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I am an Assistant Researcher at the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My research involves passive remote
sensing of the Earth system using a variety of wavelengths and instruments.
I support a number of different programs at SSEC:
- Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)
I am part of the NASA OCO-2 science team. My research is focused on the impacts
of three dimensional scattering from clouds, and how this affects carbon dioxide
retrievals from the operational algorithm.
- Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS)
As part of the Infrared Interferometer research group, I support various
Calibration and Validation efforts for the Science Data Records (SDR), which
contain the calibrated spectral radiance measured by the instrument.
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LBLDIS radiative transfer model
My PhD research made extensive use of this model, original developed by my
advisor, David D. Turner. I continue to use and improve this model, as it is a
very flexible software tool to simulate radiance spectra at high spectral
resolution, with user defined cloud and aerosol layers.
- Scanning High-resolution Interferometer
Sounder
The S-HIS is a cross track scanning infrared interferometer designed and built at
SSEC. I helped support the
HS3 flight campaign at NASA Wallops Flight Facility, as a science technician for the
S-HIS on the NASA Global Hawk.
- ICECAPS
This NSF-funded project deployed and maintains a suite of multiple
remote sensing instruments at Summit Station, Greenland, at the top of the
Greenland Ice Sheet. I deployed as the summer science technician supporting
ICECAPS in 2011.
My dissertation work (PhD, 2012) in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at
UW-Madison was focused on radiative transfer in the Far Infrared (FIR), advised
by David D. Turner. I explored the information content of FIR spectra, comparing
it to the Mid Infrared (MIR) which is routinely measured by operational polar
orbiting satellites such as AIRS, IASI and CrIS.
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