In 2013, the international Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP) and the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project Americas Working Group (iCACGP/IGAC AWG) was formed to build a cohesive network and foster the next generation of atmospheric scientists with the goal of contributing to a scientific community focused on building a collective knowledge for the Americas.
In response to this need, members of the international Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP) and the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project from the LAC region came together in 2013 to form the iCACGP/IGAC Americas Working Groups (AWG).
The authors would like to acknowledge the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project and the international Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP), as well as the members of their scientific steering committees, for recognizing the science that is conducted by researchers in the Latin America-Caribbean region and the need to develop an organized, cohesive community.