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Science Program Staff of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Office Robert J. Curran |
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Climate Change Science & Technology Management Structure (Organizational Chart) See also: Overview of U.S. Research on Climate and Global Change.
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Position: Senior Staff Scientist Responsibilities: Robert Curran has served as senior staff scientist in the Climate Change Science Program Office since August 2005. He is seconded to this position from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) through an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) agreement funded by NASA Headquarters. Curran was previously Director of the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center at UMBC. He has experience in all facets of satellite and aircraft remote sensing of the Earth’s atmosphere and surface, and use of these measurements in climate research through more than 30 years of NASA related work at NASA Headquarters and the Goddard Space Flight Center. He is currently responsible for development, initial production and distribution of Our Changing Planet. He also supports the Atmospheric Composition Interagency Working Group (IWG). The IWG for Atmospheric Composition is composed of the federal agency program managers having budgetary authority to implement research programs related to Atmospheric Composition. The IWG has the further responsibility to oversee the development of integrated science and implementation plans relevant to Atmospheric Composition and Climate Change. Curran, because of his background and understanding of the research in this element provides the coordination and integration of this element to the broader CCSP community. Education:
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