Website Contributors

The following people and organizations generously contributed to this Website.

Sponsors:
National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Timothy Spangler--University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)/Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET)

Co-Principal Investigators:
Dr. Gregory Byrd--UCAR/COMET
Dr. Joseph Lamos--UCAR/COMET
Dr. Melanie Wetzel--Desert Research Institute (DRI) University of Nevada, Reno, NV

Instructional Designer:
Sue Kemner-Richardson--UCAR/COMET

PAGE Staff Meteorologist:
Kathryn Ginger--UCAR/Program for the Advancement of Geoscience Education (PAGE)

Consulting Meteorologist:
Dr. Melanie Wetzel--DRI

Contributing Meteorologists:
Dr. Gregory Byrd--UCAR/COMET
Richard Cianflone--NOAA/NWS (UCAR/COMET)
Anthony Mostek--NOAA/National Weather Service (NWS) (UCAR/COMET)

COMET Program Director:
Dr. Timothy Spangler--UCAR/COMET

PAGE Interim Program Director:
Dr. Mary Marlino--UCAR/PAGE

COMET Assistant Director for Education and Training:
Dr. Joseph Lamos--UCAR/COMET

COMET Assistant Director for Information Technologies:
Susan Jesuroga--UCAR/COMET

COMET Multimedia Graphics Group Head:
Julee Syverson--UCAR/COMET

Data Provided by:
NOAA/NWS

Data Collection:
Patrick Dills--UCAR/COMET
Kathryn Ginger--UCAR/PAGE
Dolores Kiessling--UCAR/COMET
Wendy Schreiber-Abshire--UCAR/COMET

Software Engineering Support and Programming:
David Himes--UCAR/COMET
Dennis Ward--UCAR/COMET

Computer Graphics/Animations:
Steve Deyo--UCAR/COMET
Heidi Godsil--UCAR/COMET
Julee Syverson--UCAR/COMET

Interface Design:
Sue Kemner-Richardson--UCAR/COMET
Julee Syverson--UCAR/COMET
Dennis Ward--UCAR/COMET

Software Testing/Quality Control:
Leeann Fields--UCAR/COMET
Kay Levesque--UCAR/COMET
Michael Smith--UCAR/COMET

Copyright Administration:
Hanne Mauriello--UCAR/COMET
Eileen McIlvain--UCAR/PAGE
Barbara Petruzzi--UCAR/COMET
Paul J. White--UCAR

Advisory Panel:
John Snow--University of Oklahoma (chair)
Lisa Bastiaans--Nassau (NY) Community College
Ed Geary--Geological Society of America
Ira Geer--American Meteorological Society
Gerry Krockover--Purdue University
Joe Moran--University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Kristine Venerick--St. Vrain School District, Colorado

K-12 Project Consultant:
Kristine Venerick--St. Vrain School District, Colorado

Undergraduate Science Education Consultant:
Roy Dawson--University of Colorado at Denver

Additional Source Materials:
Charles M. Callahan--NWS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)/UCAR/NSF Images 313, 665, 131, 1322
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)/NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center (NHC)
Evelyn Shanahan, photographer
Tropical Prediction Center/NHC