Governance

DTC Charter

The responsibilities for the operation of the DTC are described in the DTC Charter. The DTC management plan is based on a hierarchical structure of boards and committees whose members represent the interests of the NWP community. The Terms of Operation (TOO) defines how the DTC operates.

DTC Management

DTC Executive Committee: The DTC EC, which is composed of representatives from both the research and operational units of the modeling community, provides executive oversight for the DTC.

DTC Management Board: The DTC Management Board assists the DTC Director in preparing the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), annual budget, the selection of codes for testing, and proposals for multi-year code testing and evaluation projects.

DTC Science Advisory Board: The DTC Science Advisory Board assists the DTC Director in shaping the strategic direction and objectives for the DTC.

Executive Committee Affiliates

Curtis Alexander

NOAA Global System Laboratory
Deputy Director

Daryl Kleist

NOAA/NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction Environmental Modeling Center

Gretchen Mullendore

NSF NCAR Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory
Director

Astrid Suarez-Mullins

U.S. Air Force
Air Force Weather Chief Scientist

Management Board Affiliates

Jian-Wen Bao

NOAA Global Systems Laboratory
Verification and Assessment Branch (VAB) Chief within Assimilation and Verification Innovation Division

Bonnie Brown

U.S. Air Force
Meteorologist and Branch Chief for AF Weather Requirements

Michael Ek

NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
Director, Joint Numerical Testbed Program

Kevin Garrett

NOAA/NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction Environmental Modeling Center
Chief, Physics and Dynamics Division

Jeff Hamilton

NOAA Global Systems Laboratory
Verification and Assessment Branch (VAB) Chief within Assimilation and Verification Innovation Division

Sue Ellen Haupt

NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
Senior Scientist, Weather System Application Program

Steve Lack

U.S. Air Force
Deputy Chief of Technology and Software Development: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, 16th Weather Squadron, Offutt AFB

Fanglin Yang

NOAA/NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction Environmental Modeling Center
Chief, Physics and Dynamics Division

Science Advisory Board Affiliates

Alex Anderson-Frey

University of Washington
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Aurore Porson Aurore Porson

UK Met Office
Convective-Scale NWP Science Manager, R2O, Weather Science

Christopher Bretherton

Allen Institute for AI
Senior Director of Climate Modeling

Mian Chin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center
Physical Scientist, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory

Hui-Ya Chuang

NOAA/NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction Environmental Modeling Center

James Correia

University of Colorado's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science and NCEP/Weather Prediction Center
HydroMeteorological Testbed Coordinator

Imme Ebert-Uphoff

Colorado State University
Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Machine Learning lead at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

Clark Evans

NOAA Global Systems Laboratory
Research Physical Scientist and Chief of the Physics Branch, Earth Prediction Advancement Division

Christiane Jablonowski

University of Michigan
Professor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

Peter Lauritzen

NSF NCAR
Senior Scientist, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory

Chris Melick

U. S. Air Force
Meteorologist, 557th Weather Wing, Offut Air Force Base

Jonathan Poterjoy

University of Maryland
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science

Alex Reinecke

U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
Head of the Office of Battle Space Environmental Prediction

Yvette Richardson

Pennsylvania State University
Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Department

Ryan Torn

SUNY-Albany
Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences

Mike Toy

University of Colorado's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science and NOAA Global Systems Laboratory
Research Scientist