Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Melanie B Follette-Cook

(RSCH AST, EARTH SCIENCES REMOTE SENS)

Melanie B Follette-Cook's Contact Card & Information.
Email: melanie.cook@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.5992
Org Code: 612
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 612
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio


Dr. Melanie Follette-Cook is a research scientist in the Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She is Project Scientist of the NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program as well as a Health and Air Quality trainer. ARSET is part of the Earth Science Applied Science Capacity Building Program and provides cost-free training on NASA observations and tools.  Dr. Follette-Cook also serves as co-lead for aerosol applications for Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) mission. Her research focuses on using global and regional chemical models in combination with satellite, sub-orbital, and ground-based measurements, to explore the coupling between the biosphere and chemistry/climate with respect to fire activity and emissions, examine the evolution and variability of trace gases and aerosols across a variety of temporal and spatial scales, and inform future NASA satellite mission requirements.

Current Projects


Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program

https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/arset


Earth Information System (EIS)

https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/eis


Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) Mission

https://aos.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Positions/Employment


Research Physical Scientist

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD

July 2022 - Present


Associate Research Scientist

Morgan State University / GESTAR - Greenbelt, MD

June 2009 - July 2022


Postdoctoral Research Associate

Naval Research Laboratory - Washington, DC

February 2007 - June 2009


Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science - University of Maryland - College Park, MD

August 2000 - January 2007



Education


PhD Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, 2007, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
MS Meteorology, 2002, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
BS - Biophysics, 2000, University of Scranton Scranton, PA
Minor - Mathematics

Awards


2021 - NASA Earth Sciences Division - Atmospheres - Outstanding Performance Award- Science,” For outstanding contributions in the formulation and writing of the Time-varying Optical Measurements of Clouds and Aerosol Transport (TOMCAT) EVM-3 proposal”.

2016 - NASA Earth Sciences Division - Atmospheres, Outstanding Performance Award- Technical Support, "For outstanding scientific performance on the DISCOVER-AQ field campaign and post-mission analysis and modeling".

2016 - Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) Annual Excellence Award, "For support of the NASA Earth Venture Suborbital DISCOVER-AQ project for five years".

2006 - Postdoctoral Research Associateship Award, National Research Council, The National Academies.

2005 - Helmut Landsberg Student Service Award, University of Maryland, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science.

2000 - Joseph J. Harper Award for Excellence in Physics, University of Scranton, Department of Physics.


Publications


Refereed

2023. "An observation-based, reduced-form model for oxidation in the remote marine troposphere." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (34): [10.1073/pnas.2209735120] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Technical note: Constraining the hydroxyl (OH) radical in the tropics with satellite observations of its drivers – first steps toward assessing the feasibility of a global observation strategy." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 23 (11): 6319-6338 [10.5194/acp-23-6319-2023] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "A SmallSat Concept to Resolve Diurnal and Vertical Variations of Aerosols, Clouds, and Boundary Layer Height." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 104 (4): E815–E836 [10.1175/bams-d-21-0179.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "A machine learning methodology for the generation of a parameterization of the hydroxyl radical." Geoscientific Model Development 15 (16): 6341-6358 [10.5194/gmd-15-6341-2022] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Spatial and temporal variability in the hydroxyl (OH) radical: understanding the role of large-scale climate features and their influence on OH through its dynamical and photochemical drivers." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21 (8): 6481-6508 [10.5194/acp-21-6481-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Assessment of NO2; observations during DISCOVER-AQ and KORUS-AQ field campaigns." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13 (5): 2523-2546 [10.5194/amt-13-2523-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "The benefits of lower ozone due to air pollution emissions reductions (2002-2011) in the Eastern US during extreme heat." Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association [10.1080/10962247.2019.1694089] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Impact of the ARSET Program on Use of Remote-Sensing Data." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 8 (6): 261 [10.3390/ijgi8060261] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Nitrogen dioxide observations from the Geostationary Trace gas and Aerosol Sensor Optimization (GeoTASO) airborne instrument: Retrieval algorithm and measurements during DISCOVER-AQ Texas 2013." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 9 (6): 2647-2668 [10.5194/amt-9-2647-2016] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Spatial and temporal variability of trace gas columns derived from WRF/Chem regional model output: Planning for geostationary observations of atmospheric composition." Atmospheric Environment 118 28–44 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.07.024] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Evaluation of lightning-induced tropospheric ozone enhancements observed by ozone lidar and simulated by WRF/Chem." Atmospheric Environment 115 185-191 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.05.054] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Impact of Bay-Breeze Circulations on Surface Air Quality and Boundary Layer Export." J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. 53 (7): 1697–1713 [10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0323.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "An elevated reservoir of air pollutants over the Mid-Atlantic States during the 2011 DISCOVER-AQ campaign: Airborne measurements and numerical simulations." Atmospheric Environment 85 18-30 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.039] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "A multi-decadal history of biomass burning plume heights identified using aerosol index measurements." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 10 (14): 6461-6469 [10.5194/acp-10-6461-2010] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Classification of Northern Hemisphere stratospheric ozone and water vapor profiles by meteorological regime." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 9 5989-6003 [10.5194/acp-9-5989-2009] [Journal Article/Letter]

2006. "The total ozone field separated into meteorological regimes – Part II: Northern Hemisphere mid-latitude total ozone trends." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 6 (12): 5183-5191 [10.5194/acp-6-5183-2006] [Journal Article/Letter]

2003. "The Total Ozone Field Separated into Meteorological Regimes. Part I: Defining the Regimes." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 60 (14): 1669-1677 [10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1669:ttofsi>2.0.co;2] [Journal Article/Letter]