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Introduction

On this website I present my studies and work during the last years. I studied Physical Geography and worked at my PhD thesis at Utrecht University. Currently I am working as researcher GEO-ICT at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) in De Bilt, and enjoying photography and lots of other things in the meantime...

You can contact me at:
r.sluiter "at" gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

Raymond Sluiter is researcher GEO-ICT at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). He coordinates the implementation and use of GIS within KNMI. His research is focused on geospatial data infrastructures on both national and international level (INSPIRE, ADAGUC project) and on spatialization of climatological and meteorological variables. He obtained an MSc (1999) and PhD (2005) degree from Utrecht University (NL) in Physical Geography and Remote Sensing.  His PhD research subject was modeling and monitoring Mediterranean land cover change using GIS and multi- and hyperspectral remote sensing. During his PhD he was lecturer in several GIS and remote sensing courses. After obtaining his PhD he worked 1.5 years as earth observation specialist at the Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes (NIVR). He coordinated the National User Support Programme (NUSP/GO) and the space related activities within the European Union 7th Framework Programme (Kopernikus (GMES), Space Science and Galileo). He participated as an expert in the Dutch delegation of the FP7 Programme Committee Space in Brussels. In addition to his passion for remote sensing images he is an enthusiastic photographer