Richard Anthes

UCAR Pres Emeritus

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Bio

Richard A. Anthes, distinguished atmospheric scientist, author, educator, and administrator, served as fifth president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) from 1988 to January 2012.

His studies in meteorology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison began with his bachelor's degree, which was followed by a masters and Ph.D.

In 1971 he started teaching and conducting research at the Pennsylvania State University, where he attained a full professorship in 1978. During this period, he also took a year to conduct research and teach as a visiting research professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) welcomed Anthes in 1981 when he became the director of NCAR's Atmospheric Analysis and Prediction Division. In 1986, Anthes became the director of NCAR. His leadership abilities, administrative talent, drive for excellence, and vision for the future of the atmospheric and related sciences were further recognized when he was selected to become the president of UCAR in 1988.

Anthes was elected as an American Meteorological Society Fellow in 1979. In 1980 he was the winner of the AMS's Clarence L. Meisinger Award as a young, promising atmospheric scientist who had shown outstanding ability in research and modeling of tropical cyclones and mesoscale meteorology. In 1987 he received the AMS's Jule G. Charney Award for his sustained contributions in theoretical and modeling studies related to tropical and mesoscale meteorology. In 2000 he was elected an American Geophysical Union Fellow, and in October 2003 he received the prestigious Friendship Award from the Chinese government.

He has participated in or chaired over 40 different national committees and made many research contributions in the areas of tropical cyclones and mesoscale meteorology. He developed the first successful three-dimensional model of the tropical cyclone and was the father of one of the world's most widely used numerical prediction models, the Penn State-NCAR mesoscale model, now in its fifth generation (MM5).

Rick's expertise includes hurricanes and other tropical cyclones, numerical weather forecasting, satellite observations, and technology transfer to less developed countries. President of the American Meteorological Society in 2007, he is a leading spokesman on weather forecasting and other atmospheric science topics. In recent years, he has helped oversee a revolutionary U.S.-Taiwan observing system known as COSMIC, which gathers global data about developing hurricanes, climate change, and other atmospheric events. Anthes co-chaired the National Research Council Committee on Earth Science and Applications From Space, which in 2007 warned that NASA's aging system of Earth observing satellites was inadequate for the nation's science and technological priorities.

Please see Biography - Richard A. Anthes, UCAR President Emeritus and Dr. Anthes' Curriculum Vitae for more details.

Publications

The publications below are available through the NCAR Library's open access service, OpenSky. For a complete listing, please see Curriculum Vitae.

