Future National Operational Environmental Satellites SymposiumAMS 2007

Symposium Welcome1

Keynote Address

• Director of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)

• Director of the National Weather Service (NWS) Office of Meteorology, 1994-1999

• Chief of the NCEP Meteorological Operations Division, 1989-1994

• Section Head, Mesoscale Analysis and Modeling Section, NASA/GSFC's Laboratory for Atmospheres, 1978-1989.

• B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Numerous awards including the Maryland Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist Award (1981), the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (1985), the American Meteorological Society's prestigious Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award (1985), and the National Weather Association's Research Achievement Awards for Significant Contributions to Operational Meteorology (1996), and Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award (2001), Presidential Distinguished Executive Rank Award (2006)

• Elected AMS Fellow, 1987. Dr. Louis W. Uccellini