GRAS
Satellite Application Facility

David Offiler

Head of Satellite Active Sensing Group
UK Meteorological Office
Satellite Applications
Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)1392 88 6298 Fax: +44 (0)1392 88 5681
Email : dave.offiler (at) metoffice.gov.uk



Research areas and interests

• Optimal usage of data from instruments such as wind scatterometers and atmospheric sounding using GPS
• Meteorological satellite data processing and validation of geophysical quantities
• Use of aircraft in support of meteorological satellite instrumentation
• GPS radio occultation in operational meteorology and climatology

Education

• 1974 B.Sc. (physics & meteorology), Reading, England

Employment record

• 1974-76 Scientific Officer, UKMO, England
• 1977-92 Satellite Meteorology Branch, UKMO, England
• 1993-96 Coordinator for Meteorological Research Flight, UKMO, England
• 1996- Head of Satellite Active Sensing Group, NWP DIvision, UKMO, England