Steering Committee

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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 in consultation with the GEOS-Chem Working Groups (WGs)
  3. Review model benchmarks and monitor the integrity and traceability of the model.

GEOS-Chem Steering Committee membership is rotating and international. Members are personally invested in GEOS-Chem through their research. Current members are:

Person Institution Title
Becky Alexander University of Washington (USA) Co-Chair: Aerosols Working Group
Kevin Bowman Jet Propulsion Laboratory (USA) Co-Chair: Carbon Cycle Working Group
Sebastian Eastham Imperial College London (UK) GCHP Model Scientist &
Co-Chair: Stratospheric Working Group
Louisa Emmons National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA) CESM Liaison
Mathew Evans University of York (UK) At-large member
Jenny Fisher University of Wollongong (Australia) Co-Chair: Hg and POPs Working Group
(on leave of absence until July 2024)
Tzung-May Fu Peking University (China) WRF-GC Model Scientist
Jeff Geddes Boston University (USA) Co-Chair: Surface-Atmosphere Exchange Working Group
Barron Henderson Environmental Protection Agency (USA) Co-Chair: Chemistry Working Group
Daven Henze University of Colorado (USA) Adjoint Model Scientist &
Co-Chair: Adjoint Model and Data Assimilation Working Group
Chris Holmes Florida State University (USA) Co-Chair: Surface-Atmosphere Exchange Working Group
Hannah Horowitz University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA) Co-Chair: Hg and POPs Working Group
Lu Hu University of Montana (USA) Co-Chair: Chemistry Working Group
Daniel Jacob Harvard University (USA) Co-Model Scientist
Lyatt Jaeglé University of Washington (USA) Co-Chair: Emissions Working Group
Dylan Jones University of Toronto (Canada) Co-Chair: Carbon Cycle Working Group &
Co-Chair: Stratospheric Working Group
Prasad Kasibhatla Duke University (USA) At-large member
Hong Liao Nanjing University for Information Science & Technology (China) Co-Chair: Chemistry-Climate
Working Group
Jintai Lin Peking University (China) Co-Chair: Emissions Working Group
Lizzie Lundgren Harvard University (USA) Model Engineer &
Co-Chair: Software Engineering Working Group
Jingqiu Mao University of Alaska Fairbanks (USA) Co-Chair: Chemistry Working Group
Eloise Marais University College London (UK) Co-Chair: Emissions Working Group
Randall Martin Washington University (USA) Model Scientist
Lee Murray University of Rochester (USA) GISS-GC Model Scientist &
Co-Chair: Chemistry-Climate
Working Group
Jeffrey Pierce Colorado State University (USA) Co-Chair: Aerosols Working Group
Will Porter University of California, Riverside (USA) Co-Chair: Aerosols Working Group
Andrew Schuh Colorado State University (USA) Co-Chair: Transport Working Group
Viral Shah NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (USA) GMAO Liaison
Melissa Sulprizio Harvard University (USA) Model Engineer &
Co-Chair: Software Engineering Working Group
Amos Tai The Chinese University of Hong Kong (China) Co-Chair: Surface-Atmosphere Exchange Working Group
Katherine Travis NASA LaRC (USA) Co-Chair: Transport Working Group
Pamela Wales NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (USA) Co-Chair: Stratospheric Working Group
Jun Wang University of Iowa (USA) Co-Chair: Adjoint Model and Data Assimilation Working Group
Yuxuan Wang University of Houston (USA) Nested Model Scientist
Bob Yantosca Harvard University (USA) Model Engineer &
Co-Chair: Software Engineering Working Group
Fangqun Yu State University of New York at Albany (USA) Co-Chair: Aerosols Working Group
Lin Zhang Peking University (China) Nested Model Scientist
Yanxu Zhang Nanjing University (China) Co-Chair: Hg and POPs Working Group

Please also see the GEOS-Chem Working Groups page.

