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Ludovic Brucker

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Employer: National Ice Center
Title: Chief Scientist to the National Ice Center
Location: Global
Pathfinder Topic: Global Sea Ice
Research Area: Global Sea Ice

  • Ludo spends half his time with the National Ice Center (NIC) and half his time with Center for Satellite Application and Research. He coordinates activities between the two entities to give NIC analysts access to data products. Specifically, Ludo is interested in helping US NIC analysts fully leverage the value of the VIIRS band. 
  • The US NIC serves many military end-users, such as the US Coast Guard and the Navy. Currently, Ludo is interested in retraining end-users to shift from using MODIS to VIIRS technology. Ludo is currently working to quantify the economic value of icebreaking in the Great Lakes with US Coast Guard.

Relevant Satellite Products, Data, and Tools

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)