of tive opportunities in pursuit of the Board on Women and Minorities, member of the Committee on Hurricanes this objective. and Tropical Meteorology, member of the Fellows Committee, member of the Nominating Committee, chair and organizer of the Joachim Kuettner Sympo- Among the challenges facing sium, and member of the Planning Commission. He was elected a Fellow of the the AMS, one stands out for me: AMS in 1991 and an AMS Councilor in 2000. His recent awards include the AMS achieving a sustained, global, Cleveland Abbe Award, the AGU Edward A. Flinn Award, and NSF’s highest and highly resolved observing award, the Director’s Award. He was elected an honorary member of the Indian system. Our profession’s ability Meteorological Society in 2001. to conduct cutting-edge research He authored, coauthored, or edited several books on topics ranging from and to provide credible and useful geophysical fluid dynamics to monsoons. His science and research papers scientifically based information have been published in engineering, education, geophysical fluid dynamics, and meteorological journals. He served as the consulting editor in meteorology and and services for policy and man- climatology for the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th Ed. agement decisions rests squarely on the “backbone” of our science

1106 | August 2010 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC and applications: physical observations. These must be sustained using long-term global weather and climate records of high-quality observations collected at high frequency and spatial resolution, organized to optimize their practical use. In addition, new opportunities to improve and leverage already existing infrastructure to collect weather and climate information at relatively low cost must be explored. The AMS can play a pivotal role in motivating and facilitating the pursuit of these important opportunities. The challenges and associated opportunities facing the AMS and our nation are large, complex, and of extraordinary importance. They demand the combined and coordinated efforts of the international weather and climate professional societies and research and applications institutions and scientists. I am dedicated to pursuing these challenges in collaboration with national and international partners.

Louis W. Uccellini he AMS Strategic Plan, pub- Louis W. Uccellini lished in 2007, beautifully T captures the rich history of Lo u i s W. Ucc e ll i n i is the director of the the Society, the rapid advances National Weather Service (NWS)’s National being made in our theoretical un- Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) in Camp Springs, MD. In his position, he is derstanding of the Earth system responsible for directing and planning the sciences, and the amazing success science, technology, and operations related to of the national and international NCEP’s nine centers: Central Operations, En- communities in advancing predic- vironmental Modeling Center, Ocean Predic- tion of weather, water, and climate tion Center, Hydrometeorological Prediction events that have captured the at- Center, and Climate Prediction Center, all in tention of an increasingly diverse Camp Springs; the National Hurricane Center in Miami, FL; Storm Prediction Center in Nor- community of scientists, policy man, OK; Space Weather Prediction Center experts, and decision makers. in Boulder, CO; and the Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, MO. The AMS Plan also emphasizes Prior to his service at NCEP, Uccellini was director of the NWS’s Of- the increasingly diverse member- fice of Meteorology from 1994 to 1999, chief of the NWS’s Meteorological ship of the Society that reflects Operations Division from 1989 to 1994, and section head for the Mesoscale the interdisciplinary nature of Analysis and Modeling Section at the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Labora- the Earth system sciences and tory for Atmospheres from 1978 to 1989. Uccellini received his Ph.D. (1977), masters (1972) and bachelor of science the many partnerships (science- (1971) degrees in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. services, national-international, He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in books public-private-academic) required on subjects including analysis of severe weather outbreaks, snowstorms, for the AMS to address current gravity waves, jet streaks, cyclones, and the use of satellite data in analysis and future challenges. Finally, the and modeling applications. He is the coauthor of a widely acclaimed two-vol- AMS Strategic Plan provides a key ume AMS monograph, Northeast Snowstorms, published in 2004, and authored challenge: chapters in the 1990 AMS publication, Extratropical Cyclones, the 1999 AMS “The key challenge for the AMS publication, The Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones, and the 2008 AMS publication, Synoptic Dynamic Meteorology and Weather Analysis and Forecasting. is how to remain relevant to the Uccellini has served on many national and international research and field community it serves and the so- experiment programs. He has received many awards in recognition of his ciety at large in the face of accel- research and operational achievements, including the Maryland Academy of erating change in both the Earth Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist Award (1981), the NASA Medal for system and in society itself.” Exceptional Scientific Achievement (1985), the AMS’s prestigious Clarence Although one would be hard Leroy Meisinger Award (1985), and the National Weather Association’s pressed to improve the wording of Research Achievement Awards for Significant Contributions to Operational Meteorology (1996). He was elected as a Fellow to the AMS in 1987 and the AMS Strategic Plan, develop- served as co-chief editor of Weather and Forecasting, 1988–1992. In 2001, ments since 2007 have made the he received the U.S. Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award, and in “key challenge” for the AMS even 2006 he received the U.S. Presidential Distinguished Rank Award. more urgent. Today, we are facing a

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY August 2010 | 1107 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC population that, by some accounts, is increasingly skeptical about science, including the scientific principles that support the interdisciplinary nature of Earth system sciences. At the same time, the increasing linkage of our sciences and services to policy and decision makers places an extra imperative upon the AMS president, Council, and entire membership to step up to the key challenge to “remain relevant” as an honest broker in order for us to properly influence the national and international debates that surround us. If elected as the AMS President, I would work with the executive director, the Council, and the membership to build upon the traditions and accomplishments of the Society. I would also work to insure that the AMS steps up to the key challenge of addressing the myriad of issues related to the changing Earth system, mindful of the increasing need for the AMS to connect with the broader political, economic, health, security, and societal-impact communities. In particular, I will emphasize the many applications that our scientific and technical advances support in order to increase our influence on decision makers who increasingly rely on our scientific input, observations, predictions, and related services. I am honored to be considered for the office of President of the AMS during these exciting times and thank you for your consideration.

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Pamela (Pam) G. Emch mportant challenges facing the AMS include communication and outreach. One of the fundamental challenges for AMS, as with any organization, is that of maintaining and improving internal and external I communication. Weather- and climate-related events and scientific activities are receiving increased interest from the general public and policy makers. However, public understanding of the intricacies involved in obtaining and expressing scientific results remains limited. Pamela (Pam) G. Emch The AMS can aid its members by assisting with this challenge of Pa m e l a (Pa m ) G. Emc h received her B.A. in external communication. At the mathematics from UCLA and her M.S. in same time, the Society must con- aerospace engineering from the University tinue to provide opportunities for of Southern California. During her master’s studies, she became increasingly interested in internal dialogue within the public, fluid dynamics and geophysics. As a result, she private, and academic sectors of returned to UCLA, where she received her our membership. The AMS faces Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering, a particular challenge in how best specializing in hydrology with a minor in at- to represent its members as a whole mospheric sciences. Subsequently she worked when differing scientific opinions on environmental remote-sensing projects at or organizational interests may be TRW Inc., managing airborne remote-sensing involved. data collection, multimedia data archiving activities, and the development of an extensive If elected to the Council I will end-to-end remote-sensing test bed consisting seek to strengthen the efforts that of a suite of instrument models, geophysical the AMS is already making to ad- databases, and retrieval algorithms. dress these areas. The Commission Emch is currently a senior staff engineer/scientist with Northrop Grumman on the Weather and Climate Enter- Aerospace Systems. From 2005 to 2007 she was system engineering, integra- prise was formed to support com- tion, and test lead on Northrop’s GOES-R PDRR Program, assisting NOAA munication within the member- with requirements, program definition, and risk reduction. She spent the prior eight years on Northrop’s NPOESS Program, the last two years of which she ship and outreach to the broader served as system engineering and science interface to the NPOESS government user community. The yearly AMS program office in Silver Spring, Maryland. During this assignment she worked Public-Private Partnership Forum extensively with the scientific user community and supported requirements brings together AMS members development, data product analysis, and calibration/validation planning. with senior federal agency officials Emch’s participation in the AMS Summer Policy Colloquium spurred her and congressional staff. These increased involvement in AMS activities. She is chair of the AMS Board on activities and others have been Enterprise Economic Development (BEED) and a member of the Executive Committee of the AMS Commission on the Weather and Climate Enter- successful, but continued work is prise. As chair of the AMS BEED, she oversees the Intelligent Transportation required to keep communication Systems/Surface Transportation Committee, the Energy Committee, and the open. Improved outreach includes Renewable Energy Subcommittee. She organizes and leads the Users Forum expanding the Society’s member- at the AMS Annual Meeting and the AMS Public-Private Partnership Forum ship, conferences, and educational each spring in Washington, D.C. Emch also served in the public sector for programs into nontraditional three years as a member and vice-chair of the City of Redondo Beach Public fields, such as renewable energy. Works Commission, advising the mayor and city council on issues of water, I’ll work to create and facilitate op- power, and transportation. portunities for the AMS to attract and interact with individuals from this and other areas that lie at the intersection of weather, climate, and the larger user community. I have found the AMS to be a wonderful organization that I greatly enjoy being involved with, and I am honored to have been nominated to serve on the AMS Council. I look forward to the opportunity to serve and to work with AMS members and leadership.

