Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002

Authors, Contributors, and Reviewers

2002 Ozone Assessment cover

Hundreds of scientists from around the world write and review the periodic WMO/UNEP "state-of-the-science" assessments of ozone depletion; hundreds of additional scientists author the studies that are referenced within them. As a result, the WMO/UNEP assessments are truly "global" documents, reflecting the thinking of the international scientific community.

275 international scientists from the developed and developing world contributed to the preparation and review of the latest WMO/UNEP assessment, Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002. Listed are the names of those individuals and the supporting organizations and staff.

Assessment Co-chairs

Ayité-Lô Nohende Ajavon, Daniel L. Albritton, Gérard Mégie, and Robert T. Watson

Chapters and Lead Authors

Chapter 1. Controlled Substances and Other Source Gases - Stephen A. Montzka and Paul J. Fraser

Chapter 2. Very Short-Lived Halogen and Sulfur Substances - Malcolm K.W. Ko and Gilles Poulet

Chapter 3. Polar Stratospheric Ozone: Past and Future - Paul A. Newman and John A. Pyle

Chapter 4. Global Ozone: Past and Future - Martyn P. Chipperfield and William J. Randel

Chapter 5. Surface Ultraviolet Radiation: Past and Future - James B. Kerr and Gunther Seckmeyer

Twenty Questions and Answers About the Ozone Layer - David W. Fahey

Authors, Contributors, and Reviewers

Alberto AdrianiConsiglio Nazionale della Richerche Istituto di Fisica dell'AtmosferaItaly
Ayité-Lô Nohende AjavonUniversité de LoméTogo
Daniel L. AlbrittonNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Douglas R. AllenNaval Research LaboratoryUS
Georgios T. AmanatidisEuropean CommissionBelgium
Stephen O. AndersenEnvironmental Protection AgencyUS
James AndersonHarvard UniversityUS
Gustavo A. ArgüelloUniversidad Nacional de CórdobaArgentina
Antti ArolaFinnish Meteorological InstituteFinland
Roger AtkinsonUniversity of California at RiversideUS
Pieter J. AucampPtersa Environmental ConsultantsSouth Africa
John AustinUK Meteorological OfficeUK
Linnea AvalloneUniversity of ColoradoUS
Alkiviadis F. BaisAristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece
Mark P. BaldwinNorthWest Research Associates, Inc.US
Stephen R. BeagleyYork UniversityCanada
Pranvera BekteshiHydrometeorological InstituteAlbania
Germar BernhardBiospherical Instruments, Inc.US
Donald R. BlakeUniversity of California at IrvineUS
Nicola J. BlakeUniversity of California at IrvineUS
Mario BlumthalerUniversität InnsbruckAustria
Greg BodekerNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)New Zealand
Rumen D. BojkovCentre for International Postgraduate Studies of Environmental ManagementGermany
Olivier BoucherCNRS-Université des Sciences et Technologies de LilleFrance
Michel BourquiUniversity of ReadingUK
Geir O. BraathenNorwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU)Norway
Peter BraesickeUniversity of CambridgeUK
Guy BrasseurMax-Planck-Institut für MeteorologieGermany
Bram BregmanRoyal Netherlands Meteorological InstituteThe Netherlands
Christoph BrühlMax-Planck-Institut für ChemieGermany
William H. BrunePennsylvania State UniversityUS
James H. BurkholderNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Neal ButchartUK Meteorological OfficeUK
James H. ButlerNOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics LaboratoryUS
James CalmEngineering ConsultantUS
Pablo O. CanzianiCONICET/Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina
Ken S. CarslawUniversity of LeedsUK
Marie-Lise ChaninService d'Aeronomie du CNRSFrance
Mian ChinGeorgia Institute of Technology/NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUS
Martyn P. ChipperfieldUniversity of LeedsUK
John ChristyUniversity of Alabama at HuntsvilleUS
Peter S. ConnellLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUS
Brian ConnorNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)New Zealand
David B. ConsidineNASA Langley Research CenterUS
R. Anthony CoxUniversity of CambridgeUK
Derek M. CunnoldGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUS
Martin DamerisDLR Institut für Physik der AtmosphäreGermany
John S. DanielNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Richard G. DerwentUK Meteorological OfficeUK
Susana B. DiazCentro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC)Argentina
Ed DlugokenckyNOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics LaboratoryUS
