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2024 Clarivate (Web of Science) Highly Cited Researchers
2024.11.19
Benjamin Cook (611), Joanna Joiner (614), Alexei Lyapustin (613), Doug Morton (618), Nima Pahlevan (619), and Ben Poulter (618) were selected as 2024 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate (Web of Science). Recipients are recognized for their exceptional research influence, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year.
SCOAPE-II Completes Successful Campaign
2024.11.01
Aircraft measurements of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were collected for the Satellite Coastal and Oceanic Atmospheric Pollutant Experiment 2 (SCOAPE-II Ryan Stauffer, 614) with the GeoCAPE Airborne Simulator instrument (GCAS PI Scott Janz, 614) on the NASA/LaRC B200 aircraft. SCOAPE-II is a NASA/Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) campaign to measure emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases from oil and gas infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. The six flights conducted October 7–13, 2024, were supported by forecasts from Debra Kollonige (614/SSAI) and Niko Fedkin (614/NPP), GCAS operation by Zane McBride (618/SSAI), and coordination by Laura Judd (NASA/LaRC). GCAS measured dozens of NO2 plumes emitted from oil and gas platforms and support vessels, including while category 5 hurricane Milton was moving through the southern Gulf of Mexico.
Dr. Mian Chin Named Recipient of 2024 William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Science
2024.10.03
We are thrilled to announce the selection of Dr. Mian Chin as the 2024 William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Science recipient.
Dr. Chin is being recognized for for her pioneering work in developing and integrating models with remote sensing observations to understand aerosol sources, sinks, and their impacts on the Earth and its environment.
Dr. Chin is a Physical Scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Code 614. She received a B.S. degree in chemistry from East China Normal University (Shanghai, China) in 1982, a M.A. degree in chemistry from Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana, U.S.A.) in 1986, and a Ph.D. degree in Atmospheric Sciences from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.) in 1992. During her graduate studies at Georgia Tech, Mian was involved in field experiments measuring atmospheric constituents, laboratory studies determining atmospheric photochemical reaction rates and product yields, and one-dimensional photochemical modeling estimating the stratospheric sulfur budget. Between 1992 and 1995, Mian was a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.), where she worked with 3-dimensional regional and global atmospheric chemistry and transport models for studying tropospheric ozone, aerosols, and trace gases. Mian was a Research Scientist at Universities Space Research Association from 1995 to 1997 and a Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Institute of Technology from 1997 to 2003 before joining NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in 2003, concentrating on atmospheric model development and satellite data analysis. Her current research includes aerosol-cloud-chemistry-climate interactions, regional and global air quality, transport of aerosols and trace gases, aerosol impacts on global energy balance, and modeling and analysis of data from satellite, ground-based, and airborne observations. Mian has over 175 publications and is a Fellow of both the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union. She led the development of one of the first global aerosol models, GOCART, and the Chin et al. 2002 paper describing that model and its applications has received over 851 citations. GOCART remains a standard aerosol model used at NASA and elsewhere.
ALEGROS Flies Over East Coast
2024.06.28
June 17-22 the ALEGROS (Associating Local Emissions of Gases with Regional Observations from Satellites) team acquired high-density observation of air pollutants and greenhouse gases over the East Coast. Participants included Glenn Wolfe (614), Jason St. Clair (614/UMBC), Erin Delaria (614/UMD), Tom Hanisco (614), Bryan Place (614/SciGlob), Apoorva Pandey (614/UMBC), Jin Liao (614/UMBC), Steven Rosesmith (614/SciGlob) and Andrew Swanson (614/SciGlob). Glenn Wolfe discusses the campaign at CBS News, WUSA 9, The Baltimore Banner, and WHRO.
ESD Scientists Support ARCSIX Campaign
2024.05.28
ESD scientists are in Pituffik, Greenland, or are participating remotely this month for the first Arctic Radiation-Cloud-Aerosol-Surface-Interaction Experiment (ARCSIX) aircraft campaign deployment. ARCSIX seeks to understand how coupling between radiative processes and sea ice surface properties influence summer sea ice melt, understand processes controlling the predominant Arctic cloud regimes and their properties, and improve our ability to monitor Arctic cloud, aerosol, radiation, and sea ice processes from space.