1110 | August 2010 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC Peter J. Lamb he AMS elections will occur at a crucial time. AMS members are aware of the general political polarization that now exists. Unfortunately, a recent New York Times article suggested this polarization has infiltrated T our scientific community. The article contrasted meteorologists and especially television weathercasters, who it said “predict short-term weather patterns,” with climatologists/climate scientists “who study weather patterns over time.” It emphasized skepticism among meteorologists about climatologists who it stated “almost universally endorse the view that the earth is warming and that humans have contributed to climate change.” The approach and evidence used to illustrate this professional disparity were wide-ranging—contrasting educational backgrounds and work roles, concerns related to IPCC and AMS practices, and possible Peter J. Lamb “resentment” and “elitist-versus- populist tensions.” For almost 20 years, Pe t e r J. La m b has contributed to the intersection of meteorological This meteorologist-versus-cli- research, operations, and education. As direc- mate scientist characterization is tor of the NOAA Cooperative Institute for disconcerting and not in the best Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) at interests of the AMS or wider society. The University of Oklahoma (OU), he collabo- It contradicts my own professional rates closely with five colocated NOAA units development—from traditional cli- that have wide-ranging responsibilities (National matology, to a Ph.D. in meteorology, Severe Storms Laboratory, Weather Forecast Office, Warning Decision Training Branch, Radar to research on the weather-climate Operations Center, Storm Prediction Center). interface and short-term climate Also, as a George Lynn Cross Research Profes- variability, and (along the way) teach- sor of meteorology at OU, Lamb has taught ing junior-level thermodynamics to core undergraduate and graduate meteorology a half-dozen future successful televi- courses and guided the research of 21 graduate students. Prior to joining OU sion weathercasters. I am a meteo- in 1991, he spent 12 years at the University of Illinois, including as head of the rologist whose work includes some Climate and Meteorology Section of the Illinois State Water Survey (6 years) and as an adjunct professor of atmospheric sciences and geography. Lamb’s Illinois re- climate science. Therefore, if elected sponsibilities included state-focused research and service. Earlier, he taught at the to the AMS Council, I would be University of Canterbury (New Zealand) and University of Adelaide (Australia). mindful of the need to practice what Lamb’s research is concerned with the characteristics, causes, and predict- is preached by the continued pres- ability of short-term climate variations, and how the resulting understanding can ence of the M-word in the center of benefit society, especially for convective rainfall in Subsaharan North Africa and our name. The AMS must maintain North America east of the Rocky Mountains. Results are reported in almost 100 a broad scientific perspective that peer-reviewed publications, and provided the basis for five International Work- extends from short-term/small-scale shops on Regional Climate Prediction and Applications at OU during 1999–2005 that attracted participants from 65 developing nations. Currently, Lamb is helping weather phenomena to regional/ lead a series of U.S.-China Symposiums on Meteorology, the first of which was seasonal climate variability to much held at OU in 2008. Since 1992, he has been site scientist for the U.S. Depart- longer-term/global climate change. ment of Energy’s ARM Climate Research Facility in the Southern Great Plains. Across that wide spectrum, the AMS Lamb essentially was the founding chief editor of the Journal of Climate (1989–95, must continue to support research, journal years 2–8) and currently is the editor of Meteorological Monographs. He promote services (including by the also has published articles in Oklahoma and New Zealand newspapers on global private sector), and foster education, climate change, evolution, and atmospheric observing systems. A native of New Zealand, Lamb received B.A. and M.A. (with honors) but with guidance from a deeper un- degrees in geography from the University of Canterbury, a Ph.D. in meteo- derstanding of societal perceptions rology from the University of Wisconsin (1976), and a D.Sc. for published and needs that will require improved research in climate science from the University of Canterbury (2002). two-way communication. Leadership from the AMS Coun- cil can contribute to this necessary scientific balance. Concerning the extremes emphasized by the New York Times, it will help if weather forecasters become better informed about long-term climate change and climate change researchers are more detached from their findings and eschew advocacy. With AMS Council assistance, we must avoid a weather–climate bifurcation that is part of the larger political polarization.

