National and International Committees

Panel member, NSF Science and Engineering Informatics and Information Integration (SEII) review panel, April 10-11, 2006, Washington, DC.

Member, Mississquoi Bay PRIME (Partnership for Research and Integration in the Missisquoi Ecosystem) group, 2005 – present.

Member, ALOS International Science Team, NASDA (Japan), 2000-2005.

Member, ENVISAT International Science Team, European Space Agency, 1998- 2003.

Co-Chair, Alaska SAR Facility User Working Group, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1998 to 2003 (oversees $20M/yr facility).

Member, RADARSAT International Science Team, ADRO Program, 1996-1999.

Invited Participant, New England Regional Assessment of Climate Change, March 30- April 1, 1999, Durham, New Hampshire, sponsored by the U.S. Global Climate Change Program.

Member, Polar EOS Distributed Active Archive Centre (DAAC) Advisory Group, sponsored by R. Thomas (NASA Headquarters) to advise the two polar DAACs which include the Alaska SAR Facility, Fairbanks, AK and the National Snow and Ice Data Centre, Boulder, CO, 1991-1997.

Invited participant, EPA/NASA Workshop on Water Monitoring, Remote Sensing, and Advanced Technologies, Washington, D. C., organized by EPA/NASA Headquarters, December, 1996.

Member, Alaska SAR Facility Operational Status Review Board, chaired by ASF Chief Scientist Dr. Frank Carsey, Fairbanks, Alaska, October, 1996

Invited participant and chair of Remote Sensing panel, IGBP-GAIM Workshop on Global Wetland Distribution and Classification, coordinated by Dr. John Melack, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, May, 1996.

Member, Landsat Science Team Review Panel, chaired by Dr. Anthony Janetos, sponsored by Mission to Planet Earth, NASA, Washington, D.C., April, 1996.

Invited participant, Biomass Burning, Climate Change, and the Carbon Cycle in North American Boreal Forests, sponsored by the Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, chaired by Dr. Eric Kasischke, September 1995, Fairbanks, AK.

Invited participant, National Academy of Science committee report, The Future of SAR in support of EOS, chaired by Dr. John Mellack, UCSB, March, 1995.

Project Scientist, NASA Science User Networks (NSUN) for EOSDIS, Earth Observing System, NASA Ames Research Center, 1992-1995. Co-chair for the NSUN Advisory Group.

Reviewer for NSF, NASA, EPA, Ecology, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, IEEE Transactions in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, International Journal of Remote Sensing, and Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 1985 to present.

Panel Member, ARCSS Land/Atmosphere/Ice Interactions Program, sponsored by Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, chaired by P. Webber, 1993-1994, Washington, D.C.

Invited Member, RADARSAT Prelaunch Science Review Team, sponsored by NASA Headquarters, chaired by Frank Carsey (JPL), 1992-1994.

Invited Member, Vegetation SAR Working Group, sponsored by NASA Headquarters, chaired by R. Waring (OSU), 1992-1993.

Session Chair, Terrestrial Applications of SAR, Alaska SAR Facility SAR Conference, NASA sponsored, Seattle, Washington, July 27-29, 1993.

Session Chair, Ecological Systems and Dynamics, Arctic Science Conference, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Valdez, Alaska, September, 1992.

Invited participant, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Global Cycle of Atmospheric Methane, Mt. Hood, Oregon, October 6-11, 1991.

Invited member, Prelaunch Science Working Team for Alaska SAR Facility, Chena Hot Springs, Alaska, sponsored by NASA Headquarters, 1987-1989.

Invited participant, SAR Interactive Image Analysis System Functional Requirements Workshop, October 29-30, 1987. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. Sponsored by Oceans Branch, NASA Headquarters.

Invited committee member, NSF Five Year Research Plan for the Arctic, 1986-1987, chaired by Dr. Jerry Brown (NSF Polar Programs).