Mark DRINKWATER (Mission Experts Division, The Netherlands) , Helge REBHAN (Mission Experts Division, The Netherlands) , Pierre-Yves LE TROON (Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), France) , Laurent PHALIPPOU (Alcatel Space, France) , David COTTON (Satellite Observing Systems (SOS), UK) , Johnny JOHANNESSEN (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) Norway) , Giulio RUFFINI (STARLAB, Spain) , Pierre BAHUREL (MERCATOR Ocean, France) , Mike BELL (National Centre for Ocean Forecasting, Meteorological Office, UK) , Bertrand CHAPRON (Ifremer) , Nadia PINARDI (INGV-CNR, Italy) , Ian ROBINSON (SOC, UK) , Lia SANTOLERI (IFAC-CNR, Italy) , Detlef STAMMER (University of Hamburg, Germany)