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY August 2010 | 1111 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC Patricia A. Phoebus lobal and regional climate change and damaging severe weather, floods, and drought will continue to place increased pressure on the world’s governments at a time when the foundation of the global economy G has already been seriously shaken. These environmental pressures may have a further destabilizing effect on national economies and international relationships, as different regions of the Earth experience more dramatic changes than others and are ill-equipped to deal with the Patricia A. Phoebus consequences. Furthermore, at a time when we need our nation’s Pa t r i c i a A. Ph o e b u s been the associate super- government and business policies intendent of the Naval Research Laboratory’s to be as foresighted and thought- Marine Meteorology Division in Monterey, California since 1997. She works closely with ful as possible, our citizenry seem the superintendent in planning, managing, to be less capable of appreciating directing, and administering their broad range the scientific nuances that need to of diversely sponsored research programs. be part of intelligent and rational Phoebus also provides management oversight public debate. Thus, we must care- of the Division’s financial, administrative, per- fully manage the message we are sonnel, and information technology support sending to the populace, as our functions, and facilitates legal agreements for technology transfer and jointly supported national and international collaborative efforts. short-lived national consciousness Phoebus is active in the broader meteorological community and has often defines relevance only by the served on a number of national review panels and committees that pro- most recent media sound-bytes. mote interagency collaboration between DOD, NOAA, and other agencies, These pressing needs touch upon including the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (associate direc- many of the traditional issues that tor, 2002–Present); the initial Technology Transfer Program Committee for are important challenges for the the National Unified Operational Prediction Capability, where she chaired AMS, including serving as an hon- the metrics subgroup; and the Joint Action Group for Operational Com- munity Modeling, which reports to the national Committee for Operational est and accurate broker in national Processing Centers (COPC) under the Office of the Federal Coordinator for environmental policy debates, Meteorology. Phoebus is a member of the AMS and the AGU. fostering excellence in math and During her 30-year career in the federal government, including 15 years science education, and entraining as a full-time research scientist, Phoebus was active in the development and a more diverse and representative transition of operational atmospheric and oceanographic data assimilation population into our profession. systems for both the U.S. Navy and NOAA. She has published her work in Simultaneously, the nation’s fu- the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, the Bulletin of the AMS, Weather and ture needs and growing resource Forecasting, the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, the Marine Technical Society Journal, the Journal of Geophysical Research, and in a number of limitations will require that AMS technical reports and conference proceedings. increasingly focus on promoting Phoebus maintains a strong interest in education. She has been a high a multidisciplinary, multiagency, school mathematics teacher, a university teaching assistant, and a Numerical Earth-system approach to better Weather Prediction laboratory instructor for the navy. She served on the AMS understanding the atmospheric/ Board for School and Popular Meteorological and Oceanographic Educa- environmental/ climate sciences; tion, and cochaired the annual AMS Symposium on Education for four years. to extending predictive capability; Phoebus graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Oklahoma (OU) with a B.A. degree in mathematics, and holds an interdisciplinary M.N.S. de- and to quantifying forecast uncer- gree in meteorology, mathematics, and physics, also from OU. She completed tainty. My professional experience additional graduate course work in oceanography at the Naval Postgraduate will be useful in defining new op- School, the University of Southern Mississippi, and Louisiana State University. portunities for AMS to facilitate increased interaction between representatives of the society’s research, academic, and operational/ industrial members. I would also like to form new collaborative relationships with related professional societies by hosting concurrent conferences with some exciting new joint multidisciplinary sessions. If elected, I would be honored and pleased to serve on the AMS Council to meet these challenges.

