OceanExpert ID : 8820

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Dr. Nijad Ali KABBARA

Dr.

Oceanography Department

National Council for Scientific Research, National Center for Marine Sciences, Lebanon

Location

59, Zahia Salmane street,
P.O. Box 11-8281
Beirut
Lebanon

Nationality

Lebanon

Email(s)

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Telephone

+961 70 164460

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/nkabbara

Highest Degree

Ph.D. MS. BS.

Job Type

Operational Support (technical)

Subject Area

Physical Oceanography
Pollution

Activities

-using remote sensing data for the study of the variability of SST and pigments distribution in the Levantine Basin, as well as for water quality studies in the Lebanese coastal area. SeaWiFS data user. -applying hydrodynamic and water quality modeling in the Lebanese coastal water.Modeling currents

Sea regions of study

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin

Skills

Since 1980 researcher in charge of the Department of Oceanography, MRC, Lebanon, and since 1997 researcher in charge of the Marine Sector, Centre for Remote Sensing, Lebanon. Since 2006 in charge of the National Marine Database, MRC, Lebanon. Visiting Scholar, University of Delaware, Graduate College of Marine Studies (Center for Remote Sensing), Newark, USA, ‏1999.‏ Familiar with handling large datasets (using mainly MATLAB, IDL, and ERDAS). A good experience in programming (FORTRAN 90 programming language, Unix operating system)

Working language(s)

Arab English

Created: 2002-01-28 | Last Updated: 2020-12-02 by Sofie DE BAENST