Ray Smith
Mailing Address:
Geography Department
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060
office:
EH 6812phone:
(805)893-4709fax:
(805)893-2578email:
email: ray_obf (at) obf.domain: geog.ucsb.eduwebsite:
http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/~ray/
Research Interests:
Remote sensing of oceans, physical and biological oceanography, primary production and bio-optical modeling in aquatic environments with emphasis on Antarctic ecosystems, marine and sea ice ecology of Southern Ocean, UV effects on phytoplankton, optical/biological/physical oceanography; marine resources, remote sensing of oceans, and earth system sciences
Remote sensing of oceans, physical and biological oceanography, primary production and bio-optical modeling in aquatic environments with emphasis on Antarctic ecosystems, marine and sea ice ecology of Southern Ocean, UV effects on phytoplankton, optical/biological/physical oceanography; marine resources, remote sensing of oceans, and earth system sciences
Education:
PhD, Stanford University (Physics), 1961
SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Physics), 1956
Honors:
Ray served as Chair from 1988 to 1991, oversaw the establishment of the first focal area in marine geography within a geography department in the U.S., founded the UC Marine Bio-Optics Group (with UCSD), and was co-founder and first Director of the Center for Remote Sensing and Environmental Optics (which is now called the Institute for Computational Earth System Science. From 1993-2002, he served as lead PI of the Long Term Ecological Research station at Palmer, Antarctica and continues collaborative research with this group. He was the second scientist to ever win The Oceanography Society's Nils Jerlov Award, and he recently received the AAG's R.J. Russell Award for his many contributions to the study of marine environments.
Ray served as Chair from 1988 to 1991, oversaw the establishment of the first focal area in marine geography within a geography department in the U.S., founded the UC Marine Bio-Optics Group (with UCSD), and was co-founder and first Director of the Center for Remote Sensing and Environmental Optics (which is now called the Institute for Computational Earth System Science. From 1993-2002, he served as lead PI of the Long Term Ecological Research station at Palmer, Antarctica and continues collaborative research with this group. He was the second scientist to ever win The Oceanography Society's Nils Jerlov Award, and he recently received the AAG's R.J. Russell Award for his many contributions to the study of marine environments.
Publications:
Ray Smith's Publications
Professor Smith retired from teaching, but has continued research within the Geography-affiliated research unit ICESS (Institute for Computational Earth System Science). A one-page curriculum vitae is available online at that website.
