GEWEX Scientific Steering Group

GEWEX Scientific Steering Group (SSG) Membership

The GEWEX SSG provides scientific guidance in formulating the program for GEWEX and advises the Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Research Program of progress achieved in the implementation of GEWEX, and scientific advances in the understanding of the global energy and water cycle.

Prof. Soroosh Sorooshian Chair, GEWEX SSG UCI Distinguished Professor and Director Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California USA E-mail Areas of Interest: Semi-arid hydrology, precipitation and rainfall-runoff modeling, remote sensing applications in hydrology, optimization and system analysis.
Dr. Thomas P. Ackerman Vice-Chair, GEWEX SSG Director Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean University of Washington Seattle, Washington E-mail Areas of Interest: Atmospheric radiation transfer and remote sensing.
Dr. Anton Beljaars Head, Physical Aspects Section Research Department European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts United Kingdom E-mail Areas of Interest: Numerical weather prediction, subgrid parameterization, the hydrological cycle and the use of observations in model validation.
Dr. Franco Einaudi Director, Earth Sciences NASA Goddard Space Flight Center USA E-mail Areas of Interest: Atmospheric dynamics, stability theory of stratified flows, generation and propagation of gravity waves, mesoscale and microscale processes, triggering of condensation and convection by gravity waves, gravity wave-turbulence interactions.
Prof. Amadou T. Gaye Associate Professor Laboratory for Atmospheric and Ocean Physics University Cheikh Anta Diop Senegal E-mail Areas of Interest: Atmospheric sciences; West African monsoon processes.
Dr. Kevin E. Trenberth Head, Climate Analysis Section National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, Colorado E-mail Areas of Interest: Global energy and water cycle, climate variability and climate change.
Prof. Jun Matsumoto Associate Professor Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences University of Tokyo Japan E-mail Areas of interest: monsoon climatology, climatic impacts on ecosystems and agriculture.
Dr. Jan Polcher Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du CNRS France E-mail Areas of interest: Land-surface modelling and the land-surface/atmosphere interactions.
Dr. Kapil Dev Sharma Director National Institute of Hydrology India E-mail Areas of Interest: Modeling and prediction of the water budget.
Prof. Ronald Stewart Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada E-mail Areas of Interest: Water cycle, extreme events, regional climate, precipitation, and clouds.
Prof. Rucong Yu Deputy Administrator China Meteorological Administration Professor Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences P.R. China E-mail Areas of Interest: Numerical modelling in atmospheric and oceanic sciences, and climate and weather dynamics.
Dr. Olga Zolina Staff Associate, Meteorological Institute University of Bonn Germany Staff Member, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology Moscow, Russia E-mail Areas of Interest: Atmospheric extratropical cyclone dynamics and their interaction with the ocean, estimation of extreme precipitation and analysis of its variability from NWP products and station data.