Dr. Edward Paul Nowottnick

Dr. Edward Paul Nowottnick

  • Rsch AST, Earth Sciences Remote Sens
  • 301.614.6553
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 612
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA
  • Positions/Employment

    6/2020 - Present

    Research Physical Scientist

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
    8/2014 - 6/2020

    Scientist, Earth Sciences

    GESTAR/USRA, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
    9/2011 - 8/2014

    Post-doc Fellow

    NASA Post-Doctoral Program Oak Ridge Associated Universities, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD  

    Education

    University of Maryland, College Park, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Ph. D (2011)
    University of Maryland, College Park, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, M.S. (2007)
    University of Maryland, College Park, Physical Sciences, B.S. (2005)

    Research Interests

    Aerosols

     

    Atmospheric Dynamics

     

    Remote Sensing

     

    Theory & Modeling

     

    Data Assimilation

    Professional Societies

    American Geophysical Union, 2005 - Present
    American Meteorological Society, 2005 - Present

    Professional Service

    • Referee, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
    • Referee, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
    • Referee, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
    • Referee, Atmospheric Research
    • Referee, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
    • Referee, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

    Awards

    • NASA GSFC Code 610 Outstanding Performance in Science Software Development, 2016
    • NASA Group Achievement Award: Cloud Aerosol Transport System (CATS) Team, 2015
    • NASA Group Achievement Award: Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Team, 2014
    • NASA NPP Fellowship, 2011-2014
    • NASA Earth System Science Student Fellowship, 2007-2010
    • Best AeroCenter Seminar, 2012

    Other Professional Information

    • NASA GSFC AeroCenter Committee Member, 2017 - Present
    • NASA GSFC Early Career Scientist Forum Committee Member, 2017 - Present

    Selected Publications

    Refereed

    Reid, J. S., H. B. Maring, G. T. Narisma, et al. S. van den Heever, L. Di Girolamo, R. Ferrare, P. Lawson, G. G. Mace, J. B. Simpas, S. Tanelli, L. Ziemba, B. van Diedenhoven, R. Bruintjes, A. Bucholtz, B. Cairns, M. O. Cambaliza, G. Chen, G. S. Diskin, J. H. Flynn, C. A. Hostetler, R. E. Holz, T. J. Lang, K. S. Schmidt, G. Smith, A. Sorooshian, E. J. Thompson, K. L. Thornhill, C. Trepte, J. Wang, S. Woods, S. Yoon, M. Alexandrov, S. Alvarez, C. G. Amiot, J. R. Bennett, M. Brooks, S. P. Burton, E. Cayanan, H. Chen, A. Collow, E. Crosbie, A. DaSilva, J. P. DiGangi, D. D. Flagg, S. W. Freeman, D. Fu, E. Fukada, M. R. Hilario, Y. Hong, S. M. Hristova-Veleva, R. Kuehn, R. S. Kowch, G. R. Leung, J. Loveridge, K. Meyer, R. M. Miller, M. J. Montes, J. N. Moum, T. Nenes, S. W. Nesbitt, M. Norgren, E. P. Nowottnick, R. M. Rauber, E. A. Reid, S. Rutledge, J. S. Schlosser, T. T. Sekiyama, M. A. Shook, G. A. Sokolowsky, S. A. Stamnes, T. Y. Tanaka, A. Wasilewski, P. Xian, Q. Xiao, Z. Xu, and J. Zavaleta. 2023. "The coupling between tropical meteorology, aerosol lifecycle, convection, and radiation, during the Cloud, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex)." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, [10.1175/bams-d-21-0285.1]

    Yorks, J. E., J. Wang, M. J. McGill, et al. M. Follette-Cook, E. P. Nowottnick, J. S. Reid, P. R. Colarco, J. Zhang, O. Kalashnikova, H. Yu, F. Marenco, J. A. Santanello, T. M. Weckwerth, Z. Li, J. R. Campbell, P. Yang, M. Diao, V. Noel, K. G. Meyer, J. L. Carr, M. Garay, K. Christian, A. Bennedetti, A. M. Ring, A. Crawford, M. J. Pavolonis, V. Aquila, J. Kim, and S. Kondragunta. 2023. "A SmallSat Concept to Resolve Diurnal and Vertical Variations of Aerosols, Clouds, and Boundary Layer Height." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, [10.1175/bams-d-21-0179.1]

