GSD Visitor Calendar
Calendar for 2006
VisitorsDates/
LocationOrganization
Purpose
Contact
January
February
Shiow-Ming Deng Lung-Tsung Cheng
February - July
Visiting Scientists from CWB-Taiwan
Working with Forecast Applications Branch on LAPS modeling efforts.
John McGinley
x6161
NOAA Research Technical Committee for Computing Resources Conference
February 7-9
Government Representatives from NOAA Research Labs
Bi-annual meeting to advise NOAA Research Management on issues of common concern in computing and network resources and to develop an overall NOAA reserch computing network strategy.
Mike Doney
x6364
Mary Kizca, Deputy AA
February 8
Government NESDIS
SOS Viewing
Rhonda Lange
x6045
Sylvia Hasui
x6709Steve Davis
February 9
University of Colorado
To discuss the possibility of SOS exhibit
Bill Bendel
x6708
Jon Van de Grift
February 10
Education - Photojournalist and lecturer at Metro State / Denver
To take photographs of scientists working in their labs
Annie Reiser
x6634
Andre Tarro
301-495-2204
Doug LawsonFebruary 16
Raytheon / Keane
Technical Exchange on AWIPS evolution
Carl Bullock
x7247
Matthew Wood and Kevin Wells
February 22
Private Sector - RSI
SOS Viewing
Ben Tuttle (NGDC)
x3948
Annie Reiser
x6634NGDC Visitors from the Air Force
February 24
Military
SOS Viewing
Ben Tuttle (NGDC)
x3948
Sheila MacDonald with group from the Montana Education Commission as well as local members of WICHE, SHEEO, NCHEMS, and NCET
February 24
Montana Education Delegation
To hear SOS presentation by Sandy MacDonald
Annie Reiser
x6634
Rhonda Lange
x6045Front Range Community College Meteorology Class
February 26
Education
SOS Demo by Tom LeFebvre
Sylvia Hasui
6709
Christopher R. Need 303-735-5880
February 27
Education - CU Department of Geological Sciences
SOS Presentation
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
March
Beth Russell
March 6-8
Education - Hollings Scholar
Orientation visit for her GSD summer internship
Annie Reiser
x6634
Roland Draxler
March 6-10
Government - NOAA / ARL Silver Spring, MD
Project Coordination
Richard Jesuroga
x6936
Mike Graf, Jason Chasse
March 7-9
Government - NWS HQTR
Aviation Branch Overview
Michael Kraus
x5200
Douglas Elementary 2nd Grade - Mary Jo Barbeau (teacher)
March 10
Education
SOS visit as part of a school tour
Carol Knight
x6401
Bob Kendrick and Mike McMahan, Harris County - Houston, TX
March 15
Customer SOS will be exhibited at new facility they are building
SOS Demonstration
Bill Bendel
x6708
Sylvia Hasui
x6709William L. Smith, Jr. 757-864-8677
March 16-22
NASA Langley Research Center
Assimilation of GOES Satellite cloud data into the RUC
Steve Weygandt
x5529
Jon Harvey
March 20-22
Education - Hollings Scholar
Orientation visit to his GSD summer internship
Doug van de Kamp
x6309
Bruce Webster (NCEP)
Gary Wohl (NCEP)
Mike Young (NCEP)
Mark Iredell (NCEP)
John Derber (NCEP)
Ron Bewtra (GFDL)
Brian Gross (GFDL)
Jeff Durachta (GFDL)
John Sheldon (GFDL)
Bill Turnbull (CIO)
Bill Voitk (CIO)
Mike Kane (CIO)
Robert Bohn (CIO)
Mark Langstein (General Counsel)
Richard Brown (General Counsel)March 20-24
Government - NCEP, GFDL, NOAA Office of the CIO, DOC Office of General Counsel
NOAA Research and Development Hight Performance Computing Consensus Meeting
Scott Nahman
x5349
Roland Draxler
March 23-24
Government - Air Resources Lab
To assist in the installation of the HySPLIT dispersion model into ISB's AWIPS development environment
Richard Jesuroga
x6936
Dr. Luc Fillion
March 31
International - Meteorological Service of Canada
Presentation
Dezso Devenyi
x6827
April
Neil Gordon
April 3
Foreign MET Service, New Zealand
Review GFE Progress
Tom LeFebvre
x6582
NWS
Jason Tuell
Ronla Meiggs
Cliff Wong
RAYTHEON
Doug Lawson
Ed Bensman
Frank Griffith
Andre TarroApril 3-7
Industry - Government
Discuss AWIPS evolution development concepts
Joe Wakefield
x6053
Lynn Maximuk
James Partain
Larry Dunn
Robert Hartman
Kenneth Graham
Darian Figurskey
Kennard Kaspar
William BuntingApril 3-7
Government NWS
To discuss CONOPS
Joe Wakefield
x6053
Fire Weather Forecasters
April 4-6
Government BLM-GACC's Predictive Services Group
Develop summer fire outlook report and view SOS
Sher Schranz
x7254
Al Willman
Mark PaeseApril 6
Government NWS Office of Operational Systems
To discuss NOAA Profiler Network issues
Margot Ackley
x6791
Nick Gebauer
April 12-13
Education - Hollings Scholar
Orientation visit to his GSD summer internship
Woody Roberts
x6104
