2nd GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop GEOSS: Supporting Science for the Millennium Development Goals and Beyond Bonn, Germany, August 28—31, 2012

Prof. Charles Hutchinson

Chuck Hutchinson is a geographer with specializations in remote sensing and arid lands. In particular, he has worked on inventory and monitoring techniques for agriculture and natural resources using satellite and aerial video systems. Since 1987, he has worked on environmental monitoring and famine early warning in Africa for the United Nations and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Since 2002, he has been working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on incorporating NASA Earth science products in national decision support systems (DSSs). He just completed a book for UNESCO that considers 50 years of arid lands research,The Future of Arid Lands -- Revisited, published by Springer. He has been at the University of Arizona since 1980; prior to that he was with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the EROS Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. During his time at Arizona he has also been temporarily assigned to Washington D.C. to Resources for the Future in 1988 (sabbatical), NASA Headquarters in 1998 (Visiting Senior Scientist, Office of Earth Science), and again in 2001-2 (Acting Director, Applications Division, Office of Earth Science).

Area of Expertise: Geography, remote sensing and arid lands, monitoring techniques for agriculture and natural resources using satellite and aerial video systems.

Contact Information web page
E-mail: chuck at ag.arizona.edu
Phone: 520-621-8568
School of Natural Resources and the Environment
325 Biosciences East
Tucson, AZ 85721

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