Functioning of the GEOS-Chem Steering Committee

The Functioning of the GEOS-Chem Steering Committee document describes:

  • 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 requirements to serve on the GEOS-Chem Steering Committee
  • The process by which GEOS-Chem Steering Committee members are appointed

GEOS-Chem Steering Committee Meeting Minutes and Reports

Date Meeting Minutes Supplementary Documents
31 Jan 2024 Minutes [PDF]

Chemistry-Climate Working Group update
Hg and POPs Working Group update
Carbon Gases Working Group Update
Software Engineering Working Group Update
GEOS-Chem Newsletter 2024, Issue 1

19 Sep 2023 Minutes [PDF]


Chemistry Working Group update
GEOS-Chem Newsletter 2023, Issue 2

26 Apr 2023 Minutes [PDF]

Software Engineering Working Group update
Emissions Working Group update

18 Jan 2023 Minutes [PDF]

Aerosols Working Group update
Stratospheric Working Group update
Hg and POPs Working Group update
GEOS-Chem Newsletter 2023, Issue 1

21 Sep 2022 Minutes [PDF]

Surface-Atmosphere Exchange Working Group update
GEOS-Chem Newsletter 2022, Issue 2

10 Jun 2022 Minutes [PDF] -
23 Feb 2022 Minutes [PDF]

Chemistry WG updates
Transport WG updates
GCHP WG updates
GCHP mass fluxes update
Bashdatacatalog and cloud updates
GEOS-Chem Newsletter 2022 Issue 1

17 Nov 2021 Minutes [PDF]

Data Assimilation and Adjoint WG updates
Emission and Deposition Update
Direct Reading of GMAO Meteorological Data
Tools for the cloud updates
GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Winter 2021 Edition

24 Aug 2021 Minutes [PDF]

Hg and POPs WG updates
Chemistry-Ecosystems-Climate WG updates
GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Fall 2021 Edition

19 May 2021 Minutes [PDF]

Aerosols WG updates
Software Engineering WG Updates
Carbon WG updates
GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Spring 2021 Edition

24 Feb 2021 Minutes [PDF] Transport WG updates
Stratospheric WG updates
GCHP WG updates
18 Nov 2020 Minutes [PDF] Emissions and Deposition WG updates
03 Sep 2020 Minutes [PDF] -
27 May 2020 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Spring 2020 Edition
11 Feb 2020 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Winter 2020 Edition
04 Nov 2019 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Fall-Winter 2019 Edition
07 Aug 2019 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, End-of-Summer 2019 Edition
09 May 2019 Minutes [PDF] -
05 Mar 2019 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Spring 2019 Edition
06 Dec 2018 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: End-of-Year 2018 Edition
11 Sep 2018 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Fall 2018 Edition
04 Jun 2018 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Support Team's Report to the GCSC
22 Feb 2018 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Support Team's Report to the GCSC
30 Nov 2017 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Winter 2017 Edition
GEOS-Chem: Looking Ahead
An introduction to NetCDF diagnostics in GEOS-Chem
NetCDF diagnostic validation in GEOS-Chem Classic
07 Sep 2017 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Fall 2017 Edition + v11-01 Public Release
04 May 2017 Discussion at IGC8 -
09 Feb 2017 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Winter 2017 Edition + v11-01 Public Release
Model Engineer's Report to the GCSC
04 Nov 2016 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Fall 2016 Edition
19 Aug 2016 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Summer 2016 Edition
16 May 2016 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Spring 2016 Edition
03 Feb 2016 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Winter 2016 Edition
13 Nov 2015 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Fall 2015 Edition
10 Aug 2015 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Summer 2015 Edition
07 May 2013 Discussion at IGC7 -
03 Mar 2015 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Spring 2015 Edition
05 Dec 2014 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Winter 2014 Edition
28 Aug 2014 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Fall 2014 Edition
05 Jun 2014 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Summer 2014 Edition
04 Mar 2014 Minutes [PDF] -
17 Dec 2013 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Year-End 2013 Edition
17 Sep 2013 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Summer-Fall 2013 Edition
09 May 2013 Discussion at IGC6 -
12 Apr 2013 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Spring 2013 Edition
08 Jan 2013 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Winter 2013 Edition
04 Oct 2012 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Summer-Fall 2012 Edition
23 May 2012 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter, Spring 2012 Edition
15 Feb 2012 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Winter 2012 Edition
09 Nov 2011 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Fall 2011 Edition
02 Aug 2011 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Summer 2011 Edition
05 May 2011 Discussion at IGC5 -
25 Jan 2011 Minutes [PDF] GEOS-Chem Newsletter: Winter 2011 Edition
21 Sep 2010 Minutes [PDF] -
29 Jun 2010 Minutes [PDF] GISS Model E Memo (Lee Murray) [PDF]
09 Mar 2010 Minutes [PDF] -
08 Dec 2009 Minutes [PDF] -
10 Sep 2009 Minutes [PDF] -
10 Jun 2009 Minutes [PDF] -