The earth's atmosphere and oceans sustain a rich variety of motions. These range from Rossby and Kelvin waves, meandering jet streams and oceanic currents, and quasigeostrophic turbulence on large scales, to deep convection, gravity waves, and three-dimensional turbulence on small scales. The goal of the Committee on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics is to foster research on the fundamental dynamics of such geophysical flows, including wave generation and propagation, interaction between waves and turbulence, and the maintenance of the general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans. The breadth of this goal requires collaboration with other committees of the Society. The Committee on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics serves the Society primarily by 1. remaining abreast of developments in geophysical fluid dynamics as they affect this and other areas of activity in atmospheric and oceanographic science; 2. fostering communication between researchers in atmospheric and ocean dynamics; and 3. fostering communication between researchers in dynamics and other elements of the atmospheric and oceanographic science communities. The committee is particularly concerned with encouraging communication between specialists in subdisciplines of dynamical meteorology and oceanography. Examples of research areas where such communication is essential include large-scale interactions between the atmosphere and ocean, between the Tropics and the midlatitudes, and between the troposphere and stratosphere; the influence of tides and eddies upon oceanographic turbulence and mixing; and the interaction between mesoscale circulations and the larger-scale flow. The committee also tries to encourage the interplay between new theoretical ideas, observational studies, and field programs. The committee works toward these goals by sponsoring conferences, symposia, and workshops, often in cooperation with other committees of the Society, and other organizations, and supporting the publication of papers and surveys in the Society's journals. As the need arises, it also advises the Society with regard to the coordination and planning of research programs in this area. The Committee is also responsible for seeking nominations for the Haurwitz Lecture and AMS Fellows.

Adam H. Sobel	Chair	Columbia University
ahs129@columbia.edu	term expires 2011	Dept. of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
		500 West 120th Street
		Room 217
		New York, NY 10027
Terms Expiring 2011
Thomas W.N. Haine	Member	Earth & Planetary Sciences
Thomas.Haine@jhu.edu		329 Olin Hall
		The Johns Hopkins University
		Baltimore, MD 21218
Gregory J. Hakim	Member	Dept of Atmos. Sciences
hakim@atmos.washington.edu		Box 351640
		Univ of Washington
		Seattle, WA 98195-1640
Bruce R. Sutherland, Ph.D.	Member	Univ. of Alberta
bruce.sutherland@ualberta.ca		Dept. of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences
		539 Central Academic Buiding
		Edmonton AB T6G 2G1
		CANADA
Terms Expiring 2012
Oliver Buhler	Member	Centre for Atmosphere-Ocean Science
obuhler@cims.nyu.edu		Courant Institute of Mathematics Sciences
		New York University
		251 Mercer Street
		New York, NY 10012
Edmund Kar-Man Kar Chang	Member	ITPA/SOMAS
kmchang@notes.cc.sunysb.edu		Stony Brook University
		Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000
Steven B. Feldstein	Member	Penn State Univ.
sbf@essc.psu.edu		Earth and Environ. Syst. Institute
		2217 Earth-Engineering Science Bldg.
		University Park, PA 16802
Claudia Pasquero	Member	University of California, Irvine
claudia.pasquero@uci.edu		Department of Earth System Science
		3224 Croul Hall
		Irvine, CA 92697
Terms Expiring 2013
M. Joan Alexander	Member	Colorado Research Associates Division
alexand@cora.nwra.com		NorthWest Research Associates, Inc.
		3380 Mitchell Lane
		Boulder, CO 80301
George N. Kiladis	Member	Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA
george.kiladis@noaa.gov		Physical Sciences Divison R/PSD1
		325 Broadway
		Boulder, CO 80305-3328