Publications and Presentations (146)
Title	Source	Date
Impact of varying number of radio occultation observations on regional weather prediction over India during the summer monsoon season	Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres	2024-07-28
Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) in support of next-generation NOAA satellite constellation	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2024-06-01
Detection of superrefraction at the top of the atmospheric boundary layer from COSMIC-2 radio occultations	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	2024-01-01
Estimating individual Radio Occultation uncertainties using the observations and environmental parameters	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	2023-11-01
Atmospheric GNSS RO 1D-Var in use at UCAR: Description and validation	Remote Sensing	2022-11-07
Estimation of random error statistics in high-resolution radiosondes, ERA-Interim, and COSMIC radio occultation soundings in the northeast Pacific Ocean during the MAGIC campaign	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	2022-09-01
Predictability and predictions	Atmosphere	2022-08-14
The relationship between two methods for estimating uncertainties in data assimilation	Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society	2022-07-16
Comparison of Desroziers and Three-Cornered Hat methods for estimating COSMIC-2 bending angle uncertainties	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	2022-07-01
Comparison of COSMIC and COSMIC-2 Radio Occultation refractivity and bending angle uncertainties in August 2006 and 2021	Atmosphere	2022-05-12
COSMIC-2 radio occultation temperature, specific humidity, and precipitable water in Hurricane Dorian (2019)	Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	2021-12-01
Raytracing simulated GPS radio wave propagation paths experiencing large disturbances when going through the top of the sub-cloud layer	Remote Sensing	2021-11-20
The three-cornered hat method for estimating error variances of three or more atmospheric data sets – Part II: Evaluating radio occultation and radiosonde observations, global model forecasts, and reanalyses	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	2021-10-01
Evaluation and assimilation of the COSMIC‐2 radio occultation constellation observed atmospheric refractivity in the WRF data assimilation system	Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres	2021-09-27
The Earth-Observing Satellite Constellation: A review from a meteorological perspective of a complex, interconnected global system with extensive applications	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine	2021-09-01
Tropical temperature variability in the UTLS: New insights from GPS radio occultation observations	Journal of Climate	2021-04-01
The three-cornered hat method for estimating error variances of three or more atmospheric datasets. Part I: Overview and evaluation	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	2021-03-01
Architecting the future of weather satellites	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2021-03-01
Estimating error variances of a microwave sensor and dropsondes aboard the Global Hawk in hurricanes using the three-cornered hat method	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	2021-02-01
The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 radio occultation mission after 12 Years: Accomplishments, remaining challenges, and potential impacts of COSMIC-2	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2020-07-24
Ducting and biases of GPS radio occultation bending angle and refractivity in the moist lower troposphere	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	2020-06-01
COSMIC-2 radio occultation constellation: First results	Geophysical Research Letters	2020-02-28
Improving the impact of radio occultation observations on numerical forecasts of tropical cyclones	Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Quarterly	2019-12-01
Developing priority observational requirements from space using multi-attribute utility theory	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2019-09-01
Six new satellites watch the atmosphere over earthâ€™s equator	Eos	2019-08-30
Sensitivity of forward-modeled bending angles to vertical interpolation of refractivity for radio occultation data assimilation	Monthly Weather Review	2019-01-01
Evaluating two methods of estimating error variances using simulated data sets with known errors	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	2018-07-20
Estimating observation and model error variances using multiple data sets	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	2018-07-19
Evaluating tropospheric humidity from GPS radio occultation, radiosonde, and AIRS from high-resolution time series	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	2018-05-30
Reducing representativeness and sampling errors in radio occultation-radiosonde comparisons	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	2018-05-03
Comparison of global observations and trends of total precipitable water derived from microwave radiometers and COSMIC radio occultation from 2006 to 2013	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	2018-01-10
Tropospheric dry layers in the tropical western Pacific: Comparisons of GPS radio occultation with multiple data sets	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	2017-03-16
Tropospheric dry layers in the Tropical West Pacific: Comparisons of GPS radio occultation with multiple data sets [poster]	21st Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface	2017-01-25
Tropospheric dry layers in the Tropical Western Pacific: Comparisons of GPS radio occultation with multiple data sets	Joint OPAC-6 & IROWG-5 International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate 2016	2016-09-08
A physically-based quality control for the assimilation of GPS radio occultation data in the tropical troposphere	3rd International Conference on GPS Radio Occultation	2016-03-10
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC: 20 years of history	3rd International Conference on GPS Radio Occultation	2016-03-10
GNSS RO retrieval science and science applications with FORMOSAT7/COSMIC2	3rd International Conference on GPS Radio Occultation	2016-03-09
GNSS radio occultation science and applications	International GNSS Service (IGS) Workshop 2016	2016-02-10
Cooperation on GPS meteorology between the United States and Cuba	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2015-07-01
Marine boundary layer heights and their longitudinal, diurnal, and interseasonal variability in the Southeastern Pacific using COSMIC, CALIOP, and radiosonde data	Journal of Climate	2015-04-01