Anne R. DouglassNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUS
Katja DrdlaNASA Ames Research CenterUS
Thomas DuafalaTri-Cal Research DivisionUS
Ellsworth G. DuttonNOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics LaboratoryUS
Victor L. DvortsovPacifiCorpUS
Ezequiel EcherInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)Brazil
Stephen EckermannNaval Research LaboratoryUS
Kalju EermeTartu Observatory Estonia
James W. ElkinsNOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics LaboratoryUS
Andreas EngelUniversität FrankfurtGermany
Christine A. EnnisNOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRESUS
David W. FaheyNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Joe FarmanEuropean Ozone Research Coordinating UnitUK
Vitali E. FioletovMeteorological Service of CanadaCanada
Eric L. FlemingNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUS
Ian FolkinsDalhousie UniversityCanada
Piers M. de F. ForsterUniversity of ReadingUK
Paul J. FraserCSIRO Division of Atmospheric ResearchAustralia
Randall R. FriedlNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUS
Ru-Shan GaoNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Rolando R. GarciaNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchUS
Marvin A. GellerState University of New York, Stony BrookUS
Melvyn GelmanNOAA NWS Climate Prediction CenterUS
Christian GeorgeLaboratoire d'Application de la Chimie à l'Environnement/University of LyonFrance
Sophie Godin-BeekmannService d'Aeronomie du CNRSFrance
Marco GonzálezUnited Nations Environment Programme Kenya
Florence GoutailService d'Aeronomie du CNRSFrance
Michael GraberUnited Nations Environment ProgrammeKenya
Hans-F. GrafMax-Planck-Institut für MeteorologieGermany
Volker GreweDLR Institut für Physik der AtmosphäreGermany
Joanna D. HaighImperial College of Science, Technology, and MedicineUK
Patrick HamillSan Jose State UniversityUS
David B. HarperThe Queen's University of BelfastUK
Neil R.P. HarrisEuropean Ozone Research Coordinating UnitUK
Didier HauglustaineCNRS-Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'EnvironnementFrance
Peter H. HaynesUniversity of CambridgeUK
Jay R. HermanNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUS
David J. HofmannNOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics LaboratoryUS
James R. HoltonUniversity of WashingtonUS
Robert D. HudsonUniversity of MarylandUS
Drusilla HuffordEnvironmental Protection AgencyUS
Abdelmoneim A. IbrahimEgyptian Meteorological AuthorityEgypt
Mohammad IlyasUniversity of Science MalaysiaMalaysia
Takashi ImamuraNational Institute for Environmental StudiesJapan
Ivar S.A. IsaksenUniversity of OsloNorway
Charles H. JackmanNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUS
Daniel J. JacobHarvard UniversityUS
Mauricio Jaramillo-AyerbePontificia Universidad Javeriana-CaliColombia
Paul JohnstonNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)New Zealand
David KarolyMonash UniversityAustralia
Nozomi KawamotoNational Space Development AgencyJapan
Jack A. KayeNASA Office of Earth ScienceUS
James B. KerrMeteorological Service of CanadaCanada
M.A.K. KhalilPortland State UniversityUS
Peter W. KiedronState University of New York at AlbanyUS
Dieter KleyInstitut für Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphäre Forschungszentrum JülichGermany
Bjørn M. KnudsenDanmarks Meteorologiske InstitutDenmark
Malcolm K.W. KoAtmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.US
Yutaka KondoUniversity of TokyoJapan
Yuri KoshelkovCentral Aerological ObservatoryRussia
Karin KreherNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)New Zealand
Nickolay A. KrotkovUniversity of MarylandUS
Janusz W. KrzyscinPolish Academy of SciencesPoland
Lambert KuijpersTechnical University PavThe Netherlands
Michael J. KuryloNASA HeadquartersUS
Karin LabitzkeFreie Universität BerlinGermany
Murari LalIndian Institute of TechnologyIndia
Shyam LalPhysical Research LaboratoryIndia
Ulrike LangematzFreie Universität BerlinGermany
Kathleen O. LantzNOAA Air Resources LaboratoryUS
Neils LarsenDanish Meteorological InstituteDenmark
Katherine S. LawUniversity of CambridgeUK
Mark G. LawrenceMax-Planck-Institut für ChemieGermany
J. Ben LileyNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)New Zealand
Roger LinNOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction/RS Information SystemsUS
Shaw LiuAcademia SinicaTaiwan R.O.C.
