The LPV subgroup is led by a peer-nominated chair and vice-chair that serve 3-year terms. The current chair is Miguel Román and the vice-chair is Fernando Camacho. The subgroup consists of 9 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.
| Group | First Name | Surname | Institution | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chair | Miguel | Román | NASA/GSFC | USA | miguel.o.roman[ at ]nasa.gov |
| Vice Chair | Fernando | Camacho | EOLab | Spain | fernando.camacho[ at ]eolab.es |
| Secretariat | Jaime | Nickeson | GSFC | USA | jaime.nickeson[ at ]nasa.gov |
| Landcover | Pontus | Olofsson | Boston U | USA | Olofsson[ at ]bu.edu |
| Sophie | Bontemps | Université catholique de Louvain | Belgium | Sophie.Bontemps [ at ]uclouvain.be | |
| LAI | Hongliang | Fang | Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | fanghl[ at ]lreis.ac.cn |
| Sylvain | Leblanc | Natural Resources Canada | Canada | Sylvain.Leblanc[at]canada.ca | |
| Fapar | Arturo | Sanchez | University of Alberta | Canada | gasanche[ at ]ualberta.ca |
| Marie | Weiss | INRA | France | Marie.Weiss[ at ]inra.fr | |
| Active Fire - Burn Area |
Gareth | Roberts | Univ. of Southampton | UK | G.J.Roberts[ at ]soton.ac.uk |
| Andrew | Edwards | Charles Darwin University | Australia | Andrew.Edwards[ at ]cdu.edu.au | |
| Luigi | Boschetti | University of Idaho | USA | luigi[ at ]uidaho.edu | |
| Surface Radiation Albedo |
Zhuosen | Wang | UMD/NASA GSFC | USA | zhuosen.wang[ at ]nasa.gov |
| Dominique | Carrer | Meteo-France | France | dominique.carrere[ at ]meteo.fr | |
| Soil Moisture | Michael | Cosh | USDA BARC | USA | Michael.Cosh[ at ]ars.usda.gov |
| Carsten | Montzka | Jülich Research Centre | Germany | c.montzka[ at ]fz-juelich.de | |
| Land Surface Temperature & Emmisivity |
Frank | Göttsche | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | frank.goettsche[ at ]kit.edu |
| Glynn | Hulley | NASA JPL | USA | glynn.hulley[ at ]jpl.nasa.gov | |
| Phenology | Jadu | Dash | University of Southampton | UK | J.DASH[ at ]soton.ac.uk |
| Matt | Jones | University of Montana | USA | matt.jones[ at ]ntsg.umt.edu.edu | |
| Vegetation Indices | Tomoaki | Miura | University of Hawai'i | USA | tomoakim[ at ]hawaii.edu |
| Else | Swinnen | VITO | Belgium | else.Swinnen[ at ]vito.be | |
| Snow Cover | Vacant | ||||
| Thomas | Nagler | ENVEO | Austria | thomas.nagler[ at ]@enveo.at | |
| Biomass | Laura | Duncanson | UMD/NASA GSFC | USA | Laura.I.Duncanson[ at ]nasa.gov |
| John | Armston | University of Maryland | USA | armston[ at ]umd.edu | |
| Mathias | Disney | University College London | UK | mathias.disney[ at ]ucl.ac.uk | |