School of Mines Students
April 13
Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Jeff Zimmerman, NW Airlines
Ernie Dash , Raytheon
AirDat
Dan Mulally
Dan Magee
Alan Anderson
Cyrena Druse
Mark Anderson
Jay Ladd
Neil Jacobs
U of Wisconsin
Sara Bedka
Ralph Petersen
Government / Military
Alfred Moosakhanian, FAA
Paul Stough, NASA
Taumi Daniels, NASAApril 13
Business - Education - Government
Great Lakes Fleet Experiment Status Meeting
Bill Moninger
x6435
Rick Ochoa, NIFC
Robyn Heffernen, NIFC
Heath Hockenberry, NWS
Rob Krohn, NWS
Brooks Gordon R GS-12 AFWA / DNXT
Terry Jameson, Army Research LabApril 18
Government - NIFC - NWS
FX-Net and W4 Technical Review
Sher Schranz
x7254
Intermountain Data Center Association
April 19
Government - Business
Data Center facilities collaboration and tours of GSD Data Centers
Scott Nahman
x5349
Visitors from Vaisala
April 25
Business
Discuss collaborations on MADIS
Patty Miller
x6365
May
Odessey School from Denver, CO
May 2
Education
SOS Demonstration
Sylvia Hasui
x 6709
Faith Christian School
Arvada, COMay 3
Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Wayne Feltz
May 3
University
Meetings with staff from the Aviation Branch
Gregg Pratt
x7237
Jennifer Mindek
x6122Lauren Beach - Student
May 5
Education
ESRL visit including meeting with GSD staff Tom LeFebvre and DWB (John McGinley)
Rhonda Lange
x6045
Dr. Russ Schnell and 17 visitors from the US State Department
May 9
Government
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Montclair Academy
Denver, CO (15)May 9
Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Skinner Middle School
Denver, CO (36)May 10
Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Skinner Middle School
Denver, CO (38)May 11
Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
CU Boulder Environmental Design Group (8)
May 12
Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Denver Elementary School 4th Graders
DenverMay 16
Education
SOS Demo for pupils, teachers, and chaperones
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Devinney Elementary School
LakewoodMay 18
Education
SOS Demo for pupils, teachers, and chaperones
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Rock River Schools
Rock River, WYMay 19
Education
SOS Demo for pupils, teachers, and chaperones
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Korean Delegation - 12 Senior Officials and Scientists from teh Korea Meteorological Administration
May 19
Foreign
Visit ESRL to discuss climate and global change - SOS Demo by Sandy MacDonald
Rhonda Lange
x6045
Sylvia Hasui
x6709Dumas, Texas Schools
May 22
Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
NASA's Space Radiation Analysis Group
May 23
Government
SOS Demo with a few staff from SEC
Rhonda Lange
x6045
Group of GSA (20-30)
May 23
Government
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
GLOBE Staff
UCAR, CSU / CIRAMay 25
Government
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Laramie Schools
Laramie, WYMay 31
Government - Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
June
China Meteorological Association
June 1
Foreign
SOS Demo as part of ESRL visit
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Rhonda Lange
x6045Physics students from the Colorado School of Mines
Golden, COJune 9
Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Eastern Range
Clay Flinn
William Roeder
Paul Wahner
Cathy Weller (TYBRIN Corp)
Western Range
Mike Schmeiser AF SPO
Capt David Konradt (LRRP)
1stLt Elizabetha Murphy (LRRV)
1stLt Brian Bartram (LRRR)
1stLt Chris Alfaro (LRRL)
Kent Banks (LRRD)
Don Larson (LRRD)
SLRSC
Charlotte Johnson (Vandenberg)
Chris Chaja (Colorado Springs)
Lockheed Martin
Dave Sautter
Lowell SchaffertJune 13
Government - Military - Industry
Technical Interchange Meeting on Range, Standardization, and Automation
Joe Wakefield
x6053
VAISALA
Richard Pyle
Hannu TuominenJune 15
Industry
To pursue MOU with Technical Outreach Branch
Bill Bendel
x6708
Marc Salzman
June 16-28
Foreign Government
Work with ISB / IGS on Australian version of GFE
Mark Mathewson
x6713
Weather Modification Workshop
June 19
Government
SOS Demo as part of ESRL visit
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Rhonda Lange
x6045NCAR Undergraduate Workshop
June 20
Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Boulder City and County Officials
June 22-23
City Government
SOS Demo as part of DSRC visit
Kristin Bjorgo
x6005
Marc Salzman