Jennifer A. LoganHarvard UniversityUS
Craig S. LongNOAA NWS Climate Prediction CenterUS
Daniel LubinScripps Institution of OceanographyUS
A. Robert MacKenzieLancaster UniversityUK
Sasha MadronichNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchUS
Emmanuel MahieuUniversité de LiègeBelgium
Gloria L. ManneyNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/New Mexico Highlands UniversityUS
Elisa ManziniMax-Planck-Institut für MeteorologieGermany
Céline MariLaboratoire d'Aérologie, Observatoire Midi PyrénéesFrance
Timothy J. MartinUniversität GrazAustria
W. Andrew MatthewsNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)New Zealand
Konrad MauersbergerMax-Planck-Institut für KernphysikGermany
Archie McCullochMarbury Technical ConsultingUK
Gordon McFadyenScottish Environment Protection AgencyUK
Mack McFarlandE.I. DuPont de Nemours & CompanyUS
Daniel S. McKennaNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchUS
Richard L. McKenzieNational Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)New Zealand
Richard D. McPetersNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUS
Ralf MeerkötterDLR-Institut für Physik der AtmosphäreGermany
Gérard MégieCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
Inna A. MegretskaiaHarvard UniversityUS
Davit MelkonyanDepartment of HydrometeorologyArmenia
Abdelwahid MelloukiCNRS-Laboratoire de Combustion et Systèmes RéactifsFrance
Pauline M. MidgleyM&D ConsultingGermany
Alvin J. MillerNOAA NWS Climate Prediction CenterUS
Stephen A. MontzkaNOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics LaboratoryUS
Rolf MüllerForschungszentrum Jülich GmbHGermany
Nzioka John MuthamaUniversity of NairobiKenya
Tatsuya NagashimaNational Institute for Environmental StudiesJapan
Hideaki NakaneNational Institute for Environmental StudiesJapan
Eric R. NashScience Systems and Applications, Inc.US
John NashUK Meteorological OfficeUK
Patrick J. NealeSmithsonian Environmental Research CenterUS
Paul A. NewmanNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUS
Samuel J. OltmansNOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics LaboratoryUS
Alan O'NeillUniversity of ReadingUK
Michael OppenheimerPrinceton UniversityUS
David E. OramUniversity of East AngliaUK
Eduardo PalenqueInstituto de Investigaciones Físcias, Universidad Mayor de San AndresBolivia
Panos PapagiannakopuolosUniversity of CreteGreece
David ParkerHadley Centre Met OfficeUK
Steven PawsonGoddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center/University of MarylandUS
Stuart A. PenkettUniversity of East AngliaUK
Sunil Kumar PeshinIndia Meteorological DepartmentIndia
Thomas PeterInstitute for Atmospheric and Climate Science ETH-ZurichSwitzerland
Klaus PfeilstickerUniversität HeidelbergGermany
Giovanni PitariUniversità L'AquilaItaly
Ulrich PlattUniversität HeidelbergGermany
Ian PlumbCSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial PhysicsAustralia
Jean-Pierre PommereauService d'Aeronomie du CNRSFrance
Lamont R. PooleNASA Langley Research CenterUS
Robert W. PortmannNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Gilles PouletCNRS-Université d'OrléansFrance
Michael J. PratherUniversity of California at IrvineUS
Margarita PréndezUniversidad de ChileChile
Ronald PrinnMassachusetts Insititute of TechnologyUS
Michael H. ProffittWorld Meteorological OrganizationSwitzerland
John A. PyleCentre for Atmospheric Science, University of CambridgeUK
S. RamachandranPhysical Research LaboratoryIndia
V. RamaswamyNOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics LaboratoryUS
William J. RandelNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchUS
Lakshman RandeniyaCSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial PhysicsAustralia
Philip J. RaschNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchUS
A.R. RavishankaraNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Claire E. ReevesUniversity of East AngliaUK
Markus RexAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine ResearchGermany
Brian A. RidleyNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchUS
Curtis P. RinslandNASA Langley Research CenterUS
Henning RodheUniversity of StockholmSweden
José M. RodríguezUniversity of MiamiUS
Bjørg RognerudUniversitetet I OsloNorway
Joan E. RosenfieldNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUS
Martin N. RossAerospace CorporationUS
Eugene RozanovWorld Radiation Center and Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science ETHSwitzerland