1112 | August 2010 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC Paul A. Pisano he AMS is the “go to” organization among the atmospheric and related sciences, advancing the state of the art across meteorology, climatology, and hydrology to serve the public good. And yet our ever-changing T world continues to challenge us—forcing us to find new and inventive ways to achieve our goals under a stressed environment, a changing climate, and limited resources of time and money. Taking the Society’s mission of developing and disseminating information as our core, I believe the Paul A. Pisano way to excel and become even more effective is to strengthen our inter- Pa u l Pi s a n o is the team leader of the Road disciplinary relationships. Saving Weather Management Program in the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal lives and property, building and Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of sustaining commerce, protecting Transportation Operations. In his current the environment and graduating capacity, he is responsible for a research and top-quality students requires more development program that addresses the ef- than just “enhancing products.” fects of weather on all aspects of the highway To be effective, we must translate system, including winter maintenance, traffic weather and climate information management, and traveler information. Over the past 11 years, this program has produced and present it in complementary several applications that integrate weather and contexts, enabling our nonme- transportation information, resulting in deci- teorological partners to make sion support tools that enable transportation more efficient decisions. To do so users and operators to make safer, more efficient decisions, such as when and requires that we look beyond the where to travel, when to treat roads for snow and ice, and when to implement atmospheric and related sciences traffic controls due to adverse weather. This includes the Maintenance Decision and build relationships across Support System, which combines mesoscale and road weather forecasts with winter maintenance rules of practice to save State DOTs millions of dollars; the other disciplines (e.g., energy, Clarus Initiative, which assimilates, quality checks, and disseminates 95% of the transportation, health). Coming nation’s road weather observations; and a new research initiative which is tapping from one of the other disciplines, into the potential of collecting weather and road condition data from vehicles. namely the surface transportation Pisano has worked in several offices at FHWA over the past 25 years, serving as community, I have seen the value team leader for the Traffic Safety Research Team before moving to the Office of of spanning these two worlds, and I Operations. In his previous position he was responsible for researching tech- see the potential to do even more. nology applications in rural areas, which consistently revolved around weather While the potential payoff is problems, and is what sparked his interest in road weather management. Pisano is very active in both the transportation and weather communities, huge, achieving this goal must be leading or serving on multiple committees in organizations under both disci- approached with care, as we could plines (e.g., World Road Association, Transportation Research Board, AMS), easily stretch our reach too far and and publishing papers and contributing articles to a variety of publications. lose momentum. Identifying key He is a member of the AMS, where he has participated in a such activities as: partners, and clearly defining roles, member of the Intelligent Transportation Systems/Surface Transportation responsibilities, and targets will Committee since 2003 (serving as chair, 2006–09); ex officio member of the ensure that we capitalize on each Board on Enterprise Economic Development; and ad-hoc member of the Committee on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS). He serves others’ strengths. Recent efforts on two Annual Partnership topics, and is a 2003 graduate of the Policy Collo- focusing on societal impacts have quium. Pisano is also a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. made great strides in this area. We Pisano earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering (with an emphasis need to build upon such efforts, in highway engineering) from the University of Maryland, College Park. and foster these relationships as a means of achieving our goals. I would be honored to serve on the Society’s Council and would embrace the opportunity to support and build upon the many outstanding efforts of the AMS.

