The atlas has been worked out by a European team of experts in the field who provide experience from past and ongoing European Union solar projects, including national meteorological services and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) know-how. The groups include:

A. I. Institute Voeikov, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hamburg, Germany

Robert Dogniaux, Belgium

Ecole des Mines de Nantes, Nantes, France

Ecole des Mines de Paris / Armines, Sophia Antipolis, France

GET - Gesellschaft fur Entwicklungstechnologie mbH, Julich, Germany

INETI - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e Technologia Industrial, Lisbon, Portugal

Institut Royal Meteorologique de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

National meteorological services of the European Union member states

John Page, United Kingdom

Technical University of Denmark, Lingby, Denmark