Hot Items 2002NOAA Science Advisory Board meets in Norman
The NOAA Science Advisory Board met Nov. 5-7 in Norman, Okla. to review several NOAA science and research programs. In addition, board members toured the NOAA Weather Partners, the five NOAA organizations located in Norman: National Severe Storms Laboratory, Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service Norman Forecast Office, Radar Operations Center and Warning Decision Training Branch.
The 15-member panel is composed of scientists, educators, resource managers, and engineers. The board is charged with advising retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator, on long- and short-range strategies for research, education, and the application of science as well as resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.
Lautenbacher attended some of the public sessions and met with NOAA and CIMMS employees and contractors during an all-hands meeting. In addition, he and Science Advisory Board members participated in a media roundtable with local reporters.
"The Science Advisory Board, through its review of NOAA labs and programs, provides valuable advice to NOAA on the air, oceans and earth research. The guidance helps the agency maintain a critical focus on the science that supports and protects our valuable resources and improves the forecasting of weather and climate research to insure the welfare and safety of all our citizens," said Dr. Michael Uhart, Science Advisory Board executive director.
In addition to completing the reviews of labs and programs, the board discussed the Climate Change Research Initiative and heard presentations about NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory and the Cooperative Institute of Mesoscale Meteorological Studies at the University of Oklahoma.
11/06/2002