...A BIT OF HISTORY
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OUR CO-CHAIRS AND RAPPORTEURS IN TIME
Current Co-chairs (2022-present)
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| Takuji Kubota | Christian D. Kummerow |
| Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Earth Observation Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan |
Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Ft. Collins, CO, USA |
2018-2022
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| Philippe Chambon | Viviana Maggioni |
| Météo France, CNRM/GMAP/OBS, Toulouse, France |
George Mason University, Sid and Reva Dewberry Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, Fairfax, VA, USA |
2016-2018
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| Ziad S. Haddad | Dong-Bin Shin |
| NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Radar Science & Engineering Pasadena, CA, USA |
Yonsei University Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory Seoul, Korea |
2014-2016
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| Tufa Dinku | Rémy Roca |
| IRI International Research Institute for Climate and Society Columbia University New York, NY, USA |
OMP/LEGOS Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées Toulouse, France |
2012-2014
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| Kazumasa Aonashi | Nai-Yu Wang |
| MRI/JMA Meteorological Research Institute Japan Meteorological Agency Tsukuba, Japan |
NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) College Park, MD, USA |
2010-2012
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| Paul Kucera | Bożena Łapeta |
| NCAR Research Applications Laboratory Boulder, CO, USA |
IMGW-PIB Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, National Research Institute Krakow, Poland |
2008-2010
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| George J. Huffman | Christian Klepp |
| NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, USA |
CliSAP University of Hamburg Hamburg, Germany |
2006-2008
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| Ralph R. Ferraro | Christopher Kidd |
| NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) College Park, MD, USA |
Dept. of Geography University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK |
2004-2006
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| Peter Bauer | F. Joseph Turk |
| ECMWF European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts Reading, UK |
NRL Naval Research Laboratory Monterey, CA, USA |
2001-2004
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| Arnold Gruber | Vincenzo Levizzani |
| NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) College Park, MD, USA |
CNR-ISAC Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Bologna, Italy |
OUR RAPPORTEURS TO CGMS
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| James F. W. Purdom | Volker Gärtner |
| NOAA/NESDIS College Park, MD, USA |
EUMETSAT Darmstadt, Germany |
| 2001-2010 | 2010-2014 |
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| Ralph R. Ferraro | F. Joseph Turk |
| NOAA/NESDIS College Park, MD, USA |
NASA/JPL Pasadena, CA, USA |
| 2014-2021 | 2021-present |
WHEN/WHERE DID THE WHOLE THING START?
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| 1st Session - Founding Meeting Colorado State University, TAMASAG Conference Facility Fort Collins, CO, USA 20-22 June, 2001 |
| First row, left to right: Dr A. Gruber, Dr J. Schmetz, Dr V. Levizzani, Mr K. Ohta, Dr D. R. Easterling, Ms T. Koyama, Dr D. Hinsman |
| Second row, left to right, Prof E. A. Smith, Mr R. E. Carbone, Prof. C. D. Kummerow, Prof T. Vonder Haar, Dr J. F. W. Purdom, Dr W. P. Menzel |