The 6th International Conference on Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Change

Antonio Busalacchi, University of Maryland

Professor & director at the University of Maryland. His interests include the study of climate variability and prediction, tropical ocean modeling, ocean remote sensing, and data assimilation. He has led international and national research programs dealing with global change and climate, particularly as affected by the oceans. He served on the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC) TOGA Advisory Panel, a member of the NAS/NRC Panel on Ocean Atmosphere Observations Supporting Short-Term Climate Predictions, Co-Chairman of the Scientific Steering Group for the World Climate Research Programme on Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR); Chairman of the NAS/NRC Climate Research Committee, the NAS/NRC Committee on Earth Science and Application: Ensuring the Climate Measurements from NPOES and GOES-R. Presently, he serves as Chairman of the Joint Scientific Committee for the World Climate Research Programme and Chairman of the NAS/NRC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), American Geophysical Union, a recipient of the AMS Walter Orr Roberts Interdisciplinary Science Lecturer.