Kevin J. Hussey received the B.A. and M.A. degrees in geography from San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.He is currently a Technical Task Manager within the Image Processing Applications and Development Section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. He has performed research in the areas of monitoring regional population exposure to airborne contaminants, global climatology mapping, and a number of other environmentally related applications of image-processing technology.