Barrett N. Rock is associate professor in the Institute
for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space and the Natural Resources Department
at the University of New Hampshire. His research activities focus on assessing
the impact of air pollution (ozone, NOx/SOx, acid precipitation) on forest
tree species, both at the cellular level and at a regional scale. He makes
extensive use of earth-orbiting satellite data (Landsat, SPOT) to monitor
and map forest damage caused by air pollution and has research study sites
in several northeastern U.S. states, in three central European countries,
and in Siberia. In 1992 Professor Rock developed the K-12 educational
outreach program Earth Day Forest Watch. As Boreal Forest Watch, this program
is being expanded to other northeastern states as well as Canada. In 1994
Professor Rock became the first senior scientist for the GLOBE program in
Washington, D.C., where he assisted in development of the GLOBE science
protocols and education activities introduced on Earth Day 1995.