Dr. Privé completed a B.S. in mechanical engineering at University of Maryland, College Park, followed by an M.S. and Sc.D. in meteorology at MIT. Her thesis work was on the dynamics of the Hadley circulation and monsoons. From 2005 to 2011, she worked on Observing System Simulation Experiments in support of the NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program at NOAA/ESRL. In 2011, Dr. Privé joined GESTAR to continue working on OSSEs at the NASA Global Modelling and Assimilation Office.
Nikki C Privé
(Assistant Research Scientist)
Org Code: 610.1
NASA/GSFCMail Code: 610.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: MORGAN STATE UNIV.
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Associate Research Scientist
Morgan State University/GESTAR - NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt MD
August 2017 - Present
Assistant Research Scientist
Morgan State University - NASA/GMAO Greenbelt MD
March 2011 - July 2017
Research Associate
Colorado State University - Boulder, CO
October 2005 - February 2011
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, M.S. and Sc.D., Atmospheric Science
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Grants
Microwave Barometric Radar and Sounder (MBARS)
Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) - NASA - Awarded: 2021-11-08
Dates: 2022-02-01 - 2025-01-31
Coverage: 1.0
Amount 3M
12th Workshop on Meteorological Sensitivity Analysis and Data Assimilation
ROSES 2022: Topical Workshops, Symposia, and Conferences - NASA (NNH22ZDA001N-TWSC) - Awarded: 2023-10-20
Dates: -
Selected Publications
Refereed
Privé, N. C., E. L. McGrath-Spangler, D. Carvalho, B. M. Karpowicz, and I. Moradi. 2023. Robustness of Observing System Simulation Experiments Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 75 (1): 309-333 [10.16993/tellusa.3254]
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]
Akkraoui, A. E., N. C. Privé, R. M. Errico, and R. Todling. 2023. The GMAO Hybrid 4D-EnVar Observing System Simulation Experiment framework Monthly Weather Review 151 1717-1734 [10.1175/mwr-d-22-0254.1]
Lin, B., M. W. McLinden, G. M. Heymsfield, et al. Y. Hu, N. C. Privé, L. Li, S. Harrah, K. Horgan, X. Cai, and J. Carswell. 2023. Simulations of sea surface reflection for V-band O2 differential 1 absorption radar barometry Frontiers in Remote Sensing 4 [https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2023.1105627]
McGrath-Spangler, E. L., W. McCarty, N. C. Privé, et al. I. Moradi, B. M. Karpowicz, and J. McCorkel. 2022. Using OSSEs to Evaluate the Impacts of Geostationary Infrared Sounders Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 39 (12): 1903-1918 [https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0033.1]
Privé, N., R. Errico, and A. El Akkraoui. 2022. Investigation of the potential saturation of information from Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation observations with an observing system simulation experiment Monthly Weather Review 150 (6): 1293-1316 [10.1175/mwr-d-21-0230.1]
El Akkraoui, A., D. Carvalho, R. M. Errico, N. C. Privé, and M. G. Bosilovich. 2021. The Role of Analysis Error in the Convergence of Reanalysis Production Streams in MERRA-2 Monthly Weather Review 149 (4): 1041-1054 [10.1175/mwr-d-20-0256.1]
PrivÉ, N. C., R. M. Errico, and W. McCarty. 2021. The importance of simulated errors in observing system simulation experiments Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 73 (1): 1-17 [10.1080/16000870.2021.1886795]
Privé, N. C. 2021. Comment on “Use of Observing System Simulation Experiments in the United States” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 102 (1): E80-E83 [10.1175/bams-d-20-0240.1]
McCarty, W., D. Carvalho, I. Moradi, and N. C. Privé. 2020. Observing System Simulation Experiments Investigating Atmospheric Motion Vectors and Radiances from a Constellation of 4-5 μm Infrared Sounders Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology [10.1175/jtech-d-20-0109.1]
Privé, N. C., R. M. Errico, R. Todling, and A. El Akkraoui. 2020. Evaluation of adjoint‐based observation impacts as a function of forecast length using an Observing System Simulation Experiment Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society qj.3909 [10.1002/qj.3909]
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]
