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F. Zagolski is a leading expert in aerosol remote sensing and atmospheric correction, with a career dedicated to refining how we observe Earth’s surface from space. His core research focuses on developing and validating climatologies for atmospheric correction over both ocean and land, leveraging aerosol inherent optical properties (IOPs) to improve satellite data accuracy. His most influential work, “A new climatology for atmospheric correction based on the aerosol inherent optical properties” (2007, 16 citations), established a foundational framework for deducing aerosol models from near-infrared path radiances, directly enhancing the precision of ocean-color retrievals. Zagolski further advanced the field by creating a novel validation approach for atmospheric scattering functions over the ocean, applied to MERIS/Envisat data (2014, 6 citations), and by deriving aerosol phase functions from CIMEL sky radiances (2010, 5 citations). His contributions extend to land-based remote sensing, where he adapted his IOP-based climatology using AERONET data (2011, 3 citations). By systematically improving how atmospheric signals are separated from surface reflectance, Zagolski’s work has been critical for reliable satellite monitoring of marine and terrestrial environments, making him a key figure in operational remote sensing science.