GRSS member highlights GRSS Members Elevated to the Grade of IEEE Fellow for 2013 Maurice Emile Borgeaud "for leadership in microwave remote sensing from spaceborne systems and retrieval of bio-physical and geo-physical parameters for land applications" Om-Prakash Narayan Calla "for leadership in space applications of microwave technology and remote sensing" Akira Hirose "for contributions to theory and radar applications of complex-valued neural networks" Yann Kerr "for contributions to two-dimensional L-band microwave interferometer design" Gerhard Krieger "for contributions to advanced synthetic aperture radar systems" Mihai Datcu "for contributions to information mining of high resolution synthetic aperture radar and optical earth observation images" Riccardo Lanari "for contributions to synthetic aperture radar processing" Giles Martin Foody "for contributions to the remote sensing of land cover" Shunlin Liang "for contributions to remote sensing from satellite observations" Paolo Ettore Gamba "for contributions to very high resolution remote sending image processing of urban areas" Christian Pichot "for contributions to microwave tomography and antenna designs" GRSS Members Elevated to the Grade of Senior Member in December 2012 ◗◗ Up to $25.00 gift certificate toward one new Society Riadh Abdelfattah, Tunisia Section Timothy Hewison, Germany Section Milo Hyde, Cincinnati Section Francesco Soldovieri, Italy Section Peng Yue, Wuhan Section Zheng-Shu Zhou, Western Australia Section Senior membership has the following distinct benefits: ◗◗ The professional recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence. ◗◗ An attractive fine wood and bronze engraved Senior Member plaque to proudly display. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MGRS.2013.2244711 Date of publication: 17 April 2013 march 2013 ieee Geoscience and remote sensing magazine membership. ◗◗ A letter of commendation to your employer on the achievement of Senior Member grade (upon the request of the newly elected Senior Member). ◗◗ Announcement of elevation in Section/Society and/ or local newsletters, newspapers and notices. ◗◗ Eligibility to hold executive IEEE volunteer positions. ◗◗ Can serve as Reference for Senior Member applicants. ◗◗ Invited to be on the panel to review Senior Member applications. ◗◗ Eligible for election to be an IEEE Fellow. Applications for senior membership can be obtained from the IEEE website: https://www.ieee.org/ membership_services/membership/senior/application/ index.html. You can also visit the GRSS website: http:// www.grss-ieee.org. 77https://www.ieee.org/ http://http:// http://www.grss-ieee.org