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LPV Leadership and Focus Area Leads

LPV Contacts

The LPV subgroup is led by a peer-nominated chair and vice-chair that serve 3-year terms. The current chair is Michael Cosh, of the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Research Service's (ARS) Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory.  The LPV vice-chair is Fabrizio Niro, of SERCO at ESA/ESRIN.  The subgroup consists of 10 Focus Areas, each led by internationally independent co-chairs who have been actively involved in validation activities and are respected community members (see table below).

Each participant in the LPV subgroup holds their position for a term of three years, after which nominations are requested, except the focus area lead positions, which are renewable for an additional term if all parties are in agreement.

For a historical perspective on the leadship and evolution of the LPV subgroup, we added a page to show past LPV leadership and service to the larger valiation community, and thanks them for their volunteer service in this capacity. 

GroupFirst NameSurnameInstitutionCountryEmail
ChairMichaelCoshUSDAUSA michael.cosh [ at ] usda.gov
Vice Chair Fabrizio Niro Serco ESA/ESRIN Italy fabrizio.niro [ at ] ext.esa.int
SecretariatJaimeNickesonGSFCUSA jaime.nickeson [ at ] nasa.gov
Landcover SophieBontemps Université catholique de Louvain Belgium Sophie.Bontemps [ at ] uclouvain.be
AlexandraTyukavina University of Maryand USA atyukav [ at ] umd.edu
Biophysical
(LAI & FAPAR)		 LukeBrownUniversity of SalfordUK L.A.Brown4 [ at ] salford.ac.uk
Richard FernandesNR CanadaCanada Richard.Fernandes [ at ] nrcan.gc.ca
HaoTangNational University of SingaporeSingapore hao.tang [ at ] nus.edu.sg
Active Fire -
Burn Area		 LouisGiglioUniversity of MarylandUSA lgiglio [ at ] umd.edu
BernardoMotaNational Physical LaboratoryUK bernardo.mota [ at ] npl.co.uk
Surface Radiation
(Albedo, BRDF, etc)		 ZhuosenWangNASA GSFCUSA zhuosen.wang [ at ] nasa.gov
JorgeSánchez-ZaperoEOLabSpain jorge.sanchez [ at ] eolab.es
AngelaErbUMass BostonUSA Angela.Erb [ at ] umb.edu
Soil Moisture John Bolten NASA GSFCUSA John.Bolten [ at ] nasa.gov
Alex GruberVienna University of TechnologyAustria alexander.gruber [ at ] geo.tuwien.ac.at
Land Surface Temperature &
Emmisivity		 Lluís Pérez-PlanellsKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany lluis.planells [ at ] kit.edu
GlynnHulleyNASA JPLUSA glynn.hulley [ at ] jpl.nasa.gov
Phenology JoshuaGray NC State UniversityUSA jmgray2 [ at ] ncsu.edu
Víctor Rodríguez-Galiano University of SevilleSpain vrodriguez8 [ at ] us.es
Vegetation Indices TomoakiMiuraUniversity of Hawai'iUSA tomoakim [ at ] hawaii.edu
SimonKraatzUSDAUSA Simon.Kraatz [ at ] usda.gov
Snow Cover CarrieVuyovichNASA GSFCUSA carrie.m.vuyovich [ at ] nasa.gov
JuhaLemmetyinenFinnish Meteorological InstituteFinland Juha.Lemmetyinen [ at ] fmi.fi
Biomass LauraDuncansonUniversity of MarylandUSA lduncans [ at ] umd.edu
KimCaldersGhent University Belgium kim.calders [ at ] ugent.be
NehaHunkaUniversity of MarylandUSA nhunka [ at ] umd.edu
Evapotranspiration YunYuCornell UniversityUSA yy2356 [ at ] cornell.edu
CarneloCammalleriPolytechnic Univerisity of MilanItaly carmelo.cammalleri [ at ] polimi.it
Gross Primary Productivity ArthurEndsleyUniversity of MontanaUSA arthur.endsley [ at ] ntsg.umt.edu
ÁlvaroMorenoUniversity of ValenciaSpain alvaro.moreno [ at ] uv.es

LPV history and international collaboration

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