Fire Model Matrix Contributors

COMET Sponsors

The COMET^® Program is sponsored by NOAA National Weather Service (NWS), with additional funding by:

• Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA)
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM)
• 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)

Principal Science Advisors

• Larry Bradshaw — Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Sciences Lab
• Tobin Kelley — Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Sciences Lab
• John Saltenberger — Bureau of Land Management
• Rob Seli — Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Sciences Lab
• Doug Stephen — National Parks Service
• Pat Stephen — National Parks Service

Project Lead

• Dr. Elizabeth Page — UCAR/COMET

Instructional Design/Web Development

• Dwight Owens — Alphapure Design Studio

COMET Staff

Director

• Dr. Timothy Spangler

Deputy Director

• Dr. Joe Lamos

Business Manager/Supervisor of Administration

• Elizabeth Lessard

Administration

• Lorrie Alberta
• Michelle Harrison
• Hildy Kane

Graphics/Media Production

• Steve Deyo
• Seth Lamos
• Brannan McGill

Hardware/Software Support and Programming

• Tim Alberta (IT Manager)
• James Hamm
• Ken Kim
• Mark Mulholland
• Dan Riter
• Carl Whitehurst
• Malte Winkler

Instructional Design

• Patrick Parrish (Production Manager)
• Dr. Alan Bol
• Lon Goldstein
• Dr. Vickie Johnson
• Bruce Muller
• Dwight Owens (Alphapure Design Studio)
• Marianne Weingroff

Meteorologists

• Dr. Greg Byrd (Project Cluster Manager)
• Wendy Schreiber-Abshire (Project Cluster Manager)
• Dr. William Bua
• Patrick Dills
• Dr. Stephen Jascourt
• Matthew Kelsch
• Dolores Kiessling
• Dr. Arlene Laing
• Dr. Elizabeth Mulvihill Page
• 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)
• Shannon White (AWIPS Training)

Meteorological Service of Canada Visiting Meteorologists

• Phil Chadwick
• James Cummine

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