Larry F. Bliven received the B.S. degree in physics and the Ph.D. degree in marine sciences from North Carolina State University in 1971 and 1977, respectively.
His research primarily focuses on air-sea interaction processes and remote sensing of the oceans during storms and coastal storms. He is the Manager of the Rain-Sea Interaction Facility at NASA GSFC Wallops Flight Facility. See http://rsif.wff.nasa.gov