Français : Ed Rappaport a travaillé au National Hurricane Center (NHC) de la NOAA durant 31 ans. Depuis 2000, il a été directeur adjoint du NHC et, pendant sept ans au total, y compris les saisons des ouragans 2007 et 2017, son directeur par intérim. Sa carrière de plus de 40 ans en météorologie comprend des postes dans les domaines de la prévision, de la recherche, de l'administration, de la gestion, du milieu universitaire et des médias.
English: Ed Rappaport has been with NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) for 31 years. Since 2000, he has served as NHC’s Deputy Director and, in stints totaling seven years-including the 2007 and 2017 hurricane seasons, its acting director. His more than 40-year career in meteorology comprises positions in forecasting, research, administration, management, academia and the media.
This image is in the public domain because it was stored on the web servers of the U.S. National Weather Service. NWS-created images are automatically public domain in the U.S. since the NWS is a part of the U.S. government. However, the NWS sites also host non-NWS images which have been submitted by individuals: these are generally shown as "Courtesy of ...". Such images have explicitly been released to the public domain by the copyright owner as part of the upload process.
As stated at https://www.weather.gov/fsd/disclaimer: "By submitting images, you understand that your image is being released into the public domain. This means that your photo or video may be downloaded, copied, and used by others."