1991 Ph.D., Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman Oklahoma
1981 M.S., Meteorology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1979 B.S, Meteorology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (High Honors)
Meta E Sienkiewicz
(PROGRAMMER ANALYST)
Org Code: 610.1
NASA/GSFCMail Code: 610.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC
Positions/Employment
Chief Research Scientist
SSAI - Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard
March 2012 - Present
Support Scientist
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) - Global Modeling and Assmilation Office, NASA GSFC Data Assimilation Office, NASA GSFC
July 1993 - February 2012
Resident Research Associate
National Research Council - Data Assimilation Office, NASA GSFC
June 1991 - June 1993
Education
Professional Societies
American Meteorological Society
1978 - Present
American Geophysical Union
1999 - Present
Publications
Refereed
Privé, N. C., M. McLinden, B. Lin, et al. I. Moradi, M. E. Sienkiewicz, G. M. Heymsfield, and W. McCarty. 2023. Impacts of marine surface pressure observations from a spaceborne differential absorption radar investigated with an observing system simulation experiment Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 40 897-918 [10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0088.1]
Errico, R. M., D. Carvalho, N. C. Privé, and M. Sienkiewicz. 2020. Simulation of Atmospheric Motion Vectors for an Observing System Simulation Experiment Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 37 (3): 489-505 [10.1175/jtech-d-19-0079.1]
Gelaro, R., W. McCarty, M. J. Suárez, et al. R. Todling, A. Molod, L. Takacs, C. Randles, A. Darmenov, M. G. Bosilovich, R. Reichle, K. Wargan, L. Coy, R. Cullather, C. Draper, S. Akella, V. Buchard, A. Conaty, A. da Silva, W. Gu, G.-K. Kim, R. Koster, R. Lucchesi, D. Merkova, J. E. Nielsen, G. Partyka, S. Pawson, W. Putman, M. Rienecker, S. D. Schubert, M. Sienkiewicz, and B. Zhao. 2017. The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) Journal of Climate 30 5419–5454 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0758.1]
Errico, R. M., R. Yang, N. C. Prive, et al. K.-S. Tai, R. Todling, M. E. Sienkiewicz, and J. Guo. 2013. Development and validation of observing-system simulation experiments at NASA's Global Modeling and Assimilation Office Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc. 139 (674): 1162-1178 [10.1002/qj.2027]
Rienecker, M. M., M. J. Suarez, R. Gelaro, et al. R. Todling, J. Bacmeister, E. Liu, M. G. Bosilovich, S. D. Schubert, L. Takacs, G.-K. Kim, S. Bloom, J. Chen, D. Collins, A. Conaty, A. da Silva, W. Gu, J. Joiner, R. D. Koster, R. Lucchesi, A. Molod, T. Owens, S. Pawson, P. Pegion, C. R. Redder, R. H. Reichle, F. R. Robertson, A. G. Ruddick, M. Sienkiewicz, and J. Woollen. 2011. MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications J. Climate 24 (14): 3624-3648 [10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00015.1]
Cohn, S. E., A. Da Silva, J. Guo, M. Sienkiewicz, and D. Lamich. 1998. Assessing the Effects of Data Selection with the DAO Physical-Space Statistical Analysis System* Monthly Weather Review 126 (11): 2913--2926
Sienkiewicz, M. E., and J. Pfaendtner. 1997. Assimilation Variability in the GEOS-1 Data Assimilation System Monthly Weather Review 125 (4): 560-571 [10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0560:avitgd>2.0.co;2]
Non-Refereed
Errico, R. M., N. C. Prive, D. Carvalho, et al. M. E. Sienkiewicz, A. El Akkraoui, J. Guo, R. Todling, W. R. Mccarty, W. M. Putman, A. M. Da Silva, R. Gelaro, and I. Moradi. 2017. Description of the GMAO OSSE for Weather Analysis Software Package: Version 3 NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2017-104606 48 156 pp.
Mccarty, W. R., L. Coy, R. Gelaro, et al. A. Huang, D. Merkova, E. B. Smith, M. E. Sienkiewicz, and K. Wargan. 2016. MERRA-2 Input Observations: Summary and Assessment Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 46 (NASA/TM–2016-104606):