Gary Hodges, surface radiation budget network

Gary Hodges for his willingness to work beyond his current job description to contribute time and effort to NOAA’s SURFRAD surface radiation budget network. His previous responsibilities managing that network involved responsibility for solar trackers, radiometers, design, installation, operation, data collection, quality control and data distribution. He was then reassigned three years ago to be the official MFRSR (Multi-Filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometers) mentor for the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Measurement Program (ARM). His new duties include keeping more than 50 MFRSRs operational, participating in two ARM working groups, all considered a full-time job. However, he still continues his important contributions to the SURFRAD program. With extra time created through efficiency (automating many DOE duties including Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) data submission), Gary continued to bear responsibility for SURFRAD's solar trackers, MFRSR’s, TSI’s, and submission of data to the BSRN archive.