Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Sergey Vladimirovich Korkin

(RESEARCH SCHOLAR)

Sergey Vladimirovich Korkin's Contact Card & Information.
Email: sergey.v.korkin@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.5153
Org Code: 613
Address:
NASA/GSFC
 Mail Code 613
 Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO

Brief Bio

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Electro optical systems (radiative transfer), Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University), Moscow, Russia, 2009.

M.Sc., Engineering and technology in electronics and microelectonics, Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University), Moscow, Russia, 2006.

B.Sc., Engineering and technology in electronics and microelectonics, Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University), Moscow, Russia, 2004.

EMPLOYMENT:

Senior Research Scientist. University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD, USA), 2021 - Present.

Senior Scientist, Earth Sciences. Universities Space Research Association (Columbia, MD, USA), 2019 - 2021.

Scientist, Earth Sciences. Universities Space Research Association (Columbia, MD, USA), 2011 - 2019.

Research Associate. University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD, USA), 2010 – 2011.

Lead Engineer. Avicon Technologies (Moscow, Russia), 2007 – 2009.

Engineer. Light Engineering Department of Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University) (Moscow, Russia), 2006 – 2009.

Research Interests

Light scattering in atmospheres and ocean

Earth Science: Theory & Modeling

Scientific software development and application

Earth Science: Remote Sensing

Professional Service

Reviewer
• Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (JQSRT);
• Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (JAS);
• Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT);
• Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR);
• Optics Express (Opt. Exp.)

Awards

SELECTED AWARDS:

• 2022 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Climate and Radiation Laboratory Scientific Achievement Award – Best First-Authored Paper: “For a review paper of great clarity and utility describing the principles of building a radiative transfer code for Earth Science applications”.

• 2021: NASA GSFC Climate and Radiation Laboratory Scientific Achievement Award “For advancing polarized spherical-shell radiative transfer in support of MAIAC algorithm implementation on MODIS, VIIRS, EPIC, and geostationary sensors”

• 2018: The NASA Goddard 610AT “Noteworthy Contribution Group” Award “For development of code MAIAC and release of MODIS Collection 6 operational data product MCD19” (A.Lyapustin, Y.Wang, and S.Korkin)

• 2018: Recognized by Elsevier among Most Valued Reviewers for Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (JQSRT) in 2017 (link).

• 2017 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Climate and Radiation Laboratory Special Award for an Act of Exceptional Merit for “development of the polarized radiative transfer code SORD, and its integration into the AERONET v3 processing algorithm”.

• The 2016 Elsevier/JQSRT Richard M. Goody Award for “Atmospheric Radiation and Remote Sensing”.

• 2016 Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Goddard Earth Science Technology and Research (GESTAR Annual Excellence Award for “contribution in radiative transfer modeling and his successful development and application of SORD and IPOL models”.

• Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (JQSRT) 2016 Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing in recognition of the significant contributions made to the quality of the journal.

Publications

Refereed

2024. "Light-absorbing black carbon and brown carbon components of smoke aerosol from DSCOVR EPIC measurements over North America and Central Africa." EGUsphere [10.5194/egusphere-2024-1327] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Radiative interaction of atmosphere and surface: Write-up with elements of code." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 309 108663 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108663] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Calibration of the SNPP and NOAA 20 VIIRS sensors for continuity of the MODIS climate data records." Remote Sensing of Environment 295 113717 [10.1016/j.rse.2023.113717] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "The CHROMA cloud-top pressure retrieval algorithm for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite mission." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 16 (4): 969-996 [10.5194/amt-16-969-2023] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "VLIDORT-QS: A quasi-spherical vector radiative transfer model." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 291 108341 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2022.108341] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Numerical Results for Polarized Light Scattering in a Spherical Atmosphere." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 287 108194 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2022.108194] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "A practical guide to writing a radiative transfer code." Computer Physics Communications 271 108198 [10.1016/j.cpc.2021.108198] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Atmospheric Correction of DSCOVR EPIC: Version 2 MAIAC Algorithm." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 2 [10.3389/frsen.2021.748362] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Retrievals of Aerosol Optical Depth and Spectral Absorption From DSCOVR EPIC." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 2 [10.3389/frsen.2021.645794] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Revised and extended benchmark results for Rayleigh scattering of sunlight in spherical atmospheres." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 254 107181 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.107181] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "The AERONET Version 3 aerosol retrieval algorithm, associated uncertainties and comparisons to Version 2." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 13 (6): 3375-3411 [10.5194/amt-13-3375-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "MAIAC Thermal Technique for Smoke Injection Height From MODIS." IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 1-5; [10.1109/lgrs.2019.2936332] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Matrix exponential in C/C++ version of vector radiative transfer code IPOL." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 227 106-110 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.02.009] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Advancements in the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Version 3 database – automated near-real-time quality control algorithm with improved cloud screening for Sun photometer aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 12 (1): 169-209 [10.5194/amt-12-169-2019] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "MODIS Collection 6 MAIAC algorithm." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 11 (10): 5741-5765 [10.5194/amt-11-5741-2018] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Vector radiative transfer code SORD: Performance analysis and quick start guide." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 200 295-310 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.04.035] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "A new code SORD for simulation of polarized light scattering in the Earth atmosphere." Polarization: Measurement, Analysis, and Remote Sensing XII [10.1117/12.2223423] [Proceedings]

2015. "IPRT polarized radiative transfer model intercomparison project - phase A." J. Quant. Spect. Rad. Trans 164 8-36 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.05.007] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Scientific impact of MODIS C5 calibration degradation and C6+ improvements." Atmos. Meas. Tech. 7 4353-4365 [10.5194/amt-7-4353-2014] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "APC: A new code for Atmospheric Polarization Computations." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 127 1-11 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.06.019] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Multi-angle implementation of atmospheric correction for MODIS (MAIAC): 3. Atmospheric correction." Rem. Sens. Env 127 385-393 [10.1016/j.rse.2012.09.002] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Improved cloud and snow screening in MAIAC aerosol retrievals using spectral and spatial analysis." Atmos. Meas. Tech. 5 (4): 843-850 [10.5194/amt-5-843-2012] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Modifications of discrete ordinate method for computations with high scattering anisotropy: Comparative analysis." J. Quan. Spec. Rad. Trans 113 (16): 2040-2048 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.07.022] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "On the accuracy of double scattering approximation for atmospheric polarization computations." J. Quant. Spec. Rad. Trans 113 (2): 172-181 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.10.008] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "Reduction of aerosol absorption in Beijing since 2007 from MODIS and AERONET." Geophysical Research Letters 38 (10): L10803 [10.1029/2011GL047306] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "Multiangle implementation of atmospheric correction (MAIAC): 2. Aerosol algorithm." J. Geophys. Res. 116 (D3): D03211 [10.1029/2010JD014986] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "Analysis of the radiative transfer equation with highly assymetric phase function." J Quan Spec Rad Tran 112 (10): 1595-1608 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.03.016] [Journal Article/Letter]

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