J Simpson

James J. Simpson received the B.S. degree in physics from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, in 1968, the M.S. degree in nuclear physics from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, in 1970, and the Ph.D. degree in physical oceanography/air/sea interaction processes from Oregon State University, Corvallis, in 1976. He has been with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, since 1978. Since 1988, he has been Head and Principal Investigator of the Digital Image Analysis Laboratory. From 1988 to1993, he also was Academic Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Marine Affairs of the University of California system and Head of the Scripps Satellite Oceanography Center. His present research interests include geophysical imaging systems, image segmentations and classification, image algebras, physical/statistical-based algorithms for geophysical retrievals from satellite data, land surface hydrology, and the development of data management and distribution systems for large geophysical datasets. Dr. Simpson is a member of numerous national and international science committees.