Member Since 1970
Jeff Dozier
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California Santa Barbara
Jeff Dozier is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he taught from 1974 through 2018 after earning his PhD from the University of Michigan. He founded the Bren School and served as its first dean for six years. He is a Fellow of the AGU and the AAAS and a Distinguished Scientist in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 1990 to 1992, he was the senior project scientist for NASA/EOS.
Professional Experience
University of California Santa Barbara
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
1974 - Present
Education
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Doctorate
1973
California State University East Bay
Bachelors
1968
Honors & Awards
John F. Nye Lecture
Received December 2010
Union Fellow
Received January 1991
Publications
Exploring Mission Design for Imaging Spectroscopy Retrievals for Land and Aquatic Ecosystems

The retrieval algorithms used for optical remote sensing satellite data to estimate Earth's geophysical properties have specific requirements for s...

April 05, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Sensitivity of Snow Property Retrieval by Remote Sensing to Algorithmic Choices and Minimization Criteria
ADVANCES IN INFORMATICS, RADIATIVE TRANSFER–BASED RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS AND INSTRUMENTATION II POSTER
informatics | 13 december 2024
Jeff Dozier, Edward Bair, Urs Bohn
Calculating the energy balance over the mountain snowpack requires the ability to remotely sense snow albedo and understand how and why it varies. Ret...
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SBG-VSWIR: Global Imaging Spectroscopy for the Surface Biology and Geology Mission
ADVANCING GLOBAL IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY AND THERMAL INFRARED MEASUREMENTS, INCLUDING RESULTS FROM ECOSTRESS, EMIT, SBG, AND OTHERS I ORAL
global environmental change | 11 december 2024
David R. Thompson, Robert O. Green, Christiana Ade...
In the next decade, NASAs Surface Biology and Geology Mission will provide thermal infrared imagery and imaging spectroscopy over the Earths terrestri...
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Mapping snow properties with SBG - How do we achieve the objectives of the decadal survey?
ADVANCING GLOBAL IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY AND THERMAL INFRARED MEASUREMENTS, INCLUDING RESULTS FROM ECOSTRESS, EMIT, SBG, AND OTHERS III ORAL
global environmental change | 11 december 2024
Urs Bohn, Edward Bair, Amy J. Braverman, Philip Br...
Snow plays a key role in Earths radiation budget by having the highest albedo of all natural surfaces, and therefore, introducing potential cooling ef...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2021
Chair
Cryosphere Fellows Committee
2019 - 2020
Chair
Cryosphere Fellows Committee
2017 - 2018
Chair
Cryosphere Fellows Committee
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