Anthony (Tony) W. England

Professor, AOSS and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Education:

Ph.D., Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S., B.S., Geology & Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research:

Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transport / Radiobrightness models for prairie and arctic terrains; and the microwave brightness measure of water stored in soil, vegetation and snow.

Specializations and Research Interests

• Development and field calibration of Land Surface Process (LSP) models of land-atmosphere energy and moisture fluxes for northern prairie and arctic tundra
• Assimilation of satellite microwave brightness data for improved estimates of moisture profiles in prairie and arctic soils and snow
• Development of new technology microwave radiometers for use on towers, aircraft, and satellites

Honors, Awards and Accomplishments

• Scientist-Astronaut & Senior Scientist-Astronaut, NASA
• Mission Scientist, Apollo 13 & 16
• Mission Specialist, Space Shuttle, Spacelab 2 Mission, 1985 — a solar astronomy & plasma physics mission
• Program Scientist, Space Station
• Recognition and modeling of scatter darkening as a significant factor in the radiobrightness of sea ice, snow, and frozen or dry soils
• Use of satellite radiobrightness as feedback to temporal models of surface hydrology
• Science advisor, EROS Data Center (Sioux Falls, SD) and National Snow and Ice Data Center (Boulder, CO)

Professional Service

• American Geophysics Union
• Associated Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research
• Administrative Committee, Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
• Fellow, IEEE
• Member, National Research Council's Space Studies Board and co-chair of its Joint Committee on Technology