Contributors

This module was developed with funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in close coordination with NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).

The COMET^® Program is sponsored by NOAA NWS, with additional funding by:

COMET Sponsors

• Air Force Weather (AFW)
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)
• European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
• Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC)
• National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)
• National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)
• NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
• Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC)

Project Contributors

Principal Science Advisors

• Brenda Belongie — U.S. Forest Service Predictive Services
  Edward Delgado — Bureau of Land Management Predictive Services
  Mike Smith — NOAA/NWS
  Tami Parkinson — U.S. Forest Service
  Brent Wachter — NOAA/NWS

Additional Science Contributors

• John Saltenberger — Bureau of Land Management
  Larry Van Bussum — NOAA/NWS

Original S-290 Course Authors

• Michael Baker - NOAA/NWS
  Jim Bishop - California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (retired)
  Noble Dunn - National Wildfire Coordinating Group Fire Training
  Brian Finley - USDA Forest Service
  Larry Hood - USDA Forest Service
  Risa Lange-Navarro - Fire Behavior Committee Liaison
  Timothy Mathewson - Bureau of Land Management
  Deana Parrish - National Wildfire Coordinating Group Fire Training
  Rose Secakuku - National Wildfire Coordinating Group Fire Training
  Rick Vollick - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  Don Whittemore - State of Colorado, Boulder County, Cherryvale F.D.

S-290 Course Lead

• Dr. Elizabeth Mulvihill Page — UCAR/COMET
  

Project Lead

• Amy Stevermer — UCAR/COMET

Instructional Design

• Dwight Owens — Alphapure Design Studio

Computer Graphics/Interface Design

• Steve Deyo — UCAR/COMET
• Brannan McGill — UCAR/COMET

Multimedia Authoring

• Dan Riter — UCAR/COMET
• Carl Whitehurst — UCAR/COMET

Audio Editing/Production

• Seth Lamos — UCAR/COMET

Audio Narration

• Dr. Greg Byrd — UCAR/COMET

COMET Staff - September 2008

Director

• Dr. Timothy Spangler

Deputy Director

• Dr. Joe Lamos

Administration

• Elizabeth Lessard, Administration and Business Manager
• Lorrie Alberta
• Michelle Harrison
• Hildy Kane

Hardware/Software Support and Programming

• Tim Alberta, Group Manager
• James Hamm
• Ken Kim
• Mark Mulholland
• Wade Pentz, Student
• Malte Winkler

Instructional Designers

• Dr. Patrick Parrish, Senior Project Manager
• Dr. Alan Bol
• Lon Goldstein
• Bryan Guarente
• Dr. Vickie Johnson
• Marianne Weingroff

Media Production Group

• Bruce Muller, Group Manager
• Steve Deyo
• Seth Lamos
• Brannan McGill
• Dan Riter
• Carl Whitehurst

Meteorologists/Scientists

• Dr. Greg Byrd, Senior Project Manager
• Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, Senior Project Manager
• Dr. William Bua
• Patrick Dills
• Dr. Stephen Jascourt
• Matthew Kelsch
• Dolores Kiessling
• Dr. Arlene Laing
• Dr. Elizabeth Mulvihill Page
• Amy Stevermer
• Warren Rodie
• Dr. Doug Wesley

Science Writer

• Jennifer Frazer

Spanish Translations

• David Russi

NOAA/National Weather Service - Forecast Decision Training Branch

• Anthony Mostek, Branch Chief
• Dr. Richard Koehler, Hydrology Training Lead
• Brian Motta, IFPS Training
• Dr. Robert Rozumalski, SOO Science and Training Resource (SOO/STRC) Coordinator
• Ross Van Til, Meteorologist
• Shannon White, AWIPS Training

Meteorological Service of Canada Visiting Meteorologists

• Phil Chadwick
• Jim Murtha