Impact of loss of U.S. microwave and radio occultation observations in operational numerical weather prediction in support of the U.S. data gap mitigation activities	Weather and Forecasting	2015-04-01
Impact of infrared, microwave, and radio occultation satellite observations on operational numerical weather prediction	Monthly Weather Review	2014-11-01
Space weather observations by GNSS radio occultation: From FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC to FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2	Space Weather	2014-11-01
Partnering with Cuba: Weather extremes	Science	2014-07-18
Radio occultation observations as anchor observations in numerical weather prediction models and associated reduction of bias corrections in microwave and infrared satellite observations	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	2014-01-01
Operational Transition	Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing	2014-01-01
Challenges of a sustained climate observing system	Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Modelling and Prediction Priorities	2013-05-01
	UCAR/NCAR Oral History Collection	2013-04-29
Atmospheric sounding from space: Present and future [presentation]	2nd IROWG Workshop	2012-03-28
Exploring Earth's atmosphere with radio occultation: Contributions to weather, climate and space weather	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques	2011-06-16
Monitoring the depth of the atmospheric boundary layer by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC [presentation]	5th FORMOSAT-3 / COSMIC Data Users Workshop & ICGPSRO 2011	2011-04-13
An Earth-system prediction initiative for the twenty-first century	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2010-10-01
COSMIC GPS radio occultation temperature profiles in clouds	Monthly Weather Review	2010-04-01
Variability of the boundary layer depth over certain regions of the subtropical ocean from 3 years of COSMIC data [presentation]	14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface	2010-01-20
The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Mission: Early results	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2008-03-01
The structure of the moist troposphere from COSMIC radio occultation signals [presentation]	12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS	2008-01-23
Monitoring the moist troposphere with COSMIC radio occultation signals [presentation]	2nd FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data Users Workshop	2007-10-22
Presentation, UCAR President, October 2007	UCAR Records	2007-10-01
Earth Science and Applications From Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond	National Academies Press	2007-09-28
Observing the moist troposphere with radio occultation signals from COSMIC	Geophysical Research Letters	2007-09-18
Reply to comment by A. von Engeln et al. on "Monitoring the atmospheric boundary layer by GPS radio occultation signals recorded in the open-loop mode"	Geophysical Research Letters	2007-01-17
The socioeconomic and environmental benefits of a revolution in weather, climate and earth-system prediction: A weather, climate and earth-system prediction project for the 21st century	The Full Picture	2007-01-01
Monitoring the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) by radio occultation signals recorded by COSMIC satellites [presentation]	AGU Fall Meeting 2006	2006-12-12
Assimilation of GPS radio occultation data for numerical weather prediction [presentation]	5th International Conference on Mesoscale Meteorology and Typhoon	2006-11-02
UCAR President's Report, October 2006	UCAR Records	2006-09-22
Monitoring the atmospheric boundary layer by GPS radio occultation signals recorded in the open-loop mode	Geophysical Research Letters	2006-06-28
Analysis and evaluation of WRF tropical channel simulations [presentation]	7th WRF Users' Workshop	2006-06-19
A Half Century of Hurricane Modeling [presentation]	NOAA/AOML/HRD 50th Anniversary	2006-05-23
Hurricanes and global warming: Potential linkages and consequences	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2006-05-01
Applications of GPS radio occultation sounding technique to weather and climate and the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC mission [presentation]	14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography	2006-02-02
Presentation, UCAR President, October 2005	UCAR Records	2005-10-01
UCAR President's Report, October 2005	UCAR Records	2005-09-22
Use of GPS radio occultation data for climate monitoring	16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change	2005-09-11
Use of GPS radio occultation data for climate monitoring	16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change	2005-09-11
The role of GPS radio occultation observations in the global observing system for weather, water and climate [presentation]	NOAA Briefing	2005-04-01
Numerical study of a typhoon with a large eye: Model simulation and verification	Monthly Weather Review	2005-04-01
Use of GPS radio occultation data for climate monitoring [presentation]	NOAA/GCOS Workshop to Define Climate Requirements for Upper-Air Observations	2005-02-09
Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC): An overview [presentation]	9th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems For Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface	2005-01-10
The ROCSAT-3/COSMIC mission and applications of GPS radio occultation data to weather and climate	Remote Sensing Applications of the Global Positioning System (Proceedings Volume)	2004-12-22
Presentation, Imperatives for Atmospheric Sciences in the Next Decade, October 2006	UCAR Records	2004-10-12
Applications of GPS radio occultation data to weather and climate and the COSMIC mission [presentation]	Space 2004 Conference and Exhibit	2004-09-30
UCAR President's Report, October 2004	UCAR Records	2004-09-22
Applications of GPS radio occultation data to weather and climate [presentation]	2nd Radio Occultation Science Workshop	2004-05-19
Inversion and error estimation of GPS radio occultation data	Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan	2004-03-01
Impact of CHAMP radio occultation observations on global analysis and forecasts in the absence of AMSU radiance data	Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan	2004-03-01
Presentation, UCAR President, October 2003	UCAR Records	2003-10-07
UCAR President's Report, October 2003	UCAR Records	2003-09-15
The use of GPS measurements for water vapor determination	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2003-09-01
UCAR Response to the SPEC Observerâs Letter Report	UCAR Records	2003-02-19
Atmospheric sounding using GPS radio occultation	MAUSAM	2003-01-01
Atmospheric sounding using GPS radio occulations	Mausam	2003-01-01
Presentation, UCAR President, October 2002	UCAR Records	2002-10-09
UCAR President's Report, October 2002	UCAR Records	2002-09-15
