Introduction au Rayonnement Solaire Coll. TRANSVALOR

L. Wald graduated in Theoretical Physics (France-1977). After his PhD (Paris-1980) on the applications of remote sensing to oceanography, he obtained his Doctorat d'Etat ès Sciences (1985). Since 1991, he is a Professor at Ecole des Mines de Paris, where he is currently the Head of the Remote Sensing Group, and is focusing his own research in applied mathematics, meteorology and oceanography. He obtained the Autometrics Award (1998) and the Erdas Award (2001) for articles on data fusion. His career in information technologies has been rewarded in 1996 by the famous French Blondel Medal.