Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Hiroko Kato Beaudoing

(COMPUTER SCIENTIST)

Hiroko Kato Beaudoing's Contact Card & Information.
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


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. 

Research Interests


Land Surface Modeling

Earth Science: Hydrology / Water Cycle

Water 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]