UCAR Response to the SPEC Reports	UCAR Records	2002-04-22
A statistical estimate of errors in the calculation of radio-occultation bending angles caused by a 2D approximation of ray tracing and the assumption of spherical symmetry of the atmosphere	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	2002-01-01
Impact of 837 GPS/MET bending angle profiles on assimilation and forecasts for the period June 20 - 30, 1995	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	2001-12-16
UCAR President's Report, October 2001	UCAR Records	2001-09-15
UCAR and NCAR at 40	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	2001-06-01
Presentation, UCAR President, October 2000	UCAR Records	2000-10-10
Use of GPS/MET refraction angles in three-dimensional variational analysis	Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society	2000-10-01
Assimilation of GPS radio occultation data for numerical weather prediction	Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	2000-03-01
Applications of COSMIC to meteorology and climate	Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	2000-01-01
Summary of COSMIC and applications to meteorology and climate [presentation]	4th Conference on East Asia and Western Pacific Meteorology and Climate	1999-10-26
A Ray-tracing operator and its adjoint for the use of GPS/MET refraction angle measurements	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	1999-09-27
A GPS/MET sounding through an intense upper-level front	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	1998-04-01
Analysis and validation of GPS/MET data in the neutral atmosphere	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	1997-12-27
GPS/MET temperature and pressure retrievals using constrained inversions [presentation]	2nd URSI International Workshop GPS/MET	1996-02-22
The promise of GPS in atmospheric monitoring	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	1996-01-01
Spaceborne GPS remote sensing for atmospheric research	Synthetic Aperture Radar and Passive Microwave Sensing	1995-11-21
GPS/MET successfully launched: Early data look excellent	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	1995-07-01
GPS meteorology: Mapping zenith wet delays onto precipitable water	Journal of Applied Meteorology 1989-2005 (After 2005 - Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology)	1994-03-01
Sensing climate change using the Global Positioning System	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	1993-08-20
GPS meteorology: Remote sensing of atmospheric water vapor using the global positioning system	Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres	1992-10-20
Margaret Thatcher briefed at National Center for Atmospheric Research	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	1990-11-01
Estimation of skill and uncertainty in regional numerical models	Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society	1989-07-01
The effect of variations in surface moisture on mesoscale circulations	Monthly Weather Review	1988-01-01
Scientific basis of modern weather prediction	Science	1987-07-31
The effect of latitude on the sea breeze	Monthly Weather Review	1987-05-01
Summary of an International Conference on Monsoon and Mesoscale Meteorology, 4-7 November 1986, Taipei	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	1987-04-01
Synoptic and mesoscale aspects of an appalachian ice storm associated with cold-air damming	Monthly Weather Review	1987-02-01
A numerical investigation of low-level processes in rapid cyclogenesis	Monthly Weather Review	1987-01-01
Description of the Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model: Version 4 (MM4)	NCAR Technical Note	1987-01-01
Mesoscale analyses of the Sichuan flood catastrophe 11-15 July 1981	Monthly Weather Review	1986-11-01
Summary of a Workshop on the NCAR Community Climate Forecast Models 14-26 July 1985, Boulder, Colorado	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	1986-06-01
Comments on "Frontogenesis in a moist semigeostrophic model"	Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences	1986-05-15
The influence of soil moisture on circulations over North America on short time scales	Namias Symposium	1986-01-01
Numerical simulations of a transverse indirect circulation and low-level jet in the exit region of an upper-level jet	Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences	1985-06-15
Calculation of geopotential and temperature fields from an array of nearly continuous wind observations	Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology	1985-03-01
Predictability of mesoscale atmospheric motions	Advances in Geophysics	1985-01-01
Simulations of frontogenesis in a moist atmosphere using alternative parameterizations of condensation and precipitation	Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences	1984-09-15
Diagnostic studies of a two-dimensional simulation of frontogenesis in a moist atmosphere	Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences	1984-09-15
Numerical simulation of frontogenesis in a moist atmosphere	Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences	1984-09-01
Semiprognostic tests of Kuo-type cumulus parameterization schemes in an extratropical convective system	Monthly Weather Review	1984-08-01
Mesoscale budgets of heat and moisture in a convective system over the central United States	Monthly Weather Review	1984-08-01
Accuracy of diagnostic heat and moisture budgets using SESAME-79 field data as revealed by observing system simulation experiments	Monthly Weather Review	1984-08-01
A diagram depicting forecast skill and predictability	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society	1984-07-01
Predictability of mesoscale meteorological phenomena	AIP Conference Proceedings	1984-06-01
Enhancement of convective precipitation by mesoscale variations in vegetative covering in semiarid regions	Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology	1984-04-01
Regional models of the atmosphere in middle latitudes	Monthly Weather Review	1983-06-01
Numerical simulations of a case of explosive marine cyclogenesis	Monthly Weather Review	1983-06-01
A high-resolution model of the planetary boundary layer—sensitivity tests and comparisons with sesame-79 data	Journal of Applied Meteorology	1982-11-01
The evolution of the mesoscale environment of severe local storms: Preliminary modeling results	Monthly Weather Review	1982-09-01
Further considerations on modeling the sea breeze with a mixed-layer model	Monthly Weather Review	1982-07-01
Numerical simulation of a Mei-Yu system over southeastern Asia	Papers in Meteorological Research	1982-04-01
Current Mesoscale Meteorological Research in the United States	National Academies Press	1981-01-01
Instructor's Manual to Accompany The Atmosphere	Merrill Publishing Company	1981-01-01

