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Dr David Carlson has served as Director of the Atmospheric Technology Division of the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Colorado for nine years between 1994-2003. Prior to that he was for three years the Director of the office coordinating the 'Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean - Atmosphere Response Experiment' (TOGA COARE) leading oceanic and atmospheric scientists from twelve nations in a large ICSU/WMO climate research programme. He was appointed to the post of Director of the International Polar Year 2007-2008 International Programme Office (IPO) in June 2006. David is originally from the mid west of the United States and holds a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Maine.