James M. Russell IIIHampton UniversityUS
Nelson A. SabogalUnited Nations Environment ProgrammeKenya
Ali A. SabziparvarUniversity of Bou-Ali SinaIran
Ross J. SalawitchCalifornia Institute of Technology/NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUS
Eugenio SanhuezaInstituto Venezolano de Investigaciones CientificasVenezuela
Michelle L. SanteeNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUS
Toru SasakiJapan Meteorological AgencyJapan
Yasuhiro SasanoNational Institute for Environmental StudiesJapan
Sue M. SchaufflerNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchUS
Ulrich SchmidtUniversität FrankfurtGermany
Christina SchnadtDLR Institut für Physik der AtmosphäreGermany
Ulrich SchumannDLR Institut für Physik der AtmosphäreGermany
M. Daniel SchwarzkopfNOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics LaboratoryUS
Paul W. SeakinsUniversity of LeedsUK
Gunther SeckmeyerUniversität HannoverGermany
Dian J. SeidelNOAA Air Resources LaboratoryUS
Dudley E. ShallcrossUniversity of BristolUK
Theodore G. ShepherdUniversity of TorontoCanada
Drew T. ShindellNASA Goddard Institute for Space StudiesUS
Keith P. ShineUniversity of ReadingUK
Masanori ShitamichiJapan Meteorological AgencyJapan
Peter G. SimmondsUniversity of BristolUK
Paul C. SimonInstitut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de BelgiqueBelgium
Harry SlaperNational Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)The Netherlands
James R. SlusserColorado State UniversityUS
Claire A. SmithImperial College of Science, Technology, and MedicineUK
Sergei SmyshlyaevRussian State Hydrometeorological University/State University of New YorkRussia
Susan SolomonNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Johannes StähelinSwiss Federal Institute of Technology-ZurichSwitzerland
L. Paul SteeleCSIRO Division of Atmospheric ResearchAustralia
Andreas StohlTechnical University MunichGermany
Richard S. StolarskiNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUS
Susan E. StrahanUniversity of MarylandUS
B.H. SubbarayaIndian Space Research Organization HeadquartersIndia
Christine C. SweetScience and Technology CorporationUS
Petteri TaalasFinnish Meteorological InstituteFinland
Azadeh TabazadehNASA Ames Research CenterUS
David W. TarasickMeteorological Service of CanadaCanada
Gary TaylorTaylor/Wagner, Inc.Canada
Manfred TeviniBotanisches InstitutDenmark
Christiane TextorMax-Planck-Institut für MeteorologieGermany
Larry W. ThomasonNASA Langley Research CenterUS
David ThompsonColorado State UniversityUS
Claudia TimmreckMax-Planck-Institut für MeteorologieGermany
Darin W. TooheyUniversity of ColoradoUS
Geoffrey C. ToonNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUS
Adrian F. TuckNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Jan C. van der LeunEcofysThe Netherlands
Michel Van RoozendaelInstitut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de BelgiqueBelgium
Michiel van WeeleKoninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)The Netherlands
Guus J.M. VeldersNational Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)The Netherlands
Jean VerdeboutEuropean Commission Joint Research CentreItaly
Mario ViscaAusimont S.p.A.Italy
C. Michael VolkUniversität FrankfurtGermany
Peter von der GathenAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine ResearchGermany
Ray WangGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUS
Joe W. WatersNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUS
Robert T. WatsonWorld BankUS
Darryn W. WaughJohns Hopkins UniversityUS
Elizabeth C. WeatherheadNOAA Air Resources LaboratoryUS
Philipp WeihsUniversität für BodenkulturAustria
Debra K. WeisensteinAtmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.US
Ray F. WeissUniversity of California at San Diego/Scripps Institution of OceanographyUS
Paul O. WennbergCalifornia Institute of TechnologyUS
Fei WuNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchUS
Donald J. WuebblesUniversity of IllinoisUS
Yoko YokouchiNational Institute for Environmental StudiesJapan
Vladimir YushkovCentral Aerological ObservatoryRussia
Rodolphe J. ZanderUniversité de LiègeBelgium
Francesco ZarattiInstituto de Investigaciones Físicas, Universidad Mayor de San AndresBolivia
Joseph M. ZawodnyNASA Langley Research CenterUS
Christos ZerefosAristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece
Xiuji ZhouChinese Academy of Meteorological SciencesChina
Tong ZhuPeking UniversityChina

