James L. Kinter III
Dr. James L. Kinter III is Director of the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) where he manages all aspects of basic climate research conducted by the Center. Dr. Kinter's research includes studies of atmospheric dynamics and predictability on seasonal and longer time scales. Of particular interest in his research are prospects for prediction of El Niño and the extratropical response to tropical sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies using general circulation models of the Earth's atmosphere. Dr. Kinter is also an Associate Professor in the Climate Dynamics Ph.D. Program of the School of Computational Sciences at George Mason University, where he has responsibilities for curriculum development and teaching atmospheric dynamics as well as advising Ph.D. students. After earning his doctorate in geophysical fluid dynamics at Princeton University in 1984, Dr. Kinter has served as a National Research Council Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and as a faculty member of the University of Maryland (teaching faculty 1984-1987; research faculty 1987-1993) prior to joining COLA. Dr. Kinter has served on many national review panels for both scientific research programs and supercomputing programs for computational climate modeling. A full resume is available on request.

Contact:
James L. Kinter III
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
Calverton, MD 20705
Tel: 301-595-7000
Fax: 301-595-9793
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