PORSEC

Current vice-president of the PORSEC Association, 2008-

Masahisa Kubota, the current vice-president of PORSEC, was born in Tokyo, capital of Japan. He received his degrees at University of Tokyo and is currently a professor at School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University. He is the leader of the Japanese Ocean Flux Data Sets with Use of Remote Sensing Observations (J-OFURO) team and provides air-sea flux data derived from satellite data to our community.

More information about Dr. Kubota and his laboratory is available here.

Gad Levy is currently a Senior Scientist at NorthWest Research Associates in its Seattle, Washington USA Division. He is a receipient of the 2008 PORSEC distinguished service award. He earned a PhD from the University of Washington and has made significant scientific research contributions beyond the PHD in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, as faculty at the College of Oceanographic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University and as a Senior Research Scientist of the Northwest Research Associates. Throughout his career he has taught about remote sensing and the Earth sciences to university students and he has reached out with educational programs to the general public. More information about Dr. Levy's scientific accomplishments is available here.

Kristina Katsaros was born and raised in Sweden. She received her degrees and spent 25 years on the faculty at the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, U.S.A. She headed the Dept. of Oceanography from Space at Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) in France (1992-1997). During 1997-2003 she was the Director of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Miami, U.S.A. She has been active in international work throughout her career She taught a summer school for international students from 1976 -1990.

First president of the PORSEC Association, 1990-1996

PORSEC is a membership organization governed by General Assembly (all members of the Association), the Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) and the Executive Board, chaired by the president.
Jim Gower Current president of the PORSEC Association, 2008- Dr Jim Gower began research as a radio-astronomer at Cambridge University in England. He started work in "oceanography from space" (almost astronomy) at the Federal (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney, BC in 1972. He has used satellites to measure sea temperature, waves, slicks, chlorophyll, eddies, currents and plankton blooms, and currently works on projects with the Canadian and European Space Agencies. He received the gold medal of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society in 2000 and the PORSEC Distinguished Science Award in 2006. He is presently working on satellite techniques for monitoring intense surface plankton blooms in seas and lakes, and on collecting surface plankton data from buoys, ships and underwater gliders.	Masahisa Kubota Current vice-president of the PORSEC Association, 2008- Masahisa Kubota, the current vice-president of PORSEC, was born in Tokyo, capital of Japan. He received his degrees at University of Tokyo and is currently a professor at School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University. He is the leader of the Japanese Ocean Flux Data Sets with Use of Remote Sensing Observations (J-OFURO) team and provides air-sea flux data derived from satellite data to our community. More information about Dr. Kubota and his laboratory is available here.	Gad Levy Current executive secretary of the PORSEC Association, 2004- Gad Levy is currently a Senior Scientist at NorthWest Research Associates in its Seattle, Washington USA Division. He is a receipient of the 2008 PORSEC distinguished service award. He earned a PhD from the University of Washington and has made significant scientific research contributions beyond the PHD in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, as faculty at the College of Oceanographic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University and as a Senior Research Scientist of the Northwest Research Associates. Throughout his career he has taught about remote sensing and the Earth sciences to university students and he has reached out with educational programs to the general public. More information about Dr. Levy's scientific accomplishments is available here.	Kristina B. Katsaros Treasurer, chair of finance , 2008 -; Past-President (2004-2008) Kristina Katsaros was born and raised in Sweden. She received her degrees and spent 25 years on the faculty at the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, U.S.A. She headed the Dept. of Oceanography from Space at Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) in France (1992-1997). During 1997-2003 she was the Director of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Miami, U.S.A. She has been active in international work throughout her career She taught a summer school for international students from 1976 -1990.
PORSEC Association Founders and Past Presidents:
Robert W. Stewart First president of the PORSEC Association, 1990-1996 Robert W. Stewart (1923 -2005) was affectionately known as "Big Bob". Prof. Stewart supported the organization throughout his life. His career included establishment of the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences at Sidney, B.C., Canada. He was the Deputy Minister of Universities, Science and Communications in British Columbia, 1979-1984 and served as the founding Director of the Centre for Earth and Ocean Research at the University of Victoria (1987-1989). He received several honorary degrees and numerous awards.		Yasuhiro Sugimori Second President of the PORSEC Association, 1996-2004 PORSEC was Yasuhiro Sugimori's (1938-2008) brainchild and he led it during many successful years of growth and recognition in the remote sensing community. He was associated with the Department of Marine Engineering, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University in Japan as a faculty member and department head earlier in his career, and headed the Center for Environmental Remote Sensing at Chiba University 1998-2004. He is currently involved with CReSOS, the Indonesian Center for Remote Sensing and Oceanographic Sciences, 2002 to the present. He has spent many years of his time as visiting professor and working with international committees.
Kristina B. Katsaros Third president of the PORSEC Association (2004-2008)