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with the European Space Agency (ESA) as member of the Advisory Group
for the Land-Surface Processes and Interactions Mission. At present, he
is the Chairman of the Spanish Remote Sensing Society and Chairman of
the Spanish Atmosphere and Climate Programme.
Kevin P. Czajkowskiis an Associate Professor in the Department of Geogra-
phy and Planning at the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. His research
interests include remote sensing and land/atmosphere interactions. In addi-
tion, he works with local decision makers to develop remote sensing
applications.
Ralph O. Dubayahis an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography
at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. He has developed
applications for Lidar remote sensing and has additional research interests
in the hydrological modeling and applications using remotely sensed data.
Philippe Duthilwas initially a Space Systems Engineer (Ecole Nationale
Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace Toulouse France, 1979). He is
currently responsible for the development of new applications and Earth
Observation products in the area of Environment and Water Management
for Astrium in Toulouse, France. He rapidly specialized in the conception
of Earth Observation systems and progressively evolved from space system
engineering to remote sensing applications developments. His experience
includes the analysis of overall space system requirements and perfor-
mance assessment (SPOT series, HELIOS series, various projects). He
also developed a simulator of space borne imagers, which can be used
to simulate earth observation data and products and hence serve as a
tool for products definition. He has been conducting several research
and development projects under the 4th and 5th European Commission
Framework program, in the areas of environment and agriculture, such
as the MUST study of an infrared mission for water resources and risk
management.
Roydon A. Fraseris currently a Professor on the Mechanical Engineering
faculty at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He
obtained his undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics at Queen’s Uni-
versity, Kingston, Ontario, in 1983 and his Master’s and PhD in the
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Studies at Princeton Univer-
sity, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1985 and 1989, respectively. His research
efforts include studies of ecosystem thermodynamics, the exergy analyses
of complex systems, turbulent combustion, and non-intrusive combus-
tion diagnostics as applied to internal combustion engines, alternative
fuel vehicle development with particular emphasis on natural gas and
ethanol, methanol fuel cells, glazing system heat transfer studies, and
energy utilization and conversion in general.