B.S. Meteorology/Minor in Mathematics, Valparaiso University, 2013
Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, University of Houston, 2017
Alexander E. Kotsakis
(ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCIENTIST)
Email: | alexander.e.kotsakis@nasa.gov |
Phone: | 301.614.6548 |
Org Code: | 613 |
Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 613 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
Employer: | UNIV OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK |
Current Projects
AI/ML Planetary Boundary Layer Retrieval Development and Hyperspectral Microwave Instrument Development
Earth's Atmosphere
Positions/Employment
Assistant Research Scientist
University of Maryland College Park/ESSIC - Greenbelt, MD
August 2023 - Present
Dr. Kotsakis is contributing to the development of an AI/ML planetary boundary layer (PBL) retrieval algorithm using his extensive knowledge of the boundary layer meteorology and assists in trade studies for future hyperspectral microwave sensors.
Assistant Research Scientist
ERT, Inc. - Laurel, MD
January 2022 - July 2023
NPP Postdoctoral Fellow (USRA)
Advisor: Robert J Swap, John T Sullivan, Thomas F Hanisco - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
July 2018 - December 2021
Research Staff
University of Houston - Houston, TX, USA
January 2018 - June 2018
Research Assistant
University of Houston - Houston, TX, USA
January 2017 - December 2017
Teaching Assistant
University of Houston - Houston, TX, USA
January 2014 - December 2016
Education
Publications
Refereed
2023. "Two Air Quality Regimes in Total Column NO2 Over the Gulf of Mexico in May 2019: Shipboard and Satellite Views." Earth and Space Science 10 (3): [10.1029/2022ea002473] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Advancing Atmospheric Thermodynamic Sounding from Space using Hyperspectral Microwave Measurements." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 1-16 [10.1109/jstars.2023.3269697] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Traffic, transport, and vegetation drive VOC concentrations in a major urban area in Texas." Science of The Total Environment 838 155861 [10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155861] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Development and testing of a novel sulfur dioxide sonde." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 15 (14): 4373-4384 [10.5194/amt-15-4373-2022] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Sensitivity of total column NO2 at a marine site within the Chesapeake Bay during OWLETS-2." Atmospheric Environment 277 119063 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119063] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Effect of Polyoxymethylene (POM-H Delrin) offgassing within Pandora head sensor on direct sun and multi-axis formaldehyde column measurements in 2016–2019." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 14 647–663 [10.5194/amt-14-647-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "SCOAPE: Satellite and Shipboard Views of Air Quality along the Louisiana Coast." EM: The Magazine for Environmental Managers (Oct. 2020): 28-33 [Full Text] [Magazine]
2020. "The characterization of fine particulate matter downwind of Houston: Using integrated factor analysis to identify anthropogenic and natural sources." Environmental Pollution 262 114345 [10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114345] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Using networked Pandora observations to capture spatiotemporal changes in total column ozone associated with stratosphere-to-troposphere transport." Atmospheric Research 238 104872 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.104872] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Observing Severe Drought Influences on Ozone Air Pollution in California." Environmental Science & Technology acs.est.8b04852 [10.1021/acs.est.8b04852] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Characterization of Regional Wind Patterns Using Self-Organizing Maps: Impact on Dallas-Fort Worth Long-Term Ozone Trends." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 58 (4): 757-772 [10.1175/jamc-d-18-0045.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "On the effect of upwind emission controls on ozone in Sequoia National Park." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18 (23): 17061-17076 [10.5194/acp-2017-1006] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Ozone production by corona discharges during a convective event in DISCOVER-AQ Houston." Atmospheric Environment 161 13-17 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.04.018] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "A 15-year climatology of wind pattern impacts on surface ozone in Houston, Texas." Atmospheric Research 174-175 124-134 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.02.007] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2020. "Satellite and shipboard views of air quality along the Louisiana coast: The 2019 SCOAPE (Satellite Coastal and Oceanic Atmospheric Pollution Experiment) cruise." EM: Environmental Manager Special Issue 6 pp [Magazine]
Professional Societies
American Meteorological Society
2009 - Present
American Geophysical Union
2014 - Present
European Geophysical Union
2019 - Present
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
2023 - Present
Talks, Presentations and Posters
Other
Impacts of Biomass Burning on Free-Tropospheric Ozone Photochemistry over the Southern United States
February 10, 2018
American Meteorological Society 98th Annual Meeting
Characterization of Wind Patterns over Texas Using Self-Organizing Maps: Impact on Dallas-Fort Worth Long Term Ozone Trends
14, 2017
2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Impact of Synoptic & Global Scale Features On The Year-To-Year Variability of Ozone Exceedances in Houston
February 13, 2016
American Meteorological Society 96th Annual Meeting
Coronal Induced Production of Ozone from a Thunderstorm During DISCOVER-AQ 2013
June 8, 2015
2015 DISCOVER-AQ Team Meeting, Boulder, CO
Sources of Ozone in the Free Troposphere in Houston During DISCOVER-AQ 2013
2014
2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Investigation of Idabel, Oklahoma Ozone Concentration Pre and Post-Frontal Passage
May 24, 2013
2013 Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship