With contributions from over 500 internationally renowned authorities working in academia, government and industry...

A.J. Bailer, Miami University, USA
A. Bardossy, University of Stuttgart, Germany
V. Barnett, Nottingham Trent University, UK
R. Barry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
R. Bartels, University of Sydney, Australia
A. Basist, National Climatic Data Center, USA
M.B. Beck, University of Georgia, USA
M. Becka, Bayer AG, Germany
J. Beirlant, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
S. Bellamy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
J. Benichou, University of Rouen Medical School, France
M. Berliner, Ohio State University, USA
N. Bhattacharya, Indiana University, USA
L. Billard, University of Georgia, USA
D.D. Billheimer, University of Washington, USA
P. Bloomfield, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
J. Bobanovic, Dalhousie University, Canada
D. L. Borchers, University of St Andrews, UK
H. Bossel, University of Kassel, Germany
T. Bowers, Gradient Corporation, Cambridge, USA
M. Bown, Nottingham Trent University, UK
T. Bowyer, University of Alaska, USA
F.J. Breidt, Iowa State University, USA
D. Brillinger, University of California at Berkeley, USA
R. Brookmeyer, Johns Hopkins University, USA
P. Brown, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
S.T. Buckland, University of St Andrews, UK
S. BuHamra, Kuwait University, Kuwait
P. Buhlmann, ETHZ Zurich, Switzerland
P.J.H Builtjes, TNO-MEP, The Netherlands
J. Buonaccorsi, University of Massachusetts, USA
H.E. Burkhart, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, USA
D.E. Burmaster, Alceon Corporation, USA
D. Burn, University of Waterloo, Canada
K.P. Burnham, Colorado State University, USA
T.J. Butler, Cornell University, USA

E.J. Calabrese, University of Massachusetts, USA
K. Campbell, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
S. Candy, Forestry Tasmania, Australia
B.P. Carlin, University of Minnesota, USA
S. Carn, Cambridge University, UK
D.B. Carr, George Mason University, USA
S.S. Carroll, Arizona State University, USA
T.J. Carrothers, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, USA
G. Casella, University of Florida, USA
H. Caswell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA
P. Catalano, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
R. Chambers, University of Southampton, UK
S. Champely, Universite Lyon, France
K.S. Chan, University of Iowa, USA
C. Chatfield, University of Bath, UK
P. Chatwin, University of Sheffield, UK
R. Cheatham, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA
J.J. Chen, National Center for Toxicological Research, USA
G. Chichilnisky, Columbia University, USA
S-I. Cho, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
G. Christakos, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
R.R. Christian, East Carolina University, USA
M. Christman, University of Maryland, USA
E. Cinlar, Princeton University, USA
S. Clark, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA
D. Cocchi, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche 'Paolo Fortunati', Italy
D. Cocke, Lamar University, USA
L. Conquest, University of Washington, USAE.R
E.R. Cook, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA
C. Corcoran, Utah State University, USA
B. Coull, Harvard University, USA
A. Cowling, CSIRO, Australia
C. Cox, University of Rochester, USA
D. Cox, University of Oxford, UK
P.F. Craigmile, University of Washington, USA
N. Cressie, Ohio State University, USA
K. Crump, ICF Kaiser, USA

M.R.T. Dale, University of Alberta, Canada
A.G. Davenport, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Marie Davidian, North Carolina State University, USA
R.B. Davies, New Zealand
R.A. Davis, Colorado State University, USA
A.C. Davison, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
R.M. Davison, Sheffield University, UK
D. DeAngelis, University of Miami, USA
M. Delampady, Indian Statistical Institute, India
D.L. Denton, University of California, USA
D.K. Dey, University of Connecticut, USA
G. Dinse, NIEHS, USA
P.M. Dixon, Iowa State University, USA
C.A. Dolloff, Virginia Tech., USA
P. Domenici, International Marine Centre, Italy
H. Drees, Universitat zu Koln, Germany
M. Drum, Palatine, USA
D. Dunson, National Institute of Environmental Health, Sciences, USA
R. Dykstra, University of Iowa, USA

