Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Andrey K Savtchenko

(SCIENCE DATA SPECIAL)

Andrey K Savtchenko's Contact Card & Information.
Email: andrey.k.savtchenko@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.5705
Org Code: 619
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 619
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: ADNET SYSTEMS INC

Brief Bio


Dr. Andrey Savtchenko received his M.S. in physics from Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1981, after which he received M.S. in radar remote sensing from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1983. During his years at the Academy he built substantial expertise in Radar Oceanography, and in 1992 was awarded with research fellowship from the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX), United States Information Agency. In the fall of 1993, he was awarded a scholarship at the University of Delaware, from a grant from the US Department of Defense Office of Naval Research (ONR), and consequently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Delaware.

His research specialized in the area of non-linear air-sea interactions and sea surface radar returns. After his graduation in 1997, Dr. Savtchenko assumed Postdoctoral Associate position at the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Miami, Florida. In this role, his research was oriented towards profiling of tropospheric winds, clouds, precipitation, and hurricanes.

Dr. Savtchenko joined NASA/GSFC in 2000, supporting Earth Observing System, and brought with him a broad knowledge in air-sea exchanges, remote sensing, boundary layer meteorology, advanced statistics, tutoring students and managing investigative teams. He is currently Principal Support Scientist with ADNET, on the SESDA 5 project, leading wide range of tasks at the Goddard DAAC, Code 619. He has been involved in providing science data analysis while supporting numerous missions: MODIS, AIRS, CloudSat, CALIPSO, OMI, MLS, TRMM, GPM, MERRA, and most recently OCO.

His current interests are primarily in atmospheric thermodynamics, physics of clouds and precipitation, boundary layer meteorology, and climate variability. In his work he is applying advanced statistical methods, such as empirical orthogonal functions, wavelet analysis, Hilbert transform, hypothesis and confidence tests.


Dr. Savtchenko is a member of AGU and AMS.

 

Research Interests


Atmospheric science

Solar System: Atmospheres

Atmospheric thermodynamics, profiles of temperature and water vapor, atmospheric circulation, physics of clouds and precipitation, radiative transfer, boundary layer meteorology, climate variability.


Precipitation

Earth Science: Precipitation

Principal modes of variability. Climate indices and precipitation anomalies.


Climate variability

Earth Science: Climate

Interannual climate variability indices, El Nino, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, North Atlantic Oscilation. Variability of water vapor, temperature and precipitation.


Physical processes at the air-sea interface

Earth Science: Air-Sea Interaction

Laboratory and field measurements of turbulent momentum and heat exchange, aerodynamic roughness, surface drift currents, surface elevations and slopes, surface waves.


Statistical techniques

Earth Science: Analysis

Application of advanced statistical methods, such as empirical orthogonal functions, wavelet analysis, Hilbert transform, hypothesis and confidence tests.


Remote Sensing

Earth Science: Remote Sensing

Marine Radars. Cloud and precipitation profiling radars. Spaceborne Visible and IR sensors. Atmospheric Spectroscopy.

Professional Societies


AGU

1994 - Present

Selected Publications


Refereed

2022. "NASA Global Near-Real-Time and Research Precipitation Products for Flood Monitoring, Modeling, Assessment, and Research." Flood Handbook 519-540 [https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429463938] [Article in Book]

2021. "NO2 anomalies - Economy attribution and rapid climate response." Atmospheric Environment 254 118351 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118351] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Assessment of precipitation anomalies in California using TRMM and MERRA data ." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 120 8206–8215 [10.1002/2015JD023573] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Advances in CO₂ Observations From AIRS and ACOS." IEEE Geosci. Remote Sensing Lett. 11 (5): 891-895 [10.1109/LGRS.2013.2281147] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Estimating sampling biases and measurement uncertainties of AIRS/AMSU-A temperature and water vapor observations using MERRA reanalysis." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 119 (6): 2725-2741 [10.1002/2013JD021205] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Deep convection and upper-tropospheric humidity: A look from the A-Train." Geophysical Research Letters 36 (6): L06814 [10.1029/2009GL037508] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "A-Train Data Depot - Bringing atmospheric measurements together." IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 46 (10): 2788-2795 [10.1109/TGRS.2008.917600] [Journal Article/Letter]

1999. "Effect of large eddies on atmospheric surface layer turbulence and the underlying wave field." 104 (C2): [10.1029/1998JC900076] [Journal Article/Letter]