Eric Blayo, University of Grenoble, France,Marc Bocquet, Universite Paris-Est and INRIA, CEREA, joint lab Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and EdF R&D, Marne-la-Vallee, France,Emmanuel Cosme, University of Grenoble, France,Leticia F. Cugliandolo, LPTHE, Universite Paris VI, Paris, France

Eric Blayo is a Professor in applied mathematics at the University of Grenoble. He is leading a research team working on the development of mathematical and numerical methods for environmental applications.

Marc Bocquet is a Professor and Senior Researcher at the environment research centre (CEREA), a joint laboratory of Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and EDF R&D. He is working in the field of data assimilation in geosciences.

Emmanuel Cosme obtained his PhD in Earth Sciences at the University of Grenoble in 2002. Thereafter, he worked during 2 years on data assimilation for air quality in Canada, and moved back to Grenoble as an Associate Professor, to specialise in ocean data assimilation.

Leticia F. Cugliandolo: Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Hautes Energies Universite Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, Paris, France.

Loïk Berre, Météo-France, CNRM/GMAP/ALGO, Toulouse, France
Bertrand Bonan, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1-INRIA-CNRS, Grenoble, France
Marc Bocquet, Université Paris-Est and INRIA, CEREA, École des Ponts ParisTech and EdF R&D, France
Carla Cardinali, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast, Reading, UK
Frédéric Chevallier, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Emmanuel Cosme, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 1-CNRS, France
Laurent Debreu, INRIA, MOISE project team and Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann, Grenoble, France
Gérald Desroziers, Météo-France, CNRM/GMAP/ALGO, Toulouse, France
Francois-Xavier Le Dimet, Université Joseph Fourier and INRIA, Grenoble, France
Hendrik Elbern, Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research (RIU), University of Cologne, Germany
Mike Fisher, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast, Reading, UK
Elmar Friese, Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research (RIU), University of Cologne, Germany
Ichiro Fukumori, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA
Igor Gejadze, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Laurent Hascoët, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, Valbonne, France
Peter Houtekamer, Meteorological Research Division, Environment Canada, Québec, Canada
Mohammad Reza Koohkan, École des Ponts ParisTech, France
Peter Jan van Leeuwen, Data Assimilation Research Centre, University of Reading, UK
Julia Levin, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, USA
Andrew Lorenc, Met Office, Exeter, UK
Emilie Neveu, Université de Savoie, LAMA, UMR CNRS, France
Lars Nieradzik, Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research (RIU), University of Cologne, Germany
Maëlle Nodet, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1-INRIA-CNRS, Grenoble, France
Olivier Ozenda, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1-INRIA-CNRS, Grenoble, France
Florence Rabier, CNRM-GAME, Météo-France and CNRS, Toulouse, France
Catherine Ritz, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1-INRIA-CNRS, Grenoble, France
Jörg Schwinger, Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research (RIU), University of Cologne, Germany
Victor Shutyaev, Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Ehouarn Simon, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway
Chris Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Olivier Talagrand, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Arthur Vidard, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 1-INRIA-CNRS, Grenoble, France
John Wilkin, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, USA
Lin Wu, INRIA, Paris Rocquencourt Research Center, France
Javier Zavala-Garay, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, USA

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