Boss Selected to IOCCG Committee
Oceanographer Emmanuel Boss became a member of the International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group Committee at its 20th annual meeting March 3–5 in France.
Boss is a professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences. Other members hail from South Korea, South Africa, Ghana, Italy, India, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, People’s Republic of China, Canada, Brazil, Scotland and the United States.
IOCCG Committee members include representatives from space agencies and scientists. Objectives include developing consensus and synthesis in satellite ocean colour radiometry at the world scale. Specialized groups investigate aspects of ocean-colour technology and its applications.