Chapter Editorial Contributors

Chapter 1: Controlled Substance and Other Source Gases
Nada DerekCSIRO Division of Atmospheric ResearchAustralia
Chapter 3: Polar Stratospheric Ozone: Past and Future
Rose M. KendallComputer Sciences CorporationUS
Kathy A. ThompsonComputer Sciences CorporationUS

Sponsoring Organizations Liaisons

Michael H. ProffittWorld Meteorological OrganizationSwitzerland
Marco GonzálezUnited Nations Environment ProgrammeKenya
Daniel L. AlbrittonNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUS
Michael J. KuryloNational Institute of Standards and Technology; NASA HeadquartersUS
Georgios T. AmanatidisEuropean CommissionBelgium

Coordinating Editor

Christine A. EnnisNOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRESUS

Technical Editing

Christine C. SweetNOAA Environmental Research LaboratoriesUS
Christine A. EnnisNOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRESUS

Publication Design and Layout

Debra Dailey-Fisher (Lead)NOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Albert D. Romero (Consulting and Support)NOAA Mountain Administrative Support CenterUS
Dennis Dickerson (Graphics Design, "Twenty Questions")Concepts 3US

Editorial Assistance

Jeanne S. WatersNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Barbara A. KepplerNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS

Conference Coordination and Documentation

Michael H. ProffittWorld Meteorological OrganizationSwitzerland
Marie-Christine CharriéreWorld Meteorological OrganizationSwitzerland
Christine A. EnnisNOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRESUS
Jeanne S. WatersNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Kathy A. ThompsonComputer Sciences CorporationUS

Conference Support

Jeanne S. WatersNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Kathy A. ThompsonComputer Sciences CorporationUS
Catherine A. BurgdorfNOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRESUS
Debra Dailey-FisherNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Rose M. KendallComputer Sciences CorporationUS
Randy SoderholmComputer Sciences CorporationUS
Chantal RenaudotWorld Meteorological OrganizationSwitzerland
Barbara A. KepplerNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Suzie Milano-SchoserNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Gordon McFadyenScottish Environmental Protection AgencyUK
Neil R.P. HarrisEuropean Ozone Research Coordinating UnitUK

Computing and Networking Support

Catherine A. BurgdorfNOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRESUS
Walter J. HarropNOAA Aeronomy LaboratoryUS
Gabrielle AccatinoNOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRESUS
Ken JamiesonNOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRESUS
Richard J. TisinaiNOAA Aeronomy Laboratory/CIRESUS