Ronald L. Vogel is a satellite remote sensing
scientist and environmental applications developer supporting
decision-making for ocean, coastal and land environmental issues. He
currently develops decision-support tools for water quality, fisheries
and ecological modeling in coastal areas. Other projects have
included real-time hourly surface solar radiation for coral reef
health and hydrological modeling, infrared surface emissivity
comparisons for satellite data assimilation in numerical weather
prediction systems, and validation of satellite observations with in-
situ measurements. Other interests include vegetation and land
surface monitoring by satellite. He has expertise in both visible and
infrared satellite remote sensing. Ron received a BA in environmental
science with honors from Wesleyan University and an MS in marine
science from University of South Carolina with an emphasis in coastal
and estuarine processes.