Curriculum Vitae

Richard A. Anthes CV (updated January 2012)

President Emeritus

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)

P. O. Box 3000

Boulder, CO 80301

anthes@ucar.edu

Office: 303-497-2617

Mobile: 303-519-5031

Education:

B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1966

M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1967

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1970

Professional Experience:

Jan 2012 – present – President Emeritus, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)

Sept 1988 – Jan 2012 - President, UCAR

Mar 1988 -Sept 1988 - Acting President, UCAR

Sept 1986 - Feb 1988 - Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado

Sept 1981 - Aug 1986 - Director, Atmospheric Analysis and Prediction Division, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado

Sept 1978 - Aug 1981- Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Sept 1977 - Aug 1978 - Research Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

1971 - Aug 1977 - Assistant and Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University

1968 - 1971 - Research Meteorologist, NOAA, National Hurricane Research Laboratory

1966 - 1968 - NSF Fellow, University of Wisconsin

1962 - 1967 (summers) - Student Trainee, U.S. Weather Bureau, ESSA, NOAA

Publications (five most recent):

Anthes, R. A., 2011: Exploring Earth's atmosphere with radio occultation: contributions to weather, climate and space weather, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 1077-1103, doi:10.5194/amt-4-1077-2011.

Lin, L., X. Zou, R. Anthes and Y.-H. Kuo, 2010: COSMIC GPS Radio Occultation Temperature Profiles in Clouds. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138. DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2986.1.

Shapiro, M., J. Shukla, G. Brunet, C. Nobre, M. Béland, R. Dole, K. Trenberth, R. Anthes, G. Asrar, L.Barrie, P. Bougeault, G. Brasseur, D. Burridge, A. Busalacchi, J. Caughey, D. Chen, J. Church, T. Enomoto, B. Hoskins,
Ø. Hov, A. Laing, H. Le Treut, J. Marotzke, G. McBean, G. Meehl, M. Miller, B. Mills, J. Mitchell, M. Moncrieff,
T. Nakazawa, H. Olafsson, T. Palmer, D. Parsons, D. Rogers, A. Simmons, A. Troccoli, Z. Toth, L. Uccellini,
C. Velden and J. M. Wallace, 2010: An Earth-system Prediction Initiative for the 21^st Century – An international
interdisciplinary initiative to accelerate advances in knowledge, prediction, use and value of weather, climate and
Earth-system information. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91. (to appear).

