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Gary
Carter has served as Director for the new Office of Hydrologic
Development in NOAA’s National Weather Service since
November 2000. He is responsible for a group of about 80
Government and contract employees engaged research and development
activities to advance the National Weather Service mission
to forecast the water in America's rivers and streams. Gary
has 32 years of federal experience, with 25 as a supervisor.
From 1989 to 2000, he was responsible for the professional
development and training of weather forecasters throughout
the eastern U.S. He has also worked as a research meteorologist
focusing on the design, testing, and implementation of statistical
procedures to produce weather forecasts.
Other professional accomplishments include membership in
the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather
Association. Mr. Carter is a "Fellow" of the American Meteorologic
Society and a recipient of the National Weather Association
Award for "An Important Contribution to Operational Meteorology
Through New or Continuing Research." He has published a
variety of papers in professional journals and served as
Chief Editor of the American Meteorological Society's highly
popular publication entitled Weather and Forecasting. From
1999 - 2000, he led a National Weather Service task force
review of the national approach for production of rainfall
forecasts. In 2001, this group was awarded an organizational
Bronze Medal by NOAA. Mr. Carter received the NOAA Diversity
Council’s Spectrum Achievement Award for Managers
in 2002.
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