Cloud Remote Sensing
Gary
Gustafson
Manager, Cloud Remote Sensing
Mr. Gustafson has been active in the field of remote sensing of cloud and precipitation systems from passive space-borne sensors and active ground based systems for over twenty years. Recent work has focused on development and real-data testing of retrieval techniques for cloud and aerosol properties using satellite and aircraft based electro-optical sensor measurements. Particular emphasis has been on the application of those techniques to operational programs. Research interests include identification of cloud spectral signatures in multispectral sensor data, inference of cloud macrophysical properties through spatial and spectral clustering approaches, and interactive image processing and visualization for manual scene interpretation. He has participated in numerous studies for both commercial and governmental organizations including the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force Weather Agency, Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Defense Modeling and Simulation Office, ITT, Sterling Software, EarthSat, FAA, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Defense Mapping Agency, and the Bureau of Reclamation.
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