Didier RAMON - Curriculum Vitae
Company
- HYGEOS, France
Position
- Executive Director and head of R&D
Nationality
- French
Qualifications
- Ph. D., Optics, University of Lille, 1995
- M.Sc., Astronomy, University of Paris VI, 1992
Professional Experience
- Radiative transfer in a scattering planetary atmosphere
- Remote sensing from space/balloon of atmospheric properties: aerosol & trace gases. Atmospheric corrections
- Balloon borne optical spectro-radiometers
Principal Areas of Specialization
- Passive remote sensing from space and balloon borne
- Optical instrument concept
- Data processing and inverse methods
- Physically based algorithms
- In situ measurements for validation
- Ocean color and aerosol remote sensing
2001-Present
- Founder, Executive Director and Head of R&D at HYGEOS, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Development of the processing and validation of Ocean Color products, POLDER/PARASOL Development and Validation of MERIS surface pressure and aerosol product, member of Validation team (2002-2008)
- Validation of MERIS Ocean Color products
- Ocean colour mission studies for CNES and Alcatel
- Development of an aerosol product for MSG/SEVIRI
1997-2001
- Scientist, Université du Littoral, Wimereux, France
- Development of the aerosol products over land for MERIS, MOS and SeaWiFS
1996-1997
- Reasearch assistant at LOA, Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique, Université de Lille1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
1995-1996
- Post doctoral fellow at Service d'Aéronomie du CNRS, Verrières le buisson, France
1992-1995
- PhD student, LOA, Laboratoire d'Optique Atmospherique, Universite de Lille1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France