David C. Tobin

David Tobin received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA in 1991, 1993, and 1996, respectively. He is a Distinguished Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) within the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. His research interests include infrared molecular spectroscopy, infrared radiative transfer, hyperspectral sensor design, calibration, and data processing, and satellite inter-calibration. Dr. Tobin is a member of the International Radiation Commission, the Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS) Research Working Group, and the International Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Advanced Sounder Working Group.