Louis Uccellini is a meteorologist and former director of the US
National Weather Service
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(NWS) from 2013 to 2022. He was also director of the
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
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and served as the Permanent Representative of the United States for the
World Meteorological Organization
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.
Background
Uccellini received his PhD from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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in 1977. He received his master's and bachelor's degrees from there as well. He was head of the Mesoscale Analysis and Modeling Section for
Goddard Space Flight Center
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. Then he became chief of the National Weather Service's Meteorological Operations Division, followed by Director of the NWS' Office of Meteorology.
During his time as Director of the NWS, he worked to improve relationships with emergency management through Impact Based Decision Support Services and worked to restructure the budget. He also promoted the Weather Ready Nation Ambassador Program. Much of his work also involved the process of applying research to operational forecasting.
Uccellini received the Distinguished Career Award in Professional Achievement in 2022. He was cited for:
"extraordinary dedication to preparing the public for and protecting the country against extreme weather, water, and climate events through an illustrious 43-year career in public service, and working tirelessly to build a Weather-Ready Nation by leading the National Weather Service to provide crucial, life-saving Impact-based Decision Support Service in support of every community."
Bibliography
Books
* Kocin, Paul; Uccellini, Louis (2004). ''Northeast Snowstorms: Volume 1 and Volume 2.'' Springer Science & Business Media. .
* Kocin, Paul; Uccellini, Louis (2004). ''Snowstorms Along the Northeastern Coast of the United States: 1955 to 1985.'' Springer Science & Business Media. .
Publications
* Uccellini, Louis W., Richard W. Spinrad, Dorothy M. Koch, Craig N. McLean, and William M. Lapenta. "EPIC as a catalyst for NOAA’s future Earth prediction system." ''Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society'' 103, no. 10 (2022): E2246-E2264.
See also
*
Ken Graham
References
American meteorologists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
National Weather Service people
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