Timothy C. Spangler, Ph.D.

Director
COMET®
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
(303) 497-8473

Education:
1984 Ph.D. in Biometeorology — Utah State University

1972 M.S. in Atmospheric Science — University of Wyoming

1970 B.S. in Meteorology — University of Wisconsin

Professional Experience:
1990–Present COMET (Director 1992-Present)
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

1991 Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University (tenured)

1985–1990 Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University

1983–1985 Westec Services, Inc., San Diego, CA, Coastal Zone Studies Group Manager

1972–1982 North American Weather Consultants, Vice President 1977-82

Professional Activities
Aviation Experience:
1972-1982 Direction and Operation of Meteorological Research Aircraft (2000 hours right seat).

1972-1982 Instrumentation and modification of aircraft: directed program to modify various aircraft for meteorological research, including engineering issues, certification issues, and safety issues.

Ratings: Private pilot, single engine land, instrument, 700 hours TT PIC

Other Activities :
2009-present AMS Ad Hoc Committee on the National Network of Networks

2008-2010 AMS Council Member

2007-2010 World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Panel of Experts 1996-2003 Education and Training (United Nations), US Representative

2006-2008 WMO Expert Team on Distance Learning

2005-present AMS Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise, Board on Enterprise Planning, Chair

2005-present AMS Executive Council Advisory Committee, AMS Weather Book

2002-2006 Chair, Heads of Training Institutions for National Meteorological Services (Associated with United Nations, WMO)

2001-2003 AMS Education Advisory Committee, At-large Member

2001 WRF Model Training for Operational Forecasters Working Group - Chair

2000-2002 AMS AdHoc Committee on Recertification

1993-2000 American Meteorological Society Board for Continuing Education

1991-1995 American Meteorological Society Board on Meteorological and Oceanographic Education in Universities (Chair, 1993-1995)

1987-Present Unidata Policy Committee (NSF Funded Program)

1987-1992 American Meteorological Society Board for Certified Consulting Meteorologists (Chair, 1991-1992)

1981-1984 American Meteorological Society Board for Private Sector Meteorology (Chair, 1983-1984)

1977-1980 American Meteorological Society Committee on Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution

Grants and Awards, 1980-Present
2002 Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $25,000,000. Principal Investigator.

2000 A Database of Multimedia Materials for Use by Faculty Teaching College-Level Meteorology Courses, National Science Foundation, $75,000. Principal Investigator.

1998 Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $20,000,000. Principal Investigator.

1997 Introductory Weather and Climate Modules Using Computer-Based Learning Technology, National Science Foundation, $143,393. Principal Investigator.

1995 Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $17,900,000. Principal Investigator.

1992 Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $9,340,000. Principal Investigator.

1989 Evaluation of Area Source Dispersion Models , American Petroleum Institute, July $71,000. Principal Investigator.

1989 Field Support for Study of Midwest Winter Cyclones , National Science Foundation Field Observing Facility, National Center for Atmospheric Research, April. Principal Investigator.

1988 The Establishment of a National Floating Satellite Image to Support Undergraduate Education , REU supplement, National Science Foundation, February, $7,800. Principal Investigator.

1987 Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the Use of Interactive Weather Analysis Software , National Science Foundation, May, $6,400. Principal Investigator.

1986 A Computer System to Develop Interactive Weather Analysis Capabilities Using Unidata , National Science Foundation, August, $35,500. Principal Investigator.

1986 Testing of Videography Remote Sensing in the Measurement of Toxic Gas Dispersion , AMOCO Oil Company, July, $38,000. Principal Investigator.

1985 Tracer Study for the Measurement of Plume Dispersion from Offshore Sources into Coastal Complex Terrain , American Petroleum Institute, July, $243,000. Principal Investigator.

1984 Plume Simulation Tracer Study of Overwater Transport Into Severe Coastal Complex Terrain , Getty Trading and Transportation Company, September, $435,000. Principal Investigator.

1980 Small Hill Impaction Study for the Development and Evaluation of Dispersion Models: Design and Management of Field Study , Environmental Protection Agency, July, $950,000. Co-director.

Grants and Awards, 1972-1980
Project Director of 25 field studies investigating plume dispersion and transport, turbulence, and orographic flow patterns in the western United States . Studies utilized instrumented aircraft, remote sensing, in situ sensors, and tracer gases.

UCAR Management
Member of the Compensation Oversite Board - Establish to restructure Compensation for overall UCAR system, 1995-97.

Chairman – UCAR Human Resources Advisory Committee, 1996-97.

Chairman - UCAR Education Committee, 1992-94.

Acting Director - UCAR Office of Programs, Spring/Summer 1997.

Other:
American Geophysical Union , AGU Excellence in Geophysical Education (For COMET)

American Meteorological Society, Fellow

WMO Symposium on Education and Training 1999, Tehran, Iran, Program Committee

WMO Conference on Meteorological and Hydrological Technology and its Management

Program Committee Member, May 1995

American Meteorological Society, Member

American Meteorological Society, Certified Consulting Meteorologist

Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

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