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Kyle Gwirtz

(Assistant Research Scientist)

Kyle Gwirtz's Contact Card & Information.
Email: kyle.gwirtz@nasa.gov
Org Code: 61A
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 61A.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO

Brief Bio


Kyle Gwirtz is currently an Assistant Research Scientist in the Geodesy and Geophysics Lab (61A) under the GESTAR-II Cooperative Agreement with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). His primary research interests are in data assimilation and inverse problems, with a particular focus on applications to the Earth’s main magnetic field.

Positions/Employment


Assistant Research Scientist

University of Maryland, Baltimore County - NASA GSFC

June 2024 - Present


NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow (NPP)

Administered by ORAU - NASA GSFC

January 2022 - Present

Education


2021 - Ph.D., Earth Science, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

2019 - M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona

2012 - M.A., Mathematics, University of Kansas

2009 - B.S., Mathematics, University of Kansas

Selected Publications


Refereed

2024. "Impact of localization and inflation on geomagnetic data assimilation." Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 355 107237 [10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107237] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "High‐Dimensional Covariance Estimation From a Small Number of Samples." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 16 (9): [10.1029/2024ms004417] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Can machine learning reveal precursors of reversals of the geomagnetic axial dipole field?." Geophysical Journal International 231 (1): 520-535 [10.1093/gji/ggac195] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "A testbed for geomagnetic data assimilation." Geophysical Journal International 227 (3): 2180-2203 [10.1093/gji/ggab327] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Can one use Earth’s magnetic axial dipole field intensity to predict reversals?." Geophysical Journal International 225 (1): 277-297 [10.1093/gji/ggaa542] [Journal Article/Letter]