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IRC O<\/strong>fficers for the 2024-2028 Term<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
TITLE & NAME<\/th>AFFILIATION<\/th>COUNTRY<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
President<\/strong>
Manfred Wendisch<\/a><\/td>		Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM),
Leipzig University<\/td>		Germany<\/td><\/tr>
Vice President<\/strong>
Hajime Okamoto<\/a><\/td>		Atmospheric Physics Group
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
Kyushu University<\/td>		Japan<\/td><\/tr>
Secretary<\/strong>
Christine Chiu<\/a><\/td>		Dept. of Atmospheric Science
Colorado State University<\/td>		USA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

IRC Members for the 2024-2028 Term<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Name (Surname Family-name)<\/th>affiliation<\/th>Country<\/th>reg<\/th>wgc<\/th>rap<\/th>hon<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Myoung-Hwan Ahn<\/a><\/td>Ewha Womans University: Seoul;
Ewha Observation Satellite Research Laboratory;
Climate & Energy Systems Engineering<\/td>		Korea<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Odele Coddington<\/a><\/td>Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
University of Colorado Boulder<\/td>		USA<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Jason Cole<\/a><\/td>Environment Canada, Climate Research Division<\/td>Canada<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Maya Garcia Comas<\/a><\/td>Instituto de Astrof\u00edsica de Andaluc\u00eda<\/td>Spain<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Celine Cornet<\/a><\/td>LOA\/University of Lille<\/td>France<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Simone Marilene
Sievert da Costa Coelho<\/a><\/td>		Centro de Previs\u00e3o de Tempo e Estudos Clim\u00e1ticos (CPTEC),
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)<\/td>		Brazil<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Andr\u00e9 Ehrlich<\/a><\/td>Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM)
Leipzig University<\/td>		Germany<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Vito S. Galligani<\/a><\/td>IFAECI-CIMA-UBA-CONICET<\/td>Argentina<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Maria Hakuba<\/a><\/td>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology<\/td>USA<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Seung-Hee Ham<\/a><\/td>NASA Langley Research Center<\/td>USA<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Wei Han<\/a><\/td><\/td>China<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Xianglei Huang<\/a><\/td>Dept. of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor<\/td>USA<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Yi Huang<\/a><\/td>Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University<\/td>Canada<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Anja H\u00fcnerbein<\/a><\/td>Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research<\/td>Germany<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Dmitry Ionov<\/a><\/td>St Petersburg University, St Petersburg<\/td>Russia<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Hironobu Iwabuchi<\/a><\/td>Tohoku University<\/td>Japan<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Stelios A. Kazadzis<\/a><\/td>Physicalisch Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos,
World Radiation Center<\/td>		Switzerland<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Sangwoo Kim<\/a><\/td><\/td>Korea<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Husi Letu<\/a><\/td>
State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing<\/td>		China<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Li Li<\/a><\/td><\/td>China<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Chao Liu<\/a><\/td>Nanjing University of Information
Science and Technology<\/td>		China<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Tiziano Maestri<\/a><\/td>Physics and Astronomy Department \u201cAugusto Righi\u201d, University of Bologna, Bologna<\/td>Italy<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Daniela Meloni<\/a><\/td>Italian National Agency for New Technology,
Energy and Sustainable Economic Development<\/td>		Italy<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Tomoaki Nishizawa<\/a><\/td>Center for Environmental Measurement and Analysis,
National Institute for Environmental Studies<\/td>		Japan<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Lazaros Oreopoulos<\/a><\/td>NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<\/td>USA<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Robert Pincus<\/a><\/td>Cooperative Institute for Research in
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at the
Columbia University in the city of New York<\/td>		USA<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Yolanda Shea<\/a><\/td>NASA Langley Research Center<\/td>USA<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Benjamin Torres<\/a><\/td>LOA\/University of Lille<\/td>France<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Jun Wang<\/a><\/td>The University of Iowa<\/td>USA<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Ping Wang<\/a><\/td>Royal Netherlands Meteorological institute (KNMI)<\/td>the Netherlands<\/td>Y<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Vyacheslav Zakharov<\/a><\/td>Laboratory of Climate and Environmental Physics at
Ural Federal University (UrFU)<\/td>		Russia<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Peng Zhang<\/a><\/td>Meteorological Observation Center at
China Meteorological Administration<\/td>		China<\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Amelie Driemel<\/a><\/td>Alfred Wegener Institut
Helmholtz-Zentrum fur Polar- und Meeresforschung<\/td>		 Germany<\/td><\/td> Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Claudia Emde<\/a><\/td>Rayference, Brussels<\/td>Belgium<\/td><\/td> Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Reima Eresmaa<\/a><\/td>Finnish Meteorological Institute<\/td>Finnland<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Iouli Gordon<\/a><\/td>Atomic and Molecular Physics Division
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics<\/td>		 USA<\/td><\/td> Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Julian Groebner<\/a><\/td>PMOD\/WRC<\/td>Switzerland<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Andreas Kazantzidis<\/a><\/td>Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department,
University of Patras<\/td>		Greece<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Norman Loeb<\/a><\/td> NASA Langley Research Center <\/td> USA<\/td><\/td> Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Andreas Macke<\/a><\/td>Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research<\/td>Germany<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Alexander Marshak<\/a><\/td>NASA – Goddard Space Flight Center<\/td>USA<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Bernhard Mayer<\/a><\/td>Meteorologisches Institut
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen<\/td>		Germany<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Fred Moshary<\/a><\/td>City College of the City University of New York<\/td>USA<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Laura D. Riihimaki<\/a><\/td>Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder<\/td>USA<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Shun Sasaki<\/a><\/td>Japan Meteorological Agency<\/td>Japan<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Fiona Smith<\/a><\/td>Bureau of Meteorology<\/td>Australia<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Martin Wild<\/a><\/td>ETH Zurich
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science<\/td>		Switzerland<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Feng Zheng<\/a><\/td>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology<\/td>China<\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Robert Cahalan<\/a><\/td>NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<\/td> USA<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td> Y<\/td><\/tr>
Teruyuki Nakajima<\/a><\/td>Center for Climate System Research,
The University of Tokyo<\/td>		 Japan<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td> Y<\/td><\/tr>
Peter Pilewskie<\/a><\/td>Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
University of Colorado Boulder<\/td>		USA<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr>
Werner Schmutz<\/a><\/td>PMOD and World Radiation Centre<\/td> Switzerland<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td> Y<\/td><\/tr>
William L. Smith Sr.<\/a> <\/td> NASA Langley Research Center<\/td> USA<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td> Y<\/td><\/tr>
Byung-Ju Sohn<\/a><\/td>School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seoul National University<\/td>		Korea<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>Y<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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IRC Organization – 2020-2024 Term<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IRC Organization – 2016-2020 Term<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IRC Organization – 2012-2016 Term<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IRC Organization – 2008-2012 Term<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IRC Organization – 2004-2008 Term<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IRC Organization – 2000-2004 Term<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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