Facilities Assessment

The NSF Facilities Assessment is charged with reviewing atmospheric science instrumentation across the community. It will look at facilities across government agencies, universities, national laboratories, international organizations, and private companies, and will include systems under development.

NEW!
Final Report of the NSF Facilities Assessment

Information on the September 2007 Facilities Assessment Workshop

Steering Committee Members and Subcommittees

Chair, Steering Committee

Dr. Robert Serafin
NCAR

Karyn Sawyer
NCAR EOL

NSF Contacts

Jim Huning
Facilities Coordinator
UCAR and Lower Atmospheric Facilities Oversight Section (GEO/ATM)
National Science Foundation

Cliff Jacobs
Head
UCAR and Lower Atmospheric Facilities Oversight Section (GEO/ATM)
National Science Foundation

Airborne Measurements Subcommittee

Membership:
Dr. Edward Browell (co-chair)
NASA Langley Research Center - Science Directorate
Dr. Al Cooper (co-chair)
NCAR - EOL
Dr. Bill Brune
Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Tony Clarke
University of Hawaii - Manoa
Dr. Al Gasiewski
University of Colorado - Boulder
Dr. David Fahey
NOAA
Dr. Kenneth Jucks
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Dr. Haflidi Jonsson
Naval Postgraduate School

Second meeting date (teleconference): May 10, 2007

First face-to-face meeting dates: November 16-17, 2006
Location: Boulder, CO

Information and materials for subcommittee members only
(password required)

Airborne Platforms Subcommittee

Membership:
Dr. Bruce Albrecht (co-chair)
University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS)
Dr. Jeff Stith (co-chair)
NCAR - EOL
Dr. Al Rodi
University of Wyoming
Dr. Dave Jorgensen
NOAA
Dr. Cheryl Yuhas
NASA
Dr. Mike Poellot
University of North Dakota
Dr. Will Bolton
Sandia National Laboratory

Second face-to-face meeting dates: May 17-18, 2007
Location: Boulder, CO

First face-to-face meeting dates: August 28-29, 2006
Location: Boulder, CO

Information and materials for subcommittee members only
(password required)

Data Support Subcommittee

Membership:
Steve Williams (co-chair)
NCAR - EOL
Mark Bradford (co-chair)
NCAR - EOL
Steve Worley
NCAR - CISL/SCD
Ethan Davis
UCAR - UNIDATA

Information and materials for subcommittee members only
(password required)

Emerging Technology Subcommittee

Membership:
Dr. David McLaughlin (co-chair)
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Dr. Walt Dabberdt (co-chair)
Vaisala Corporation
Dr. Mike Hardesty
NOAA
Dr. Chet Gardner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Thomas Yunck
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dr. Greg McFarquhar
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Linnea Avallone
University of Colorado at Boulder
Dr. Alan Fried
NCAR/EOL (ex-officio member)

Second face-to-face meeting dates: May 7-9, 2007
Location: Boulder, CO

First face-to-face meeting dates: October 30 , 2006
Location: Boulder, CO

Information and materials for subcommittee members only
(password required)

In-situ Surface and Surface-Atmosphere Exchange

Please note that this subcommittee was named "Surface Fluxes and Soils" until February 2007.

Membership:
Dr. Peggy LeMone (co-chair)
NCAR - MMM
Dr. Mary Anne Carroll (co-chair)
University of Michigan - Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences; Dept. of Chemistry; Program for Research on Oxidants: PHotochemistry, Emissions, and Transport (PROPHET)
Dr. Jay Famiglietti
University of California - Irvine
Dr. Dennis Baldocchi
University of California - Berkeley
Dr. John Ogren
NOAA
Dr. Chuck Long
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Scot Loehrer
NCAR-EOL
Dr. Bob Weller
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Second face-to-face meeting date: May 30-31, 2007
Location: Boulder, CO

First face-to-face meeting date: August 31, 2006
Location: Boulder, CO

Information and materials for subcommittee members only
(password required)

Satellite Data Subcommittee

Membership:
Dr. Bill Emery (co-chair)
University of Colorado - Dept. of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Dr. Phil Arkin (co-chair)
University of Maryland - Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)
Dr. Bob Evans
RSMAS/MPO
Dr. North Larsen
Lockheed Martin
Dr. Bruce Barkstrom
NOAA NCDC
Dr. Melba Crawford
Purdue University
Dr. Diane Evans
JPL

Second face-to-face meeting dates: May 22-23, 2007
Location: Arlington, VA

First face-to-face meeting dates: August 21-22, 2006
Location: Asheville, NC

Information and materials for subcommittee members only
(password required)

Solar Measurements Subcommittee

Membership:
Dr. Hector Socas-Navarro (co-chair)
NCAR HAO
Dr. Jeff Kuhn (co-chair)
University of Hawaii at Manoa - Institute for Astronomy
Dr. K.S. Balasubramaniam
NSO Sacramento Peak
Dr. Doug Biesecker
NOAA
Dr. Frank Hill
NSO Tucson
Dr. Therese Kucera
NASA
Dr. Dave Turner
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dr. Bill Livingston
NSO Tucson

Second face-to-face meeting dates: June 13-14, 2007
Location: Boulder, CO

First face-to-face meeting dates: September 21-22, 2006
Location: Boulder, CO

Information and materials for subcommittee members only
(password required)

Surface-Based Remote Sensing Subcommittee

Please note that this subcommittee was named "Active & Remote Sensing" until May 2007.

Membership:
Dr. Steve Rutledge (co-chair)
Colorado State University - Dept. of Atmospheric Science
Dr. Junhong Wang (co-chair)
NCAR - EOL
Dr. Qian Wu
NCAR - HAO
Dr. Ed Eloranta
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dr. Ed Westwater
University of Colorado - Boulder
Dr. Rit Carbone
NCAR - TiiMES
Dr. Chris Williams
University of Colorado
Dr. Matthew Shupe
NOAA

Second face-to-face meeting dates: June 6-7, 2007
Location: Boulder, CO

First face-to-face meeting dates: August 24-25, 2006
Location: Boulder, CO

Information and materials for subcommittee members only
(password required)

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