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Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 243-252
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A codiscoverer of the widespread South Asian atmospheric brown clouds (ABCs) in the late 1990s, he has since examined the impacts of ABCs on regional climate, including decreasing rice harvests in India and heating of the atmosphere over Asia and thus contributing to the melting of Himalayan and Tibetan glaciers.
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He is the project scientist for NASA's Land Cover and Land Use Change Program and the Fire Implementation Team Leader for the Global Observation of Forest Cover project. He is also responsible for developing the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer fire product and rapid response system, a decision-making tool for resource managers.
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He has participated in a number of climate-related committees, including the Climate Variability and Predictability Programme, the International Global Carbon Project (of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, International Human Dimensions Programme, and World Climate Research Programme) , and the NRC Committee on the Science of Climate Change.
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She also participated in negotiations for the 2003 Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement and related agreements with relevant states and local agencies, and currently participates in the ongoing Colorado River Basin States discussions and Border Governors' Conference Water Worktable. Her statewide planning and drought management responsibilities included actions to inform the public about California drought vulnerability and to mitigate its effects.
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Notable committee appointments include the Potsdam Institute of Climate Change Research Science Advisory Board, the UK Tyndall Institute for Climate Change Scientific Advisory Committee, Environmental Protection Agency Advisory Board, NRC Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, and jury for the Volvo Environment Prize. He has been honored for his hazards research by the Association of American Geographers and was made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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in physical oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her research interests are in modeling ocean circulation in specific basins and coastal seas; constraining ocean models with observations; modeling the Black Sea ecosystem; and studying tropical–subtropical interactions in the tropical Atlantic with emphasis on coupled ocean–atmosphere modes of variability.
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Dr. Patrinos is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including three presidential rank awards for meritorious and distinguished service and two secretary of energy gold medals.
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Dr. Salvucci has been active on hydrology committees and workshops, including the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science's Standing Committee on Hydrologic Science, the NRC Committee to Review the GAPP Science and Implementation Plan, the Science Steering Group for the NASA Water Cycle Initiative, and the NRC Workshop on Groundwater Fluxes Across Interfaces.
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Dr. Wittrig was a member of the NRC committee that reviewed the CCSP strategic plan in 2004.
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