Science Advisory Committee
The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) consists of a rotating group of external scientists and
administrators from NOAA, NASA, and the University community. Members rotate off of the committee
after having served for 4 years.
Current Members
Name | Affiliation | Tenure Served |
Mr. Tom Bradshaw |
NOAA/NWS |
2014 - present |
Mr. Andy Edman |
NOAA/NWS |
2014 - present |
Mr. Lawrence Friedl |
NASA Applied Science Program |
2014 - present |
Dr. Mitch Goldberg |
NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS Office | 2005 - present |
Dr. Ming Ji |
NOAA/NCEP/OPC |
2014 - present |
Dr. Tsengdar Lee |
NASA Science Mission Directorate |
2003 - present |
Dr. Bill Lapenta |
NOAA/NCEP |
2014 - present |
Mr. Greg Mandt |
NOAA/GOES-R Series Program |
2014 - present |
Dr. Christa Peters-Lidard |
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) |
2014 - present |
Dr. Dave Radell |
NOAA/NWS |
2014 - present |
Mr. Kim Runk |
NOAA/NWS OPG |
2014 - present |
Past Members
Name | Affiliation | Tenure Served |
Dr. Robert Atlas | NOAA, Miami Florida | 2003 - 2005 |
Dr. Bill Bauman (2007 Chair) |
ENSCO, Inc. at the NASA KSC Applied Meteorology Unit |
2005 - 2012 |
Dr. David "Rusty" Billingsley (2009 Chair) |
NWS Southern Region Headquarters |
2007 - 2012 |
Dr. James Dodge | NASA | 2003 - 2004 |
Dr. Ronald Gelaro |
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) |
2007 - 2012 |
Dr. Jack Kain |
NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Hazardous Weather Testbed |
2009 - 2012 |
Dr. John LeMarshall | NOAA | 2005 |
Dr. John Manobianco |
ENSCO/NASA KSC/AMU |
2003 |
Dr. John McGinley | NOAA/OAR | 2003 - 2005 |
Dr. Daniel Melendez | NOAA/NWS/OST | 2003 - 2004 |
Dr. W. Paul Menzel | NOAA/NESDIS | 2003 - 2004 |
Dr. Steven Mullen (2003 - 2004 Chair) | University of Arizona | 2003 - 2004 |
Dr. Ralph Petersen (2005 Chair) | NWS NCEP/EMC | 2003 - 2007 |
Dr. Martin Ralph |
NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)/Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL) |
2007- 2012 |
Dr. Lars Peter Riishojgaard |
Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) |
2008 - 2012 |
Mr. David Sharp | NOAA/NWS | 2003 - 2005 |