D.G. Edwards, University of South Carolina, USA
B. Egan, Egan Environmental Inc., USA
E. Eisen, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
A.H. El-Shaarawi, National Water Research Institute, Canada
P. Elliott, Imperial College, UK
D.A. Evans, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA
G.C. Essex, University of Western Ontario, USA
S.R. Esterby, British Columbia, Canada
M. Evans, University of Toronto, Canada
B. Everitt, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

W. Fang, State University of New York, USA
D. Farr, Biota Research Ltd, Canada
A. Fasso, University of Bergamo, Italy
W.T. Federer, Cornell University, USA
V. Fedorov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
N. Flournoy, American University, USA
M.-J. Fortin, Simon Fraser University, Canada
S.B. Fotopoulos, Washington State University, USA
J.F. Fox, United States Environmental Protection Agency, USA
A. Fraser, National Water Research Institute, Canada
G.S. French, University of Manchester, UK
J. French, University of Harvard, USA
H. Friedl, Technical University Graz, Austria
S. Frolking, University of New Hampshire, USA
S. Fruhwirth-Schnatter, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
J.D. Fry, University of Rochester, USA
E. Fugita, Desert Research Institute, USA
W. Fuller, Iowa State University, USA
W.S. Fyfe, University of Western Ontario, Canada

D. Gamerman, Universide Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A.E. Gargett, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada
J. Gastwirth, George Washington University, USA
D. Gaylor, USEPA Arkansas, USA
A. Gelfand, University of Connecticut, USA
A. Gelman, Columbia University, USA
K. Gerow, University of Wyoming, USA
S. Geyer, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA
H. Geys, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium
M. Ghosh, University of Florida, USA
M.E. Ginevan, risksciences.com
G. Giribet, Harvard University, USA
C. Glasbey, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
D.C. Glenn-Lewin, Wichita State University, USA
T. Gneiting, University of Washington, USA
Y.R. Goh, University of Sheffield, UK
J. Gosz, University of New Mexico, USA
C.A. Gotway Crawford, National Center for Environmental Health, USA
W. Gould, New Mexico State University, USA
J.H. Gove, U.S. Forest Service, USA
J. Graffelman, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
R. Greatbatch, Dalhousie University, Canada
S. Greenland, University of California Los Angeles, USA
J. Grego, Stanford University, USA
T. Gregoire, Yale University, USA
R. Griffiths, UMIST, UK
M. Grimston, Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK
N. Grody, Satellite Research Laboratory, USA
A. Gupta, Bowling Green State University, USA
R.C. Gupta, University of Maine, USA
P. Guttorp, University of Washington, USA
P. Gustafson, University of British Columbia, Canada

R. Halbrook, Southern Illinois University, USA
M. Hallin, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
M. Hamilton, Montana State University, USA
J. Hammitt, Harvard University, USA
F. Hampel, ETH Zentrum, Switzerland
D. Hand, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, UK
A.C. Harvey, University of Cambridge, UK
J. Haslett, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
A. Henderson-Sellers, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia
R.C. Henry, University of Southern California, USA
M. Hernan, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
R. Hertzberg, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA
C. Heyde, Australian National University, Australia
D. Hirst, Norsk Regnesentral (Norwegian Computing Center), Norway
J.P. Hobert, University of Florida, USA
J. Hof, Rocky Mountain Research Center, USA
D. Holland, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA
C.S. Holling, University of Florida, USA
L.B. Holmes, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
P. Holmgren, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy
P.K. Hopke, Clarkson University, USA
G.W. Horgan, Rowett Research Institute, UK
P.S. Horn, University of Cincinnati Ohio, USA
J.R.M. Hosking, T J Watson Research Center, USA
G. Host, Norwegian Computing Centre, Norway
J. Hubert, University of Guelph, Canada
G. Hughes, University of Edinburgh, UK
J. Hughes-Oliver, North Carolina State University, USA
W. Hunt, North Carolina State University, USA
S. Hunter, University of Princeton, USA

K. Ickstadt, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
B. Iglewicz, Temple University, USA
J. Imberger, University of Western Australia, Australia
P.B. Imrey, University of Illinois, USA
W.C.T. Inkret, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

