Kim is a Senior Research Scientist with NASA Goddard's Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, leading collaborations and engagement efforts for the NASA Water Insight project, including the NLDAS-3 and NASA HydroGlobe water, land and agriculture integrated remote sensing and modeling systems. Kim facilitates the use of Earth observations for more sustainable agriculture, water resources and land management by connecting researchers with decision makers and data users. Kim also supports engagement and data product co-development with NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), UNL's National Drought Mitigation Center, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Microsoft, the Gates Foundation, and other public- and private-sector partners. Previously, Kim coordinated NASA Agriculture program's outreach and engagement efforts, including the agency's involvement in Commodity Classic '22 and '23, and she was lead planner for the "Space for Ag" farm tours across Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa for NASA Earth Science Division's Director. Kim served as Assistant Manager of the NASA Harvest Consortium, helping to coordinate over 30 projects related to crop monitoring and global food security. Kim has coordinated projects at the interface of environmental research, policy, and applications, from studying farmers’ adoption of renewable energy technologies to co-founding a company building recirculating aquaponics systems powered by landfill gas to coordinating a bi-state, bi-national resource management plan for the Lake Champlain watershed. She received her Masters in Hydrology and Watershed Management from the Yale School of the Environment and a BA in Geology from Oberlin College.
Kim A Locke
(Engagement Lead, NASA WaterView Project)
| Email: | kim.a.locke@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | 617 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 617 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | Science Application International Corp. |
Brief Bio
Education
Yale School of the Environment, MEM, 1991
Awards
HBG Peer Award, 2024 - Ambassador; for her pivotal role in facilitating stakeholder outreach and fostering collaboration in multiple projects.
HBG Peer Award, 2024 - Scientific/ Technical Support; for outstanding support for NASA's Earth Information System.
HBG Peer Award, 2024 - Outreach; for coordination excellence for the Space for Ag Tour - Iowa Edition.
NASA Honor Awards, 2022 – Excellence in Collaboration; for coordinating the "Space for Ag Tour" of Nebraska and Kansas.
HBG Peer Award, 2022 - Outreach; for outstanding outreach and coordination efforts in support of the Earth Information System project.
Publications
Refereed
2024. "Nonstationarity in the global terrestrial water cycle and its interlinkages in the Anthropocene.", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121 (45): [10.1073/pnas.2403707121] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Droughts impede water balance recovery from fires in the Western United States.", Nature Ecology & Evolution, [10.1038/s41559-023-02266-8] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Interconnected hydrologic extreme drivers and impacts depicted by remote sensing data assimilation.", Scientific Reports, 13 (1): 3411 [10.1038/s41598-023-30484-4] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Climate and human impacts on hydrological processes and flood risk in southern Louisiana.", Water Resources Research, [10.1029/2022wr033238] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Flash Drought Onset and Development Mechanisms Captured with Soil Moisture and Vegetation Data Assimilation.", Water Resources Research, 58 (12): e2022WR032894 [10.1029/2022wr032894] [Journal Article/Letter]