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY August 2010 | 1113 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC Warren L. Qualley elevance and interdisciplinary inclusion are two of the greatest challenges facing the AMS. They’re related to one another, and the members of the AMS must address them more aggressively if we want to continue R to be the strong voice of professional meteorology that we have been. Relevance requires that we better understand the wide-ranging needs of the consumers of weather information. If they don’t understand what we produce, they certainly won’t understand the value of our information, nor will they be incentivized and motivated to act on it. Warren L. Qualley Interdisciplinary inclusion is the only way that we can under- Wa r r e n L. Qu a ll e y is a senior weather en- stand our users’ needs and re- gineer in Harris Corporation’s Government sponses to the information that Communications Systems Division. He has more than 30 years of commercial and civil we produce. Efforts already are meteorology experience, having previously underway to involve social scien- spent 25 years at American Airlines (AA), tists to help us understand how most of them as the Manager of Weather weather information is perceived, Services in AA’s System Operations Con- while economists have been work- trol group. He currently serves on the AMS ing with meteorologists and users Commission for the Weather and Climate from a wide range of disciplines to Enterprise, and in the past served on the Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology more accurately calculate the value Committee and two three-year terms on the of weather forecasts. Board on Continuing Education. The urgent need for relevance Warren has been actively involved in the Next Generation Air Trans- and interdisciplinary inclusion portation (NextGen) initiative since its inception in 2003, currently serving is underscored by the economic on the Joint Planning and Development Office’s (JPDO’s) Weather Working realities we currently face. Govern- Group’s Executive Committee, Policy Team, and Integration Team. Qualley ment and private-sector budgets also has been chair since 1999 of the International Air Transport Associa- tion’s Meteorological Task Force, and is a member of the NOAA Science will dictate prudent spending, so Advisory Board’s newly-formed Environmental Information Services Working we must ensure that we make the Group. He has been an invited speaker to numerous professional confer- best use of our financial and hu- ences, academic venues, and community meetings. man capital. With a B.S. degree in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin— I’m passionate about the sci- Madison, Qualley has appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box and ABC’s 20/20 ence of meteorology, especially its with Hugh Downs, and he has been interviewed by local and national newspa- importance to the full spectrum of pers and magazines regarding weather impacts on airline operations. He was users of weather information. I’m AA’s Principal Investigator for Project Hub-CAPS, a three-year joint research and development program with the University of Oklahoma that proved the convinced that contextualizing its value of storm-scale weather prediction for airline operations, along with value and relevance to society is numerous other unanticipated benefits. the next major milestone we must achieve. If elected as a Councilor of the AMS, I will actively push to further the work that has begun to bring a multidisciplinary approach to the Society’s mission. I will bring more than 30 years of experience in dealing directly with users, and feel that I can make a positive impact on the work of the Society.

1114 | August 2010 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC William L. Read am honored to be nominated to run for and, if elected, serve on the AMS Council. My nearly 40 years of gainful employment in the field has been focused on providing weather forecasts and warnings primarily I for the public sector. I fully acknowledge my views of issues relevant to our Society are and will be filtered through my public-service focus. My passion is to improve our national response to natural hazards William L. Read by providing better weather and climate information. I look for- Wi ll i a m L. Re a d has been the director of the ward to adding my experience to NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center in the diverse experience of the rest Miami, Florida, since February 2008. In this position, Read leads the United States and of Council in leading the AMS World Meteorological Organization Region forward. IV tropical weather forecast, warning, and One of the challenges I see for preparedness efforts. Prior to his current the AMS is to be a strong voice assignment, he was meteorologist-in-charge on issues of national relevance. of the Houston-Galveston area WFO Complexities of our technical (1992–2008); Severe Storm Program leader and societal world have brought NWSHQ (1989–92); lead forecaster, NWSFO Fort Worth (1983–89); general forecaster, many new and exciting fields of NWSFO San Antonio (1978–83); and NWS the atmospheric sciences into the Test and Evaluation Division (1977–78). public arena, with the data con- Read served on active duty as a meteorological officer in the U.S. Navy cerning climate change being one from 1971 to 1975. His positions included flight meteorologist with VW-4 more in the forefront. This year’s “Hurricane Hunters”; operations officer, Fleet Weather Facility, Keflavik, Deepwater Horizon disaster in Iceland; and officer-in-charge, Weather Detachment, Kingsville, TX. the Gulf of Mexico is a more im- Sandwiched around his navy tour, Read earned a B.S. in meteorology in 1971 and a masters in meteorology in 1976 from Texas A&M. mediate challenge pointing out the AMS service includes various positions, including president of local multidisciplinary requirements to chapters, member of the Severe Local Storms Committee, and cochair of address the crisis. Are we doing the 1996 Severe Local Storms Conference in San Francisco. Moreover, Read all we can to ensure weather fore- served a term as President of the National Weather Association and has casters and climate scientists are been awarded that organization’s Member of the Year honor. connected on discussions about weather and climate change? Are we as a professional society doing all we can to bring sound scientific information to bear on the issues of the day? Are we (or should we be) structured to be flexible and able to change directions in response to major issues involving our science? I have observed the Society undergo significant changes over my time as a member, and am fully con- fident that we will continue to be a relevant, member-focused organization as we move forward. If elected, I look forward to addressing the challenges that we face now and into the immediate future.