    Lu, Z., J. Wang, X. Chen, et al. J. Zeng, Y. Wang, X. Xu, K. E. Christian, J. E. Yorks, E. P. Nowottnick, J. S. Reid, and P. Xian. 2023. "First Mapping of Monthly and Diurnal Climatology of Saharan Dust Layer Height Over the Atlantic Ocean From EPIC/DSCOVR in Deep Space." Geophysical Research Letters, 50 (5): [10.1029/2022gl102552]

    Collow, A. B., V. Buchard, P. R. Colarco, et al. A. M. da Silva, R. Govindaraju, E. P. Nowottnick, S. Burton, R. Ferrare, C. Hostetler, and L. Ziemba. 2022. "An evaluation of biomass burning aerosol mass, extinction, and size distribution in GEOS using observations from CAMP2Ex." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22 (24): 16091-16109 [10.5194/acp-22-16091-2022]

    Nowottnick, E. P., K. E. Christian, J. E. Yorks, et al. M. J. McGill, N. Midzak, P. A. Selmer, Z. Lu, J. Wang, and S. V. Salinas. 2022. "Aerosol Detection from the Cloud–Aerosol Transport System on the International Space Station: Algorithm Overview and Implications for Diurnal Sampling." Atmosphere, 13 (9): 1439 [10.3390/atmos13091439]

    Palm, S. P., P. Selmer, J. Yorks, S. Nicholls, and E. Nowottnick. 2021. "Planetary Boundary Layer Height Estimates From ICESat-2 and CATS Backscatter Measurements." Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 2: [10.3389/frsen.2021.716951]

    Yorks, J. E., P. A. Selmer, A. Kupchock, et al. E. P. Nowottnick, K. E. Christian, D. Rusinek, N. Dacic, and M. J. McGill. 2021. "Aerosol and Cloud Detection Using Machine Learning Algorithms and Space-Based Lidar Data." Atmosphere, 12 (5): 606 [10.3390/atmos12050606]

    Proestakis, E., V. Amiridis, E. Marinou, et al. I. Binietoglou, A. Ansmann, U. Wandinger, J. Hofer, J. Yorks, E. Nowottnick, A. Makhmudov, A. Papayannis, A. Pietruczuk, A. Gialitaki, A. Apituley, A. Szkop, C. Muñoz Porcar, D. Bortoli, D. Dionisi, D. Althausen, D. Mamali, D. Balis, D. Nicolae, E. Tetoni, G. L. Liberti, H. Baars, I. Mattis, I. S. Stachlewska, K. A. Voudouri, L. Mona, M. Mylonaki, M. R. Perrone, M. J. Costa, M. Sicard, N. Papagiannopoulos, N. Siomos, P. Burlizzi, R. Pauly, R. Engelmann, S. Abdullaev, and G. Pappalardo. 2019. "EARLINET evaluation of the CATS Level 2 aerosol backscatter coefficient product." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19 (18): 11743-11764 [10.5194/acp-19-11743-2019]

    Nowottnick, E. P., P. R. Colarco, S. A. Braun, et al. D. O. Barahona, A. da Silva, D. L. Hlavka, M. J. McGill, and J. R. Spackman. 2018. "Dust Impacts on the 2012 Hurricane Nadine Track during the NASA HS3 Field Campaign." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, JAS-D-17-0237.1 [10.1175/jas-d-17-0237.1]

    Yorks, J. E., M. J. McGill, S. P. Palm, et al. D. L. Hlavka, P. A. Selmer, E. P. Nowottnick, M. A. Vaughan, S. D. Rodier, and W. D. Hart. 2016. "An overview of the CATS level 1 processing algorithms and data products." Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (9): 4632-4639 [10.1002/2016gl068006]

    Randles, C. A., A. M. Da Silva, V. J. Buchard, et al. A. S. Darmenov, P. R. Colarco, V. Aquila, H. Bian, E. P. Nowottnick, X. Pan, H. Yu, and R. C. Govindaraju. 2016. "The MERRA-2 Aerosol Assimilation." Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, 45:

    Nowottnick, E. P., P. R. Colarco, E. J. Welton, and A. M. Da Silva. 2015. "Use of the CALIOP vertical feature mask for evaluating global aerosol models." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 8: 3647-3669 [10.5194/amt-8-3647-2015]

