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Conference Sponsors

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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National Science Foundation
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American Meteorological Society
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Fariborz Maseeh/
Massiah Foundation
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International Atomic
Energy Agency

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Metropolitan Water
District of South
California
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National Water
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Conference Committees

Conference Chairman: Soroosh Sorooshian
Conference Coordinator:  Richard Lawford

Conference Scientific Steering Committee Technical Program Committee
Soroosh Sorooshian, Chair University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Pradeep Aggarwal International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
Antonio Busalacchi (CLIVAR) ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
David Carson World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Switzerland
Barry Goodison (CLiC) Meteorological Services of Canada, Ontario, Canada
Harmut Grassl Max Planck Institute, Hamburg, Germany
Einar-Arne Herland European Space Agency, AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Jack Kaye NASA Science Mission Directorate
Tim Killeen National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Chet Koblinsky NOAA Office of Global Programs, Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Maria A. F. Silva Dias Center for Numerical Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies-CPTEC, Sao Paulo, Brazil
C. Roberto Mechoso University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Larry Smarr California Institute for Telecommunications, La Jolla, California, USA
Susan Solomon (IPCC) NOAA Aeronomy Lab, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Andras Szollosi-Nagy UNESCO/IHP, Paris, France
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi (IAHS) Yamanashi University, Kofu, Japan
Tasuku Tanaka JAXA/Earth Observation and Application Center, Tokyo, Japan
Guoxiong Wu Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Richard Lawford, Chair International GEWEX Project Office
Jared Entin NASA Science Mission Directorate
Toshio Koike University of Tokyo, Japan
Christian Jakob US Dept. of Energy, Melbourne, Australia
William Lau NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Jan Polcher Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique de CNRS, Paris, France
John Roads University of California, San Diego, California, USA
William Rossow NASA Goddard Insititute for Space Studies, New York, USA
Gilles Sommeria World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Switzerland
Paul Try International GEWEX Project Office, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Hans-Jorg Isemer (BALTEX) GKSS-Forschungszentrum Greesthacht GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Local Arrangements Committee
Dawn Erlich International GEWEX Project Office, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Robert Schiffer University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
Sam Benedict International CEOP Coordinator, Coronado, California, USA
Xiaogong Gao University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Diane Hohnbaum University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Kuolin Hsu University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Bisher Imam University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Hamid Moradkhami University of California, Irvine, California, USA