Founder of the institute, director until 2011: Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Izrael Yuri Antonievich.
The Institute is a state scientific non-profit organization. Further on this site, with a short naming, the institute will be called “IGCE”. The functions and powers of the founder on behalf of the Russian Federation are carried out by the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet).