(Senior Research Scientist)
| Email: | bryan.m.karpowicz@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.5292 |
| Org Code: | 610.1 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 610.1 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO |
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR/GESTAR II) - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
September 2018 - Present
US Naval Research Laboratory Marine Meteorology Division (Civil Servant 7/2017-8/2018, Contractor Devine, Inc 5/2015-7/2017). - Monterey, CA
May 2015 - August 2018
Self, contracted by Southwest Research Institute - Various Locations
June 2011 - May 2015
National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. Airborne Observation Platform - Boulder, CO
November 2011 - September 2014
Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), Inc, Trace Gas Remote Sensing Group - Lexington, MA
December 2009 - April 2011
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, December 2009 (defended, awarded May 2010).
Master of Science, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, May 2007
Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2003
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, May 2001
2025. "Examining the Complementarity of GEO and LEO Hyperspectral Infrared Sounders for NWP.", Earth and Space Science, 12 (3): e2024EA003965 [https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EA003965] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "The CRTM Transmittance Coefficient Package.", Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 109380 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2025.109380] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Impacts of an Early Morning Low Earth Orbit Observing Platform in a Future Global Observing Network Scenario.", Tellus-A, 76 (1): 227-249 [https://doi.org/10.16993/tellusa.4080] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Enabling the Assimilation of CrIS Shortwave Infrared Observations in Global NWP at NOAA. Part II: OSEs and Results.", Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, [10.1175/jtech-d-23-0149.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Enabling the Assimilation of CrIS Shortwave Infrared Observations in Global NWP at NOAA. Part I: Background and Methods.", Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, [10.1175/jtech-d-23-0148.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Using the GEOS 5 Nature Run to Simulate 2053 nm Coherent Doppler Wind Lidar Observations.", Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 41 (7): 665–683 [10.1175/jtech-d-23-0117.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Using OSSEs to Evaluate GXS Impact in the Context of International Coordination.", Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 41 (3): 261-278 [10.1175/jtech-d-23-0141.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Robustness of Observing System Simulation Experiments.", Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 75 (1): 309-333 [10.16993/tellusa.3254] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Tropospheric ozone data assimilation in the NASA GEOS composition forecast modeling system (GEOS-CF v2.0) using satellite data for ozone vertical profiles (MLS), total ozone columns (OMI), and thermal infrared radiances (AIRS, IASI).", Environmental Research Letters, [10.1088/1748-9326/acf0b7] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Assessment of Geo-Kompsat-2A Atmospheric Motion Vector Data and Its Assimilation Impact in the GEOS Atmospheric Data Assimilation System.", Remote Sensing, 14 (21): 5287 [10.3390/rs14215287] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "pyCRTM: A python interface for the community radiative transfer model.", Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 288 108263 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2022.108263] [Journal Article/Letter]
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] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Assessment of retrieved GMI emissivity over land, snow, and sea ice in the GEOS system.", Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, [10.1175/jtech-d-21-0187.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Novel Parameterization of Ice Cloud Effective Diameter from Collocated CALIOP-IIR and CloudSat Retrievals.", Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 61 (7): 891-907 [10.1175/jamc-d-21-0163.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "A deep learning approach to fast radiative transfer.", Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 280 108088 [10.1016/j.jqsrt.2022.108088] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Investigating the utility of hyperspectral sounders in the 9.6 μm band to improve ozone analyses.", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, [10.1002/qj.4198] [Journal Article/Letter]
2016. "High-Precision Laboratory Measurements Supporting Retrieval of Water Vapor, Gaseous Ammonia, and Aqueous Ammonia Clouds with the Juno Microwave Radiometer (MWR).", Space Science Reviews, 213 (1-4): 187-204 [10.1007/s11214-016-0265-0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Investigating the H2–He–H2O–CH4 equation of state in the deep troposphere of Jupiter.", Icarus, 223 (1): 277-297 [10.1016/j.icarus.2012.11.026] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Reconciling the centimeter- and millimeter-wavelength ammonia absorption spectra under jovian conditions: Extensive millimeter-wavelength measurements and a consistent model.", Icarus, 212 (1): 224-235 [10.1016/j.icarus.2010.12.010] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "In search of water vapor on Jupiter: Laboratory measurements of the microwave properties of water vapor under simulated jovian conditions.", Icarus, 212 (1): 210-223 [10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.035] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "A new model of the hydrogen and helium-broadened microwave opacity of ammonia based on extensive laboratory measurements.", Icarus, 202 (1): 316-335 [10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.002] [Journal Article/Letter]
24th International TOVS Study Conference
March 21, 2023
Karpowicz, B.M., "Improving CrIS Infrared Assimilation in the GEOS Atmospheric Data Assimilation System"
AGU Annual Fall Meeting
December 14, 2021
Karpowicz, B.M., Y. Zhu, and S.J. Munchak "Assessment of retrieved GMI emissivity over land, snow and sea ice in the GEOS system"
23rd International TOVS Study Conference
June 30, 2021
Karpowicz, B.M. and WIll McCarty "Assimilation of CrIS Shortwave Infrared Channels into the GEOS Atmospheric Data Assimilation System"
American Geophysical Union, Annual Fall Meeting
December 10, 2019
Karpowicz, B.M., W. McCarty, K. Wargan "Improved ozone analyses using direct assimilation of 9.6μm radiances from hyperspectral sounders"
22nd International TOVS Study Conference
November 4, 2019
Karpowicz, B.M., W. McCarty, K. Wargan "Improvements to Ozone Analyses using Hyperspectral Sounders in the 9.6 um Band"
NASA Sounder Science Team Meeting
September 27, 2019
Karpowicz, B.M., W. McCarty, K. Wargan "Improvements to Ozone Analyses using Hyperspectral Sounders in the 9.6 μm Band"
17th JCSDA Technical Review Meeting and Science Workshop
May 30, 2019
Karpowicz, B.M., W. McCarty, K. Wargan “Investigating the Utility of Hyperspectral Sounders in the 9.6 µm Band to Improve Analyses”
IODA Workshop, Joint Center for Data Assimilation, Monterey, CA
February 11, 2019
Will McCarty and Bryan Karpowicz, Atmospheric Observation Considerations for IODA at the GMAO
2019 Annual AMS Meeting
January 9, 2019
Erica K Dolinar, B. M. Karpowicz, J. R. Campbell, K. C. Viner, and X. Dong, "A New Cloud Ice Microphysical Parameterization Developed from CALIOP/CloudSat for Numerical Weather Prediction"
21st International TOVS Study Conference
November 2017
Karpowicz, B.M., B.C. Ruston, S.D. Swadley, Microwave Radiance Assimilation at NRL: Advanced Techniques, Developments, and Future Sensors
The 14 th JCSDA Workshop on Satellite Data Assimilation
May 2016
Stone, R., N. Baker, P. Pauley, B. Karpowicz, “Comparison and Impact of Newly Available Atmospheric Motion Vectors in NAVGEM”
The 20 th International TOVS Study Conference (ITSC-20) Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
December 2015
Ruston, B., N. Baker, S. Swadley, T. Maurer, W. Campbell, R. Langland, K. Hoppel, J.McCormack, Stephen Eckermann, B. Karpowicz, Improvements in the Use of Humidity from Hyperspectral IR
2014 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.
June 2014
Karpowicz, B.M., N. Leisso, T. Kampe, “A Synergistic Approach to Atmospheric Correction of NEON’s Airborne Hyperspectral Data Utilizing Airborne Solar Spectral Flux Radiometers, Ground Based Radiometers, and Airborne Hyperspectral Imagers"