IAMAS
International Assoc. of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences

www.iugg.org/associations/iamas.html

Type of Structure:	society / association
Regional Scope :	global
Parent Organisations :	IUGG
Child Organisations :	ICACGP
Duration :	1922 to present
Contact Address :	Dr. Hans Volkert IAMAS Secretary General Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre (IPA) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) DLR-Oberpfaffenhofen D-82234 Wessling Germany Phone: +49 8153 282 570 FAX: +49 8153 281 841 e-Mail: hans.volkert(at)dlr.de

holding an official function in IAMAS

Objectives of IAMAS:

IAMAS promotes research in all atmospheric sciences, especially programmes requiring international co-operation. IAMAS leads the Alliance for Capacity Transfer (ACT) - a joint activity of IUGG, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), and the U.S. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). IAMAS is composed of 10 International Commissions on the following topics:

• Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (ICACGP)
• Atmospheric Electricity (ICAE)
• Climate (ICCL)
• Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP)
• Dynamic Meteorology (ICDM)
• Meteorology of the Middle Atmosphere (ICMMA)
• Planetary Atmospheres and their Evolution (ICPAE)
• Polar Meteorology (ICPM)
• Ozone (IOC)
• Radiation (IRC)
  

For further details, link to the IAMAS Home Page

Last update: 5/19/09

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