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY August 2010 | 1115 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC Christopher S. Velden he accompanying image of myself was intentionally chosen to reflect my views about the AMS and the directions it should be headed. In the picture, I am standing in front of a large garden of bushes with T very green foliage. The color green is a favorite of mine, because it reflects life, growth, moving forward, conservation, and of course money. I think all of these things play into the formula for a successful Society. The scientific disciplines we represent can Christopher S. Velden have major societal impacts, so I also believe it is important to communi- Ch r i s t o p h e r S. Ve ld e n began his career in cate new ideas that evolve out of our physical sciences and geography with an scientific investigations, in such a way undergraduate degree from the University that the general populace “gets it.” of Wisconsin—Stevens Point in 1979. After The AMS plays a key role here, and obtaining his master’s degree in meteorology the recent transformation of BAMS from the University of Wisconsin—Madison in 1982, his interest turned to satellite-based is a nice example of that attempt. applications to hurricanes. Staying at UWisc. as a Weather consumers are becoming research scientist with the Cooperative Institute increasingly reliant on pinpoint for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS, a forecast accuracy. Higher expecta- NOAA/NESDIS cooperative institute collocated tions are being driven not only by at UWisc.) through the 1980s and 1990s, Velden our recent success in quantitative pioneered cutting-edge objective algorithms from evolving satellite sensor tech- improvements in forecast confidence, nologies. During this time, he assembled a tropical group of research scientists and graduate students, and working closely with the National Hurricane Center but also by the improved public access in Miami, new and innovated methods to estimate the environmental conditions to information and more efficient and intensity of hurricanes were developed and transitioned into operational use. high-impact weather warnings. This During the 1990s and into the 2000s, Velden became a principle investigator is a good thing, but brings with it a at the UWisc., and today is a senior scientist with CIMSS. He has served on sev- mandated element of educating the eral National Academy of Sciences panels and committees, and is involved with public in that we are still involved in the international community through participation in programs like the World an inexact science. This is particularly Meteorological Organization (WMO) Thorpex and World Climate Research Program. He has cochaired the WMO-sponsored international satellite winds relevant to climate change, as we are working group, and will cochair the international workshop on tropical cyclones in the infant stage of seeking answers in November 2010. Velden has also participated in more than 10 major field pro- to the questions now being posed. I grams in the atmospheric sciences, including GALE, TOGA-COARE, CAMEX, feel the AMS is in the right position TPARC, and others. This field experience has been invaluable to the innovation to meet these educational challenges, and development of his research directed toward operational applications. and should play the responsible role Velden is a longtime member of the AMS, and his AMS-related activities of a leader in communicating the include: chair, Annual Meeting Oversight Committee (2009–Present); member, complex and sometimes conflicting Ad-hoc Committee on Data Stewardship (2009–Present); cochair, 2008 AMS Annual Meeting; chair, AMS Committee on Satellite Meteorology (2004–07); information that often forms the basis member, AMS Committee on Satellite Meteorology (1997–2003); member, AMS of social-political decision-making. Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones (1990–93; 2010); What I plan to advocate for if elect- BAMS subject editor (2002–Present). He was elected to the status of AMS Fel- ed to the Council is along the lines of low in 2009, and has won several awards, including the AMS Banner Miller Award the “green” theme. That is, let’s not be in 2001 and an AMS Special Award in 1998. He has about 20 lead-author and afraid to move forward on important more than 50 coauthored publications in refereed scientific journals, more than issues, and take stands when neces- 200 scientific conference papers since 1985, and has 3 published book chapters. sary. Creative “out-of-the-box” think- ing should be encouraged, as part of AMS growth and resistance to becoming stale. New ideas aren’t necessarily good ideas at first presentation, but should be encouraged and debated by our Council, as often these ideas can be shaped into approaches that are both novel and practical, and keep the Society relevant in an ever-changing climate (so to speak). Finally, as noted above, the “green” theme is also about conservation efforts. I fully support the recent AMS trend toward the green movement, and believe we should continue to explore ways the electronic revolution can reduce our energy footprint. I am honored to be a candidate for the AMS Council, and would consider it a privilege to serve as a representative for our atmospheric sciences society.

