Jessica Sutton
(ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCIENTIST)
| Email: | jessica.r.sutton@nasa.gov |
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| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 617 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO |
Education
2016
Ph. D. in Geological Sciences
Certificate of Graduate Study in Applied Statistics
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Advisor: Dr. Venkat Lakshmi
2011
Masters of Environmental Science
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Advisor: Dr. Oswald Schmitz
2009
Bachelor of Arts in Biology
Berea College, Berea, KY
Advisor: Dr. Ralph Thompson
Publications
Refereed
2026. "High-Resolution Precipitation Forecasts for Hurricane Helene Improve Landslide Predictions.", Weather and Forecasting, 41 (6): 1199-1213 [10.1175/waf-d-25-0220.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Better Satellite Precipitation Algorithms Slightly Improved Landslide Hazard Assessment.", Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 64 (10): 1379-1394 [10.1175/jamc-d-25-0021.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Open Inventories of Rainfall‐Triggered Landslides.", Geoscience Data Journal, 12 (4): e70023 [10.1002/gdj3.70023] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Evaluating Precipitation Events Using GPM IMERG 30-Minute Near-Real-Time Precipitation Estimates.", Journal of Hydrometeorology, 25 (7): 991-1006 [10.1175/jhm-d-23-0141.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Comparing Precipitation during Typhoons in the Western North Pacific Using Satellite and In Situ Observations.", Remote Sensing, 14 (4): 877 [10.3390/rs14040877] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Comparison and Bias Correction of TMPA Precipitation Products over the Lower Part of Red–Thai Binh River Basin of Vietnam.", Remote Sensing, 10 (10): 1582 [10.3390/rs10101582] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "From Space to the Rocky Intertidal: Using NASA MODIS Sea Surface Temperature and NOAA Water Temperature to Predict Intertidal Logger Temperature.", Remote Sensing, 9 (2): 162 [10.3390/rs9020162] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "When El Niño Rages: How Satellite Data Can Help Water-Stressed Islands.", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97 (12): 2249-2255 [10.1175/bams-d-15-00219.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "Closing the Pacific Rainfall Data Void.", Eos, 97 [10.1029/2016eo055053] [Journal Article/Letter]
Positions/Employment
Assistant Research Scientist
University of Maryland Baltimore County - Baltimore, MD
September 2022 - Present
Assistant Professor
Berry College - Mount Berry, GA
July 2017 - September 2022
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of South Carolina - Columbia, SC
September 2016 - July 2017
Instructor and Lab Coordinator
University of South Carolina - Columbia, SC
September 2016 - July 2017
Center Lead
SSAI/NASA DEVELOP National Program - Asheville, NC
August 2015 - April 2016
Teaching Experience
Courses Taught at Berry College from 2017 - 2022 as Assistant Professor
- EVS 104: Introduction to Environmental Science with Lab
- EVS 230: Methods in Environmental Science with Lab
- EVS 250: Introduction to Environmental Chemistry with Lab
- EVS 350: Case Studies
- EVS 390/490: Seminar
- EVS 480: Advanced GIS
- BCC 100: First-Year Seminar
Courses Taught at the University of South Carolina from 2016 - 2017 as Instructor and Lab Coordinator
- Biology 301: Ecology and Evolution
Courses Taught at the University of South Carolina from 2012 - 2015 as Doctoral Student
- Geology 101: Introduction to the Earth with Lab
- Geology 103: Environment of the Earth
- Marine Science 210: Oceans and Society Lab
- Marine Science 215: Coastal Environments of the Southeastern United States Lab
Grants
Identification of Virga Precipitation Events
Center and Institute Departmentally-Engaged Research (CIDER) - University of Maryland Baltimore County - Awarded: 2025-01-23
Dates: -
Amount 50,000