Using the Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast Service (HEFS)

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### 7.0 Contributors

#### COMET Sponsors

MetEd and the COMET® Program are a part of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's (UCAR's) Community Programs (UCP) and are sponsored by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), with additional funding by:

- Bureau of Meteorology of Australia (BoM)
- Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior
- Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC)
- NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
- NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

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#### Project Contributors

##### Program Manager

- Matthew Kelsch — UCAR/COMET

##### Project Lead

- Matthew Kelsch — UCAR/COMET

##### Instructional Design

- Alan Bol — UCAR/COMET

##### Science Advisors

- James Brown — Hydrologic Solutions Limited
- Ernie Wells — NOAA’s National Weather Service
- Hank Herr — NOAA’s National Weather Service
- Mark Fresch — NOAA’s National Weather Service
- Laurie Hogan — NOAA’s National Weather Service
- Eric Jones — NOAA’s National Weather Service
- Nicole McGavock — NOAA’s National Weather Service
- Tony Anderson — NOAA’s National Weather Service

##### Graphics/Animations

- Steve Deyo — UCAR/COMET

##### Multimedia Authoring/Interface Design

- Gary Pacheco — UCAR/COMET

#### COMET Staff, May 2017

##### Director's Office

- Dr. Rich Jeffries, Director
- Dr. Greg Byrd, Deputy Director

##### Business Administration

- Dr. Elizabeth Mulvihill Page, Assistant Director of Operations and Administration
- Lorrie Alberta, Administrator
- Tara Torres, Program Coordinator

##### IT Services and Production Services

- Tim Alberta, Assistant Director of IT and Production
- Bob Bubon, Systems Administrator
- Steve Deyo, Graphic and 3D Designer
- Dolores Kiessling, Software Engineer
- Gary Pacheco, Web Designer and Developer
- Sylvia Quesada, Production Assistant
- Joey Rener, Software Engineer
- Malte Winkler, Software Engineer

##### International Program

- Paul Kucera, Project Manager
- Rosario Alfaro Ocampo, Translator/Meteorologist
- Bruce Muller, Project Manager
- David Russi, Spanish Translations
- Martin Steinson, Project Manager

##### Instructional Services

- Dr. Alan Bol, Scientist/Instructional Designer
- Lon Goldstein, Instructional Designer
- Bryan Guarente, Instructional Designer/Meteorologist
- Tsvetomir Ross-Lazarov, Instructional Designer
- Marianne Weingroff, Instructional Designer

##### Science Group

- Dr. William Bua, Meteorologist
- Patrick Dills, Meteorologist
- Lindsay Johnson, Student Assistant
- Matthew Kelsch, Hydrometeorologist
- Andrea Smith, Meteorologist
- Amy Stevermer, Meteorologist
- Vanessa Vincente, Meteorologist