Ms. Hiroko Beaudoing (Kato) received a BS in Meteorology from Texas A&M University and a MS in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her graduate study focused on derivation of high resolution surface radiation budget over the Amazon using a geostationary satellite data and studying the impact of biomass burning on shortwave fluxes. She joined ESSIC as a faculty research assistant in 2004 and has been working for the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) project at Hydrological Sciences Lab, NASA/GSFC. Her current research focuses on improving estimation of states and fluxes by the land surface models and understanding of terrestrial water and energy cycle at global scale.
Hiroko Kato Beaudoing
(COMPUTER SCIENTIST)
Email: | hiroko.kato-1@nasa.gov |
Org Code: | 617 |
Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 617 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
Employer: | UNIV OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK |
Brief Bio
Research Interests
Land Surface Modeling
Earth Science: Hydrology / Water CycleWater and energy cycles climatology and monitoring.
Use of remote sensing data in land surface modeling and evaluation.
Irrigation impacts on surface water and energy balance in continental to global scale.
Current Projects
Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS)
Project website: https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.php
GRACE Drought Monitor
Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions from GRACE Data Assimilation for the US Drougt Monitor. Project website: http://nasagrace.unl.edu/Default.aspx
Positions/Employment
Faculty Specialist / Computer Scientist
ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park / Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA/GSFC - Greenbelt, MD
October 2015 - Present
Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Rodell. Support the Global Land Data Assimilation Systems (GLDAS) project through massive data management/archive, land surface modeling, code development, and products delivery. Implement irrigation in global land surface simulations. Support the drought monitor project using the GRACE satellite observation.
Faculty Research Assistant / Computer Scientist
ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park / Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA/GSFC - Greenbelt, MD
June 2004 - October 2015
Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Rodell. Support the Global Land Data Assimilation Systems (GLDAS) project through massive data management/archive, land surface modeling, code development, and products delivery. Implement irrigation in global land surface simulations. Support the drought monitor project using the GRACE satellite observation.
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland - College Park, MD
January 2002 - May 2004
Derived high resolution shortwave radiation budget over Amazon basin using the GOES satellite data.
Education
M.S., Meteorology, 2003, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
B.S., Atmospheric Science, 2001, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
A.S., Physics, 1999, Blinn College, Brian, TX
Awards
Hydrosphere, Biosphere, and Geophysics 2019 Annual Award for Scientific/Technical Support.
Selected Publications
Refereed
2019. "NCA-LDAS land analysis: Development and performance of a multisensor, multivariate land data assimilation system for the National Climate Assessment." J. Hydrometeor. 20 (8): 1571-1593 [10.1175/JHM-D-17-0125.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Chapter 92: Large-Scale and Global Hydrology." Handbook of Applied Hydrology 92.1-92.7 [Article in Book]
2016. "Evaluation of the Snow Simulations from the Community Land Model, Version 4 (CLM4)." Journal of Hydrometeorology 17 (1): 153-170 [10.1175/jhm-d-14-0165.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Assimilation of GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Observations into a Land Surface Model for the Assessment of Regional Flood Potential." Remote Sensing 7 (11): 14663-14679 [10.3390/rs71114663] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "The Observed State of the Water Cycle in the Early Twenty-First Century." Journal of Climate 28 (21): 8289–8318 [10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00555.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Estimating evapotranspiration using an observation based terrestrial water budget." Hydrological Processes 25 (26): 4082–4092 [10.1002/hyp.8369] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Simulating the Effects of Irrigation over the United States in a Land Surface Model Based on Satellite-Derived Agricultural Data." J. Hydrometeor 11 (1): 171-184 [10.1175/2009JHM1116.1] [Journal Article/Letter]