COLA Scientific Advisory Committee

The COLA Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) was formed to examine COLA's research activities, provide guidance and recommendations for future work, and to render its professional judgment about the quality and importance of COLA research contributions. The SAC meets approximately annually to review all COLA scientific activity for the preceding period. The COLA Executive Director provides an Annual Report to the members of the SAC prior to the meeting to document milestones and major achievements, positive actions taken in response to prior SAC recommendations, personnel changes, major procurements, and any changes in the scope of COLA scientific projects. The SAC reports its evaluations of the current state of COLA research, and its recommendations for the future to the President of IGES, who transmits the report to representatives of the federal funding agencies. The SAC includes internationally recognized climate scientists from universities, federal research laboratories, and non-profit research institutes. Members of the SAC are nominated by the President of IGES for three-year terms in consultation with the Principal Investigators of COLA. The COLA SAC membership is determined in consultation with the representatives of the federal funding agencies.

The current membership of the COLA SAC (including years of service):

David Anderson ECMWF (2005-- )
Grant Branstator NCAR (1999– )
Robert Dickinson Georgia Tech (1998– ; chair 2004-- )
Siegfried Schubert NASA Goddard (2002– )
Julia Slingo University of Reading (2005-- )
Soroosh Sorooshian University of California, Irvine (2005-- )
Louis Uccellini NCEP (2007-- )
Bin Wang University of Hawaii (2005-- )

Other distinguished colleagues who have served on the COLA SAC:
 
Lennart Bengtsson Max-Planck-Institute (1998--2001)
David Burridge ECMWF (1994–1999; 2001–2005)
Antonio Busalacchi NASA Goddard (1994--1997)
Dennis Hartmann University of Washington (1998–2005; chair 1999–2003)
Ants Leetmaa GFDL (2000–2005)
Roberto Mechoso UCLA (1994--1998)
Kikuro Miyakoda IMGA (1994--1997)
Gerald North Texas A&M University (1999--2005)
Julia Paegle University of Utah (1994--1997)
Kevin Trenberth NCAR (1994--1999; chair 1998--1999)
J. Michael Wallace University of Washington (1994--1999; chair 1994--1997)

COLA Scientific Advisory Committee, February 2003

Seated, L to R: D. Burridge, G. Branstator, D. Hartmann, A. Leetmaa, and R. Dickinson
Standing, L to R: J. Kinter (Executive Director of COLA), G. North, J. Shukla (President of IGES), and S. Schubert