CICS Reviewers

[1] Wade McGillis, Ph.D., Chairperson
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W – PO Box 1000
Palisades, NY 10964-8000
Phone: (845) 365-8562
Fax: (845) 365-8155
Email: wmcgillis @ ldeo.columbia.edu

Dr. Wade McGillis is currently Doherty Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University. His research focuses on the air-water surface exchange of carbon dioxide, heat, momentum and other climate, weather, and containment relevant compounds. Additional research interests include understanding processes controlling ocean, coastal, and river carbon dioxide transport, as well as interfacial hydrodynamics and boundary layer turbulence. Dr. McGillis was previously an Associate Scientist in the Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. McGillis is currently Chair of the United States Surface Ocean Lower Atmospheric Study, a member of the World Climate Research Program – Working Group on Fluxes, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research.

[2] Phillip Arkin, Ph.D.
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
University of Maryland
2203 Computer and Space Sciences Building #224
College Park, MD 20742-2425
Phone: (301) 405-2147
Fax: (301) 405-8468
Email: parkin @ essic.umd.edu
Dr. Phillip Arkin is Deputy Director and Senior Research Scientist at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) of the University of Maryland. He helps to administer ESSIC and conducts research into the observation and analysis of precipitation and other aspects of the hydrological cycle of the global climate system. Until January 2002, he served as Program Manager for Climate Dynamics and Experimental Prediction in the Office of Global Programs at NOAA, where he managed the Applied Research Centers that provide the research and development that enable NOAA to provide better climate forecasts. From 1998-2000, he served as the Deputy Director of the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI) at Columbia University. He spent 25 years working at NOAA as a research scientist and administrator in various parts of the climate community, including the Climate Prediction Center, the Office of Global Programs and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. His B.S. in mathematics and M.S. and Ph.D. in meteorology are from the University of Maryland.

[3] Rong Fu, Ph.D.
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone: (404) 385-0670
Fax: (404) 894-5638
Email: fu @ eas.gatech.edu
Dr. Fu received her bachelor's degree in geophysics in 1984 and a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from Columbia University in 1991, after which she worked as a post-doctoral research associate at the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, and as a visiting scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Laboratory, Princeton University. She was previously a faculty member in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, and presently is a faculty member at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Fu has carried out research in diagnostic studies of the dynamic and physical processes of the atmosphere hydrological and energy cycle, land-atmosphere and ocean-atmosphere interactions in tropics and applications of satellite remote sensing observations. She has served on national and international panels and programs including the review panels for the NASA Carbon Cycle Science program, the NASA ESE New Investigator Program, and the International CLIVAR/VAMOS.

[4] Robert Webb, Ph.D.
NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Phone: (303) 497-6967
Fax: (303) 497-7013 or (303) 497-6449
E-mail: Robert.S.Webb @ noaa.gov
Dr. Webb received an A.B. in earth sciences from Dartmouth College in 1981, and a Ph.D. (1990) in geological sciences from Brown University. He worked as a post-doctoral research associate at NASA-GISS before taking a position as a physical scientist in the NOAA NGDC Paleoclimatology Program. Dr. Webb has been working at the NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center since 1999 and is now the interim lead for Climate Diagnostics within the Physical Science Division of NOAA Earth Systems Laboratory. His research includes reconstructing past climate from tree rings and other paleoenvironmental proxies, using global climate models to investigate the mechanisms of the past climate variability and change, and improving the use and usability of climate products and services to provide information and decision support tools for proactive planning, impact mitigation and improved responses.