June 23-28
Foreign Government
Collaborate with AMB on WRF/Chem project
John Brown
x6867
Jianping Huang
June 26-30
Foreign Government
Collaborate with AMB on WRF / Chem project
John Brown
x6867
NOAA Fisheries General Consul and Staff
June 27-28
Government
SOS Demo as part of ESRL visit
Kristin Bjorgo
x6005
Christopher Treib
Coast Guard LT, USCGJune 29
Student
To inquire about summer 2007 internship possibility
Seth Gutman
x7031
July
International Teachers
July 5
Education - Foreign
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Sherry Wagner
New Bedford OceanariumJuly 7
Education
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
NWS Visitors
July 11-13
Government
To plan for CONOPS lab exercise
Woody Roberts
x6104
Office of Program Planning and Integration
Willow Marr
Rori Martson
Alan LeonardiJuly 17
Government
Meeting several GSD staff emembers to discuss FY09-10 planning and transition of GPS-Met and MADIS
John Schneider
x4646
From the NWS:
Greg Mandt
Deirdre Jones
Chuck Piercy
Jason Tuell
Ed MandelJuly 17-18
Government
To discuss AWIPS-related work for 2007 and strategic direction for GSD work
Carl Bullock
x7247
Space Environment Center / National Weather Service Headquarters personnel along with several Boulder-based SEC staff
July 20
Government
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Yolanda Trevino - Staffer for Colorado Pct. 3 Commissioner Bob Kendrick
July 21
State
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan:
Mr. Adolphus Shen
Mr. Yeun Chung TanJuly 24-25
Foreign
For semi-annual CWB meeting with GSD to discuss AWIPS, LAPS, HPCC, and FXC
Fanthune Moeng
x6065
Global Hawk Instruments Meeting
July 27
Government - Industry
Kick-off meeting to begin discussions on developing an instrument payload for the Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System
Sara Summers
x4221
Group of 50 from the Department of
July 28
Government
Two SOS Demos
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
David Newcomer and Jeff Hamilton of Trimble Navigation
July 31
Industry
Informal discussion of NOAA's troposheric and ionospheric signal delay models
Seth Gutman
August
5 Chinese University Professors
August 1
Foreign
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
August 3
Foreign
SOS Demo by Sandy MacDonald
Kristin Bjorgo
x6005
Students from Colorado State University
August 3
Education
SOS Demo by Sandy MacDonald
Kristin Bjorgo
x6005
Aimee Devaris (NWS)
August 15
Government
To discuss NWS / GSD PPBES-related issues with several GSD staff members
Carol Werner
x6157
Women's Aviation Group
POC: Lynn Mareth (2)August 16
Public
Tour of GSD / NWS
Annie Reiser
x6634
Chris Scotese
August 18
Government
SOS Demo by Sandy MacDonald
Kristin Bjorgo
x6005
ESRL Dedication
August 23
Government - Public
SOS Demos by Sandy MacDonald
Kristin Bjorgo
x6005
John Englander
International Sea Keepers SocietyAugust 25
Foreign
SOS Demo by Sandy MacDonald
Kristin Bjorgo
x6005
Staff from the Denver Museum
Dr. David Grinspoon
Kirk Johnson
Dr. Steve Lee
Dave Noel
Jodi Schoemer
Joe VerringiaAugust 30
Public
Visit to TOB
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
September
Tim Wilfang
ENSCOSeptember 1
Industry
To discuss aviation initiative work with GSD
Gregg Pratt
x7237
Michael Foley
Johnathan Gill
Australian Bureau of MeteorologySeptember 11-12
Foreign
To discuss GFE with Mark Mathewson's Group
Carol Werner
x6157
Mark Mathewson
x6713Jeff Flick
Eddie Byrd
John BoucherSept 11-15
Raytheon
To assist with installin g the initial delivery of the follow-on Supercomputer into GA405
Scott Nahman
x5349
Gregg Mann and Larry Dunn from NWS
September 11-15
Government
To participate in CONOPS testing
Woody Roberts
x6104
Martin Bongers
Kevin Biesecker
Larry Woodmansee
LaTricia Tyson
Alfred S. Kenyon IIISeptember 12-15
Government - FEMA GTAS
Fro GTAS project overview and presentations on GTAS Data Systems
Rich Jesuroga
x6936
National Marine Fisheries Service Group (25-30)
September 13
Government
SOS Demos by Will von Dauster and Tom LeFebvre
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Two groups of 30-35 from National Marine Fisheries Service
September 13
Government
SOS Demos by Will von Dauster and Tom LeFebvre
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Air Force Visitors to NIST
September 14
Military
SOS Demo by Will von Dauster
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Tom
x3863Adult Group (19)
September 15
Public
