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Dr. Manuel Arbelo Lecturer in Physics      Department of Physics University of La Laguna Canary Islands Spain

Biography	Dr. Manuel Arbelo holds a Ph.D. in Physics (1997) , University of La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain. The title of his Ph.D. dissertation was: "Determination of sea surface temperature using sinergy of AVHRR and TOVS sensors. Application to Canary Islands." (Abstract in spanish). Since 1998 he has spent several postdoc and scientific collaboration stays at Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science of the University of Miami, Florida (USA).  Lecturer in Physics since 1999 at Department of Physics of University of La Laguna
Research	Dr Arbelo´s research interests are the Earth and Atmosphere Observation from satellites: Development of global and regional algorithms to derive the sea surface temperatures. Agrometeorology applications: LST, evapotranspiration. Fishery oceanography: relationship between tuna catchs and oceanographic features. Change detection in land use with high resolution satellite images.
Current Projects	· NOAA/NASA AVHRR Pathfinder Oceans XI National Congress of Remote Sensing. September 2005.
Publications	International and National Journals  International Congresses National Congresses
Teaching	Only in spanish version.
Address	Departamento de Física Fundamental y Experimental, Electrónica y Sistemas Universidad de La Laguna Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sanchez s/n  38200 La Laguna  Tenerife, Canarias, Spain. Teléfono: +34 922318226 FAX: +34 922318228 E-mail:marbelo@ull.es

Contact:

Manuel Arbelo (marbelo@ull.es)