Earth Day Toolkit Available
2024.04.18
NASA’s fleet of satellites see the whole Earth, every day. This year, you can celebrate Earth Day with NASA wherever you are! Host your own Earth Day event—supported by NASA science—with activities, demonstrations, handouts, posters, videos, and more.
Lab Members Support ASIA-AQ Campaign
2024.04.05
The Code 614 In Situ Observations Lab recently participated in the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ). Participants from the lab include Glenn Wolfe (614), Jason St. Clair (614/UMBC), Erin Delaria (614/UMD), and Abby Sebol (614/UMD). The NASA DC-8 flew a comprehensive instrument suite to sample atmospheric composition in Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan. Observations will support efforts to improve Asian air quality and provide validation opportunities for geostationary and sun-synchronous satellite measurements of atmospheric composition, such as GEMS and OMI.
PACE Data Webinar Registration Open
2024.03.13
Ready to work with data from the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission? Join members of NASA’s Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC) on Wednesday, March 27 at 2:00 PM ET (-0400 UTC), to learn how to discover, access, and use PACE data at OB.DAAC. Registration for this Earthdata webinar is open to everyone.
PACE Mission Blog: Liftoff! NASA’s Earth Science Mission Launches Into Space Coast Sky
2024.02.08
3, 2, 1 … LIFTOFF! A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 8.
PACE Mission Blog: Signal Acquired -- NASA’s PACE Spacecraft Begins Its Science Mission
2024.02.08
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft has successfully made contact with ground stations back on Earth providing teams with early readings of its overall status, health, operation, and capabilities postlaunch.
Notes from the Field: Little Things Make a Big Difference
2024.02.07
Individual bits of tiny living beings and inanimate particles are too small for your eye to see. But when billions to trillions of them aggregate in one place, they can make a vast difference in life on Earth.
PACE Mission Blog: Weather Clears for PACE Launch
2024.02.07
Launch weather officers with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict 95% favorable weather conditions for the launch of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The team is targeting liftoff at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 8, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space in Florida.
PACE Mission Blog: Weather Delays Launch of NASA’s PACE Mission
2024.02.07
NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Wednesday, Feb. 7 launch of the agency’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission due to unfavorable weather conditions. NASA and SpaceX are now targeting launch at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 8, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
PACE Mission Blog: Weather 50% For Launch of NASA’s Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Mission
2024.02.06
Launch weather officers with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict 50% favorable weather conditions for the launch of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
PACE Mission Blog: Weather 40% Favorable for Tuesday PACE Mission Launch
2024.02.05
Launch weather officers with Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron predict a 40% chance of favorable weather conditions for the launch of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission at 1:33 a.m. EST Tuesday, Feb. 6, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
PACE Mission Blog: Weather Delays Launch of NASA’s Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Mission
2024.02.05
NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Tuesday, Feb. 6 launch of the agency’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission due to unfavorable weather conditions. NASA and SpaceX are now targeting launch at 1:33 a.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 7, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
PACE Mission Blog: Why the PACE team is nocturnal this week
2024.02.05
There’s a good reason why NASA’s PACE satellite is launching in the early morning hours. Late tonight, I’ll venture out in the chilly Merritt Island air to catch a glimpse of a historic sight.
Notes from the Field: The Long and Winding Road to Launch
2024.02.05
A few paths in life are short and direct; more of them are long and winding.
This week, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying the PACE satellite, short for Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud ocean Ecosystem. Once in orbit 676 kilometers (420 miles) above our planet, the newest addition to NASA’s fleet of Earth-observers will look at the oceans and land surfaces in more than 100 wavelengths of light from the infrared through the visible spectrum and into the ultraviolet.
For NASA and the ocean science community, the PACE launch will be the culmination of 9 or 46 years of work, depending on when you start counting.
ESD Members Appointed Leads on U.S. Carbon Cycle Plan
2024.01.11
Ben Poulter (618) and Maria Tzortziou (614) were appointed as two of the six Lead Authors for the Third Decadal U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan (CCSP). The CCSP will work with the carbon cycle community to assess the questions highlighted in previous plans and propose new directions for the community in light of new U.S. Government priorities and international assessments.
2023 Atmospheres (AT) Awards Announced
2023.11.30
It is a pleasure to announce the recipients of this year's Atmospheres (AT) Peer Awards!
