Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Yasuko Yoshida

(SR. RESEARCH SCIENTIST)

Yasuko Yoshida's Contact Card & Information.
Email: yasuko.yoshida-1@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.6009
Org Code: 614
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 614
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC

Brief Bio




Positions/Employment


Lead Research Scientist

Science Systems and Applications, Inc. - Lanham, MD

January 2015 - Present




Senior Research Scientist

Science Systems and Applications, Inc. - Lanham, MD

November 2009 - Present


Research Associate at the Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center (GEST)

University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) - College Park, MD

May 2007 - Present


Visiting Research Associate at the Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center (GEST)

University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) - College Park, MD

August 2006 - Present

Education


2003-2006       Georgia Institute of Technology

                      Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

1999-2001       Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

                      MS in Environmental Sciences

 

Awards


NASA 2020 610AT Award for a Distinguished Contribution Group Award (2020)

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Special Award (2020)

Pecora Award (2019)

Outstanding Performance Award- Software Development, NASA GSFC (2010)

Publications


Refereed

2023. "A multi‐satellite framework to rapidly evaluate extreme biosphere cascades: the Western US 2021 drought and heatwave." Global Change Biology 29 (13): 3634-3651 [10.1111/gcb.16725] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Using Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) column CO2 retrievals to rapidly detect and estimate biospheric surface carbon flux anomalies." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 23 (2): 1545-1563 [10.5194/acp-23-1545-2023] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "A new method for inferring city emissions and lifetimes of nitrogen oxides from high-resolution nitrogen dioxide observations: a model study." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22 (2): 1333-1349 [10.5194/acp-22-1333-2022] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Use of Hyper-Spectral Visible and Near-Infrared Satellite Data for Timely Estimates of the Earth’s Surface Reflectance in Cloudy and Aerosol Loaded Conditions: Part 1–Application to RGB Image Restoration Over Land With GOME-2." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 2 [10.3389/frsen.2021.716430] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Satellite-based reflectances capture large fraction of variability in global gross primary production (GPP) at weekly time scales." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 291 108092 [10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108092] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Systematic Orbital Geometry-Dependent Variations in Satellite Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) Retrievals." Remote Sensing 12 (15): 2346 [10.3390/rs12152346] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Abrupt decline in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide over China after the outbreak of COVID-19." Science Advances 6 (28): eabc2992 [10.1126/sciadv.abc2992] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Accuracy assessment of MODIS land aerosol optical thickness algorithms using AERONET measurements over North America." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12 (8): 4291-4307 [10.5194/amt-12-4291-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Towards a harmonized long‐term spaceborne record of far‐red solar induced fluorescence." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 124 (8): 2518-2539 [10.1029/2019jg005289] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Global relationships among traditional reflectance vegetation indices (NDVI and NDII), evapotranspiration (ET), and soil moisture variability on weekly timescales." Remote Sensing of Environment 219 339-352 [10.1016/j.rse.2018.10.020] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Estimation of Terrestrial Global Gross Primary Production (GPP) with Satellite Data-Driven Models and Eddy Covariance Flux Data." Remote Sensing 10 (9): 1346 [10.3390/rs10091346] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "New methods for the retrieval of chlorophyll red fluorescence from hyperspectral satellite instruments: simulations and application to GOME-2 and SCIAMACHY." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 9 (8): 3939--3967 [10.5194/amt-9-3939-2016] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Frequency and impact of summertime stratospheric intrusions over Maryland during DISCOVER-AQ (2011): New evidence from NASA's GEOS-5 simulations." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. [10.1002/2015jd024052] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. " A space-based, high-resolution view of notable changes in urban NO x pollution around the world (2005-2014) ." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 121 (2): 976–996 [10.1002/2015jd024121] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "New methods for retrieval of chlorophyll red fluorescence from hyper-spectral satellite instruments: simulations and application to GOME-2 and SCIAMACHY." Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discussion 1-41 URL: [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "The 2010 Russian drought impact on satellite measurements of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence: Insights from modeling and comparisons with parameters derived from satellite reflectances." Remote Sensing of Environment 166 163–177 [10.1016/j.rse.2015.06.008] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "U.S. NO2 trends (2005–2013): EPA Air Quality System (AQS) data versus improved observations from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)." Atmos. Env. 110 130-143 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.03.055] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Biomass burning influence on high-latitude tropospheric ozone and reactive nitrogen in summer 2008: a multi-model analysis based on POLMIP simulations." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 15 (11): 6047-6068 [10.5194/acp-15-6047-2015] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Anthropogenic emissions of highly reactive volatile organic compounds in eastern Texas inferred from oversampling of satellite (OMI) measurements of HCHO columns." Environmental Research Letters 9 (11): 114004 [10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114004] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "The seasonal cycle of satellite chlorophyll fluorescence observations and its relationship to vegetation phenology and ecosystem atmosphere carbon exchange." Remote Sensing of Environment 152 375-391 [10.1016/j.rse.2014.06.022] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Satellite data of atmospheric pollution for U.S. air quality applications: Examples of applications, summary of data end-user resources, answers to FAQs, and common mistakes to avoid." Atmospheric Environment 94 647-662 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.061] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "The observed response of Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) NO2 columns to NOx emission controls on power plants in the United States: 2005–2011." Atmospheric Environment 81 102-111 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.068] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Global monitoring of terrestrial chlorophyll fluorescence from moderate-spectral-resolution near-infrared satellite measurements: methodology, simulations, and application to GOME-2." Atmos. Meas. Tech. 6 (10): 2803-2823 [10.5194/amt-6-2803-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Filling-in of near-infrared solar lines by terrestrial fluorescence and other geophysical effects: simulations and space-based observations from SCIAMACHY and GOSAT." Atmos Meas Tech 5 (4): 809-829 [10.5194/amt-5-809-2012] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "First observations of global and seasonal terrestrial chlorophyll fluorescence from space." Biogeosciences 8 (3): 637-651 [10.5194/bg-8-637-2011] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Interannual variability of ozone in the winter lower stratosphere and the relationship to lamina and irreversible transport." J. Geophys. Res. 115 (D15): D15305 [10.1029/2009JD013004] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Application of OMI observations to a space-based indicator of NOx and VOC controls on surface ozone formation." Atmos Environ 44 (18): 2213-2223 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.010] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "The impact of the 2005 Gulf hurricanes on pollution emissions as inferred from Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) nitrogen dioxide." Atmos Environ 44 (11): 1443-1448 [10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.01.037] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Temperature dependence of factors controlling isoprene emissions." Geophysical Research Letters 36 (5): L05813 [10.1029/2008GL037090] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "The influence of European pollution on ozone in the Near East and northern Africa." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 8 (8): 2267-2283 [10.5194/acp-8-2267-2008] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "Model study of the cross-tropopause transport of biomass burning pollution." Atmos Chem Phys 7 3713-3736 [Journal Article/Letter]