Drought Definitions and Characteristics
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Contributors (Original 2021 Publication)
COMET Sponsors
MetEd and the COMET® Program are a part of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's (UCAR's) Community Programs (UCP) and are sponsored by
- NOAA's National Weather Service
(NWS)
with additional funding by: - Bureau of Meteorology of Australia (BoM)
- Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior
- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
- Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC)
- NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
- NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
To learn more about us, please visit the COMET website.
Project Contributors
Project Lead/Instructional Design
- Tony Mancus — UCAR/COMET
Science Advisors
- Julie Vano — NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
- Subhrendu Gangopadhyay — U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Marketa McGuire — U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Avra Morgan — U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Project Scientist
- Amy Stevermer — UCAR/COMET
Graphics/Animations
- Steve Deyo — UCAR/COMET
Multimedia Authoring/Interface Design
- Tony Mancus — UCAR/COMET
- Gary Pacheco — UCAR/COMET
Program Oversight/Coordination
- Tsvet Ross-Lazarov — UCAR/COMET
- Amy Stevermer — UCAR/COMET
Director's Office
- Dr. Elizabeth Mulvihill Page, Director
- Tim Alberta, Assistant Director Operations and IT
- Dr. Paul Kucera, Assistant Director International Programs
- Dr. Wendy Gram, Implementation Manager
Business Administration
- Lorrie Alberta, Administrator
- Auliya McCauley-Hartner, Administrative Assistant
- Tara Torres, Program Coordinator
IT Services
- Bob Bubon, Systems Administrator
- Joey Rener, Software Engineer
- Malte Winkler, Software Engineer
Instructional Services
- Dr. Alan Bol, Instructional Designer/Scientist
- Tony Mancus, Instructional Designer
- Sarah Ross-Lazarov, Instructional Designer
- Tsvetomir Ross-Lazarov, Instructional Designer
International Programs
- David Russi, Translations Coordinator
- Martin Steinson, Project Manager
Production and Media Services
- Steve Deyo, Graphic and 3D Designer
- Dolores Kiessling, Software Engineer
- Gary Pacheco, Web Designer and Developer
- Tyler Winstead, Web Developer
Science Group
- Patrick Dills, Meteorologist
- Bryan Guarente, Instructional Designer/Meteorologist
- Adam Hirsch, Meteorologist
- Matthew Kelsch, Hydrometeorologist
- Brianna Lund, Meteorologist
- Andrea Smith, Meteorologist
- Amy Stevermer, Scientist/Instructional Designer
- Vanessa Vincente, Meteorologist