William J. Emery Professor Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) Aerospace Engineering Sciences University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0431 (303) 492-8591 William.Emery@colorado.edu

Focus Area
Remote Sensing, Earth, & Space Sciences.

Education
Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, University of Hawaii, 1975
B.S. cum laude, Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 1971

Professional Experience
1987-present, Professor, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado
1978-1986, Associate Professor, Oceanography, University of British Columbia
1976-1978, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Awards (selected)
IEEE Fellow (2002)
IEEE/GRS Outstanding Reviewer Award (1998)
Visiting Fellow of the Australian Earth Observation Center (EOC) (1997-98)
NASA Group Achievement Award, TOPEX/Poseidon Verification Team (1996)
GFSC Group Achievement Award for GSFC DAAC (1995)
GSFC Group Achievement Award, EOSDIS V0 (1995)
Distinguished Lecturer Award, Inst. Indus. Sci, Univ. of Tokyo (1995)
Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, J. Geophys. Res. (1993)
Associate Fellow, American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics (1990)
NASA/JPL TOPEX Team Award (1980-85)

Research Interests
Study of the skin sea surface temperature, its measurement both in situ and from space, and the calibration/validation of space-based infrared radiometers; the computation of ocean surface currents from satellite measurements both optical and microwave; the computation of sea ice motion using optical and microwave satellite data; relating satellite estimates of terrestrial vegetation to measurements and model studies. The development of processing software for operational weather satellites.
Computing coastal surface currents from sequential infrared and ocean color imagery using the maximum cross correlation (MCC) method. Merging these MCC surface currents with satellite altimetric geostrophic surface currents.

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