SOS Demo by Tom
Rhonda Lange
x6045
George Rey
COTS Technology, LLCSeptember 15
Industry
SOS Demo - David Himes Sara Summers, and Nikki Prive
Sara Summers
x4221
Dave Andra
William Bunting
Liz Quoetone
NWSSeptember 18-22
Government
To participate in CONOPS testing
Woody Roberts
x6104
Colorado Rotary Club
Evergreen, COSeptember 22
Public
SOS Presentation by Don Mock
Katy Stewart
x6000
Bill Schneider
Rusty Billingsley
NWSSeptember 25-29
Government
To participate in CONOPS testing
Woody Roberts
x6104
Civil Aeronautics Administration, Taiwan (6)
Celia Chen (NCAR) hostingSeptember 27
Foreign
Tour of GSD / NWS
Annie Reiser
x6634
Fanthune Moeng
x6065Shaw Heights Middle School
Westminster, CO (25)September 27
Education - 6th and 7th graders
SOS Demo by Will von Dauster
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Monarch Elementary and Middle Schools
K-8 TeachersSeptember 28
Education
SOS Demo by Tom LeFebvre
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
October
Eric Sundby
October - April
Education and Outreach
Ed Tollerud is mentoring a student from Monarch High School for their Science Research Seminar Class
Ed Tollerud
x6127
Front Range Community College (20)
October 2
Education
SOS Demo by Tom LeFebvre
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Frank Alsheimer
Darin Figurskey
NWSOctober 2-6
Government
To participate in CONOPS testing
Woody Roberts
x6104
John Stanford
Iowa State UniversityOctober 4
Education
Visiting John Brown
John Brown
x6867
Gary Phillis
Lockheed MartinOctober 5
Industry
SOS Demo by Dave Himes and Will von Dauster
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
James Travers
Meteorological Service of NZOctober 5-6
Foreign
Tour of GSD / NWS
Annie Reiser
x6634
Vicky Cunningham
Cunningham FoundationOctober 6
Public
SOS Demo by Will von Dauster
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Boy Scouts
October 10
Education
SOS Demo by Dave Himes
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
CIRA Visitors
October 10
Education
SOS Demo by Steve Albers
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Emily Crenshaw representing Fourth Row Films
October 11
Media
To film Joe Golden's weather briefing and conduct interview with him
Annie Reiser
x6634
Colin Ware
University of New HampshireOctober 13
Education
To discuss visualization on the SOS Smithsonian Exhibit
Bill Bendel
x6708
Sylvia Hasui
x6709From NWS:
Laura Arcieri
Rusty Billingsly
Peter Browning
William Bunting
Larry Dunn
Darin Figursky
Gary Foltz
Rob Hartman
Philipia Herman
Chip Kasper
Peter Manousos
Greg Noonan
James Partain
Jason TuellOctober 17-19
Government
To write up the GSD / NWS CONOPS lab exercise
Woody Roberts
x6104
George Sparks and other Denver Museum Staff
October 17
Education
SOS Demos by Sandy MacDonald
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Tony van Witsen, PBS
October 17
Media
SOS Demo - Will von Dauster
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Geological graduate students
October 18
Education
SOS Demo - George Sharman
George Sharman, NGDC
x6345
Sylvia Hasui
x6709Ms. Singleterry and 2 Congressional Staffers for Wayne Allard
October 19
Government
SOS Demo - Don Mock
Don Mock
x6000
Sylvia Hasui
x6709Sara Havig and other CU graduate-level journalism students (14)
October 19
Education
NOAA tour, SOS Demo, and GSD visit / Will
Annie Reiser
x6634
Sylvia Hasui
x6709Yoshinori Shoji, Japanese Meteorology Agency
Iwabuchi-san, UCAROctober 20
Foreign
Discuss NRT GPA and NRT analysis system
Seth Gutman
x7031
CFC Organizational representatives
October 20
Public
SOS Demo - Tom
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Sreela Nandi, NWS HQTR
October 23-24
Government
Informative Modeling Meetings
Annie Reiser
x6634
Julie Singewald
x6818Dr. Jai-Ho Oh
October 25
Foreign
Presenting the seminar titled "The Construction of an e-Science Environment for the CATER Research Community"
Fanthune Moeng
x6065
Director of Discovery
October 25
PBS/Discovery
SOS Demo
Anatta
6288
Sylvia Hasui
6709Discovery film crew
October 26
PBS/Discovery
SOS Demo
Anatta
6288
Sylvia Hasui
6709November
Wooly Magma Helpers
November 27
Assemble NOAA 200th Anniversary kits' Wooly Magma project and participate in NOAA tour/SOS Demo
Annie Reiser
6634
Dr. Kazumasa Aonashi
November 2
Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba Japan
To present a seminar on assimilation of satellite microwave radiometer data into a cloud-resolving model.
