ANDEX

A Regional Hydroclimate Initiative for the Andes

People

The ANDEX foundation meeting in December 2017, has been attended by a group of seven scientists from Andean countries working in climate and hydrology of this mountain range, plus two representatives from GEWEX:

• German Poveda; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin – Colombia
• René Garreaud, Universidad de Chile, Santiago – Chile
• Paola Arias; Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin – Colombia
• Jhan Carlo Espinoza; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Grenoble – France
• Jorge Molina; Universidad Mayor San Andrés, La Paz – Bolivia
• Daniel Pabón; CIIFEN, Guayaquil – Ecuador
• Silvina Solman; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires – Argentina
• Joan Cuxart; Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma – España (co-chair GEWEX GHP Panel)
• Peter J. van Oevelen; International GEWEX Project Office, Washington DC- USA

At this meeting it has been decided that Germán Poveda and René Garreaud will act as ANDEX first term Co-chairs (2018-2020). Participants recognized the importance of developing a White Book and have distributed the leadership of its nine chapters among the attending scientists, ensuing the participation of two other colleagues:

• Mariano Masiokas; IANIGLIA, Mendoza – Argentina
• Rodney Martinez, CIIFEN, Guayaquil – Ecuador

The group of nine lead authors of the white book represent a de-facto steering committee for ANDEX. During 2019 the steering committee will define a Governance to be implemented during 2020 with explicit terms of reference for membership.