    Colarco, P. R., E. P. Nowottnick, C. A. Randles, et al. B. Yi, P. Yang, K.-M. Kim, J. Smith, and C. Bardeen. 2014. "Impact of radiatively interactive dust aerosols in the NASA GEOS-5 climate model: Sensitivity to dust particle shape and refractive index." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119 (2): 753-786 [10.1002/2013JD020046]

    Nowottnick, E., P. R. Colarco, A. M. Da Silva, D. L. Hlavka, and M. J. Mcgill. 2011. "The fate of Saharan dust across the Atlantic and implications for a Central American dust barrier." Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11 (16): 8415-8431 [10.5194/acp-11-8415-2011]

    Nowottnick, E., P. R. Colarco, R. Ferrare, et al. G. Chen, S. Ismail, B. Anderson, and E. Browell. 2010. "Online simulations of mineral dust aerosol distributions: Comparisons to NAMMA observations and sensitivity to dust emission parameterization." J Geophys Res, 115 (D3): D03202 [10.1029/2009JD012692]

    Selected Publications

    Refereed

    Reid, J. S., H. B. Maring, G. T. Narisma, et al. S. van den Heever, L. Di Girolamo, R. Ferrare, P. Lawson, G. G. Mace, J. B. Simpas, S. Tanelli, L. Ziemba, B. van Diedenhoven, R. Bruintjes, A. Bucholtz, B. Cairns, M. O. Cambaliza, G. Chen, G. S. Diskin, J. H. Flynn, C. A. Hostetler, R. E. Holz, T. J. Lang, K. S. Schmidt, G. Smith, A. Sorooshian, E. J. Thompson, K. L. Thornhill, C. Trepte, J. Wang, S. Woods, S. Yoon, M. Alexandrov, S. Alvarez, C. G. Amiot, J. R. Bennett, M. Brooks, S. P. Burton, E. Cayanan, H. Chen, A. Collow, E. Crosbie, A. DaSilva, J. P. DiGangi, D. D. Flagg, S. W. Freeman, D. Fu, E. Fukada, M. R. Hilario, Y. Hong, S. M. Hristova-Veleva, R. Kuehn, R. S. Kowch, G. R. Leung, J. Loveridge, K. Meyer, R. M. Miller, M. J. Montes, J. N. Moum, T. Nenes, S. W. Nesbitt, M. Norgren, E. P. Nowottnick, R. M. Rauber, E. A. Reid, S. Rutledge, J. S. Schlosser, T. T. Sekiyama, M. A. Shook, G. A. Sokolowsky, S. A. Stamnes, T. Y. Tanaka, A. Wasilewski, P. Xian, Q. Xiao, Z. Xu, and J. Zavaleta. 2023. "The coupling between tropical meteorology, aerosol lifecycle, convection, and radiation, during the Cloud, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex)." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society [10.1175/bams-d-21-0285.1]

    Yorks, J. E., J. Wang, M. J. McGill, et al. M. Follette-Cook, E. P. Nowottnick, J. S. Reid, P. R. Colarco, J. Zhang, O. Kalashnikova, H. Yu, F. Marenco, J. A. Santanello, T. M. Weckwerth, Z. Li, J. R. Campbell, P. Yang, M. Diao, V. Noel, K. G. Meyer, J. L. Carr, M. Garay, K. Christian, A. Bennedetti, A. M. Ring, A. Crawford, M. J. Pavolonis, V. Aquila, J. Kim, and S. Kondragunta. 2023. "A SmallSat Concept to Resolve Diurnal and Vertical Variations of Aerosols, Clouds, and Boundary Layer Height." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society [10.1175/bams-d-21-0179.1]

    Lu, Z., J. Wang, X. Chen, et al. J. Zeng, Y. Wang, X. Xu, K. E. Christian, J. E. Yorks, E. P. Nowottnick, J. S. Reid, and P. Xian. 2023. "First Mapping of Monthly and Diurnal Climatology of Saharan Dust Layer Height Over the Atlantic Ocean From EPIC/DSCOVR in Deep Space." Geophysical Research Letters 50 (5): [10.1029/2022gl102552]

    Collow, A. B., V. Buchard, P. R. Colarco, et al. A. M. da Silva, R. Govindaraju, E. P. Nowottnick, S. Burton, R. Ferrare, C. Hostetler, and L. Ziemba. 2022. "An evaluation of biomass burning aerosol mass, extinction, and size distribution in GEOS using observations from CAMP2Ex." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22 (24): 16091-16109 [10.5194/acp-22-16091-2022]

