Dr. Michael B. EK

Dr. Michael B. EK

Research Meteorologist, Land-Hydrology Team Leader, Environmental Modeling Center (EMC), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
Dr. C. Roberto Mechoso

Dr. C. Roberto Mechoso

Distinguished Professor, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences University of California, Los Angeles

Research Expertise: Expert on climate simulation by general circulation models of the coupled atmosphere-ocean system. He chairs VOCALS, an international research program sponsored by WCRP/CLIVAR, which has focused on the climate system of the eastern tropical Pacific. He is also co-chair of a US CLIVAR group that aims to better understand the coupled atmosphere-ocean dynamics in the eastern part of the tropical oceans. Mechoso has worked extensively on the South American monsoon.

Dr. Jim Kinter

Dr. Jim Kinter

Director, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies Professor, Dept. of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences George Mason University

Research Expertise: Climate predictability, El Niño, the extratropical climate, general circulation models of the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land surface

Dr. Shunlin Liang

Dr. Shunlin Liang

Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences

Research Expertise: Remote sensing of land surface variables, surface energy balance, impacts of afforestation in China.

Dr. Rongqian Yang

Dr. Rongqian Yang

Environmental Modeling Center (EMC), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)

Mr. Larry Marx

Mr. Larry Marx

Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies

Research Expertise: Climate modeling, codes and porting