Four-Dimensional Model Assimilation of Data: A Strategy for the Earth System Sciences (1991)
Chapter: Front Matter
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PANEL ON MODEL-ASSIMILATED DATA SETS FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC RESEARCH
DONALD R. JOHNSON,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Chairman
JOHN R. BATES,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center
GUY P. BRASSEUR,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
MICHAEL GHIL,
University of California, Los Angeles
ANTHONY HOLLINGSWORTH,
European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts
ROY L. JENNE,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
KIKURO MIYAKODA,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
EUGENE RASMUSSON,
University of Maryland, College Park
EDWARD S. SARACHIK,
University of Washington
THOMAS T. WARNER,
Pennsylvania State University
JOHN S. PERRY, Staff Director
KENNETH H. BERGMAN, Staff Officer
DONALD H. HUNT, Consultant
BOARD ON ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE
JOHN A. DUTTON,
Pennsylvania State University,
Chairman
JON F. BARTHOLIC,
Michigan State University
E. ANN BERMAN,
Tri-Space, Inc.
RAFAEL L. BRAS,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MOUSTAFA T. CHAHINE,
California Institute of Technology
ROBERT A. DUCE,
University of Rhode Island
THOMAS E. GRAEDEL,
AT&T Bell Laboratories
DAVID D. HOUGHTON,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
EUGENIA KALNAY,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RICHARD S. LINDZEN,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SYUKURO MANABE,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
GERALD R. NORTH,
Texas A&M University
JAMES J. O'BRIEN,
Florida State University
JOANNE SIMPSON,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ex-Officio Members
ERIC J. BARRON,
Pennsylvania State University
PETER V. HOBBS,
University of Washington
CHARLES E. KOLB,
Aerodyne Research, Inc.
DONALD J. WILLIAMS,
The Johns Hopkins University
JOHN S. PERRY, Staff Director
WILLIAM A. SPRIGG, Associate Staff Director
KENNETH H. BERGMAN, Staff Officer
DONALD H. HUNT, Consultant
FRED D. WHITE, Consultant
COMMISSION ON GEOSCIENCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCES
M. GORDON WOLMAN,
The Johns Hopkins University,
Chairman
ROBERT C. BEARDSLEY,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
B. CLARK BURCHFIEL,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
RALPH J. CICERONE,
University of California, Irvine
PETER S. EAGLESON,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
HELEN M. INGRAM,
University of Arizona
GENE E. LIKENS,
New York Botanical Garden
SYUKURO MANABE,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
JACK E. OLIVER,
Cornell University
PHILIP A. PALMER,
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
FRANK L. PARKER,
Vanderbilt University
DUNCAN T. PATTEN,
Arizona State University
MAXINE L. SAVITZ,
Allied Signal Aerospace Company
LARRY L. SMARR,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
STEVEN M. STANLEY,
Case Western Reserve University
KARL K. TUREKIAN,
Yale University
SIR CRISPIN TICKELL,
Radcliffe Observatory
IRVIN L. WHITE,
N.Y. State Energy Research and Development Authority
JAMES H. ZUMBERGE,
University of Southern California
STEPHEN RATTIEN, Executive Director
STEPHEN D. PARKER, Associate Executive Director
JANICE E. MEHLER, Assistant Executive Director
JEANETTE SPOON, Administrative Associate
CARLITA PERRY, Administrative Assistant
