Understanding, Forecasting, and Communicating Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate

Opening Statement

Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Witnesses

Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography, Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, 2013 President, American Meteorological Society [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. James Done, Project Scientist III and Willis Research Fellow, Capacity Center for Climate & Weather Extremes, Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Lab, National Center for Atmospheric Research [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. Adam Sobel, Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Columbia University, Director and Chief Scientist, Initiative on Extreme Weather and Climate, Columbia University [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. Berrien Moore, Director, National Weather Center, University of Oklahoma [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. Ann Bostrom, Weyerhaeuser Endowed Professor in Environmental Policy, University of Washington [Addendum I] [Truth in Testimony]