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Dr. Ralph Dubayah

Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
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Office:LeFrak 1149B
Telephone:01 301 405 4069
FAX:01 301 314 9299
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Education

PhD  Geography, University of California Santa Barbara, 1990

Research Interests

  • Land surface energy and water balances
  • Remote sensing
  • Climatology
  • Landcover characterization
Ralph Dubayah is a Professor in the Geography Department at the University of Maryland College Park, and a Fellow at the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. His main areas of research are landcover characterization and the land surface energy and water balances. He leads a NASA EOS Interdisciplinary Science Investigation (IDS) on the use of remote sensing for macroscale hydrological modeling. Most recently he is the principal investigator for the Vegetation Canopy Lidar (VCL), the first NASA Earth System Pathfinder (ESSP) mission, which will measure the three-dimensional structure of the Earth’s topography and forests. He serves in various U.S. national organizations, including the Remote Sensing Committee of the American Geophysical Union (chair).
Research Interests

10 April 2002
 
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