M. Jackson, University of Maryland, USA
G.M. Jacquez, Biomedware, Ann Arbor, USA
A. Jakeman, Australian National University, Australia
A. James, UMIST, UK
V.K. Jandhyala, Washington State University, USA
E. Jarpe, Göteborg University, Sweden
W. Jarrell, Dynambio, LLC, USA
F. Jensen, University of Aalborg, Denmark
G. Johnson, University of Utah, USA
P. Johnstone, AgResearch, New Zealand
C. Jones, Old Dominion University, USA
G.L. Jones, University of Florida, USA
B. Jorgensen, Odense University, Denmark
M. Jorgensen, University of Waikato, New Zealand
P. Jupp, University of St Andrews, Scotland
J. Jureckova, Charles University, Czech Republic

K. Kafadar, University of Colorado, USA
M. Kaiser, Iowa State University, USA
S. Kaluzny, MathSoft Data Analysis Products Division, USA
A. Karr, National Institute of Statistical Sciences, USA
N. Keiding, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
R.A. Kempton, Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Scotland
M. Kenward, London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine, UK
B-S Kim, Yonsei University, Korea
J.P. Kimmins, University of British Columbia, Canada
C. Kooperberg, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
S.J. Koopman, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
G.A. Kopp, University of Western Ontario, Canada
H. Kuechenhoff, University of Munich, Germany
R. Kulperger, University of Western Ontario, Canada
H-C Kuo, University of Iowa, USA
L. Kupper, University of North Carolina, USA

J.L. Laake, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, USA
P. Lahiri, University of Nebraska, USA
D. Lam, National Water Research Institute, Canada
N. Lange, Cornell University, USA
A. Lawson, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
N. Le, BC Cancer Agency, Canada
M. LeBlanc, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
A. Ledford, University of Surrey, UK
A.J. Lee, University of Auckland, New Zealand
J. Lee, IBM T J Watson Research Center NY, USA
J. Legler, National Cancer Institute, USA
T. Leonard, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
M. Lerdau, State University of New York, USA
D. Lerner, University of Sheffield, UK
B. Leroux, University of Washington, USA
V.M. Lesser, Oregon State University, USA
R.A. Letcher, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
J. Levy, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
E. Ley, International Monetary Fund, USA
B. Li, University of New Mexico, USA
K. Lii, University of California, Riverside, USA
C. Lin, McGill University, Canada
M. Linberg, University of Montana, USA
R.C. Littell, University of Florida, USA
T. Little, Los Alamos National Laboratories, USA
C. Liu, Bell Laboratories, New Jersey, USA
S. Liu, University of Washington, USA
N. Long, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University, USA
T. Louis, The RAND Corporation, USA
M. Lukas, Murdoch University, Australia
H.G. Lund, Forest Information Services, Virginia, USA
R. Lund, University of South Carolina, USA

I.L. MacDonald, University of Cape Town, South Africa
L.V. Madden, Ohio State University, USA
D.A. Maguire, Oregon State University, USA
T. Maiti, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
B. Manly, Western EcoSystem Technology Inc., USA
B.H. Margolin, University of North Carolina, USA
E.H. Margosches, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA
D. Marker, Westat, Rockville, USA
F. Marriott, University of Oxford, UK
H.F. Martz, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
J. Matis, Texas A & M University, USA
G. Matthys, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
C.E. McCulloch, University of California, San Francisco, USA
B.D. McCullough, London, UK
L.L. McDonald, Western Ecosystems Technology Inc., USA
T. McDonald, Western Ecosystems Technology Inc., USA
K. McGarigal, University of Massachusetts, USA
M. McGeoch, University of Pretoria, South Africa
A.D. McGuire, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
I. McLeod, University of Western Ontario, Canada
J.L. Meza, University of Nebraska, USA
W. Michener, National Science Foundation, USA
T. Mikkelsen, RISOE, Denmark
S.P. Millard, Seattle, USA
G. Miller, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
R. Moir, University of New Brunswick, Canada
N. Mole , University of Sheffield, UK
G. Molenberghs, Limbergs Universitair Centrum, Belgium
S. Monismith, Stanford University, USA
D.F. Moore, Temple University, USA
B.J.T. Morgan, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
N. Mukhopadhyay, University of Connecticut, USA
R. A. Myers, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

