Doug Vandemark

Doug Vandemark received the bachelor’s degree in physics from the Hope College, New York, NY, USA, in 1986, the master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA, in 1988, and the Ph.D. degree in Earth science from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA, in 2005. He was a Research Engineer and a Scientist with the Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, DC, USA, from 1990 to 2005. He is active in studies tied to numerous NASA and European Space Agency Earth observing satellites and serves as a Principal Investigator on NASA’s Ocean Surface Topography, Ocean Surface Salinity, Ocean Vector Wind, and Surface Water and Ocean Topography Science Teams. His research interests include the study of ocean and atmosphere boundary layer interactions and how to remotely measure near-surface ocean properties using radar and radiometer systems. Dr. Vandemark has served as a Strategic Advisory Team Member for the Northeast Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Physical Oceanography Data Archive Center, and the U.S. He has served as the Chair and a member of the NASA Earth Science Senior Reviews. He has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Transactions.