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The International Commission on Dynamical Meteorology was established
in its current form by
the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
(IAMAP) (now the Interational Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric
Sciences, IAMAS) at its
plenary session in Zurich, Switzerland in 1967. The commission was
established in response to an increasing awareness of the importance of
dynamical meteorology to an understanding of the atmosphere.
Presidents (or Chairmen) of the ICDM:
- 1967-1971: Norman A. Phillips, United States
- 1971-1975: Raymond Hide, United Kingdom
- 1975-1979: Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen, Denmark
- 1979-1983: Fedor Mesinger, Yugoslavia
- 1983-1987: Brian J. Hoskins, United Kingdom
- 1987-1995: Huw C. Davies, Switzerland
- 1995-1999: Ian James, United Kingdom
- 1999-2003: Neils-Otto Jensen, Denmark
- 2003-2007: Peter G. Baines, Australia
- 2007-2011: John W. Nielsen-Gammon, United States
- 2011-present: Richard Swinbank, United Kingdom
Secretaries of the ICDM:
- 1967-1975: Ernest Knighting, United Kingdom
- 1975-1979: Fedor Mesinger, Yugoslavia
- 1979-1983: Brian J. Hoskins, United Kingdom
- 1983-1987: Huw C. Davies, Switzerland
- 1987-1991: Jacques Derome, Canada
- 1991-1995: Peter Taylor, Canada
- 1995-1999: Neils-Otto Jensen, Denmark
- 1999-2003: Joan Alexander, United States
- 2003-2007: John W. Nielsen-Gammon, United States
- 2007-2011: Richard Swinbank, United Kingdom
- 2011-present: Richard Grotjahn, United States
We would like to thank previous officers of the ICDM for their help
in compiling this list. Some information was also obtained from IAMAP
reports from the 1970s. In the 1972 Report of Proceedings of the XV
General Assembly, there is a hint that the ICDM existed in some form
prior to 1967. Any additional information would be gratefully received.
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