Satellite Climate Studies Branch, in College Park, Maryland
Research Scientist
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Christopher Brown
received a B.S. (1982) in Biological Sciences from Cornell
University and a M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1993) in Oceanography from the
Graduate School of Oceanography of the University of Rhode Island. After
his doctorate, he held a two year postdoctoral fellowship at the NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center as a National Research Council Resident
Research Associate. Chris joined NESDIS in November 1995. He is
currently a member of the Satellite Climate Studies Branch and a
Visiting Associate Research Scientist with the Cooperative Institute of
Climate and Satellites and an Adjunct Associate Professor with the
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of
Maryland in College Park, MD. An oceanographer, he uses remote sensing
to address and understand biological patterns and their biogeochemical
consequences in the global ocean. His primary research interest includes
the remote detection, characterization and prediction of marine
organisms. His current activities include ecological forecasting in
Chesapeake Bay and documenting the variability of phytoplankton biomass
and productivity in the global ocean.
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Christopher Brown
Christopher Brown
received a B.S. (1982) in Biological Sciences from Cornell
University and a M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1993) in Oceanography from the
Graduate School of Oceanography of the University of Rhode Island. After
his doctorate, he held a two year postdoctoral fellowship at the NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center as a National Research Council Resident
Research Associate. Chris joined NESDIS in November 1995. He is
currently a member of the Satellite Climate Studies Branch and a
Visiting Associate Research Scientist with the Cooperative Institute of
Climate and Satellites and an Adjunct Associate Professor with the
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of
Maryland in College Park, MD. An oceanographer, he uses remote sensing
to address and understand biological patterns and their biogeochemical
consequences in the global ocean. His primary research interest includes
the remote detection, characterization and prediction of marine
organisms. His current activities include ecological forecasting in
Chesapeake Bay and documenting the variability of phytoplankton biomass
and productivity in the global ocean.