S. Nadarajah, University of Nottingham, UK
V. Nasserzadeh, University of Sheffield, UK
T.K. Nayak, George Washington University, USA
M. Newman, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, USA
N-K Nguyen, Scoresby Business Centre, Victoria, Australia
M. Nielsen, Risř National Laboratory, Denmark
D. Nitcheva, University of South Carolina, USA
T. Niu, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
K.S. Nokoe, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria, Africa
V. Nordahl, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, USA
G.R. North, Texas A & M University, USA
B. Nussbaum, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA
S.M. Nusser, Iowa State University, USA

R. O'Brien, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
A. O'Hagan, University of Sheffield, UK
I. O'Halloran, University of Guelph, Canada
M. Ohtaki, Hiroshima University, Japan
A.R. Olsen, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA
J-D. Opsomer, Iowa State University, USA
J.T. Oris, Miami University, USA
B.S. Otieno, Virginia Tech., USA
W. S. Overton, Oregon State University, USA

F. Palmgren, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark
O. Papasoulioti, University of Edinburgh, UK
L. Pardo, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
K-S. Park, Texas A&M University, USA
M. Park, Iowa State University, USA
B. Parresol, USDA Forest Service, USA
G.P. Patil, Penn State University, USA
S.R. Paul, University of Windsor, Canada
D.J. Pedregal, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Spain
D. Percival, University of Washington, USA
L.R. Pericchi, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela
P.F. Perri, University of Milano, Italy
M. Petterson, Statistikkonsulterna Jostat & Mr Sample, Sweden
T. Philippi, Savannah River Ecology Lab, SC, USA
M. Phillips, London, UK
A. Pickles, University of Manchester, UK
W.W. Piegorsch, University of South Carolina, USA
S. Pocock, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
K.H. Pollock, North Carolina State University, USA
J.H. Porter, University of Virginia, USA
P.S. Porter, University at Albany, USA
D. Prandel, Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences, Bidston, UK
H.K. Preisler, Pacific South West Research Station, USA
R. Prentice, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
S.B. Provost, University of Western Ontario, Canada

T.J. Quinn, University of Alaska, USA

S.L. Rathbun, University of Athens Georgia, USA
M. Regan, Harvard Medical School, USA
E. Renshaw, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
E. Rexstad, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
R. Reyment, Naturhistoristen Riksmuseer, Sweden
C. Reynolds, Centre of Hydrology and Ecology Windermere Laboratory, UK
O. Richter, Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany
J.M. Robins, Harvard University, USA
P. Robinson, London School of Economics, UK
J.E. Rodrigez Munoz, Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas, Mexico
M. Rosenblatt, University of California San Diego, USA
N.P. Ross, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA
T. Ross, Pembroke State University, USA
S. Roy, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
D. Rubin, Harvard University, USA
D. Ruppert, Cornell University, USA
E. Russek-Cohen, University of Maryland, USA
L. Ryan, University of Harvard, USA
R.T. Ryti, Neptune & Company Inc., Los Alamos, USA

