Jim Hurrell, Senior Scientist

External Committees

  • Member of Great Plains Regional Center of the National Institute for Global Environmental Change (GPRC-NIGEC) Proposal Review Board (1994-2004).
  • Member of National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) Climate Data Assimilation System (CDAS) Reanalysis Advisory Panel (1994-1998).
  • Member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Committee on Meteorology and Oceanography of the Southern Hemisphere (1995-1998).
  • Member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Atlantic Climate Change Scientific Advisory Committee (1997-1998).
  • Member of National Research Council (NRC) Panel on the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) (1997-2000).
  • Member of the Atlantic Climate Variability Experiment (ACVE) Scientific Steering Committee (1998-1999).
  • Co-chair of the U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Scientific Steering Committee (2003-2005; member 1998-2005).
  • Co-chair of the U.S. CLIVAR Atlantic Implementation Panel (1999-2003).
  • Member of the International CLIVAR Atlantic Implementation Panel (1999-present).
  • Member of the NRC Committee on Climate Data Records from Operational Satellites: Development of a NOAA Satellite Data Utilization Plan (2003-present).
  • Member of the International CLIVAR/PAGES Intersection Working Group (2004-present).
  • Lead Author of the US CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Team: Product 1.1. Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences (2004-present).
  • Member of the International GLOBEC Scientific Steering Committee (2005-present).
  • Member of the NRC Committee on US Climate Change Science Program (2006-present).

Internal Committees

  • CGD representative to the Employees Activity Committee (1991-1992, Chair 1992)
  • Organized CGD seminar series (Sept. 1991-May 1992).
  • CGD representative on UCAR/NCAR Alcohol Task Force (1993).
  • Member of the NCAR Global Positioning System/Meteorology (GPS/MET) Advisory Committee (August 1995-August 1997).
  • Co-chair of the NCAR CCSM CVWG (January 1997-June 2003).
  • Co-chair of CCSM Working Group on Model Validation and Data Management (1998).
  • Member of the 1998 NCAR Annual Performance Award Jury.
  • Member of 2002 NCAR Advanced Study Program (ASP) Post-doctoral Selection Jury.
  • Member of 2003 ASP Advisory Board.
  • Participant in 2003 President's Retreat: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats to NCAR.
  • Member of 2004 NCAR Leadership Academy.
  • Member (Chair) of 2004 CGD Scientist I Search Committee
  • Member (Chair) of 2004 Appointments Review Group (ARG) Investigative Subcommittee
  • Member of ARG (2004-present)
  • Member NCAR Director's Committee (2004-present)
  • Member ESSL Executive Committee (2004-present)
  • Member UCAR Management Committee (2004-present)