Gary S Partyka
(PROGRAMMER/ANALYST)
| Email: | gary.s.partyka@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.5879 |
| Org Code: | 610.1 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 610.1 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC |
Brief Bio
EDUCATION
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 2000
M.S., Atmospheric Science
Thesis: Implementation of a Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction Model – MM5
Advisor: D. L. Zhang
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1996
B.S., Meteorology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SSAI 2000-Present
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Senior Science Researcher
NASA/GSFC Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
Howard University 2004, 2005
Washington, DC
Instructor
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Maryland 1997-1999
Instructor and Teaching Assistant Positions
National Weather Service 1994-1996
Miami, Florida
Forecaster Meteorologist
PUBLICATIONS
Molod A, Partyka G. IMPACT OF LIMITING OCEAN ROUGHNESS ON GEOS-5 AGCM TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECASTS. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2013;40 (2):411-416.
Reichle R, Liu Q, Koster R, Draper C, Mahanama S, Partyka, G LAND SURFACE PRECIPITATION IN MERRA-2. Journal of Climate
AWARDS
GMAO Annual Excellence Awards (2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012)
GMAO Special Recognition Award on “Tropical cyclone vortex relocation in NASA/NOAA" (2011)
DAO/SRT outstanding Performance Award for “Important contributions to the development and application of innovative data processing and analysis techniques in support of the FvDAS and GEOS validation efforts.” (2008)
Citation indices All Since 2011
Citations 13 13
h-index 2 2
i10-index 1 1
Publications
Refereed
2022. "Stratospheric Circulation Changes Associated with the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai Eruption.", Geophysical Research Letters, 49 [10.1029/2022gl100982] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2).", Journal of Climate, 30 5419–5454 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0758.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Evaluation of the Ozone Fields in NASA’s MERRA-2 Reanalysis.", Journal of Climate, 30 (8): 2961–2988 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0699.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Land Surface Precipitation in MERRA-2.", Journal of Climate, 30 (5): 1643-1664 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0570.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Tropical Cyclones in the 7km NASA Global Nature Run for use in Observing System Simulation Experiments.", Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34 (1): 73-100 [10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0094.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "The impact of limiting ocean roughness on GEOS-5 AGCM tropical cyclone forecasts.", Geophysical Research Letters, 40 (2): 411-416 [10.1029/2012GL053979] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2015. "MERRA-2: Initial Evaluation of the Climate.", NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, 43 (NASA/TM–2015–10) 139 pp. [Report]
2015. "Evaluation of the 7-km GEOS-5 Nature Run.", NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation , 36 (NASA/TM-2014-104606): [Report]