Hartwig Dobesch is professor, specialised in meteorology and climatology, at the Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics of Vienna. He is, among other tasks, promoter and president of the COST 719 european research program « the use of GIS in climatology and meteorology »
Pierre Dumolard is emeritus professor of GIS and spatial analysis at the Joseph Fourier university of Grenoble. He is the coordinator of the « Traité IGAT » (32 books in french on GIS and their applications, Hermes Science Publishing).
Izabela Dyras is the leader of the Satellite Research Department in the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management of Krakow. She is the vice-president of the COST european research program « The use of GIS in climatology & meteorology ».