Performance Awards
- March 2019: Recognition of the FLUID Team for providing outstanding Science Support throughout 2018
Christine Bloecker
(SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMER)
Org Code: 610.1
NASA/GSFCMail Code: 610.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC
Positions/Employment
Scientific Analyst/Programmer II
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) - Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO)
September 2021 - Present
Monitoring and Validation
- Act as point of contact for NASA field campaigns using FLUID support
- Provide scientific plotting and weather forecast services for NASA-sponsored field campaigns
- Assist with fine-tuning and graphical fixes for imagery on GMAO's FLUID data visualization site
Reanalysis Project
- Execute experimental trial runs of candidate builds for the new reanalysis model
- Evaluate experiment results and model performance
Scientific Analyst/Programmer I
Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) - Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO)
October 2017 - September 2021
Monitoring and Validation
- Provide scientific plotting and weather forecast services for NASA-sponsored field campaigns
- Assist with fine-tuning and graphical fixes for imagery on GMAO's FLUID data visualization site
Reanalysis Project
- Execute experimental trial runs of candidate builds for the new reanalysis model
- Evaluate experiment results and model performance
NASA 2017 Summer Intern
NASA - Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO)
July 2017 - September 2017
Advisor- Anton Darminov
Performed experiments with the GEOS GOCART aerosol model testing how changes to particle initial size distribution and gravity settling (dry removal) effective size globally alter dust column mass and AOD. Results were shown at the 2017 summer intern research poster session.
Awards
Publications
Refereed
Dai, A., and C. E. Bloecker. 2018. Impacts of internal variability on temperature and precipitation trends in large ensemble simulations by two climate models Climate Dynamics 52 (1-2): 289-306 [10.1007/s00382-018-4132-4]
Talks, Presentations and Posters
Other
Assimilation of AVHRR Data in a Reanalysis Context
17, 2020
Author: Mohar Chattopadhyay (presenter), Christine Bloecker, Jong Kim, Amal El Akkraoui, Santha Akella and Will McCarty
Conference: AGU Fall 2020 Meeting (Virtual)
Abstract :
The Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is a broad-band, four or five channel scanner, sensing in the visible, near-infrared, and thermal infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Data records from AVHRR instruments on-board Polar Orbiting Satellites span 30 years. The AVHRR radiance from the Infra-red channels have been directly assimilated over the ocean in NASA GEOS system since 2012 and have made a positive contribution towards the skin temperature analysis. Given the positive impact of the assimilation of AVHRR radiance it is necessary to exploit the data for reanalysis related application. The AVHRR data is currently being re-processed at GMAO NASA for historical periods and assimilated in the planned upcoming reanalysis framework. In this poster a description of the re-processing of AVHRR data is provided and a case study from 2004 based on Hurricane Katrina is presented.