Privé, N. C., and R. M. Errico. 2019. Uncertainty of Observation Impact Estimation in an Adjoint Model Investigated with an Observing System Simulation Experiment Monthly Weather Review 147 (9): 3191-3204 [10.1175/mwr-d-19-0097.1]
Errico, R. M., and N. C. Privé. 2018. Some general and fundamental requirements for designing observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs). World Meteorological Organization White Paper WWRP 2018-8 33
Hoffman, R. N., N. Privé, and M. Bourassa. 2017. Comments on “Reanalyses and Observations: What’s the Difference?” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 98 (11): 2455-2459 [10.1175/bams-d-17-0008.1]
Privé, N. C., and R. M. Errico. 2016. Temporal and Spatial Interpolation Errors of High-Resolution Modeled Atmospheric Fields Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 33 303–311 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0132.1]
Privé, N. C., and R. M. Errico. 2015. Spectral analysis of forecast error investigated with an observing system simulation experiment Tellus A 67 25977 [10.3402/tellusa.v67.25977]
Errico, R. M., N. C. Privé, and W. Gu. 2015. Use of an OSSE to evaluate background-error covariances estimated by the NMC method Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc. 141 611-618 [10.1002/qj.2384]
Privé, N. C., Y. Xie, S. Koch, et al. R. Atlas, S. J. Majumdar, and R. N. Hoffman. 2014. An Observing System Simulation Experiment for the Unmanned Aircraft System Data Impact on Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts Monthly Weather Review 142 (11): 4357-4363 [10.1175/MWR-D-14-00197.1]
Errico, R. M., and N. C. Prive. 2014. An estimate of some analysis-error statistics using the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office observing-system simulation framework Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc. 140 (680): 1005-1012 [10.1002/qj.2180]
Prive, N. C., R. M. Errico, and K.-S. Tai. 2014. The Impact of Increased Frequency of Rawinsonde Observations on Forecast Skill Investigated with an Observing System Simulation Experiment Mon. Weather Rev. 142 (5): 1823-1834 [10.1175/MWR-D-13-00237.1]
Privé, N. C., Y. Xie, J. S. Woollen, et al. S. E. Koch, R. Atlas, and R. E. Hood. 2013. Evaluation of the Earth Systems Research Laboratory’s global Observing System Simulation Experiment system Tellus-A 65 [10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19011]
Privé, N. C., and R. M. Errico. 2013. The role of model and initial condition error in numerical weather forecasting investigated with an observing system simulation experiment Tellus A 65 21740 [10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.21740]
Privé, N. C., R. M. Errico, and K.-S. Tai. 2013. The influence of observation errors on analysis error and forecast skill investigated with an observing system simulation experiment J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 118 (11): 5332-5346 [10.1002/jgrd.50452]
Prive, N. C., R. M. Errico, and K.-S. Tai. 2013. Validation of the forecast skill of the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office Observing System Simulation Experiment Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc. 139 (674): 1354-1363 [10.1002/qj.2029]
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]
Privé, N. C., and R. A. Plumb. 2007. Monsoon Dynamics with Interactive Forcing. Part II: Impact of Eddies and Asymmetric Geometries Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 64 (5): 1431-1442 [10.1175/jas3917.1]
Privé, N. C., and R. A. Plumb. 2007. Monsoon Dynamics with Interactive Forcing. Part I: Axisymmetric Studies Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 64 (5): 1417-1430 [10.1175/jas3916.1]
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.
Gelaro, R., W. M. Putman, S. Pawson, et al. C. S. Draper, A. M. Molod, P. M. Norris, L. E. Ott, N. C. Privé, O. Reale, D. Achuthavarier, M. G. Bosilovich, V. J. Buchard, W. C. Chao, L. Coy, R. I. Cullather, A. M. Da Silva, A. S. Darmenov, R. M. Errico, M. Fuentes, M.-J. Kim, R. D. Koster, W. R. Mccarty, J. Nattala, G. S. Partyka, S. D. Schubert, G. R. Vernieres, Y. V. Vikhliaev, and K. Wargan. 2015. Evaluation of the 7-km GEOS-5 Nature Run NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 36 (NASA/TM-2014-104606):