Anthes, R.A., P.A. Bernhardt, Y. Chen, L. Cucurull, K.F. Dymond, D. Ector, S.B. Healy, S.P. Ho, D.C. Hunt, Y.-H. Kuo, H. Liu, K. Manning, C. McCormick, T.K. Meehan, W.J. Randel, C. Rocken, W.S. Schreiner, S.V. Sokolovskiy, S. Syndergaard, D.C. Thompson, K.E. Trenberth, T.K. Wee, N.L. Yen, and Z. Zeng, 2008: The COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 mission: Early results. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 89, 313-333.

Sokolovskiy, S.V., C. Rocken, D.H. Lenschow, Y.-H. Kuo, R.A. Anthes, W.S. Schreiner and D.C. Hunt, 2007: Observing the moist troposphere with radio occultation signals from COSMIC. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L18802, doi:10.1029/2007GL030458.

Publications (five most significant):

Anthes, R.A., C. Rocken, and Y.-H. Kuo, 2000: Applications of COSMIC to meteorology and climate. Special issue of Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAO), 11, 115-156.

Ware, R., M. Exner, D. Feng, M. Gorbunov, K. Hardy, B. Herman, Y. Kuo, T. Meehan, W. Melbourne, C. Rocken, W. Schreiner, S. Sokolovskiy, F. Solheim, X. Zou, R. Anthes, S. Businger, and K. Trenberth, 1996: GPS sounding of the atmosphere from Low Earth Orbit: Preliminary results. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 77, No. 1, 19-40.

Anthes, R. A., 1984b: Enhancement of convective precipitation by mesoscale variations in vegetative covering in semiarid regions. J. Climate and Applied Met., 23(4), 541-554.

Anthes, R. A., S. L. Rosenthal, and J. W. Trout, 1971: Preliminary results from an asymmetric model of the tropical cyclone. Mon. Wea. Rev., 99(10), 759-766.

Further Professional Experience:

Member, Committee on Earth Studies, Space Studies Board, National Research Council (2008-2011)

President, American Meteorological Society (AMS) (2007)

Member, Global Positioning System (GPS) Scientific Application Research Center, National Central University, Taiwan (2006-present)

Co-Chairman (with Berrien Moore), National Research Council (NRC) decadal study "Earth Sciences:

Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space" (2004-2007)

Winner, China's Friendship Award (2003) (the highest award presented to foreigners by the People's Republic

of China and the first atmospheric scientist ever to receive this award)

National Associate, National Academies (2002) (in recognition of extraordinary service to the National

Academies of the NRC)

Vice Chairman, NRC "Committee on Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services" (2001-2003)

Chairman, National Academy of Science (NAS) Committee on "NASA-NOAA Transition from Research to Operations (CONNTRO)" (2001-2003)

Elected Fellow, American Geophysical Union (AGU) (February, 2001)

Member, Environment Canada’s Science and Technology Advisory Board (1996-2005)

Chairman, National Weather Service Modernization Committee (1996-1999)

Winner, AMS' Jule G. Charney Award (January, 1987)

Chairman, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (1986-1989)

Councilor, AMS (1986-1989)

Member, NAS, Committee for the Study of the Nation's Weather Observations Systems (1985-1987)

Chairman, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP); Research Briefing Panel

on Weather Prediction Technologies (1985)

Chairman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Profiler Advisory Committee

(1984-1987)

Chairman, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Panel on Mesoscale Research (1984-1986)

Winner, AMS' Clarence L. Meisinger Award (January, 1980)

Elected Fellow, AMS (December, 1979)

Member, NAS, Committee on Atmospheric Sciences (1978-1981)

Chairman, NAS, "Panel on Precipitation Processes" (1978-1980)

Member, U.S. Committee for the Global Atmospheric Research Program (USC-GARP) (1978-1979)

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PhD	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States of America	Atmospheric Science/Meteorology

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