D. Sampson, Oregon State University, USA
P.D. Sampson, University of Washington, USA
M. Sato, Hiroshima Prefectural College of Health Sciences, Japan
D. Savitz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
M.E. Schillaci, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
M. Schlather, University of Bayreuth, Germany
F. Schoenberg, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
J. Schwartz, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
C.T. Scott, US Forest Service, USA
E.M. Scott, University of Glasgow, UK
G. Seber, Auckland University, New Zealand
K. See, University of Ohio, USA
A.H. Seheult, University of Durham, UK
F. Sellier-Moisewitsch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
P.K. Sen, University of North Carolina, USA
R. Seppelt, Technical University, Braunschweig, Germany
L. Seymour, University of Georgia, USA
J.M. Shafer, University of South Carolina, USA
K. Shah, University of Waterloo, Canada
J. Sheail, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, UK
N. Sheehan, University of Leicester, UK
S.S. Shen, University of Alberta, Canada
J. Sheng, Dalhousie University, Canada
L. Sheppard, University of Washington, USA
W. Shipley, University de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
H.H. Shugart, University of Virginia, USA
R. Shumway, University of California, Davis, USA
V. Simeonov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
E. Simiu, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA
D.G. Simpson, University of Illinois, USA
B.K. Sinha, Indian Statistical Institute, India
A. Sirois, Environment Canada, Quebec, Canada
H.J. Skaug, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
E.P. Smith, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA
G. Smyth, University of Queensland, Australia
W.H. Snyder, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
A.R. Solow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA
D. Söndgerath, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
S-Y. Song, Iowa State University, USA
C.H. Spiegelman, Texas A&M University, USA
D. Spiegelman, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
G. Stahl, SLU, Sweden, Sweden
E. Stampfer, Technical University, Graz, Austria
J. Staudenmeyer, University of Harvard, USA
L. Stefanski, North Carolina State University, USA
S.V. Stehman, SUNY ESF, USA
A. Stein, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
A. Stern, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, USA
D.L. Stevens, Jr. Dynamic International Corvallis, USA
A. Stewart-Oaten, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
G. Storvik, University of Oslo, Norway
S. Strindberg, University of St Andrews, UK
P. Sullivan, University of Western Ontario, Canada
L-S. Sun, University of British Columbia, Canada
R. Sundberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
T. Swanson, University College London, UK
J. Swithenbank, University of Sheffield, UK
P. Swizter, Stanford University, USA
M.J. Symons, University of North Carolina, USA

M. Tarter, University of California at Berkeley, USA
J. Teugels, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
D. Thomas, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
I. Thomas, Victoria University, Australia
L. Thomas, University of St Andrews, UK
K.M. Thompson, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
K. Thompson, Dalhousie University, Canada
M. Thompson, University of Washington, USA
D.J. Thomson, The Meteorological Office, UK
S.F. Thornton, Sheffield University, UK
S. Thurston, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
K. Tochtermann, KNOW-Center, Graz, Austria
H. Tong, The University of Hong Kong
H. Tong, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
C. Trivisano, University of Bologna, Italy
W. Tu, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
R. Tweedie, deceased June 2001

M. Udevitz, Alaska Biological Science Center, USA
R.E. Ulanowicz, University of Maryland, USA
D.M. Umbach, NIEHS, USA
D. Urban, Duke University, USA
W. Urfer, University of Dortmund, Germany

H.T. Valentine, USDA Forest Service, USA
P. van der Laan, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
E. van der Maarel, University of Groningen and Uppsala University, Sweden
H. Van der Voet, Centre for Biometry Wageningen, The Netherlands
J. Van Ee, USEPA National Exposure Research Laboratory, USA
J. Vanclay, Southern Cross University, Australia
M. Vangel, Duke University, USA
S.C. Vega, Mathsoft Inc., USA
J. Ver Hoef, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
A. Viallefont, University of Lyons II, France
R. Viertl, Technische Universitat Wien, Austria
R. Viveros-Aguilera, McMaster University, Canada
E. Voit, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
J. Vose, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, NC, USA

H. Wackernagel, Ecoles des Mines de Paris, France
G. Wahba, University of Wisconsin, USA
R. Waide, University of New Mexico, USA
J. Wakefield, University of Washington, USA
L. Waller, Emory University, USA
M. Wand, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
X. Wang, Harvard University, USA
E.C. Waymire, Oregon State University, USA
M. Weaver, Family Health International, North Carolina, USA
S. Weerahandi, Bell Communications Research, Morristown, USA
D.R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, USA
G.A. Wellenius, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
E. Weller, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
R.W. West, University of South Carolina, USA
D. Whitaker, University of Waikato, New Zealand
P. Whitehead, University of Reading, UK
C.K. Wikle, University of Missouri, USA
W.C. Willett, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
C. Williams, National Climatic Data Center, USA
E.R. Williams, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Australia
P. Williams, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
W. Winkler, Annandale, VA, USA
R.L. Wolpert, Duke University, USA
W. Woodward, Southern Methodist University, USA
K. Worsley, McGill University, Canada

L. Young, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
P.C. Young, Lancaster University, UK
H. Yu, University of Western Ontario, Canada