People

Olga Wilhelmi is the GIS Initiative PI and a Project Scientist II in the Institute for the Study of Society and Environment (ISSE) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. Her research focuses on environment and society interactions; extreme weather and climate events; and the use of GIS in atmospheric sciences.

Jennifer Boehnert is the UCAR GIS Coordinator with a joint appointment between RAL and ISSE. She has extensive experience and knowledge of GIS applications and GIS analysis methods. She has been working with a variety of GIS software for the past 10 years. Ms. Boehnert provides regular consultation to scientists and engineers on numerous projects.

Michele Thornton is a GIS Associate Scientist with the NCAR GIS Initiative. Michele became interested in GIS and GIS applications while a Master's student in the Stream Ecology Center at Idaho State Univesity. Her research focused on riparian vegetation and geomorphic patterns comparing remotely sensed and GIS derived variables to field observations. She continued her GIS career at the University of Montana, Missoula, where she work as a GIS/Image Analyst for the Montana GAP analysis program. Michele also worked as the Forestry Coordinator for the NTSG lab developing GIS data applications for workshops using NASA's MODIS land products.