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\chapter{Authors}
\label{chap:authors}

Many people, inside and outside the ROM SAF, have contributed to the development
of ROPP.  The principal authors are listed in
Table~\ref{tab:ropp_contributors}.  The ROM SAF extends its sincere appreciation 
for their efforts.

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\begin{table}[h]
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}[c]{p{30mm}p{20mm}p{90mm}}
    \toprule
    \textbf{Name} & \textbf{Current institute} & \textbf{Contribution} \\
    \midrule
    Christian Marquardt & EUMETSAT   & Ex-Development Manager. Author of majority of ROPP-1 code in UTILS, IO, FM and 1DVAR modules, and much personal, pre-existing software. \\
    Huw Lewis           & Met Office & 1st ROPP Development Manager, FM and 1D--VAR extensions. PP module. \\
    Dave Offiler        & Met Office & ROPP Project Manager, IO application code and IO extensions, BUFR format/template. \\
    Sean Healy          & ECMWF      & Original 1D--Var code, FM 2D operator code. \\
    Michael Gorbunov    & Russian Academy of Sciences & Original PP code. \\
    Axel von Engeln     & EUMETSAT   & Original Test Folder system author. \\
    Stig Syndergaard    & DMI        & Original spectral version of MSIS model (expansion in spherical harmonics and Chebychev polynomials), PP module developments. \\
    Ian Culverwell      & Met Office & 2nd ROPP Development Manager.  Documentation, testing, consolidation, IO development, GRIB2 reader, tropopause height diagnostics. \\
    Carlo Buontempo     & Met Office & S-G thinner code. \\
    Michael Rennie      & ECMWF      & 1st ROPP Test Manager. Test folder developments. \\
    Kjartan Kinch       & DMI        & Elements of ropp\_pp. \\
    Hans Gleisner       & DMI        & Elements of ropp\_pp, prototype GRIB2 reader. \\
    Torsten Schmidt     & GFZ        & Guidance on tropopause height diagnostics. \\
    Chris Burrows       & Met Office & 2nd ROPP Test Manager. Test folder developments. \\
    Kent B\ae rkgaard Lauritsen    & DMI    & Code reviews; liaison with EUMETSAT (licences, beta tester contracts). \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
\caption{Contributors to ROPP}
\label{tab:ropp_contributors}
\end{table}


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