Annie Reiser
6634
Stan Benjamin
6387Chinese Academy of Sciences
November 2
Foreign
SOS Demo as part of visit to NOAA / NGDC
David Clark, NGDC
x6214
Sylvia Hasui
x67098th Grade Science Day
November 2 and November 8
Education
SOS Demos / Tom and Will
Sylvia Hasui
x6709
Dr. Kamran Mohseni
November 3
University
Presenting seminar titled "Unmanned Aerial and Underwater Vehicles for Environmental Sensor Networking"
Sara Summers
x4221
University of Denver science students
November 3
University
SOS Demo
Ben Tuttle, NGDC
Sylvia Hasui
x6709ISETCSC Meeting
November 7-8
ISETCSC /NOAA's EPP Educational Partnership Program
University and Government coming together to discuss NOAA's ISETCSC
Julie Singewald
Frank Griffith Christopher Hammack Ronald Anderson
November 7-9
Raytheon
To discuss technical interchange of related work with the AWIPS
Carl Bullock
7247
Carol Werner
6157Foreign Group of 3 from U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute
November 8
U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
6709
Front Range Homeschoolers
November 9
SOS Demo
Sylvia Hasui
6709
GSD VISIT
November 17
Department of Public Works
AWIPS Demo, weather briefing, SOS demo, general building tour
Richard Jesuroga
6936
Sylvia Hasui
6709Alumni Fulbright Students
November 18
Fulbright
SOS Demo by Will von Dauster
Sylvia Hasui
6709
Bill Kuo
November 20
UCAR
To present a seminar on COSMIC and early results
Stan Benjamin
6387
Annie Reiser
6634Senior Citizens Group
November 20
Senior Citizens
SOS Demo by Will von Dauster
Syliva Hasui
6709
Wooly Magma Helpers and Tour
November 27-December 1
Public
To assist with the assembly of Wooly Magma kits for NOAA 200th Anniversary kits
Annie Reiser
6634
Visitors to Russ Schnell's Lab
November 29
Public
SOS Demo by Tom LeFebvre
Syliva Hasui
6709
5th Graders from Superior Elementary School
November 30
Superior Elementary School
SOS Demo by Will von Dauster
Syliva Hasui
6709
Platte Choice School of Boulder
November 30
Platte Choice School
SOS Demo by Tom LeFebvre
Sylivia Hasui
6709
December
Heritage Middle School of Longmont (2 groups)
December 1
Heritage Middle School
SOS Demo by Will von Dauster
Sylvia Hasui
6709
Chinese Meteorological Administration
December 1
Foreign
SOS Demo and tour of GSD
Fanthune Moeng
6065
Sylvia Hasui
6709Superior Elementary School(5th Grade)
December 5
Education
SOS Demo and NOAA tour
Ann Bradford
Superior Elementary School(5th Grade)
December 5
Education
SOS Demo and NOAA tour
Ann Bradford
6286
Sylvia Hasui
6709Superior Elementary School (5th Grade)
December 7
Education
SOS Demo and NOAA tour
Ann Bradford
6286
Sylvia Hasui
6709Walt Childress
December 14
Public
SOS Demo by AEM
Syliva Hasui
6709
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