1116 | August 2010 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 12:35 PM UTC H. Joe Witte cience has resurfaced as a major component of American society. There is forward momentum on so many fronts in our AMS world of weather and climate research, and I fully support our scientific endeavors. I S am especially passionate about the AMS’s communication potential. Part of our AMS civic responsibility is to share our new knowledge and help build a scientifically literate electorate. But the usual science H. Joe Witte news venues of newspapers and networks, such as CNN, have H. Jo e Wi t t e is a TV meteorologist at News Channel 8 in Washington, D.C. and a decreased science coverage. Sci- Ph.D. candidate at George Mason’s Center ence organizations can step up. for Climate Change Communication. His The AAAS formed the Center for concept of communication tools for TV me- the Public Engagement with com- teorologists won an NSF grant to support munication tool kits. Members his thesis. Joe started his career in the late are encouraged to set aside time 1960s as a glaciologist on the USGS signa- for community engagement. The ture South Cascade Glacier in Washington State. Next was an M.S. thesis project on social sciences are telling us that ice island T-3, floating in the Arctic ice pack, interpersonal communication is measuring the infrared flux over the ice and a very effective means of science the structure of the ice crystal clouds. This communication. Communication was followed by a year at the Geophysi- is one of the main pillars of the cal Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in 13 partner government organiza- Princeton, New Jersey, home of early climate models. The brights lights tions of the USGCRP. The com- lured Joe into the TV weathercasting world, starting in Seattle, Wash- ington, in 1971. After earning the AMS Broadcasting Seal of Approval, munication theme of the AMS he moved to WCBS in New York City in 1974. After stops at stations in Annual Meeting in Seattle comes Philadelphia (1978) and Milwaukee (1980), Joe came back to New York at a perfect time, as our AMS City, where he was the chief meteorologist for NBC News at Sunrise members explore different meth- and had appearances on NBC’s Today Show, often doing show-and-tell ods to explain the wonders of our weather science demos. Live remotes in the eye of hurricanes, tornadoes, field, the known and the unknown. and snow storms, and research such as Project Gale helped him win lo- Broadband internet, text blogs, cal Emmys. He gave live severe weather updates on programs including and YouTube-like video make the NBC Nightly News. Joe ended his career with the network as chief meteorologist at CNBC, reporting on the weather effects on the bottom communication very democratic. line of business. Joe’s passion is to combine his science background with One of the main venues used by his TV communication experience to help local TV weathercasters engage Americans to learn about science their communities in the importance of informal science learning. Science is still local TV. Yet nearly 95% of education is an important part of a democratic society, and Joe thinks the the TV newsrooms do not have a AMS can help play an important role. science or environmental reporter. Fortunately, the majority of our 800-plus accredited AMS broadcast members indicate they embrace the current AMS-supported concept of the TV weathercaster as the “station scientist,” both on the air and at school and civic gatherings. As a council member, I would encourage the AMS to become more active in the field of public communication to help grow a science-literate public. I am honored to have been nominated and would be willing accept the challenge.

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