The principal investigator is Professor Hsien-ping Pao, a visiting scientist from the USA. He has been working jointly with Dr. Chun-tsung Wang of the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, under a U.S. Republic of China Cooperative Science Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation.
這項研究計畫是由旅美大氣科學家鮑咸平教授所主持，在一項中美合作研究計畫之下，與中央研究院物理研究所研究員汪群從博士進行合作研究。