Skye Caplan
(Data Scientist/Analyst)
| Email: | skyelar.a.caplan@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | 616 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 616 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC |
Current Projects
PACE OCI Terrestrial Products
Remote Sensing
The abundance of terrestrial data PACE will collect ensures the need for terrestrial remote sensing products, including surface reflectance, vegetation indices, and more. These algorithms will allow the community to make use of PACE OCI data and provide continuity between other remote sensing missions.
Positions/Employment
Scientific Analyst
Ocean Ecology Lab / SSAI - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD
July 2023 - Present
Education
M.S., Remote Sensing and Geospatial Science, Boston University, May 2023
B.S., Geology and Interdisciplinary Astronomy, University of Michigan, May 2020
Awards
NASA Hydrosphere, Biosphere, and Geophysics Peer Award, Scientific and Technical Support, 2024
Other Professional Information
Media & Outreach
Early Career Scientist Spotlight, article
From Satellites to Seeds, Capitol Hill Event, PACE Mission Representative
An Evening with NASA Scientists: The PACE Mission, outreach event recording
PACE Applications Workshop 2024, panelist
Recent Conferences & Posters
The Earth through the PACE Lens Session, Convener, AGU 2024
The Calibration, Science, and Validation of New and Upcoming Earth-Observing Missions, with a Highlight on NASA’s PACE Mission Session, Convener, EGU 2025
From PACE to PLACE: Results from the First Months of Land Data Products, Poster, EGU 2025
PACE's Silent L: Results from the First Months of Land Data Products, Poster, AGU 2024
NASA's PACE Mission: Pretty Applicable to all of Crustal Earth, Poster, WICSIS 2024
PACE's Ocean Color Instrument: Not Just for Ocean Color, Poster, SBG TIM 2024
Multifaceted Validation of PACE Mission Data Products, Poster, SBG TIM 2024
Hyperspectral Terrestrial Data: Yes, PACE Sees Land, Poster, AEOIP 2024
Publications
Refereed
2026. "Advancing Earth System Science With the NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Satellite Mission.", Global Change Biology, 32 (4): e70869 [10.1111/gcb.70869] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Determining Terrestrial Ecosystem Gross Primary Productivity from PACE OCI.", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 22 1-5 [10.1109/lgrs.2025.3587584] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Unveiling PACE OCI’s hyperspectral terrestrial data products.", Remote Sensing Letters, 16 (4): 422-433 [10.1080/2150704x.2025.2470905] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2024. "Life after launch: a snapshot of the first six months of NASA’s plankton, aerosol, cloud, ocean ecosystem (PACE) mission.", Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXVIII, 14 [10.1117/12.3033830] [Proceedings]