| Theme 1: | Initialization and Data Assimilation |
| Jeff Key, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| Art Cayette, SPAWAR (Antarctic Weather support) | |
| Mark Serreze, University of Colorado | |
| Theme 2: | Model Physics |
| John Cassano, University of Colorado | |
| Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School | |
| Bob Grumbine, NOAA/NWS/NCEP | |
| Nicole Mölders, University of Alaska Fairbanks | |
| Theme 3: | Numerical Issues |
| Jordan Powers ,NCAR/MMM | |
| Pedro Viterbo, ECMWF |