GODAE is sponsored by
IGST Members
IGST Co-chairs
| Name | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Bell | Met Office | UK |
| Pierre-Yves Le Traon | French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer) | France |
GODAE Patrons
| Name | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre Bahurel | Mercator-Ocean | France |
| Mark Drinkwater | European Space Agency (ESA) | The Netherlands |
| Scott Harper | U.S. Navy | USA |
| Eric Lindstrom | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | USA |
| Francois Parisot | EUMETSAT | Germany |
| Neville Smith | Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC) | Australia |
| Eric Thouvenot | Centre National d'Etudes spatiales (CNES) | France |
| Stan Wilson | National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) | USA |
IGST Core Members
| Name | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Toshiyoki Awaji | Kyoto University / JAMSTEC | Japan |
| Gary Brassington | Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC) | Australia |
| Eric Chassingnet | Centre for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) | USA |
| Jim Cummings | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) | USA |
| Fraser Davidson | Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) | Canada |
| Pierre De Mey | Laboratoire d'Etudes en Geophysique et Oceanographie Spatiales (LEGOS) | France |
| Eric Dombrowsky | Mercator-Ocean | France |
| Craig Donlon | Met Office | UK |
| Keith Haines | Environmental Systems Science Centre (ESSC) | UK |
| Ed Harrison | Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) | USA |
| Harley Hurlburt | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) | USA |
| Masafumi Kamachi | Meteorological Research Institute (MRI) - Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) | Japan |
| Tong (Tony) Lee | NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, (JPL) | USA |
| Matthew Martin | Met Office | UK |
| Nicolas Gruber | ETH Zürich | Switzerland |
| Andreas Schiller | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) | Australia |
| Jiang Zhu | Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IAP) - Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | China |
GODAE Project Coordinator
| Name | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Kirsten Wilmer-Becker | Met Office | UK |
Apart from IGST members, GODAE also relies on several experts who provide their expertise on specific subjects of interest to GODAE. The following people have been providing invaluable help over several years:
Metrics and validation: Laurence Crosnier, Fabrice Hernandez (Mercator-ocean)
Information system: Frédérique Blanc (CLS), Steve Hankin (NOAA)
(Last Updated: 12-06-2008)