Patrick Vanouplines: Information and Documentation

Patrick VANOUPLINES

Born

• 1959 April 13.096 (UT) in Wilrijk (near Antwerp, Belgium)

Present employer

• Information and Documentation
• University Library
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium)

Present function

• Information intermediary

Present job

• Online searching for information
• Indexing books about sciences and applied siences
• and (too) many other small and big jobs...

Previous work experience

• 1983-1985: Lab. of Hydrology (VUB)
  • Hydrological databases
  • Hydrological models
  • Exercises computer sciences
• 1985-1987: Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, near Brussels)
  • Testing of satellite image processing systems
  • Development of atmospheric corrections
• 1987-1992: Lab of Hydrology
  • Hard- and software responsible
  • Hydrological databases and models
  • Exercises computer sciences
  • GIS
  • Course remote sensing
  • Organisation of courses and training sessions
• 1992-: University Library (VUB)
  • see above
  • investigation of astronomical information on the Internet

Education

• University studies in:
  • Geography
  • Hydrology
  • Computer Sciences
• I am finishing a PhD thesis on remote sensing in hydrology

Papers

• Some 35 papers, in the fields of:
  • hydrology
  • remote sensing
  • astronomy
  • information and documentation
• Most important papers.

Special

• Rediscovered Comet C/1733 K1
  • Click here to read more about it
• Working on Chiron
  • Click here to go to my Chiron Information and Documentation WWW page
• Asteroids
  • Coordination of a small international team of amateur astronomers who are all connected to the Internet, and use medium-sized telescopes (10 inch / 25 cm at least) and a CCD
  • Co-discovery of 1995 FC21
  • assitance with the discovery of 1995 SB5

URL of this page is: [http://www.vub.ac.be/STER/www.astro/pvshort.htm]
Last modified: 1995 October 03. This page is ©1995.