Scientific Steering Committee

Scientific Steering Committee: Simon Chang, NRL/MRY Chris Fairall, NOAA/ESRL Wayne Higgins, NOAA/NCEP/CPC Richard Johnson, Colorado State University Chuck Long, PNNL Steve Lord, NOAA/NCEP/EMC Michael McPhaden, NOAA/PMEL Eric Maloney, Colorado State University Socorro Medina, University of Washington Mitch Moncrieff, NCAR James Moum, Oregon State University Adam Sobel, Columbia University Steven Rutledge, Colorado State University Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NCEP/EMC Duane Waliser, CalTech/JPL Peter Webster, Georgia Tech Chidong Zhang, University of Miami

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