Job Type
Operational Support (technical)
Subject Area
Physical Oceanography
Pollution
Activities
-using remote sensing data for the study of the variability of SST and pigments distribution in the Levantine Basin, as well as for water quality studies in the Lebanese coastal area. SeaWiFS data user. -applying hydrodynamic and water quality modeling in the Lebanese coastal water.Modeling currents
Sea regions of study
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Skills
Since 1980 researcher in charge of the Department of Oceanography, MRC, Lebanon, and since 1997 researcher in charge of the Marine Sector, Centre for Remote Sensing, Lebanon. Since 2006 in charge of the National Marine Database, MRC, Lebanon.
Visiting Scholar, University of Delaware, Graduate College of Marine Studies (Center for Remote Sensing), Newark, USA, 1999.
Familiar with handling large datasets (using mainly MATLAB, IDL, and ERDAS). A good experience in programming (FORTRAN 90 programming language, Unix operating system)
