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 |
Dr. Bill Bauman (2007 Chair) | ENSCO, Inc. at the NASA KSC Applied Meteorology Unit | 2005 - present |
Dr. David "Rusty" Billingsley (2009 Chair) | NWS Southern Region Headquarters | 2007 - present |
Dr. Ronald Gelaro | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) | 2007 - present |
Dr. Mitch Goldberg | NOAA/ National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)/ Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) | 2005 - present |
Dr. Jack Kain | NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Hazardous Weather Testbed | 2009 - present |
Dr. Tsengdar Lee | NASA Science Mission Directorate | 2003 - present |
Dr. Martin Ralph | NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)/Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL) | 2007- present |
Dr. Lars Peter Riishojgaard | Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) | 2008 - present |
Past Members
Name | Affiliation | Tenure Served |
Dr. Robert Atlas | NOAA, Miami Florida | 2003 - 2005 |
Dr. James Dodge | NASA | 2003 - 2004 |
Dr. John LeMarshall | NOAA | 2005 |
Dr. John McGinley | NOAA/OAR | 2003 - 2005 |
Dr. John Manobianco | ENSCO/NASA KSC/AMU | 2003 |
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 |
Mr. David Sharp | NOAA/NWS | 2003 - 2005 |