Overview

The charge of the GEOS–Chem Steering Committee (GCSC) is to:

1. Develop long-term strategies for the model and for the functioning of the user community
2. Prioritize and enable model development
3. Facilitate sharing of information across model users through the GEOS–Chem Working Groups (WG's).

GEOS–Chem Steering Committee membership is rotating and international. The current members are:

Person	Institution	Title	Term Ends
Kevin W. Bowman	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (USA)	Co-Chair: Adjoint Model and Data Assimilation Working Group	2013
Mathew J. Evans	University of Leeds (UK)	Chair: Oxidants and Chemistry Working Group	2013
Colette L. Heald	Colorado State University (USA)	Co-Chair: Aerosols Working Group	2013
Daven K. Henze	University of Colorado (USA)	Adjoint Model Scientist	2013
Daniel. J. Jacob	Harvard University (USA)	Model Scientist and Chair of the GEOS–Chem Steering Committee	2015
Lyatt Jaeglé	University of Washington (USA)	Co-Chair: Hg and POPs Working Group	2013
Dylan B.A. Jones	University of Toronto (Canada)	Co-Chair: Adjoint Model and Data Assimilation Working Group and Transport Czar	2015
Prasad S. Kasibhatla	Duke University (USA)	GMAO Liaison	Ex-officio
Hong Liao	Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)	Co-Chair: Chemistry–Climate Working Group	2015
Jingqiu Mao	NOAA / GFDL (USA)	Co-Chair: Oxidants and Chemistry Working Group	2015
Randall V. Martin	Dalhousie University (Canada)	Co-Model Scientist and Co-Chair: Sources and Sinks Working Group	2013
Loretta Mickley	Harvard University (USA)	Co-Chair: Chemistry–Climate Working Group	2013
Dylan B. Millet	University of Minnesota (USA)	Co-Chair: Carbon Gases and Organics Working Group	2013
Ray Nassar	Environment Canada (Toronto, ON)	Co-Chair: Carbon Gases and Organics Working Group	2015
Paul Palmer	University of Edinburgh (UK)	Co-Chair: Sources and Sinks Working Group	2013
Steven Pawson	NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO)	GMAO Liaison	Ex-officio
Jeffrey Pierce	Dalhousie University (Canada)	Co-Chair: Aerosols Working Group	2015
Noelle Selin	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)	Co-Chair: Hg and POPs Working Group	2015
Jun Wang	University of Nebraska at Lincoln (USA)	Co-Chair: Nested Model Working Group	2015
Yuxuan Wang	Tsinghua University (China)	Co-Chair: Nested Model Working Group	2013
Robert M. Yantosca	Harvard University (USA)	Model Engineer	Ex-officio

Please also see the GEOS–Chem Working Groups page.

Functioning of the GEOS–Chem Steering Committee

We invite you to read our Functioning of the GEOS–Chem Steering Committee document, which describes in depth:

• The role of the GEOS–Chem Steering Committee
• The structure of the GEOS–Chem Steering Committee
• The responsibilities of individual GEOS–Chem Steering Committee members
• The process by which GEOS–Chem Steering Committee members are elected

GEOS–Chem Steering Committee Meeting Minutes and Reports

Next Scheduled Meeting:

• TBD May or June 2012 @ 10:00 AM ET (15:00 GMT)

Past Meeting Minutes:

Date	Meeting Minutes	Supplementary Documents
15 Feb 2012	Minutes [PDF]
09 Nov 2011	Minutes [PDF]
02 Aug 2011	Minutes [PDF]
05 May 2011	To be released
25 Jan 2011	Minutes [PDF]
21 Sep 2010	Minutes [PDF]
29 Jun 2010	Minutes [PDF]	GISS Model E Memo (Lee Murray) [PDF]
09 Mar 2010	Minutes [PDF]
10 Sep 2009	Minutes [PDF]
10 Jun 2009	Minutes [PDF]
08 Dec 2009	Minutes [PDF]