• Daeho Jin (613/UMBC), Best Earth Science Research Results Portal (ESRRP) Entry
• Sergey Korkin (613/UMBC), Best Senior Author Publication
• Alfonso Delgado-Bonal (613/UMBC), Best Senior Author Publication
• Dan Anderson (614/UMBC), Outstanding Performance in Science
• Yuli Liu (612/UMBC), Outstanding Performance in Science
• Michael Watson (612/McCallie Associates), Engineering/Instrumentation Support
• GPM Ground Validation (GV) Team
- Carl Schirtzinger (615/SSAI), Engineering/Instrumentation Support
- Alexey Chibisov (615/McCallie Associates), Engineering/Instrumentation Support
- Mick Boulanger (840/SSAI), Engineering/Instrumentation Support
• Erin Delaria (614/NPP), Field Campaign Support
• Jayne Boehmler (614/SSAI), Field Campaign Support
• Eric Nelkin (612/SSAI), Science Software Development
• Rama Varma Raja Mundakkara-Kovilakom (614/SSAI), Science Software Development
• Zachary Fasnacht (614/SSAI), Science Software Development
• Claudia Alvarez-Warren (610/ADNET), IT Support
• Lara Clemence (610/GST), Web Support
• Mariel Friberg (613/UMD), Mentoring
• Sallie Smith (619/GST), Outreach
• Marcy August (613/X3M), Business Support
• Johnny Brendle (610/ASRC), Business Support
• ARSET Team, Distinguished Contribution Group Award
- Melanie Follette-Cook (612/NASA)
- Brock Blevins (612/SSAI)
- Selwyn Hudson-Odoi (612/UMBC)
- Natasha Johnson-Griffin (612/SSAI)
- Sarah Cutshall (612/SSAI)
- Jonathan O’Brien
- Suzanne Monthie (612/GST
- David Barbato (612/UMBC)
- Sean McCartney (610/SSAI)
- Amita Mehta (612/UMBC)
- Pawan Gupta (618/NASA)
- Carl Malings (610.1/MSU)
- Marines Martins (612/Space Systems)
- Sarah Strode (614/NASA)
• Ozonesonde Team, Distinguished Contribution Group Award
- Rhonie Wolff
- Thomas Northam
- Chris Wright
- Debra Kollonige (614/SSAI)
- Niko Fedkin (614/NPP)
- Anne Thompson (610/Emeritus)
• Bob Meneghini (612/NASA), Special Recognition Award
• Deanna Adamcyzk (157/NASA), Special Recognition Award
NASA CMS BlueFlux Science Team Holds First Meeting
2023.10.27
The NASA Carbon Monitoring BlueFlux project, a collaboration between 618 & 614, with partners from East Carolina University and Yale University, had its first science team meeting in September 2023 to discuss the field and flight deployments to Everglades National Park. Learn More -->
Case Wins Conference Poster Session
2023.10.19
Parker Case (614/NPP) was the overall winner for the Poster Competition at the 2023 Meteorology and Climate – Modeling for Air Quality Conference for his poster titled “Global sectional aerosol microphysics simulations of the January 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption.”
Goddard Monitors Smoke from Canada Wildfires
2023.06.07
An unusually intense start to Canada’s wildfire season filled skies with smoke in May 2023. Then, at the beginning of June, scores of new fires raged in the eastern Canadian province of Quebec. NASA’s Aqua satellite, operated at Goddard, has captured imagery of the smoke. The Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) based at Goddard has computed models of where the smoke may travel in coming days.
Earth Expeditions: In Dust and Clouds Over Africa, Scientists Find Clues to How Hurricanes Form
2023.05.24
When the dust that wafts off the Sahel and Sahara regions of Africa mixes with tropical clouds, it creates what’s known as a rainy “disturbance” in the eastern Atlantic. These disturbances are hurricanes in their youngest form, and as they travel across the ocean, they can either dissipate or grow into powerful storms.
To study these infant storms, a group of NASA scientists in September 2022 spent a month flying off the northwestern coast of Africa aboard NASA’s DC-8 research plane. Each day, the team took off from Cabo Verde, an island nation off the west coast of Africa, logging roughly 100 hours altogether. The mission, known as the Convective Processes Experiment – Cabo Verde (CPEX-CV) released its data publicly on April 1.
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