Background
Hurlburt, Harley Ernest was born on April 12, 1943 in Bennington, Vermont, United States. Son of Paul Rhodes and Evelyn Arlene (Lockhart) Hurlburt.
Hurlburt, Harley Ernest was born on April 12, 1943 in Bennington, Vermont, United States. Son of Paul Rhodes and Evelyn Arlene (Lockhart) Hurlburt.
Bachelor of Science in Physics (scholar), Union College, Schenectady, 1965. Master of Science, Florida State University, 1971, Doctor of Philosophy in Meteorology, 1974. National Aeronautics and Space Administration trainee Florida State University, 1970-1972.
Postdoctoral fellow advanced studies program National Center Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1974-1975.
Staff scientist JAYCOR, Alexandria, Virginia, 1975-1977. Oceanographer Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory (merged with Naval Research Laboratory, 1992), Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, 1977, branch head, 1983-1985.
Adjunct faculty Marine Science University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, 1993, Meteorology Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1995. Member of national advisory panels National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellite surface stress working group, 1981-1984, minerals management service interagency advisory group, 1982-1989, world ocean circulation experiment working group on numerical modeling, 1984-1996, United States Navy space oceanography working group, 1986-1989.
Company-chairman working group on global prediction systems, ocean prediction workshop, 1986.
International working group on acoustic monitoring of world ocean Science Committee Oceanic Research, 1991. International working group on modelling subarctic North Pacific circulation North Pacific Marine Science Organisation, 1994-1995. Member science steering team Global Ocean Data AssimilationExperiment, 1998.
Project leader to develop the world"s first eddy-resolving global ocean prediction model for the United States Navy, 1987.
Scientist medal 13th International Colloquium, Liege, Belgium, 1981, Publication
Member American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, Oceanography Society, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Xi (Kaminski Publication award 1991), Sigma Tau, Chi Epsilon Pi.
Married Cheryl Elaine Finch, January 10, 1998.