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EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr. James L. Garrison
Editor-in-Chief
School of Aeronautics and
Astronautics
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
USA
E-mail: jlg@ieee.org
Dr. Farid Melgani
University of Trento, Italy
E-mail: farid.melgani@unitn.it
Dr. Linda Hayden
Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing
Education and Research
Elizabeth City State University, USA
E-mail: haydenl@mindspring.com
Dr. Irena Hajnsek
ETH Zürich and DLR
Switzerland
E-mail: Irena.Hajnsek@dlr.de
Dr. Michael Inggs
University of Cape Town
South Africa
E-mail: mikings@gmail.com
Dr. John Kerekes
Cochair, Conference Advisory Committee
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
E-mail: kerekes@cis.rit.edu
Dr. David M. Le Vine
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
E-mail: David.M.LeVine@nasa.gov
Dr. Gail Skofronick Jackson
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
E-mail: Gail.S.Jackson@nasa.gov
Dr. Marwan Younis
DLR, Germany
E-mail: marwan.younis@dlr.de

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The IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society of the IEEE seeks to advance science and
technology in geoscience, remote sensing and
related fields using conferences, education, and
other resources.

GRS OFFICERS
President
Dr. Paolo Gamba
University of Pavia, Italy
Executive Vice President
Dr. David B. Kunkee
The Aerospace Corporation, USA
Vice President of Publications
Dr. William Emery
University of Colorado, USA
Vice President of Information Resources
Dr. Mariko Sofie Burgin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA
Vice President of Professional Activities
Dr. Lorenzo Bruzzone
University of Trento, Italy
Vice President of Meetings and Symposia
Dr. Saibun Tjuatja
The University of Texas at Arlington
Vice President of Technical Activities
Dr. Irena Hajnsek
German Aerospace Center, Germany
Secretary
Dr. Thomas J. Jackson
USDA-ARS Hydrology and
Remote Sensing Lab, USA
Chief Financial Officer
Dr. John Kerekes
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
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