Kim is a Senior Research Scientist with NASA Goddard's Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, leading collaborations and engagement efforts for the NASA WaterView project (water and agriculture white paper), including NLDAS-3 and NASA HydroGlobe land/ hydrology modeling and remote sensing data assimilation 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 NASA's Water Resources and Agriculture Program's outreach and engagement efforts, coordinating the agency's involvement in Commodity Classic '22 and '23 and planning the "Space for Ag" outreach tours" across Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa. Kim formerly co-led activities of Goddard’s Food Security and Mission Applications work groups and helped staff the Climate and Environmental Health, Air Quality and Health, Disasters, and Interagency Chesapeake Bay work groups. Kim also worked with the Stakeholder Engagement Team at NASA’s Western Water Applications Office, focusing on effective stakeholder engagement with WWAO’s large-scale basin projects. Kim served as Assistant Manager of the NASA Harvest Consortium at the University of Maryland, 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 MS in Hydrology and Watershed Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies 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]