National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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.