    Nowottnick, E. P., K. E. Christian, J. E. Yorks, et al. M. J. McGill, N. Midzak, P. A. Selmer, Z. Lu, J. Wang, and S. V. Salinas. 2022. "Aerosol Detection from the Cloud–Aerosol Transport System on the International Space Station: Algorithm Overview and Implications for Diurnal Sampling." Atmosphere 13 (9): 1439 [10.3390/atmos13091439]

    Palm, S. P., P. Selmer, J. Yorks, S. Nicholls, and E. Nowottnick. 2021. "Planetary Boundary Layer Height Estimates From ICESat-2 and CATS Backscatter Measurements." Frontiers in Remote Sensing 2 [10.3389/frsen.2021.716951]

    Yorks, J. E., P. A. Selmer, A. Kupchock, et al. E. P. Nowottnick, K. E. Christian, D. Rusinek, N. Dacic, and M. J. McGill. 2021. "Aerosol and Cloud Detection Using Machine Learning Algorithms and Space-Based Lidar Data." Atmosphere 12 (5): 606 [10.3390/atmos12050606]

    Proestakis, E., V. Amiridis, E. Marinou, et al. I. Binietoglou, A. Ansmann, U. Wandinger, J. Hofer, J. Yorks, E. Nowottnick, A. Makhmudov, A. Papayannis, A. Pietruczuk, A. Gialitaki, A. Apituley, A. Szkop, C. Muñoz Porcar, D. Bortoli, D. Dionisi, D. Althausen, D. Mamali, D. Balis, D. Nicolae, E. Tetoni, G. L. Liberti, H. Baars, I. Mattis, I. S. Stachlewska, K. A. Voudouri, L. Mona, M. Mylonaki, M. R. Perrone, M. J. Costa, M. Sicard, N. Papagiannopoulos, N. Siomos, P. Burlizzi, R. Pauly, R. Engelmann, S. Abdullaev, and G. Pappalardo. 2019. "EARLINET evaluation of the CATS Level 2 aerosol backscatter coefficient product." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 (18): 11743-11764 [10.5194/acp-19-11743-2019]

    Nowottnick, E. P., P. R. Colarco, S. A. Braun, et al. D. O. Barahona, A. da Silva, D. L. Hlavka, M. J. McGill, and J. R. Spackman. 2018. "Dust Impacts on the 2012 Hurricane Nadine Track during the NASA HS3 Field Campaign." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences JAS-D-17-0237.1 [10.1175/jas-d-17-0237.1]

    Yorks, J. E., M. J. McGill, S. P. Palm, et al. D. L. Hlavka, P. A. Selmer, E. P. Nowottnick, M. A. Vaughan, S. D. Rodier, and W. D. Hart. 2016. "An overview of the CATS level 1 processing algorithms and data products." Geophysical Research Letters 43 (9): 4632-4639 [10.1002/2016gl068006]

    Randles, C. A., A. M. Da Silva, V. J. Buchard, et al. A. S. Darmenov, P. R. Colarco, V. Aquila, H. Bian, E. P. Nowottnick, X. Pan, H. Yu, and R. C. Govindaraju. 2016. "The MERRA-2 Aerosol Assimilation." Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 45

    Nowottnick, E. P., P. R. Colarco, E. J. Welton, and A. M. Da Silva. 2015. "Use of the CALIOP vertical feature mask for evaluating global aerosol models." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 8 3647-3669 [10.5194/amt-8-3647-2015]

    Colarco, P. R., E. P. Nowottnick, C. A. Randles, et al. B. Yi, P. Yang, K.-M. Kim, J. Smith, and C. Bardeen. 2014. "Impact of radiatively interactive dust aerosols in the NASA GEOS-5 climate model: Sensitivity to dust particle shape and refractive index." J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 119 (2): 753-786 [10.1002/2013JD020046]

    Nowottnick, E., P. R. Colarco, A. M. Da Silva, D. L. Hlavka, and M. J. Mcgill. 2011. "The fate of Saharan dust across the Atlantic and implications for a Central American dust barrier." Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11 (16): 8415-8431 [10.5194/acp-11-8415-2011]

    Nowottnick, E., P. R. Colarco, R. Ferrare, et al. G. Chen, S. Ismail, B. Anderson, and E. Browell. 2010. "Online simulations of mineral dust aerosol distributions: Comparisons to NAMMA observations and sensitivity to dust emission parameterization." J Geophys Res 115 (D3): D03202 [10.1029/2009JD012692]

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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